MBA

The MBA program of Elon’s Martha and Spencer Love School of Business is ranked as the nation's fourth "best administered" program and fifth in the "best campus facilities" category in The Princeton Review's 2011 edition of the "Best 300 Business Schools."

Elon's student-produced MBA blog, Elon MBA: A Program for Your Busy Life welcomes three new student bloggers. The blog tells the stories of Elon MBA students as they work toward their degree while balancing professional, family and community commitments.

Mary Gowan, dean of the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, was appointed to the board of the Institute for Sustainable Development.

The Elon MBA program welcomed 36 new students in September. This is the largest cohort in the program's history.

Maurice Jennings ‘57, founder of Biscuitville restaurant and Burney Jennings ‘87, Biscuitville president, will be featured as the Love School of Business Legends of Business speakers on Wednesday, September 15, 4:30 pm. in the LaRose Digital Theatre. The event is open to all Elon students, faculty, and staff. A reception will follow.

Tina Das, professor of economics, and Casey Dirienzo, associate professor of economics and Associate Dean of the Love School of Business, have published a paper titled “Tourism Competitiveness and Corruption: A Cross Country Analysis” in Tourism Economics, 16(3): 477-492.

Kevin O'Mara, a professor of management, was elected president-elect of the Academy of Business Education for 2010-11.

Kevin O'Mara, a professor of management, has been appointed to serve on the Editorial Review Board of the Journal of Executive Education.

A paper written by Kevin J. O'Mara, professor of management, Gary R. Palin, director of the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, and Kathy Cort, associate professor at North Carolina A&T, received the "The Best Paper Award" at the recent ABWIC conference in Nashville, Tenn.