Stetson Alumni & Student News
Posted in Balancing Responsibilities, Cohort 7, Cohort 8, School and Career, School and Family, School and Health on Jul 27th, 2011
It often feels like 24 hours isn’t enough time in a day to get your job done and your home organized, especially when you’re also trying to raise children, energize your marriage or exercise and eat properly. So how could you possibly fit in an MBA program on top of all that and expect to [...]
Posted in Cohort 7, Cohort 8, Community Leadership, International Trip, Program Loyalty on Jul 3rd, 2011
Today, the residents of Oakhaven Home for the Aged will formally accept the check donated to them by executives in Stetson University Executive MBA program’s Cohort 8. With $73 collected at Stetson’s Executive MBA Alumni Event in May, plus contributions from Cohort 8 and Stetson University, the students were able to present the residents of [...]
Posted in Academics, Cohort 7, Entrepreneurs on May 24th, 2011
If Dynergy Champ was a real company that manufactured athletic footwear, three Stetson University Executive MBA Cohort 7 alumni would be millionaires. The three alumni, David Ulloa (College Board in Virginia), Chuck Rivas (Walt Disney World), and Kenyon Langford (GE Healthcare), just graduated with their MBAs earlier this month. Their performance in their final classroom [...]
Posted in Cohort 1, Cohort 5, Cohort 6, Cohort 7, Cohort 8, International Trip, Program Loyalty on May 17th, 2011
The Stetson University Executive MBA Alumni Event 2011, held May 14 at the Celebration Golf Club, brought together friends, colleagues, professors … and a comedian! The night was a great success, in which alumni reconnected with each other, befriended new connections and visited with professors. In addition, the alumni raised funds for the Stetson University [...]
Posted in Cohort 7, Program Loyalty on May 9th, 2011
Members of the Stetson University Executive MBA program’s Cohort 7, Class of ’11, showed unity at graduation, May 7, 2011. The classmates decorated their graduation caps with letters and lined up so that their back view read: C7 Better Together! The cohort has been a close-knit group since the beginning. “I miss seeing my cohort [...]
Posted in Cohort 7, Faculty, International Trip on Apr 1st, 2011
Many of Stetson’s veteran professors left lasting impressions on Stetson EMBA’s Cohort 7, but when it came to choosing one to receive the EMBA Outstanding Professor Award, the overwhelming choice was Dr. Larry Belcher, a finance professor at Stetson since 1990. Students said he has a knack for putting complex academic concepts into understandable real-world [...]
Posted in Business Plans, Cohort 7, Entrepreneurs on Apr 1st, 2011
Detailed business plans created by teams of students are a critical entrepreneurial exercise that draws on all elements of study and comes at the end of the rigorous School of Business Administration’s EMBA program. Four teams in Stetson EMBA’s Cohort 7 created plans for businesses ranging from health and fitness to practical transportation and an [...]
Posted in Cohort 7, Peer Awards on Apr 1st, 2011
Toasts, cheers, honors and feasting marked the end of studies March 19 for a group of MBA students at the Stetson Center at Celebration who completed the life-changing goal of earning a Master’s Degree in Business Administration. Members of the cohort picked Penny Miller of Clermont, a human resources partner for Disney, as the Top [...]
Posted in Cohort 7, University Honors on Apr 1st, 2011
The seventh cohort of Executive MBA students ended 19 months of study — which had taken it halfway around the world — with a festive reception of accolades that produced touching testimony of their experience. “I expected a good curriculum and great professors when I enrolled, but I did not expect the powerful relationships that [...]
Cohort 7 approaches the final days of their Executive MBA journey. Business Plans are finalizing and practicing their “pitch” is also progressing nicely. What a cohesive group that has weathered this journey together every step of the way! An early congratulations on your accomplishments and your grace under pressure!
