New US News Rankings

The latest US News Rankings came out last week. The full-time MBA is still ranked #25 among public MBA programs. The part-time or Managerial MBA (MMBA) is ranked #29 among publics and #50 overall. The Walton Supply Chain program was also ranked. They climbed from #23 overall last year to a tie with Georgia Institute of Technology at #14 overall. Among publics, we are tied at # 9. The Walton College is forming a new Supply Chain Department. This is very exciting and we are hoping it assists us further in the rankings.

I have been very sporadic in my posting lately and I thought I should explain why. Here is my schedule for March and April:

March 2 - Career Fair at University of Central Arkansas
March 3 - Career Fair at University of Arkansas as Fort Smith
March 10 - Open House and Social
March 16 - Corporate Visit to Walmart's ISD
March 17 - Career Fair at University of the Ozarks
March 17 - Information session in Rogers
March 22 - Career Fair at Philander Smith
March 30 - Corporate Visit to Tyson
April 5 - Career Fair at Henderson State University
April 5 - Career Fair at Ouachita Baptist University
April 6 - Career Fair at University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
April 7 - Career Fair at Arkansas Tech University
April 8 - Grad School Open House
April 11 - Admissions committee meeting for MBA and MMBA

It's a pretty busy time of year for us. Graduation is May 14 and we'll host a graduation party on Friday, May 13. This week is the University's Spring Break. I am in the office today and Wednesday. The University is closed on Friday and I am taking Thursday off so that I can spend some time with my kids. By then they'll be geared up and ready to get out of the house. We did visit friends in Tulsa this last weekend but now they are home. I am sure they will run me ragged this weekend. I'll be hearing, "Hey mom, can we go...?" I am hoping the weather cooperates so that we can get outside.

Spring Open House and Social

We held the Spring Open House and Social last night. Both were a resounding success. Twenty-two potential Walton master's students attended the Open House. The purpose of this event is to explain the application process and to discuss each master's degree offered by the Walton College.

Following the Open House, we headed down to Powerhouse for the Spring Social. This is a very popular event held every semester for all current, former, prospective Walton GSB students, and faculty. Over 100 attendees signed in. The Social is a great opportunity for our current and former students to mix and mingle and it gives our prospective students a chance to ask them questions about their programs of interest.

Next week we begin processing MBA and MMBA applications. Deadline is April 1 and the committee will meet the week of April 11. Decisions will be sent out the end of that week.