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Note from the Dean
It is hard to comprehend the change and tragedy of the past three weeks. For the Middle Tennessee community, the nightmare began three weeks ago with a devastating tornado. I am so very thankful to say that our students, staff, and faculty, although shaken, remained safe. However, Nashville alumni suffered losses of homes and businesses, significant power outages, and disruption to daily life. I am grateful for the many people throughout community who pitched in to help.
Then, as we returned from spring break, the coronavirus appeared in the Vanderbilt community and quickly escalated into a pandemic, impacting every aspect of daily life. With Vanderbilt, the Owen School quickly shifted classes online. The change required rapid technology investment and faculty training. The Owen staff and faculty worked tirelessly to enable remote delivery of our world-class education experience. I am proud of our faculty, staff, and students, who quickly adapted to this new learning approach with patience and good humor.
In the middle of the crisis, we received some welcome good news last week: our MBA program leaped to #23 in US News annual ranking. This comes on the heels of Top-25 domestic rankings in The Financial Times and The Economist. What a year! More to follow on that in our spring ranking roundup.
As we press on this spring, our top priorities are ensuring that our students graduate on time and supporting our community through this tough period. This week, Vanderbilt committed $1 million in university funds to create a new Student Hardship Fund. I am grateful for alumni support that will increase our ability to support all students with unanticipated financial needs created by this unprecedented crisis. You can find more information about Owen’s response to the crisis on our website and the university's response to the coronavirus at the Vanderbilt COVID-19 website.
I hope all of our alumni community is safe and well during these trying times. Our alumni career management team provides tools to help those in our community face transitions. As I tell our students every week, take care of yourselves. Get outside, stretch, and take care of your health. And most importantly, check in on one another. The Owen community functions at its best when we stay connected. Call a friend you haven’t heard from and make sure they are doing okay. Reaching out can have a far larger impact than you would ever imagine.
Thank you for your enduring support of the Owen School and the Owen community. Together, we are fighting for the future: the future of our students, the future of the Owen School and Vanderbilt, and the future of our communities. We are all in this together.
Best,
Eric
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UPCOMING ALUMNI EVENTS
The Nashville, Atlanta, and New York Closing Bells will be rescheduled;
new dates are forthcoming.
November 6-7 | Reunion Weekend | Nashville
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Remembering Hans Stoll
Hans Stoll, the Anne Marie and Thomas B. Walker Jr. Professor of Finance, Emeritus, at Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management, died March 20. He was 80. A pioneer in the world of academic finance, Stoll was the first to define and test the put-call parity relationship for option prices and to identify the “triple witching hour.” Read more.
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Remembering Brownlee O. Currey, Jr.
Brownlee O. Currey, Jr. passed away on March 18, 2020, at the age of 91. The Currey family has given generously to Owen throughout the years; gifts include several faculty chairs, faculty fellowships, and contributions to the J. Dewey Daane Fund. Brownlee Currey is pictured left with Dean Johnson and Claire Tucker (CEO, CapStar Bank) winning the 2016 Bull & Bear Award at Owen’s Matt Wigginton Economic Conference. Read more.
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The new OwenGear.com store has launched!
We have revamped our online store to offer a greater selection of gear and a customer-friendly experience. Take a moment to explore the incredible apparel and other merchandise, which includes mugs, tumblers, and phone cases, at OwenGear.com.
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Vanderbilt Full-Time MBA Ranks No. 23 in US News & World Report’s Best Graduate School Rankings 2021
Earlier this month, the Full-Time MBA program at Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management ranked 23rd in US News and World Report’s 2021 Best Graduate Rankings. The ranking measures MBA programs on several factors, including average starting salary and bonus, graduates employed at graduation and three months after graduation, average GMAT score, and undergraduate GPA. Read more.
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MBA Program Makes Adjustments to its 3rd App Round and Announces New Round 4 Deadline
Recognizing the extraordinary challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic poses to prospective business school students, we have made adjustments to our current application round and introduced a new Round 4 deadline date. We are maintaining our original application Round 3 due date of April 6 and also considering candidates on a rolling basis through the June 1 deadline. App fees will be waived for both remaining rounds. Read more.
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Executive Education
Vanderbilt staff and alumni receive a 20% discount with the code ALUMNI at checkout.
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Parting Shot: COVID-19 Preparations
Staff and faculty worked diligently to move classes online before campus completely shut down: Dean Johnson shopped for high quality remote teaching gear (left) while Professor Brian McCann ran a Zoom group test run (right).
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