New Blogger

Meet our new blogger, Kellen Utecht. Kellen is from North Dakota. He has worked with Small Business Development Centers and volunteered in the Peace Corps. Kellen is now completing the dual program - MBA and MPS. For those of you who don't know what the MPS is, it is the Master of Public Service offered by the Clinton School in Little Rock. Visit them at http://www.clintonschool.uasys.edu/. The link to Kellen's blog is located on the right of this page. Be sure to follow his journey as he pursues this dual program.

Commencement was last Saturday. I have great pictures to share of the graduation party and commencement. I'll post them on Monday. Have a great weekend, everyone.

Wrapping up the semester

Finals began on Saturday and will end Friday, May 13th. Hopefully our students are not overly superstitious. The University Commencement will be held Saturday, May 14. Walton Commencement is that afternoon, at 12:30. This is a busy week for our students. The Graduate School of Business hosts a graduation party on Friday, May 13th. I enjoy these end of year festivities. The students are giddy with excitement and their families are pretty happy too.

In other news, our two teams competing in small business plan competitions this semester are featured in the May 23 issue of Fortune magazine. cycleWood finished 4th at the Rice University competition and TiFiber finished 6th. A record 510 plans were submitted this year. Forty two are then selected to compete. Two Walton teams finished in the top 6!

Walton MBA #1 in the nation

The Walton MBA is number one in the nation in placement at graduation. For the full story, visit

http://poetsandquants.com/2011/04/25/best-b-schools-for-getting-a-job/.

Pay particularly close attention to the comments at the bottom comparing our cost of living to that of New York.