January 19, 2011 DREXEL UNIVERSITY LEBOW COLLEGE OF BUSINESS SACRAMENTO EMBA Technology Conference...

January 19, 2011

DREXEL UNIVERSITY LEBOW COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

SACRAMENTO

EMBA Technology Conference

Presented By

David Stewart, Senior Director of Graduate Programs in Business

John Morris – Technological Innovator and Industry Leader

Drexel Sacramento Center for Graduate Studies and Technology Review

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• We are good!• Competition is good• Technology is very good• Having attended the last

session, I am eager to know how our tech platform agnostics are doing?

• Judging from our expanded audience, we are all eager to learn more..

Thanks Barry!

How are we since BusinessWeek top 10 part-time MBA program recognition from 2007- 2011?

Drexel Sacramento at Glance

• January 2009 – 27 students in Sacramento where everyone thought we were a furniture company

• January 2012 - we have 400+ graduate students and celebrated our 100th California Center graduate

• We will break even this year even with the worst US economy since the depression in less than 4 years.

• September 2012 - Our accelerated evening MBA is averaging 60 students a year. Our full-time MS Finance will triple in size from 10 in 20011 to 30 in 2012 while maintaining our 610 GMAT average score.

• Working with leaders from Kaiser Permanente, Sutter, and UC Davis – Drexel will launch a healthcare MBA concentration.

Drexel Sacramento Tips

If you have to negotiate space in CA, do it during the worst economy in decades!

Drexel Sacramento Tip

• If you are even thinking of

expanding to Sacramento, a New

York Times 2012 article listed it as

one of the nation’s worst flooding risks.

• I here Atlanta, Dallas and Denver are great though!

• Drexel is good!• Drexel Sacramento is good• Drexel Online is booming• Technology is very good

It is my pleasure to pass the torch to a technology leader

who helped create our success in Sacramento through

technological innovation.

30 SECOND RECAP FOR THOSE ALREADY ADDICTED TO THEIR TABLETS --

The Drexel LeBow Difference

• Experiential Insight– Sophisticated simulations & Case competitions– Faculty with real-world experience– Custom career plans and co-curricular programming

• More Choices– Concentration for focus on your interests– Additional electives ─flexibility for designing a specialty

• Flexible Core coursework from the LeBow Centers of Excellence

• Entrepreneurial Thinking– It’s not just a concentration– Entrepreneurship

Why The Drexel LeBow MBA?

AACSB-accredited

One of only 4% of business schools worldwide

One of only 25% in the U.S.

Questions and Answers

Enhanced MBA Curriculum

Fall Term Instructor 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

ORGB 625 Joan Weiner FF(2) V(2) FF(2) V(1)

OL (1) FF(2)

BUSN 505*

Sally Hamilton FF(1) FF(1)

FF(1)

FF(1) FF(1)

BUSN 506*

Ramya Ghosh FF(1) FF(1)

FF(1) FF(1) FF(1) Exam

(tbd)

FF = Face to face V = Videoconference OL=Online

Executive Speakers and assorted student skills enhancement opportunities are interwoven throughout each term. Many are captured for student viewing post lecture.

*BUSN 505 & 506 are 1.5 credits each, 90 minutes a session, and distributed over the term.

SAMPLE Term Format