European CEO Magazine Names Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business Most Innovative Business School
[1/17/2012]
European CEO Magazine's 2011 Global Business Education Awards has named Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business the Most Innovative Business School for the Southern United States Region.
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Baylor To Relocate Austin Executive MBA Campus (In the News)
[11/8/2011]
Community Impact Newspaper article reporting that Baylor's Executive MBA program is to move to a new location in the Oak Creek Plaza at MoPac and Parmer Lane in Austin.
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Baylor University's Executive MBA Program Ranked 35th Nationally by Financial Times
[11/9/2011]
Baylor University's Executive MBA program is ranked 35th in 2011, up from 39th in 2010, for United States-only based programs, according to the Financial Times' 2011 rankings.
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Waco: Baylor Accounting Students Rank Nationally In CPA Exam (In the News)
[11/14/2011]
KWTX, Baylor University's accounting program is one of the best in the nation, according to the results of the 2010 Uniform Certified Public Accountant Exam. The CPA exam was released by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy and credits Baylor's accounting department with ranking 6th place in the nation for overall pass rate for first-time candidates.
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Baylor's Hankamer School of Business EMBA program ranked among the Worlds' Best by Bloomberg Businessweek
[11/14/2011]
For the first time, the Executive MBA program (EMBA) at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business has been named among the best programs in the world by Bloomberg Businessweek's 2011 Executive MBA ranking. Baylor is ranked 37 worldwide, and the program, which includes campuses in Dallas and Austin, also ranked third among programs in Texas.
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The Princeton Review & Entrepreneur Magazine Name the Top 50 Schools for Entrepreneurship Programs (In the News)
[9/20/2011]
CNBC, The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine announced that Baylor's Entrepreneurship program is ranked No. 3 among the top 25 undergraduate entrepreneurship programs in the nation.
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Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business Ranks No. 3 in Nation for Entrepreneurship
[9/22/2011]
The undergraduate entrepreneurship program at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business is ranked No. 3 in the country from among more than 2,000 schools surveyed by The Princeton Review for Entrepreneur Magazine.
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Some Schools Help Forge Direct Path From B.A. to M.B.A. (In the News)
[9/29/2011]
U.S. News and World Report quotes Gary Carini, associate dean for graduate programs at Baylor's Hankamer School of Business on transitioning from undergraduate to graduate student.
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IBM University Tour Comes to Baylor
[9/1/2011]
What does it take to make our planet smarter? IBM is hosting 39 campus events to help students develop skills to differentiate themselves in order to be competitive in the marketplace. The first event will be on Baylor's campus on Sept. 13.
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Texas Business Hall of Fame Scholarship Awarded to Brianne Bidwell
[7/20/2011]
The Texas Business Hall of Fame has named Baylor MBA Brianne Bidwell as a scholarship recipient for 2011. Scholarship recipients are recognized for leadership, entrepreneurial achievement, good academic credentials, and outstanding moral character.
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$2 Million Gift to Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business Funds New Competition for Student Entrepreneurs Across the U.S.
[6/15/2011]
Baylor University announced today a $2 million gift, given anonymously to the Hankamer School of Business, to endow the Baylor Entrepreneurship Innovation Challenge, a business plan competition that will provide invaluable opportunities for students from all over the nation as they seek to develop their business ideas. The gift and the development of the business plan competition will further enrich the nationally recognized Entrepreneurship program at Baylor University.
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Baylor Students Gain Business Insight From Multi-Billionaire Warren Buffett
[4/19/2011]
It's unlikely that college students would have time with multi-billionaire investor Warren Buffett scheduled on their iPhone calendars.
However, seven students enrolled in Baylor's Management Information Systems (MIS) leadership program, Kendall Zapffe, Amanda Mitchell, Brian Keffer, James Han, Ethan Briggs, Nick Stephens and Brooke Mills, and several MBA students received an invitation to travel to Omaha, Neb., to hear from Buffett himself in a Q&A session.
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Scholarships Available for Entrepreneurship Students, Applications Due by March 21
[2/15/2011]
The John F. Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship is awarding entrepreneurship scholarships for the 2011 school year. Applicants must be Hankamer School of Business students pursuing a degree in entrepreneurship.
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Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business Launches First Stage of the Innovative Business Accelerator
[1/6/2011]
Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business is launching a new collaborative program for professors and businesses within the Innovative Business Accelerator (IBA), a broad-based spectrum of business, science and technical services designed to lend value to both new start-ups and existing businesses. The first stage in the IBA - the Business Research Program - will link companies and Baylor business researchers in order to develop applicable industry business research goals.
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Baylor Angel Network Announces New Angels
[10/18/2010]
The Baylor Angel Network (BAN) announced six new angel investors who will impart business advice, share personal experience and guide entrepreneurs. The new angels are Bruce Ballengee, Kirk Coleman, Patrick Hamner, Carl Hefton, Robert Nitsche and Michael Wilhite.
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Baylor Accounting Continues its Hot Streak, Ranks No. 3 in the Nation on the CPA Exam
[10/14/2010]
Baylor accounting students continue an established tradition by performing among the best on the 2009 Uniform Certified Public Accounting (CPA) exam.
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The Best Executive M.B.A. Programs (In the News)
[9/30/2010]
Baylor's Executive EMBA program is among those profiled by the Wall Street Journal's ranking of the nation's best EMBA programs. -- Last year, Takashi Yoshizaki was halfway through his executive M.B.A. studies at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business when his employer announced it would file for bankruptcy.
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Nation's First Center for Professional Selling Celebrates Silver Anniversary at Baylor University (In the News)
[9/13/2010]
AOL Daily Finance, Twenty-five years after opening the first sales center in the country, the Center for Professional Selling at Baylor University continues to lead and excel in all aspects of sales education. To commemorate the anniversary, the Center is hosting five days of events from Thursday, Sept. 16 through Monday, Sept. 20, 2010.
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Baylor Moves Up in U.S. News Rankings - Engineering Nears Top 10, Business Entrepreneurship Ranked No. 15
[8/19/2010]
Baylor University moved up one place to No. 79 among 262 institutions in the Best National Universities category, while engineering and entrepreneurship continue to be among the nation's top programs, in the 2011 edition of Best Colleges by U.S.News & World Report.
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PEP Graduates to Meet with Texas Rangers All-Star Josh Hamilton
[7/16/2010]
Gary Carini, Associate Dean for Graduate Business Programs and long-time mentor with the Prison Entrepreneurship Program (PEP), will join 15 PEP graduates and one PEP staff member in a private meeting with Texas Rangers All-Star Josh Hamilton on Sunday, July 25, at the Ballpark in Arlington. Hamilton is scheduled to talk to the PEP graduates about his experiences and recovery and to encourage them going forward.
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Capitol Experience Brings Valuable Insight to Baylor Executive MBA students
[6/24/2010]
Baylor Executive MBA students from Austin and Dallas traveled to Washington, D.C. in mid-May to learn more about how public policy affects their businesses.
"With the D.C. trip, our goal is to consider that the knowledge of public policy and the process of creating and vetting legislation has a direct impact on the success or failure of a company," said Kirk Hansen, associate director of the Executive MBA Program in Austin. He said that while students know that increasing shareholder value is critical, this cannot occur without realizing the influence that federal, state and local policies have on a particular business.
The students arrived in D.C. on Sunday, May 16th and began hearing speakers the same evening. Throughout the week they attended seminars that addressed topics such as sustainability and healthcare reform. Several current members of Congress as well as lobbyists and other policy makers spoke to the students.
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Baylor MBA awarded Texas Business Hall of Fame Awards Scholarship
[6/8/2010]
Jordan Metteauer, MBA student at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business, is one of 19 students statewide who will receive a $10,000 scholarship from the Texas Business Hall of Fame.
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