Note From Dean Johnson
Spring Break is around the corner! After students complete their final exams this week, many of them will be travelling around the globe.
Professor Ray Friedman is leading a group of students to Shanghai on his China Project Course, where they'll be conducting consulting projects for companies such as FedEx and Microsoft. Others will be headed to Israel with Professor Mark Cohen to visit with a variety of businesses. Project Pyramid teams are travelling to Columbia, Rwanda, Ethiopia, and Guatemala to work with local enterprises. These trips are a wonderful way for students to broaden their global perspectives and learn about the opportunities and challenges of doing business on an international scale.  
Best,
Eric

UPCOMING ALUMNI EVENTS

March 1 Closing Bell | Atlanta
March 15 Closing Bell | Nashville
March 27 Closing Bell | Boston
April 4 Closing Bell | Dallas
April 5 | Closing Bell | Houston
April 11 Closing Bell | Los Angeles 

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Announcing the Launch of Accelerator® – Finance Boot Camp 
Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management is excited to announce the launch of Accelerator®—Finance Bootcamp.
For undergraduates interested in a career in finance, this three-day program is designed to provide a top-level understanding of complex principles such as financial statements, market efficiency, valuing stocks and bonds, and corporate financial policy. Learn more.
An Evening with Vanderbilt's Marshall Eakin
Join our Executive MBA Global Immersion students as their Vanderbilt residency kicks off on Friday, April 6 at 5:30 pm. The evening will feature Marshall Eakin, award-winning Vanderbilt history professor, author, and former faculty director of the Ingram Scholarship Program. Owen's EMBA program and Vanderbilt's Center for Latin American Studies are pleased to cosponsor Eakin's session, Three Very Different Kinds of Latin American Markets: Chile, Brazil, Cuba, with a reception following. Please invite a friend or colleague who may be interested in learning more about Latin America or the EMBA Global Immersion experience. Click here to register.
Leadership Development for MAcc, MS Finance, and Master of Marketing Students 
The Vanderbilt Leadership Development Program helps students who are pursuing a MAcc, MS Finance or Master of Marketing degree hone in on their strengths and polish their professional skills. The program not only equips students for the interview process but also prepares them to succeed long term in their careers. Watch the video here.
Valentine's Day Podcast
The various dimensions of the “b-school relationship” are well-documented, and the general impression is not a good one. And yet, a disproportionate amount of students find lasting love at Vanderbilt. 
In honor of Valentine’s Day, we talked with four alumni couples – Jane Greenlee and Martin Wiegland (MBA’17); Brock and Holly Hardesty (MBA’13); Carolina and Henry Ko (MBA’11 and 12, respectively); and Eleonora and Frank Odio (MBA’96) – about their relationships and how they made them work. Listen here. 

Executive Education
Did you know that 50% of employees leave companies because of bad managers?   
Increase your company’s ability to retain strong leaders and employees by taking one of the follow short programs from Executive Education:
Executive Leadership (March 5-7): A 3-day program to help you achieve your potential as a leader.
Communication Strategies for Senior Leaders (April 2-3): A 2-day program to help you communicate, motivate and grow your executive brand.
Women in Leadership (April 24-25): A 2-day program for female managers, supervisors and executives seeking solutions to real challenges that women face in leadership roles.
*Reminder: Alumni receive 25% off any program or certificate* 
Information Session for Master of Management in Health Care Program
Do you know physicians, nurses, or healthcare administrators who might be interested in learning more about the business of healthcare to become stronger leaders? Please encourage them to attend an infomation session hosted by the MMHC program on Thursday, March 8 from 6 - 8pm in the Center Building. Prospects will learn more about the program, hear from recent alumni, and enjoy hors d’oeuvres. Register here.

Owen in the News
February 13, 2018 
Professors, Students Help Preserve Jefferson Street Musical History
NewsChannel 5

Vanderbilt University professors and students have recently launched a new website to help preserve the long and rich musical history of Jefferson Street. Professor David Owens is featured.
February 10, 2018 
Where Volatility Goes to Die
Barrons
When volatility spiked, the two biggest exchange-traded products ran into trouble. One was killed, the other survived, but no one knows how. Professor Robert Whaley is quoted.

Parting Shot: Lunar New Year

We celebrated the Lunar Year with an art exhibition, a Chinese Class, a Lunar New Year Lunch and Learn, and special edition Chinese New Year’s Eve Closing Bell.

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