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Recent News and Press Releases
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The Advantage of Being the First To Fail
Sean Kensil (BSBA’12) and Kaitlin Margraf (BSBA ’12) from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business recently had a research paper titled “The Advantage of Failing First: Bear Stearns v. Lehman Brothers” published in the Journal of Applied Finance.
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Georgetown on the Hill Series Expands with Focus on Trade Policy
The Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy Announces Appointment of New Senior Industry Fellow and Series Co-Director
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Georgetown Global Forum Launches in Mexico City
Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business launched the inaugural Georgetown Global Forum in Mexico City on October 16. The series brings together alumni, corporate partners, friends of Georgetown, and prospective MBA students for an evening of networking and discussion in different cities around the world.
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Executive Education Alumna Appointed White House Fellow
Ariel Grace Batungbacal, a graduate of the Georgetown McDonough School of Business Executive Master’s in Leadership program, has been selected to join the 2012-13 Class of White House Fellows.
As a fellow, Batungbacal, who is a major in the U.S. Air Force, will take part in an education program designed to broaden her knowledge of leadership, policy formulation, and current affairs. Fellows also participate in service projects throughout the year in the Washington, D.C., area. -
Georgetown McDonough Receives Brillante Award from National Society of Hispanic MBAs
Award Recognizes Educational Excellence in Creating Opportunities for Minority Students
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Kirsten Andersen to Direct Oxford Summer Program
Kirsten Anderson, professor of the practice in accounting at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, has been appointed the new faculty director for the Oxford Summer Program.
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Building a Bridge of Hope
While in South Africa for his Global Experience consulting project, Jim Kyle had the opportunity to collaborate with nurses at the Jubilee District Hospital in Johannesburg. Also a nurse, Kyle saw the challenges that his counterparts there face and was inspired to find a way to help them overcome those challenges. The graduate student from the Executive Master’s in Leadership program at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business personally donated Samsung Galaxy tablets to encourage continued nursing leadership growth and development.
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Missed Economic Opportunity
J. Bradford Jensen Testifies Before Congress for Services Trade Liberalization to Boost U.S. Economy
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Fellowship Focuses on Undergraduate Research
The Undergraduate Program Office at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business offered Summer Research Fellowships for the first time in 2012. Students received either $2,500 for five-week projects or $5,000 for 10-week projects. Fourteen students participated in the inaugural program, in which they partnered with faculty members to study topics in accounting, entrepreneurship, finance, government relations, international business, marketing, and operations/information management.
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Supporting the Work of Military Members
When six active-duty military students in the Executive MBA (EMBA) class of 2012 enrolled in Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business in 2010, they had no idea that changes to the Post 9/11 GI Bill would lead to decreases in their tuition benefits. As they searched for the means to finish the 20-month program, they faced a delay in their graduation and the possibility of deployment during that time.