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As Executive Programs undertakes the next 25 years, we’ll continue to deliver the relevant curriculum and student experience that develops outstanding business leaders. However, in today’s volatile marketplace we must anticipate change and be flexible and agile enough to stay at the forefront of executive education.”
– Frank Oprandy
In addition, each program included an international study week built into tuition, which was both a great learning experience and further increased the quality of the program, consistent with other top business schools. These international study trips also facilitated building connections with other great Universities around the world, which in turn enhanced Auburn University’s global reputation. Following the successful launch of the EMBA Program, Auburn partnered with the Southern Medical Association to launch a Physician’s Executive MBA Program in the fall of 1999. Custom corporate degree programs with Jostens and Pratt & Whitney followed. A decade later, the College of Architecture, Design and Construction partnered with the Harbert College Executive programs to start a Master of Real Estate Development, and that program was launched in 2010. All in all, alumni of these programs now number over one thousand, with incredibly successful alumni in many different industries, all over the world. Kim Kuerten, former and founding Executive Director of Graduate Executive Programs said, “at the time of the EMBA Program’s inception, there were some who doubted distance-learning programs. They were sometimes perceived as ‘less than’ on-campus courses. Our mix of residencies with distance learning is an innovation that works incredibly well.” These days, you’d be hard-pressed to find a major MBA program that doesn’t offer remote and hybrid learning options — and Auburn has twenty-five years more experience than most of them. The Auburn faculty and staff who launched these programs a quarter-century ago were not afraid to innovate in the classroom, in the TV studio, and online. Together, everyone contributed to the creation of top-quality programs that have supported Auburn’s continued ascension among top quality business schools. Even Dr. Parks would be impressed.
Attendees gather to celebrate a quarter century of success.
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