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Pursuing Your MBA Could Be A Matter Of Looking Out Your Window…

HYPE Blog– Master degrees in Business Administration (MBAs) seem like they’re a dime a dozen. And if you look at any compiled list of colleges and universities that offer MBAs, it certainly looks like it. But there are a small number of schools that can boast their MBA return on investment (ROI) are “among the best in the country with affordable tuition and competitive base salaries”. Wouldn’t it be awesome if you could say you got your MBA from a school that ranks in the top 25 public universities by US News, or in the top 100 MBA programs by the Financial Times, or in the top schools by Forbes Magazine and Business Week?



Rapid Growth Means UConn Won’t Consolidate Business School With Downtown Campus

Hartford Courant – The University of Connecticut will not consolidate its graduate business school in the city because the school’s enrollment is growing too rapidly to fit into the university’s new downtown campus.




AACSB International Extends Global Business or Accounting Accreditation For More Than Sixty Schools, Across Eleven Countries

AACSB International – AACSB International announced today that 64 business schools have extended their accreditation in business, and 24 schools have extended their accreditation in accounting.



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Executive MBA Grads Reconnect at Hartford Event, Say UConn Education Bolstered Their Careers

Joe Connolly ’06 MBA, the vice president of administration and chief experience officer at St. Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury, earned an MBA degree through UConn’s Executive MBA (EMBA) Program because he thought greater financial knowledge would enhance his career. It did.Continue Reading


Careers in Finance: Perspectives from the Hartford CFA Society

Careers in Finance: Perspectives from the Hartford CFA Society
Armond Hodge, president of the UConn Graduate Finance Association, moderates a panel discussion on Careers in Finance at the GBLC in Hartford. Panelists L to R: Jukka Lipponen, CFA, president of Independent Insurance Analysts LLC (IIA); Pamela E. Minish, CFA, vice president and portfolio manager for First Niagara Private Client; Shankar Shivakumar, CFA, founding director of Shaan Capital; and Quinten Smallwood ’08, CFA, research analyst at the Hartford Investment Management Company. (Theodoros Menounos/UConn School of Business)

On November 11th, 2015, the UConn School of Business Graduate Finance Association (GFA), in collaboration with the Office of Alumni Relations and CFA Society Hartford, hosted this year’s Careers in Finance CFA Panel and Networking Reception. Over 30 students from the Financial Risk Management (FRM), Full-time and Part-time MBA Programs were in attendance.Continue Reading