[Arizona-students] Fw: Educational opportunity

[Allison (NFBA)]

I don't know anything about the below program, but it looks like an 
interesting opportunity.  I think many students will want to learn more so 
please forward it on.
Allison


> Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 1:29 PM
> Subject: Great Educational Opportunity
>
I wanted to let you know about a great opportunity here at Wake Forest
> where you can get a FREE education and get PAID while you're doing it..
> Our Dean of the Schools of Business is the former CEO of PepsiCo and
> very committed to diversity.  He's gone around to his CEO friends, who
> have agreed to donate a bunch of money to pay tuition and fees, provide
> a stipend, and a job, to diverse students.  The details are below.  The
> problem is, response to the program has been dismal!  As a faculty
> member, I would be embarrassed for him to have to tell his CEO friends,
> "thanks so much for your donation, but unfortunately I have to give it
> back because we couldn't find any students who wanted it."
>
> So, I need your help.  Please contact me if you, or ANYONE you know is
> interested in the program.   I want to take advantage of it and help out
> as many young scholars as I can.  Don't worry about whether or not you
> (or they) have taken the GMAT, etc.  All you need to do at this point is
> JUST APPLY.   In business, you have to act when the opportunity is
> presented, and that is now.
>
> The Master of Art in Management program is designed specifically for
> liberal arts majors only. The MA degree program is a 10 month intense
> study of the basic functional areas of business.  After graduation and
> working for approximately two years, all MA graduates are eligible to
> apply to Wake Forest as part of the MA/MBA joint degree program and get
> the MBA in one year.  The new Dean, Steve Reinemund, has created a new
> scholarship for diverse students pursuing the MA degree called the
> Corporate Fellowship.
>
> The Corporate Fellowship provides full tuition and a $21,000 stipend to
> cover living expenses.  Additionally, each Corporate Fellow will
> participate in a practicum.  The practicum has two components,
> educational and professional development.   Each student will be
> assigned a mentor that is a high level executive with their sponsor
> corporation.  The mentor will oversee an educational project covering 4
> of the functional areas of business using their own corporation as the
> subject.  The student will visit the corporation 3 - 4 times during the
> program to present his/her results of their research project.
>
> Additionally, the "Professional Development" component of the fellowship
> provides career coaching and leadership development for the students.
> The goal for the corporation is to be able to groom and hopefully, hire
> a top candidate from a diverse background for their organization.  Of
> course, there is no obligation that the students accept any offer of
> employment. Still, the student benefits, even if they are not ultimately
> hired by their sponsor corporation in that they have the MA degree and
> the type of experience that will make them more marketable.
>
> Wake Forest University has an opportunity for minority students to
> attend their MBA program for FREE, and so far, the response has been
> very poor.  Please, please pass along this opportunity to your friends,
> families, and networks to see if there is an interest.
>
> This is a great school and a tremendous opportunity to attend a top
> graduate school. See details below.
>
> The contact person for anyone who is interested is:
>
> Derrick S. Boone, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor of Marketing
> Room 3139 Worrell Professional Center
> Babcock Graduate School of Management
> Wake Forest University
> 1834 Wake Forest Drive
> Winston-Salem , NC 27109-8758
> derrick.boone at mba.wfu.edu
>
> p 336.758.4475
> f  336.758.4514
>
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