The Graduate School of Management (GSOM) at Clark University is once again among the nation’s most outstanding business schools according to The Princeton Review, which features GSOM in its new 2017 edition of “The Best 294 Business Schools.” The Princeton Review tallied its Best Business School list based on feedback from 25,000 students attending the 296 business…
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Passion with a Purpose: GSOM MBA graduate Raja Venkatachalam, ‘16
In many ways, Raja Venkatachalam is not all that different from other driven and talented students who have studied at Clark’s Graduate School of Management (GSOM). Despite having a mechanical engineering degree from Anna University in Chennai, India, he knew he wanted to attend graduate school in the United States and shift his focus to…
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An In-class Experience with a Multi-National Sports Company
GSOM students who have taken Professor Lin Boldt’s Marketing Research class agree: there’s no better course for hands-on, practical experience in marketing. The course teaches students current, real-world marketing research skills and is highlighted by a semester-long project for a well-known, multi-national sports company. Marketing Research teaches students how to make sound business decisions and…
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Graduate School of Management to Induct 46 Students into Prestigious Academic Honor Society
Clark’s Graduate School of Management (GSOM) will recognize 46 students to be inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma, the international honor society exclusively for business programs accredited by AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business – on May 19, on the college’s main campus. Beta Gamma Sigma is a prestigious national honor…
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Clark MBA Graduate Sees Video Production Company Expand with Acquisition
Article from The Worcester Business Journal detailing Matter Communications’ acquisition of Skyscope, a video production business started by Clark alumni Alex Dunn ’11, M.B.A. ’12, Gabe Gerzon ’11, M.S.P.C. ’12, and Sam Shepler ’11, M.S.P.C.’12: Skyscope, a Worcester startup focused on video production, was acquired by a Newburyport public relations firm Tuesday and will remain operating in the city…
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GSOM Professor and the Center for Creative Leadership Publish Research Results on Motivation
What motivates managers? Money, yes, but so much more… Clark University and Center for Creative Leadership publish research on workplace motivation. Management Professor Laura Graves It is often said that “money talks,” but does it motivate? While many organizations use salary, bonuses, stock options, and promotions to motivate managers, a recent study reveals that relying…
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Clark ranked a top Peace Corps volunteer-producing school
Clark University is number 23 on the Peace Corps’ 2016 rankings of the top volunteer-producing colleges and universities. Clark is ranked on the list of small colleges and universities, with 8 alumni currently volunteering worldwide. Since 1961, 255 Clark alumni have served in the Peace Corps; this is the second straight year that the University…
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Merging Business and Environmental Interests into the Perfect Graduate Program
John Marshall Richards has always had a sense as to what fields he’d like to work in after graduating college. His only question upon finishing his bachelor’s degree at Dickinson College was finding a graduate school that paired his two—seemingly very different—passions: business and environmental sustainability. He found both, and more, at Clark University Graduate…
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Distinguished GSOM alumnus Dr. Wolfgang Hammes Visits
Clark University Graduate School of Management was honored to have alumnus Dr. Wolfgang Hammes, MBA ’89, CEO at The Vangi Group LLC and a Clark Board of Trustees Member, share his expertise with the GSOM community on the dangers and opportunities of economic inflation. Dr. Hammes also spent part of the day meeting individually with students to offer networking and career advice.
Dr. Hammes previously authored a book on Strategic Alliances and has published several articles on strategy, finance, and risk topics. He is about to publish a second book on what companies and individuals should do to prepare for the return of inflation. He has several years of consulting and investment banking experience.
GSOM graduate and undergraduate students packed a classroom to listen to Dr. Hammes, and after a warm welcome from GSOM Dean Catherine Usoff, he began his talk with a review of past financial crises. He emphasized the importance of critical thinking and of learning from the past, so as to avoid a financial crisis in the future. “Very few people focus on risk when they’re feeling good,” Hammes noted. He then shared his thoughts on how companies and individuals can be better prepared for the return of inflation.
As an MSF student here in the Graduate School of Management, I was quite interested in Dr. Hammes’s insights on inflation and critical thinking. Afterwards, I felt more confident in my knowledge about how it is a vital part of economy and can closely affect our professional and personal lives. His visit was an excellent addition to our classroom work!
-Contributed by student, Hayley Gao, MSF candidate, 2016
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Great night at the GSOM Annual Banquet
Student Contributor Hayley Gao (Graduate School of Management, MSF ’16) talks about the annual GSOM Spring Banquet, an evening of awards, dinner, and dancing for GSOM students, faculty and staff. After weeks of anticipation, the day had finally come – April 3rd, the day of the Graduate School of Management (GSOM) Formal Annual Banquet. This grand…