Financial Times Ranks Georgetown's MBA Full-Time Program #17 of U.S. Business Schools

The Financial Times 2011 ranking of full-time MBA programs listed the MBA Full-Time Program at Georgetown's McDonough School of Business number 17 among U.S. business schools, up two slots from last year's position of 19. The program remains 38th among the world's top MBA programs and was ranked #3 in the world in international business. [READ MORE]

“Last Name Effect” Determines Consumer Decisions

Research by Kurt Carlson, a professor of marketing at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business, recently showed that a consumers' behavior as adults is related to their childhood surname. [READ MORE]

Coca-Cola North America President Sandy Douglas, Feb. 9

The Distinguished Leaders Series presents J. Alexander M. (Sandy) Douglas, Jr., president of Coca-Cola North America, who is responsible for all of The Cola-Cola Company's operations in the United States and Canada. Wednesday, Feb. 9, at 4:15 p.m., Rafik B. Hariri Building's Fisher Colloquium. [RSVP]

Senseless Panic: How Washington Failed America, with Bill Isaac, Feb. 7

Bill Isaac, chairman of LECG Global Financial Services, a former FDIC chairman, and author of Senseless Panic: How Washington Failed America, will speak in the Rafik B. Hariri Building's Fisher Colloquium on Monday, Feb. 7, at 4:30 p.m. [RSVP]

Abengoa and McDonough School of Business Partner to Create Custom Program in Project Management

Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business and the sustainable technology company Abengoa have partnered to create a custom executive education program in project management, offered exclusively to Abengoa’s employees. [READ MORE]

Alumni Business Networking Breakfast: Tysons Corner, VA

Please join us for an Alumni Business Networking Event featuring George Daly, Dean of Georgetown's McDonough School of Business. Wednesday, Feb. 23, at 7:30 a.m. at Hilton McLean Tysons Corner. [RSVP]

Class Notes for Georgetown Business

Do you have news you would like to share (career updates, family news, and special accomplishments) for publication in the Spring 2011 issue of Georgetown Business magazine? Please send class notes and photos to georgetownbusiness@msb.edu by Feb. 10. [E-MAIL]

Upcoming MBA Full-Time Program Admissions Events & Important Dates

April 1: Round Three Application Deadline

View the complete list of MBA Full-Time Program Admissions Events.