Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Graduation (2007) pictures
Here are some graduation pictures! Fun memories!!!
Can't believe it's more than 4 years ago already
Link to Diana's pictures: http://www.slide.com/r/n530_jKp5z_okLqXL59lf2nAY2dtyyTU?previous_view=TICKER&previous_action=TICKER_ITEM_CLICK&ciid=216172782301797517
Bringing back memories - Mud Run 2007
It has been a while since I last posted. I do have several updates! It'll take me a while to write it all up but in the meantime, here are some pictures I was able to dig up!
Mud Run, version 3.0 (2007)
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Merage is #27 (Financial Times)
In case you missed it, Andy Policano sent an email informing us that the Paul Merage School of Business ranked 27th in the US according the Financial Times. (up from #43 in 2010). They ranked #53 in the Global Rankings.
Here's a link to the full article on the FT website: http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/global-mba-rankings-2011
I'm actually quite impressed as we are preceding schools such as USC-Marshall, UNC-Kenan-Flagler, UWisconsin, Thunderbird. It is quite interesting as I personally still believe we are mostly a "regional" school without a real international footprint. Again, quite impressed and happy about this.
Here's Andy's email:
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Dear Merage School Community,
The 2011 Financial Times rankings of the top global 100 Full-Time MBA programs were released last week. I am delighted to announce that The Paul Merage School of Business ranked 27th in the U.S. up from 43 in 2010. While there are numerous variables that determine each publication's ranking and every survey uses different methodology, this is exciting news and an affirmation of the success of the initiatives we set into place over the last few years. I have outlined a few reasons for our rankings increase below, but I would also like to congratulate all of the Faculty and Staff in the Full-Time MBA program and the Career Center for their focused efforts over the past few years.
The biggest factor in this ranking is the average increase in salary pre-MBA to three years post-graduation. The Merage School rose from 65th in 2010 to 23rd globally and 11th in the U.S for 2011. Our strategy has been to work with our corporate partners to identify exactly what type of graduate will be most competitive in the job market; we then strategically admit students who will best meet those needs. We have also enhanced our curriculum with a keen eye toward strategic innovation and global competitiveness. In the process, our ranking of international mobility has risen from 88th in 2010 to 53rd globally and 8th in the U.S.
Finally, I would like to note that we tied for 9th in the U.S. for the percentage of faculty with a doctorate degree and tied for 2nd globally for the percentage of women on our faculty.
As a leading business school, we continue to define our vision and differentiate our programs; we graduate business leaders who have the exceptional ability to help grow their organizations, compete in the global economy and excel in the marketplace. Clearly, we continue to be recognized as one of the top public university business schools in the U.S., not only by the rankings publications, but by our students, alumni, recruiters and peers.
With congratulations and warmest regards,
Andrew J. Policano, Dean
The 2011 Financial Times rankings of the top global 100 Full-Time MBA programs were released last week. I am delighted to announce that The Paul Merage School of Business ranked 27th in the U.S. up from 43 in 2010. While there are numerous variables that determine each publication's ranking and every survey uses different methodology, this is exciting news and an affirmation of the success of the initiatives we set into place over the last few years. I have outlined a few reasons for our rankings increase below, but I would also like to congratulate all of the Faculty and Staff in the Full-Time MBA program and the Career Center for their focused efforts over the past few years.
The biggest factor in this ranking is the average increase in salary pre-MBA to three years post-graduation. The Merage School rose from 65th in 2010 to 23rd globally and 11th in the U.S for 2011. Our strategy has been to work with our corporate partners to identify exactly what type of graduate will be most competitive in the job market; we then strategically admit students who will best meet those needs. We have also enhanced our curriculum with a keen eye toward strategic innovation and global competitiveness. In the process, our ranking of international mobility has risen from 88th in 2010 to 53rd globally and 8th in the U.S.
Finally, I would like to note that we tied for 9th in the U.S. for the percentage of faculty with a doctorate degree and tied for 2nd globally for the percentage of women on our faculty.
As a leading business school, we continue to define our vision and differentiate our programs; we graduate business leaders who have the exceptional ability to help grow their organizations, compete in the global economy and excel in the marketplace. Clearly, we continue to be recognized as one of the top public university business schools in the U.S., not only by the rankings publications, but by our students, alumni, recruiters and peers.
With congratulations and warmest regards,
Andrew J. Policano, Dean
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Jonah Trinidad Dang
Our dear Sofia just had a baby! I exchanged a few messages with her the day before she was due and was waiting in anticipation on the happy news and a few more details.. I know she must have been swamped these past few weeks, but as I checked my facebook account today, I found a posting of the birth of Jonah Trinidad Dang, Born 1-11-11.
Sofia already submitted his application to be the first member of Merage FEMBA 2025 class!!!
Welcome Jonah! We can't wait to meet you.
Feb 9, 2011 - Update
Sofia just posted the following video on Facebook and I just had to repost this video. It's just too cute!
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Vu's little Tiger, Minuet Quyen Hong
I received the following cool & exciting update from Vu & Christine today. Seems that our FEMBA07A Merage family keeps on growing!!! I wonder what the count is today? Perhaps one of the next projects is to create a Merage family tree???
"I admit I've been out of touch this past year and my excuse is Minuet Quyen Hong who was born on 3/3/10.
The entire 2010 year pretty much blew right by me, but it was a wonderful year. One of the first questions we get asked is how did we decide on her name. We still hadn't settle on a name when she was born and obviously had to have one now to put on the birth certificate. Luckily I had my laptop with me
and decided to look up music terminology since Christine is a big Mozart fan. We came across Minuet and after looking on Youtube for several compositions I found one that I loved. We were now both leaning towards settling on Minuet for her name, but the real clincher was when my sister visited us at the hospital that night and mentioned that she recently watched an episode of Star Trek where one of the characters was named Minuet. Being the geek that I am I thought that was fantastic and surely a sign that Minuet is the perfect name for my daughter."
Vu also keeps a blog that tracks Minuet's every step ... To follow Vu's blog and many more pictures and hilarious comments, visit http://minuettiger.blogspot.com/
I picked some of my favorite and posted them below.
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