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BusinessWeek Ranks Robinson's Part-time MBA Among Top Five Programs in the South
November 6, 2009 (Atlanta) — Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business offers one of the five best part-time MBA programs in the South according to biennial rankings released yesterday by BusinessWeek. Among public universities, the College's part-time MBA ranks first in the South and in the national top 10.
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Alum Turned War Hero and Corporate CEO Offers Life Lessons at Robinson Executive Leadership Forum
November 6, 2009 (Atlanta) — From Georgia State student to war hero to corporate CEO to speaker and author, Lamar C. Smith (BBA '69) has done it all. Today he discussed some of his life lessons as a guest at Robinson's Executive Leadership Forum sponsored by the college's Center for Global Business Leadership.
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GSU's Alpharetta Academic Facility to open next fall
November 3, 2009 (Atlanta) — Georgia State University officials broke ground Friday (Oct. 30) on the new Alpharetta Academic Facility, a 45,000-square-foot classroom building set to open next fall that will expand the institution's urban footprint even further.
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Robinson Named to Top 100 in Aspen Institute Ranking
October 22, 2009 (New York) — Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business is ranked among the top 100 business schools worldwide for leadership in integrating social, environmental and ethical issues into its MBA programs, according to the Aspen Institute's 2009-2010 edition of Beyond Grey Pinstripes, a biennial survey and alternative ranking of business schools. Robinson ranked 85th in its inaugural appearance on the list. It is the only business school in Georgia to gain the distinction.
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Five Global Business Executives Notch Robinson 2009 Alumni Awards
October 21, 2009 (Atlanta) — Five alumni in key leadership positions with some of Atlanta's top global companies will be recognized for achievements in business and community service at the 7th Annual J. Mack Robinson College of Business Alumni Awards Celebration to be held on November 17 at 6:30 p.m. at Georgia State University's Buckhead Center.
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Financial Times Ranks Robinson Executive MBA 23rd in U.S., 65th Worldwide
October 19, 2009 (Atlanta) — Rankings released today by the Financial Times place the Executive MBA (EMBA) program at Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business 23rd among U.S.-based programs and 65th globally. Locally, it is the only EMBA offered by a public university to make the list.
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Blank Calls Culture Key
September 21, 2009 (Atlanta) — Having employees buy into to the culture is the key ingredient to the success of any organization said Arthur Blank, owner of the Atlanta Falcons and co-founder of The Home Depot. Blank appeared at Robinson's Center for Global Business Leadership this morning. He was interviewed by Center Director Jim Senn and answered questions from students and guests at Robinson's Executive Education Center in Buckhead.
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Real Estate Investment Advisory Council (REIAC) Forms Partnership with Real Estate Alumni Group of Georgia State's Robinson College of Business
September 10, 2009 (Atlanta) — The Southeast Chapter of the Real Estate Investment Advisory Council (REIAC) has formed a partnership with the Real Estate Alumni Group of Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business under which the organizations will co-market and co-present each other's events.
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Ted Turner, Judge Stanley Birch and Anthony Askew named 2009 Intellectual Property Legends by Georgia State's College of Law and the Robinson College of Business
September 10, 2009 (Atlanta) — Georgia State University's College of Law and the J. Mack Robinson College of Business announce the 2009 Intellectual Property Legends: Ted Turner of Turner Enterprises Inc., Judge Stanley F. Birch Jr. of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and Anthony B. Askew, partner with King & Spalding.
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Robinson's V. Kumar brings his two-day seminar, Managing Brands and Customers for Profit, to Robinson's Buckhead Executive Education Center September 28-29
September 9, 2009 (Atlanta) – V. Kumar, world-renowned marketing scholar and head of the Center for Excellence in Brand and Customer Management at Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business, will deliver a two-day executive education seminar, Managing Brands and Customers for Profit, on September 28-29 at Robinson's Executive Education Center in Buckhead.
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Robinson to Launch Executive Master's in Finance in January 2010
September 9, 2009 (Atlanta) – Beginning in January 2010 Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business will offer an Executive Master of Science in Finance (Executive MS-Finance) with a specialization in corporate finance. It will be the first such program offered in Atlanta.
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Robinson's Perry Binder taking part in Decatur Book Festival
September 3, 2009 (Atlanta) – Perry Binder, an assistant professor of legal studies at Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business, is among the local and national authors on the program for this weekend's Decatur Book Festival which is taking place September 4-6.
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Director hired for Georgia State's international risk management research center
September 2, 2009 (Atlanta) – Georgia State's J. Mack Robinson College of Business has named Glenn Harrison as the inaugural director of the new Center for the Economic Analysis of Risk (CEAR).
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Free Fall Over, but Key Drivers to Job Recovery Still Missing
August 26, 2009 (Atlanta) – The economy's free fall has come to an end but the forces that have traditionally firmed-up job recovery are still missing, said Rajeev Dhawan, director of the Economic Forecasting Center at Georgia State University's Robinson College of Business.
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Robinson Programs Listed Among Nation's Best in U.S. News Undergraduate Rankings--Risk Management 6th in Nation; Computer Information Systems, 7th; Real Estate, 11th; Undergraduate Program Ranked 32nd Among Public Universities, 57th overall
August 21, 2009 (Atlanta) – Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business is ranked near the top in multiple categories in the 2010 edition of "America's Best Colleges" published annually by U.S. News and World Report.
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Changing face of U.S. workforce propels GSU's new Executive Doctorate in Business program
August 17, 2009 (Atlanta) – As American executives grow older and live longer many are looking to lengthen their careers well into their golden years but find their MBA degrees only take them so far. As a result of this trend, the new Executive Doctorate in Business offered by Georgia State University's Robinson College of Business received double the number of applications than it had actual slots in the four short months since the program was unveiled.
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Strategy, Student Recruitment Highlight Robinson College Visit to Egypt
August 17, 2009 (Atlanta) – Open houses and strategy sessions were just some of the highlights of a recent visit to Egypt by Robinson Dean H. Fenwick Huss and Director of the Center for Business Development in Transitional Economies Bijan Fazlollahi.
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McChesney to Head Grad Recruiting, Student Services at Georgia State's Robinson College
August 5, 2009 (Atlanta) – Toby McChesney has been named director of the newly formed Graduate Recruiting and Student Services Department at Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business.
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Robinson forms partnership with Sandy Springs/Perimeter Chamber of Commerce
August 5, 2009 (Atlanta) – Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business has teamed up with the Sandy Springs/Perimeter Chamber of Commerce to create programs for area professionals and to promote international business.
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Georgia State's Robinson College of Business Announces 2009 Bergeron Scholarship Recipients
July 15, 2009 (Atlanta) – Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business today announced the recipients of the 2009 Bergeron Women in Technology Leadership Scholarship.
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July 30 Leadership Luncheon: People Wisdom For Difficult Times
July 15, 2009 (Atlanta) – Join in conversation with experienced leaders as we prepare for the challenges of tomorrow by exploring the lessons of the past and best practices of today.
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Unprecedented! Robinson College's V. Kumar Wins Third and Fourth Lifetime Achievement Awards from American Marketing Association; First to Do So in the History of the Organization
July 8, 2009 (Atlanta) – V. Kumar, executive director of the Center for Excellence in Brand and Customer Management at Georgia State University's Robinson College of Business, has become the first recipient of four American Marketing Association (AMA) Lifetime Achievement Awards.
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College Helps Atlanta Find Competitive Advantage
July 7, 2009 (Atlanta) – The Department of Managerial Sciences and the Robinson College of Business was a lead sponsor of the sixth annual Atlanta Competitive Advantage Conference held recently at various venues in Atlanta including Robinson's Executive Education Center in Buckhead.
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Marketing's Best and Brightest Convene at Robinson for the 2009 AMA Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium
June 19, 2009 (Atlanta) – From June 11-14, an elite group of 104 marketing doctoral students and 110 of the world's most distinguished marketing faculty gathered at Georgia State University's Robinson College of Business for the premier international gathering of marketing scholars—the 44th Annual American Marketing Association Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium.
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Denish Shah, Assistant Director of Center for Excellence in Brand and Customer Management, Recognized for Dissertation Excellence in Three Competitions
June 11, 2009 (Atlanta) – Denish Shah, assistant professor of marketing and assistant director of the Center for Excellence in Brand and Customer Management at Georgia State's Robinson College of Business, has been recognized for doctoral dissertation excellence in three competitions.
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Robinson Faculty Ranked Among World's Leading Researchers
June 5, 2009 (Atlanta) – Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business has been recognized as one of the top U.S. business schools for faculty research according to an analysis by the School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD).
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Robinson Student Wins 2009 Microsoft Imagine Cup
May 29, 2009 (Atlanta) – Jimmy Dickinson, a second-year graduate student at Georgia State's J. Mack Robinson College of Business, teamed with his two younger brothers to win the U.S. software design championship at the 2009 Microsoft Imagine Cup competition held in Boston earlier this month.
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"Green Shoots" Need Support of Corporate Investment to Flourish, Says Georgia State Forecaster; Removal of Toxic Debt a Necessary Prerequisite
May 20, 2009 (Atlanta) – Despite a growing chorus of experts predicting recovery in the second half of 2009, Georgia State Economic Forecasting Center Director Rajeev Dhawan warns that it will take much more than positive thinking to begin the recovery process.
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Portfolio Management Team attends RISE Conference
May 4, 2009 (Atlanta) – Talk about a résumé builder. Five students from Georgia State University's Robinson College of Business recently traveled to Dayton, Ohio, for the Redefining Investment Strategy Education (RISE) Conference, a forum that brings together students, faculty and investment professionals for three days of discussion.
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Robinson Part-time MBA Ranked in U.S. News Top 10 for 14th Consecutive Year; Information Systems Program Also Among 10 Best
April 23, 2009 (Atlanta) – The part-time MBA program at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business ranked among the top 10 programs (Number 7) in the nation in U.S. News and World Report's annual "America's Best Graduate School" rankings for 2009 released today.
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New Robinson Exec Ed Seminar Features Renowned Marketer; Presents Bottom Line Tips For Tough Times
April 20, 2009 (Atlanta) – Dr. V. Kumar of Georgia State's Robinson College of Business brings his two-day seminar, Managing Brands and Customers for Profit, to Robinson's Buckhead Executive Education Center in June and September.
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Earth Day
April 20, 2009 (Atlanta) – Sustainability in businesses is becoming increasingly important, and Georgia State's Robinson College of Business is focusing on the subject in several ways.
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Robinson's TeamMBA Targets Atlanta's Needy
April 20, 2009 (Atlanta) – MBA students at Georgia State's J. Mack Robinson College of Business are joining forces this month to support the Atlanta Community Food Bank.
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Isdell, Patton to be Honored at Georgia State's Robinson College 25th Business Hall Of Fame Celebration
April 3, 2009 (Atlanta) – Coca-Cola Chairman Neville Isdell and Georgia State President Emeritus Carl Patton are the 2009 inductees into the Business Hall of Fame at Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business.
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Atlanta Compliance and Ethics Roundtable Merges with Center for Ethics and Corporate Responsibility at the Robinson College of Business
March 26, 2009 (Atlanta) – The Center for Ethics and Corporate Responsibility, a unit of Georgia State University's Robinson College of Business, has joined forces with the Atlanta Compliance and Ethics Roundtable (ACE) — a union that allows the two organizations to capitalize on mutual interests and complementary missions.
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BusinessWeek: Robinson Undergrad Program Among U.S. Best
March 25, 2009 (Atlanta) – The J. Mack Robinson College of Business is listed in BusinessWeek's recently-released ranking of the Top 100 Undergraduate Business Programs in the nation.
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Robinson College of Business to Offer Dual Degree: Professional MBA/Master of Health Administration
March 19, 2009 (Atlanta) – Beginning in August 2009, the Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University will offer a joint degree: a Professional MBA/Master of Health Administration (PMBA/MHA) at the university's new Peachtree-Dunwoody Center.
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Alfred Mettler of Georgia State's Robinson College of Business Appointed to Group Advising Government of Switzerland about Banking Secrecy Issues
March 18, 2009 (Atlanta) – Alfred Mettler, an expert on international banking and finance as well as an associate professor in the Department of Finance at Georgia State's Robinson College of Business, has been appointed to a group advising the government of Switzerland on how to respond to mounting global pressure that it allow other nations to access data about their citizens' investments in Swiss banks – a demand at odds with the nation's entrenched bank secrecy laws.
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NFL Linebacker Jon Vilma to Speak on Financial Literacy
March 18, 2009 (Atlanta) – Jon Vilma, an NFL linebacker who wears number 51 for the New Orleans Saints, will speak on the "ABCs of Financial Literacy" today at Georgia State University's Rialto Center for the Arts.
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Rajeev Dhawan talks bonuses, bailouts, and the economy with CNN host Rick Sanchez
March 17, 2009 (Atlanta) – Rajeev Dhawan, director of the Economic Forecasting Center at Georgia State's Robinson College of Business, was a featured guest on CNN Newsroom with Rick Sanchez when the show broadcast live from the Georgia State University Student Center on March 16.
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Idbids Takes Home 2009 MAX Grand Winner Award
February 27, 2009 (Atlanta) – Organizers of the 17th Annual Marketing Awards for Excellence (MAX Awards) today announced Idbids' Eco-friendly Starter Kit as the Grand Winner.
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Any Eventual Recovery at the National Level Hinges on Quick and Proper Financial Rescue Plan, Says Georgia State Forecaster
February 25, 2009 (Atlanta) – Despite the passage of the economic stimulus bill, the recession will continue to deepen until there is a detailed plan to fix the nation's banking system, says Dr. Rajeev Dhawan, director of the Economic Forecasting Center at Georgia State University, in his Forecast of the Nation, released today.
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Owens Discusses Tough Choices for Tough Times; Caterpillar CEO Among Top Execs at Robinson 2009 Leadership Conference
February 11, 2009 (Atlanta) – Caterpillar Corporation Chairman and CEO Jim Owens highlighted a stellar list of speakers at the 2009 Executive Leadership Forum sponsored by Robinson's Center for Global Business Leadership.
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Eric Joiner Scholarship Award Selected
January 15, 2009 (Atlanta) – Jora Vaso, an MIB candidate, has been selected as the recipient of the 2008 Eric Joiner Scholarship Award.
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Georgia State's Robinson College of Business Offers New Executive Education Short Courses in Information Technology
January 13, 2009 (Atlanta) – Top-ranked computer information systems faculty teams up with industry experts to offer 16 non-degree short courses designed for information technology professionals
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Petit to Chair Robinson Board of Advisors
December 29, 2008 (Atlanta) – Parker H. "Pete" Petit has been named chairman of the Board of Advisors of Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business.
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Robinson College of Business adds unique C-level mentoring component to Master's in Managing Information Technology program
December 16, 2008 (Atlanta) – A first-of-its-kind mentoring component integrated into the Master's in Managing Information Technology offered by Robinson College's highly ranked Computer Information Systems (CIS) department addresses the impending "brain drain" triggered by CIO retirement.
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Georgia Uninsured Rate Holds Steady but Employer Coverage Loses Ground
December 12, 2008 (Atlanta) – Georgia has the sixth-highest number of residents without health insurance in the U.S. and ranks 11th in its percentage of the population lacking coverage, according to a new report from the Georgia Health Policy Center and the Center for Health Services Research, both at Georgia State University.
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Robinson Alumni, Friends Welcome Curry
December 5, 2008 (Atlanta) – More than 100 alumni and friends of the Robinson College attended a special "welcome" event for Bill Curry, head football coach at Georgia State University and recently-named Robinson Distinguished Executive Fellow.
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