Graduate Programs

Ph.D. Student Teaching Awards 2014

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Winners of the 2014 Departmental Ph.D. Student Teaching Awards were announced on March 27, 2014 at the seventh annual “Ph.D. Student Night of Appreciation.”

Each of the five Ph.D. program concentrations gave a teaching award to a qualified student in their concentration. The 2014 winners are:

Accounting – Biyu Wu
Finance – Yihong Xiao
Management – Wonseok Choi
Marketing – Selcan Kara
Operations & Information Management (OPIM) – Gang Wang

The winner of the 2014 School of Business Outstanding Ph.D. Student Teaching award is:
Gang Wang.

Congratulations to all of the award recipients!

UConn ups business on the syllabus

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“In a lightning-fast economy, universities must constantly adapt to the shifting job market by adding and subtracting courses, instructors and professional degrees, all while maintaining budget. Over the past several years, The University of Connecticut in Stamford has been responding to the job market by expanding its business school programs and strengthening its ties with the business community…

UConn Business School Executive Director Jud Saviskas said there’s been a definitive growth in the college and the business community plays a big role in providing direct input into that growth. Three new business programs have emerged in just four years

Four years ago, the business school launched a master’s degree program in financial risk management. Last fall, it started an undergraduate financial management program.

The one-year graduate program in financial risk management, which is offered in both the Hartford and Stamford campuses, grew from 23 students total in 2010 to 86 students [in Fall 2012]. The enrollment number is expected to reach 140 this fall.”

The full article  from insurancenewsnet.com, written by Crystal Kang (May 19, 2014) may be found here.

 

A Visit from the FASB, CTCPA, and CT State Board of Accountancy

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The online MS in Accounting Program held its four day in-residence class, Acct 5505, from May 19-22, welcoming 100 new students to UConn. One highlight from the week was a session called “Steering the Profession,” which included a presentation by Jeremie Richer of the FASB about the FASB’s role in the accounting profession. Joining Jeremie in the workshop were Mark Zampino from the CT Society of CPAs, and Sonia Worrell Asare and Stephanie Sheff from the CT State Board of Accountancy. They provided an overview of how their state-based organizations can help accountants in their work. In addition, they discussed the requirements for continuing professional education for Connecticut, pointing out that each state has its own requirements.

A big thank you to Jeremie, Mark, Sonia, and Stephanie for their time and expertise.

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Project Management Certification Training for Veterans Approved

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Project Managemennt Certificate for VeteransStamford, Conn. – The Connecticut Office of Higher Education / State Approving Agency has approved project management certification training for veterans and other eligible U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs beneficiaries at UConn’s Stamford campus, effective immediately.

University of Connecticut’s School of Business and their component for non-credit programs, Connecticut Information Technology Institute (CITI), have been authorized to provide project management certification training under the provisions of Title 38 Section 3675, United States Code of Federal Regulation for Veterans program.

The Project Management Institute (PMI)® has designated CITI as a “Global Registered Education Provider (R.E.P.)” This signifies that CITI has met PMI’s rigorous standards of quality curriculum and instruction for project management training.

CITI’s project management curriculum includes certification training programs for project practitioners of all education and skill levels. The Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)® is a good entry-level certification for those who are new to project management. The Project Management Professional (PMP)® is the most important globally-recognized and independently validated credential for experienced project managers.

Course offerings related to these and other credentials are offered at CITI on a monthly basis. Research studies have proven that project management certifications can positively impact project manager salaries, and help them stand out to prospective employers in the marketplace.

All of CITI’s Project Management Courses are approved for Professional Development Units, as well Education Development Units.

For more information, go to www.citi.uconn.edu or call (203) 251-9516.

Domestic Students Now Allowed Part-Time Option

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Important Change for Domestic Students

(Effective Immediately)

The MsFRM program now allows domestic students both full-time and part-time options.  The course sequence under the full time option is as follows:

Full-Time Option

  • Fall I – 2 courses                                                                   
  • Spring I – 3 courses
  • Summer I – 3 courses
  • Fall II – take 3 courses

Total – 11 courses (33 credits)

Graduation in the December of following year.

All course are lock-step and must be taken in sequence

Part-Time Option

 Under the part-time option, students are allowed the maximum possible flexibility to take as many or few courses as they wish every semester.  However, courses are still lock-step and part-time students must wait until the course is offered again next academic year.

A suggested sequence of courses for part-time students is as follows:

  •  Fall I – 2 courses                                                                   
  • Spring I – any 2 courses (should take Fin Modeling II)
  • Summer I – any 2 courses (should take Fin Modeling III)
  • Fall II – 3 courses
  • Spring II – 1 remaining course from Spring I
  • Summer II – 1 remaining course from Summer I

Total – 11 courses (33 credits)

Graduation in the May of second year.

All course are lock-step and must be taken in sequence

Under the above Part Time scheme, part-time students will graduate in May of second year.

However, the program allows the students the maximum possible flexibility to choose as many or few courses as the part-time student wishes, subject to the following caveats:

  1. Domestic students will be allowed to take as many (not exceeding 3) or as few (including not taking any course) courses they choose during each semester.
  2. All domestic students are strongly advised to take at least one course each semester.
  3. All domestic students are strongly advised to take the Financial Modeling course sequence before they take the Financial Risk Management sequence, to the extent possible.
  4. Domestic students must finish the experiential learning project with the group to which he/she is assigned.
  5. All domestic students are strongly advised to finish the program within 2 years.
  6. All domestic students must finish the program (33 credits for the 15 month, 42 credits for the 20-month program) within 3 years from starting the program.

***Important – Students need to take a certain number of credits to be eligible for financial aid and to not have to repay loans.  Students should be careful about their funding availability if they choose to take less credits per semester.  Students are responsible to check with Financial Aid Office regarding this issue.

The part-time option is available to all domestic students with immediate effect, meaning current domestic students can take advantage of this change from this summer.  Please also note that the current students choosing the part-time option will have to wait until next year when the same courses will be offered again, unless the course sequence is changed in which case they will be informed immediately.

Business Briefs (Spring 2014)

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This article first appeared in the UConn Business magazine, Volume 4, Issue 2 (Spring 2014)

Faculty & Staff

Sudip Bhattacharjee, associate professor of OPIM, was invited to serve as a member of the 2014 Selects Committee for the premiere INFORMS Conference on Business Analytics and Operations Research held March 30.

Assistant Professor Paul Borochin and Professor Joseph Golec, both of the finance department, presented “Using Options to Measure the Full Value-Effect of an Event: Application to the Healthcare Reform Act” to the University community on February 7. Continue Reading

EMBA Class of 2014 Graduation

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EMBA 2014 GraduationOn the morning of Saturday, April 12, faculty, family and friends gathered at the Society Room in Hartford, Connecticut to celebrate the graduation of UConn’s Executive MBA (EMBA) Class of 2014.

Joe Connolly ’06 EMBA delivered the keynote address, “The Riddle of Leadership.” After briefly reflecting on his time in the Executive MBA program, Connolly advised the newly minted EMBAs that their journey toward successful leadership has really just begun. After acknowledging the importance of being equipped with the tools and technical skills of an MBA, he also emphasized the role of intangible skills and strong self-awareness.

“Effective leaders get identified because they get things done. They don’t make excuses. If they make a mistake, they fix it and move on. Leaders have a bit of a thick skin. They can take criticism. Leaders can connect with people. They can manage up and down. They communicate well,” he said.

Connolly shared that to learn and grow as leaders is a personal journey; that leadership is “not about you, but all about you at the same time.” He encouraged the students to explore their own beliefs, thoughts, and motivations, saying “…By learning to master and lead yourself you will be far better equipped to become the great leaders I know you all aspire to be.”

Congratulations to the EMBA Class of 2014: James Borzelli, Kevin Charles Brinson, John Cappelli, Russell Melvin Carson, Michael Eugene Casey, Michael John Chase, Jessica Beth Ficarra, Tara Ann Gerber, Stephen T. Haeckel, Allison Joel Hannah, Lisa Jacobi, Gregory J. Lancaster, Perry Chris Leros, Patrick Joseph Packard, Chris Perone, Ritesh Ashwath Rao, Alvaro Santos, Timothy Michael Sasur, and Caroline Elizabeth Ward.

Making Sure Global Brigades Does Well, So It Can Continue to Do Good

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UConn MBAs Provide Operational Guidance to the World’s Largest Student-Led Social Responsibility Movement.

When you’re the world’s largest global health and sustainable development organization empowered by student volunteers, challenges arise. Fortunately, the UConn MBA program excels at approaching these types of challenges as opportunities for experiential learning, business process improvement, and making a positive impact.

The UConn MBA Case Challenge gives students the opportunity to strengthen their strategic decision-making skills as managers, understand and reflect the interplay between organizations and their environment in the formulation and implementation of strategies, and learn how an organization integrates strategic management with its operational functions.

For 2014, the Case Challenge focus was on non-governmental organizations (NGO’s). Invariably excluded from the mainstream world of corporate diaspora, NGOs are increasingly playing a vital role in providing support to communities which otherwise remain neglected and unable to sustain themselves due to the lack of access to basic necessities to engage in business or care.

Global Brigades has mobilized almost 30,000 graduate, undergraduate students and professionals through nine skill-based programs that work in partnership with community members to improve quality of life in under-resourced regions of Africa and Central America. The task for UConn MBA teams was to think through some of the implications of the complexity Global Brigades endures in its operational space and to review the following:

  • Recommendations on improving the Global Brigades model in a framework of their mission, considering both financial and humanitarian objectives.
  • Recommendations on strategic management of Global Brigades and potential growth and expansion tactics.

 

The winning team, Jaimin Bhatt ’15 MBA, Xiaoying Gan ’15 MBA, Ashish Kumar ’15 MBA, and Carlo Rivieccio ’15 MBA, presented Global Brigades with recommendations for segmenting its services into three distinct categories based on its core competencies, creating a stronger value proposition for donors, and diversifying income and investments.

“Our client representatives [Tanya Svidler, director of impact investing for Global Brigades, and Cole Hoover, director of the Global Brigades Institute] were very impressed with the quality of students’ presentations and recommendations,” said Rajendra Shirolé, MBA program director.

The Case Challenge is a program requirement for UConn MBAs. “In this exercise we were able to bring together all our newly learned academic knowledge and combine it with our practical experiences in order to deliver valuable recommendations to Global Brigades. I hope that we can continue to participate in such experiential activities as they solidify class learning,” said Kumar.

Bhatt added, “This was really a very exceptional experience.”

MSFRM 3rd Annual Risk Management Conference, “The many faces of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)”, March 20, 2015

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Save the date:

The MSFRM Program will be hosting its 3rd Annual Risk Management Conference on March 20, 2015 entitled “of “The many faces of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)”.  More details will be posted to the MSFRM website as soon as they are available.