Stetson Alumni & Student News
Posted in Academics, Cohort 10, Faculty, International Trip, Upcoming Events on Jun 14th, 2013
By Dr. Jon Carrick The world has become highly globalized and we now must interact with companies from all over the world. Throughout the past term, we have been studying how to interact and conduct business with other countries and cultures. It is beneficial to study these things in the classroom, but there is no [...]
Posted in Academics, Cohort 10, Cohort Experience on Jun 11th, 2013
A few weeks ago Cohort 10 experienced a highly interactive simulation, in which students define and execute a business-to-business marketing strategy. The aim of this group exercise was to develop an understanding of the link between marketing strategy formulation and effective execution, and using segment and customer needs analysis to make product marketing and design [...]
Posted in Academics, Career Development, Cohort 9, Cohort Experience, Graduation, School and Career, School and Family on May 21st, 2013
After 19 months of hard work and dedication, we were delighted to watch our largest cohort to date cross the stage, be individually recognized, and hooded during their rite of investiture. The Dean of the School of Business and Provost shook each graduates hand as they celebrated their personal journey in the quest of [...]
Posted in Academics, Cohort 10, Cohort Experience, International Trip, Upcoming Events on May 3rd, 2013
With just 7 weeks to go before they leave for Vietnam and Singapore, Cohort 10 are beginning to prepare for their 10-day international experience. Today in a Skype call with our International Study Programs program manager, Michaela Vokounova, the students got a first glimpse at their full itinerary and the events that will dominate their [...]
Posted in Academics, Business Plans, Cohort 9, Cohort Experience, Entrepreneurs on Apr 25th, 2013
Cohort 9 completed their final capstone course on March 23, 2013, by bringing the knowledge and skills they had gained over the past 19 months, and applying these to real-life business cases. Students experienced a working product, and the processes of strategic business plan development while bringing together different functional business areas such as marketing, [...]
Posted in Academics, Business Plans, Cohort 9, Entrepreneurs on Mar 12th, 2013
EMBA Cohort 9 experienced a Lean Paper Cup Simulation demonstrating the benefits of Lean principles and practices in action. Students learned how to simplify a process, make it more efficient, and ended up with a usable cup that was high-quality with little to no waste. Have you drunk from a handmade paper cup?? Check it out.
Posted in Academics, Cohort 9, Cohort Experience, General Information, Uncategorized, Upcoming Events on Dec 6th, 2012
Stetson University’s Executive MBA class of 2013 visited the Deland campus, a ritual that occurs at least once during their 19-month graduate program. This year, cohort 9 had the opportunity to collaborate with the Roland George Investment students, enjoy a conversation with Provost Paul during a catered lunch in the Carlton Union, and further their [...]
Posted in Academics, Cohort 9, Cohort Experience, School and Career on Oct 7th, 2012
Members of Stetson University Executive MBA program’s Cohort 9 successfully completed their 12th course of 17, Organizational Theory & Behavior. The students said they appreciated the intense discussions regarding “soft skills.” They participated in various assessments, group and individual presentations, and individual activities, which enabled the cohort to study preferences, strengths, weaknesses and opportunities for [...]
Posted in Academics, Career Development, Cohort 7, Cohort 8, Cohort 9, School and Career on Nov 1st, 2011
Graduate student enrollment in the United States dropped last year, according to a recent article in The Chronicle. But now, in Stetson University’s Executive MBA program, the numbers are higher than ever. The article points to a study, Graduate Enrollment and Degrees: 2000 to 2010, which shows that new student enrollment fell 1.1 percent between [...]
Posted in Academics, Career Development, School and Career on Oct 26th, 2011
Wouldn’t it be great to win money from a lottery if you were “caught” going the speed limit on a highway? That’s what drivers in Stockholm, Sweden, are experiencing thanks to an experiment that encouraged people to create games that motivate a positive change. This “gamification” is an idea that was addressed at the Executive [...]
