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Successful Leaders Share Insights on Meditation, April 9
Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and the John Main Center for Meditation will present “Meditation and Leadership: Leading from the Center” featuring advice from four successful leaders who will draw upon their personal experiences about the link between meditation and leadership.
The speakers include Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, Laurence Freeman (OSB), founder and director of the World Community for Christian Meditation, and Sean Hagan, general counsel of the IMF. -
Growing Incivility in the Workplace
In a recent Washington Post commentary, Christine Porath, associate professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, wrote about the growing prevalence of rudeness at work, and this is costing businesses money. Porath and Christine Pearson, professor of global leadership at the Thunderbird School of Management, have been studying the impact of bad behavior on the workplace for 15 years.
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Incorporating Big Data Into the Classroom, Apr. 3
Everyone is talking about Big Data, but there are questions about how schools should teach about Big Data. Organized by faculty at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, this conference is designed to bring together faculty, students, and executives from the region to talk about the best ways to incorporate Big Data in the classroom, focusing on industry trends, academic resources, and employment needs.
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Undergrads Collect Bras for Free the Girls
Six Georgetown McDonough undergraduates are organizing a university-wide bra drive for the Free the Girls Project as part of their Ethics Project. The Free the Girls organization helps women in Africa, who have been liberated from sex trafficking, restart their lives by running their own businesses selling used bras.
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Georgetown McDonough to Launch Global Business Initiative, Apr. 4
Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business will launch the school’s Global Business Initiative with “Georgetown McDonough Leading Through Global Learning,” featuring a keynote address from Mark Del Rosso, chief operating officer for Audi of America.
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GEMBA Alumnus Explores Opportunities in Africa
Shaun Gause, a 2011 graduate of the Georgetown-ESADE Global Executive MBA Program, recently served on a panel at ESADE Business School in Spain to inspire students to consider working in Africa. Gause is chief executive and co-founder of Global Group Inc., an international development, trade, and consulting firm that delivers solutions that help governments, businesses, and communities. The company established a presence in Sierra Leone as it prepares to embark on a major development project involving its core competencies in healthcare, food production, and energy.
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Economic and Technological Drivers of Drug Shortages Forum, Mar. 20
The Center for Business and Public Policy at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business will present “Economic and Technological Drivers of Drug Shortages,” a business, economics, and public policy seminar featuring Marta Wosinska, from the Center for Drug Evaluation Research of the Food and Drug Administration.
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Assessing the Europe-U.S. Trade Deal, Mar. 26
The Center for Business and Public Policy at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business will present “Europe/U.S. Trade Deal: Promise and Reality,” with a panel of stakeholders and analysts from the AFL-CIO, American Farm Bureau Association, and the European Center for Political Economy assessing the agreement’s promise of a more productive transatlantic relationship that resolves embedded commercial issues, transcends decades of mutual distrust, and creates a new solidarity of purpose.
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Successful Leaders Share Insights on Meditation
Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business will present “Meditation and Leadership: Leading from the Center,” on Tuesday, April 9, 2013, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Rafik B. Hariri Building’s Fisher Colloquium, featuring Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, Laurence Freeman (OSB), founder and director of the World Community for Christian Meditation; and Sean Hagan, general counsel of the IMF.
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U.S. News Ranks MBA Programs Among the Nation’s Best
In its annual listing of the Best Graduate Schools, U.S. News & World Report ranked the Georgetown McDonough MBA Evening Program 11th in the country. The Full-time MBA Program also was ranked 25th overall and 12th for international business.