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The Saturday MBA Program in Broward

Great news for our interested MBA students in Broward and Palm Beach counties! Our AACSB International accredited Saturday MBA program is scheduled to begin in Broward County at The Herald building located at 2010 NW 150th Avenue, Pembroke Pines, FL 33028 (on I-75 just off of the Sheridan East exit) on August 30, 2008.  This gives applicants sufficient time to prepare for the GMAT (or complete the Admission Requirements’ portfolio detailing extensive managerial experience in order to be waived, upon review, from the GMAT) and to submit their applications.  

For the Broward Saturday MBA there is an application deadline of July 1, 2008.  Also, please note that applicants for the Saturday MBA must either be U.S. citizens or residents or international applicants whose visas allow them to enroll as part-time (six credits per semester) students.

Participants will progress through their studies as one cohesive group referred to as a “cohort”.  In a cohort group, participants will complete the 36 credit hour, 23-month program together.  This provides a unique opportunity to form a functional and enduring professional network among participants, as well as strong mutual support for the future.

Classes will be held on Saturdays from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM with a one-hour lunch break.  Please see the projected course schedule for each semester, commencing with the fall of 2008, at the end of this article. 

The tuition, at $580 per credit hour for all Herald and Knight Rider employees ($625 for others), is a reduced rate from our on-campus MBA program's rate  ($725 per credit our).  This tuition structure will be in effect for the duration of the 23-month program.  Please note that the Barry University Merit Scholarship and the Marie Baier Scholarship are not available to students at The Herald's MBA due to its reduced tution structure.

For those students whose undergraduate degree is not in business, additional non-credit workshops will be required.  These workshops will be scheduled conveniently at our Miami Shores campus throughout the 23-month program.  For additional information about these workshops please go to: www.barry.edu/mba/admissions/preRequisites.htm

Barry University's Andreas School of Business has a proud tradition of providing its graduate students with the challenge and opportunities afforded by an academic environment that includes professors who have a strong background in the practical aspects of business and are skilled both in teaching and research. 

For additional information, please contact Jose Poza at 305-899-3535/1-800-289-1111 X3535 or jpoza@mail.barry.edu at your convenience.  We look forward to hearing from you and hope that Barry University will play an integral role in helping you achieve your personal and professional goals.

* MBA electives to be identified in consultation with the students in the class.

Out of 352 business schools in the nation, Barry University's Andreas School of Business has been ranked 47th, according to the Social Science Research Network, which bases its findings on the number of downloads from its Web site.  The ranking puts Barry in the top 13.4 percent of business schools in the country. Barry ranked higher than other notable universities in Florida, including the University of Miami (95), Florida International University (101) and Florida Atlantic University (110).

Barry's superb ranking also stretched over into the international category, where it ranked 61st out of 800 business schools around the world. Internationally, Barry again outranked the previously mentioned Florida universities and placed in the top 7.6 percent of all international schools monitored.  With these national and international rankings, Barry University's Andreas School of Business joins other notable business schools from around the world, including: Harvard Business School; Yale School of Management; Columbia University; Cornell University; Indiana University; University of London; University of Oxford; and the University of Cambridge.

SSRN ranks more than 800 business schools worldwide on nine separate measures including total lifetime downloads of their faculty's papers on SSRN, total number of papers on SSRN, total number of authors, and downloads per paper and per author. For more information, visit www.ssrn.com .

Some 20 MBA students from George Simon Ohm University of Applied Sciences in Nuernberg Germany heard from one of Florida's leading experts on international trade on Tuesday evening on Barry's campus. Manny Mencia, senior vice president of the Coral Gables-based International Trade and Business Development for Enterprise Florida (the state's economic development agency), addressed the students and several business faculty on "Business Concept and Practices in the Americas." The German MBA students are spending this week on Barry's campus as part of an exchange program with George Simon Ohm University.

Dr. Charles Rarick, professor of management at Barry University’s Andreas School of Business, has been awarded the Fulbright Senior Specialists grant in business administration. The grant is awarded by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Department of State, and the Council for International Exchange of Scholars. As a recipient of the Fulbright grant, Dr. Rarick will spend a two-term session in Myanmar, Burma giving a series of lectures on free-trade, privatization, management, and strategic planning to Myanmar’s business community. Dr. Rarick’s first-term will be Oct. 1-26 and his second-term will be Dec. 1-14. He will be joining the ranks of other distinguished scholars and professionals from around the world who are leaders in the educational, political, economic, social and cultural lives of their respective countries. The Fulbright grant is financed by the U.S. and the numerous other governments that participate in the Fulbright program. The basic purpose of these grants is to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and those of other countries.

Seth Lewis, an MBA student from the Barry University Andreas School of Business, has been selected to receive a prestigious Fulbright research grant to study the effects and costs of terrorism on Spain’s economy during the 2005-2006 academic year.  This Fulbright Award is financed by both the U.S. and Spanish governments.  The basic purpose of these awards is to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and those of other countries.  The Andreas School of Business is pleased to have one of its graduate students selected to receive such a prestigious grant and thank the campus Fulbright committee consisting of Dr. George Cvejanovich, Dr. Tim Smith, and Dr. Jesus Mendez for their assistance.

This spring MBAs are graduating with more job opportunities according to a new study conducted by the MBA Career Services Council (MBA CSC) of 68 U.S. business schools.

Ninety-two percent of the schools reported an increase in recruiting activity from the fall/winter of 2004-05 compared with the previous year, and an average of 58 percent of their graduating MBAs had one or more employment offers by mid-April.

“MBA career offices are predicting more offers, better base pay, more bonuses, and significant growth in finance, consulting, and marketing opportunities for the Class of 2005,” said Mindy Storrie, president of the MBA Career Services Council and head of career services at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. “From a career perspective, it’s the best time since the spring of 2001 to be graduating with an MBA.”

The job market for MBA candidates in Florida has witnessed an increase in activity over the past 18 months. According to Betsy Sias-Richards, Director of the Barry University Andreas School of Business, “the number of job opportunities received by career centers and the number of companies recruiting 2005 MBA graduates has increased substantially when compared to last year. Recruiting for MBA students with skills in accounting, finance or consulting is particularly strong this year.”

Other survey findings include:

• 70 percent of the schools predict an increase in average base pay for graduates this year compared with last year
• 51 percent of the schools predict an increase in average signing bonuses
• 40 percent predict an increase in the number of graduates receiving a signing bonus.
• 66 percent of the schools reported an increase in the number of companies conducting on-campus interviews for the Class of 2005 compared with 2004
• 75 percent of the schools said there was an increase in recruiting for finance jobs, 67 percent had an increase in consulting, and 60 percent had an increase in marketing and sales
• 68percent of the schools reported an increase in recruiting activity for interns this spring versus last spring

The MBA CSC developed the survey, which was conducted by UC Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business Director of Career Services Randy Williams.

Of the 68 schools that participated in the survey, 57 percent were public institutions, 46 percent ranked in a Top 25 business school listing in the past two years, and 31 percent were in a 26-50 ranking.

The Barry University collegiate chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma has been recognized as a Premier Chapter for its superior level of membership acceptance and promotional activities in the 2003-2004 academic year. 

By receiving the Premier Chapter award, the Barry University Beta Gamma Sigma chapter is being recognized for its high level of success in recruiting top business students into the Society. Each year, collegiate Beta Gamma Sigma chapters extend invitations to the 7% of business juniors, the upper 10% of business seniors, and the highest 20% of business graduate students. Chapters granted Premier status have had at least 85% of their invitations accepted by their top undergraduate and graduate level students.  Acceptance rates are taken from the 2003-2004 school year, from which collegiate chapters were required to submit information before being considered a Premier Chapter.  According to information submitted by the Barry University chapter, 96% of invited students chose to join Beta Gamma Sigma in 2003-2004.

With Premier Chapter status, the Barry University BGS collegiate chapter will now be eligible to award a $1,000 Beta Gamma Sigma scholarship in the 2005-2006 academic year.  The chapter is also pre-qualified for consideration as an Outstanding Chapter, the highest honor attainable by a collegiate chapter.  Barry University’s Beta Gamma Sigma chapter will also receive a certificate recognizing its Premier accomplishments.

Of the 417 Beta Gamma Sigma chapters currently established on college and university campuses, only 62 were recognized as a Premier Chapter in 2004.  

About Beta Gamma Sigma:
Founded in 1913, Beta Gamma Sigma is the honor society for AACSB International – The Association for the Advancement of Collegiate Schools of Business. The Mission of Beta Gamma Sigma is to encourage and honor academic achievement in the study of business and to foster personal and professional excellence among its members. In order to meet this goal, Beta Gamma Sigma annually extends Society membership to the best and brightest students from AACSB accredited business programs.  Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma provides students with lifelong recognition of their high scholarly achievement, a benefit they carry throughout the rest of their academic and professional careers. 

Lifetime membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is the highest achievement available to business students anywhere in the world, and is extended to the upper 7 percent of juniors, the top 10 percent of seniors, and the upper 20 percent of graduate students.  Of the 300,000 students expected to graduate from business programs each year, only about 20,000 will be invited to join the Society. Beta Gamma Sigma collegiate chapters currently operate on 417 college and university campuses, and can be found in all 50 states and four continents. 

For additional information please contact:
Dr. Michael Tyler, School of Business
305-899-3521 or 1-800-289-1111, x3521 or mtyler@mail.barry.edu