Tomato Project
A chance glance at a hospital bulletin board motivated Global Executive MBA student Joe Urban to aid a disabled girl in rural Alabama. He's enlisted all of his classmates in the drive to help seventeen-year-old Megan Harman live more like a normal teen.
Wall Street on West Peachtree Camp
Elease Dillard, 15, isn't planning for a career on Wall Street. But she understands that the better she understands finance, the better off she'll be in the future. That's why she decided to enroll in Wall Street on West Peachtree, a day camp for local high school students that ran from July 21 to 25 at Georgia Tech College of Management.
Secretar of Labor Event
U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao will speak at Georgia Tech College of Management on July 30, discussing the federal workforce and career development initiatives.
Ajay Kohli
Ajay Kohli, who just joined Georgia Tech College of Management as the Gary T. and Elizbeth R. Jones Chair holder, was also recently named editor of the prestigious Journal of Marketing.
Faculty Honors
Widely renowned for their research and teaching, College of Managment professors continue to earn prestigious honors, grants, and editorial positions.
Hero Research
Understanding what makes likely heroes tick might help recruiters of police officers, firefighters, rescue workers, and other risky professions make better hiring decisions, according to a new study.
Chinedu Ezeamuzie Profile
Unlike a lot of entering freshmen, Chinedu Ezeamuzie knew exactly what kind of career path he wanted to follow when he started at Georgia Tech.
John Tovar Profile
When John Tovar learned three years ago that his career at The Home Depot would move him from Los Angeles to Atlanta, the first mental association he made with his future home was Georgia Tech.
New Book on Change Management
Popular wisdom suggests that about 80 percent of all change initiatives end in failure. More alarming still for top managers, a 2005 survey reported in BusinessWeek found that 31 percent of CEOs fired by their boards were removed because they mismanaged change (more so than for any other reason).
Term Professorships
Georgia Tech College of Management recognized the vision, achievement, and leadership of its alumni April 25 at the business school's Fifth Annual Awards Celebration, inducting five Georgia Tech College of Management has awarded term professorships to seven more faculty members.
Student and Faculty Honros
As the 2007-08 academic year came to a close, Georgia Tech MBA and undergraduate students took time to honor their peers and faculty members for their dedication and excellence.
Samuel Gude Profile
Samuel Gude sees Asia in the big picture for his Atlanta-based business, Gude Management Group.
Brandi Herringdine Profile
Within a month of starting her Co-op job at Wandering WiFi in early 2007, management major Brandi Herringdine was running the whole marketing department for the wireless technology startup. Her supervisor, the company’s only other marketing person at the time, had left for another job.
2008 Celebration Awards
Georgia Tech College of Management recognized the vision, achievement, and leadership of its alumni April 25 at the business school's Fifth Annual Awards Celebration, inducting five leaders into the Hall of Fame, Academy of Distinguished Alumni, and Council of Outstanding Young Alumni.
Sloan Best Paper Award
Georgia Tech researchers recently won the 2008 Sloan Industry Studies Best Paper Award for their holistic examination of strategies employed by pharmaceutical firms for innovating in the realm of biotechnology.
Adam Tichelaar, MBA 2006
Adam Tichelaar, MBA 2006, feels the pain of motorists who must bear the time and expense of trial-and-error car repairs.
Robin Bienfait
Like a lot of today’s business leaders, Robin Bienfait always keeps her BlackBerry mobile device within easy reach. She learned to depend on it during her years heading AT&T’s Global Network Services (an operation with 6,000 locations in 137 countries).
New Technology & Management Corporate Affiliate
Georgia Tech College of Management is pleased to announce that Caterpillar Inc. is the first company to become a Corporate Affiliate of the Technology and Management Program, which will cross-train undergraduate business and engineering majors.
Undergraduate Recruitment Programs
New outreach programs are helping attract top high school students to Georgia Tech College of Management by inviting them to special events on campus and bringing high school guidance counselors here as well.
Georgia Tech Global Business Forum
Georgia Tech's 14th Global Business Forum on April 23 will focus on "Post-Olympic China - Business Opportunities and Challenges for U.S.-based firms."
Wall Street on West Peachtree
Thanks to a new summer enrichment program of Georgia Tech College of Management, 40 local high school students will be able to learn the fundamentals of finance, investments, and financial management.
MBA Marketing Competition
Georgia Tech MBA students continue to excel in major business plan and case competitions, frequently surpassing the performance of their peers at the world's best business schools.
Professor of the Practice Gary Jones
Georgia Tech College of Management has named Gary Jones as Professor of the Practice of Finance.
U.S. News MBA Ranking
Georgia Tech College of Management is ranked 29th (11th among public universities) in U.S. News & World Report's latest rankings of the nation's top full-time MBA programs.
Sewing Automation Grant
Professor Sundaresan Jayaraman recently received a $100,000 research grant award from the State of Georgia that was personally presented by Governor Sonny Perdue.
Executive Master's Alumni Reunion
Georgia Tech College of Management will hold its first annual Alumni Reception for graduates of the Executive Master's (MBA) in Management of Technology Program on Friday, March 12.
Academic Impact
Thomson Scientic’s new ScienceWatch.com site spotlights Georgia Tech for achieving the highest percent increase in total citations in the field of business and economics.
IT Executive Panel
When it comes to information technology management, students in Georgia Tech College of Management’s Executive MBA in Management of Technology program get to learn not only from great professors, but also from top executives.
Carrie Yang Profile
Carrie Yang has accomplished a first for a Georgia Tech MBA student, winning a prestigious internship position with the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
