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The Carlson Part-Time MBA n o . 9 Carlson Part-Time MBA Ranked No. 9 Nationwide By U.S. News & World Report Invest in your future with an MBA from the region’s only top-ranked business school. The Carlson Part-Time MBA imparts the knowledge you need to improve your day-to-day performance and advance in your organization—or redefine your career path—all while remaining in your job. JOIN AN ELITE NETWORK and ENHANCE YOUR CAREER STRIKING A BALANCE BETWEEN WORK AND SCHOOL Gina Joyce, ’16 MBA, comes from a scientific background. The Animal BALANCE YOUR MBA Science/Pre-Vet major took an unexpected path after graduating WITH YOUR FAST-PACED from Iowa State University: Instead of Earn your degree on your terms. continuing on to veterinary school, she LIFESTYLE The Carlson School’s portfolio of became a marketing coordinator at local animal nutrition company Zinpro Evening, flexible course offerings empowers you weekday, and Corporation. And at her employer’s Saturday to structure your program to meet your recommendation, she enrolled in the MBA courses priorities. Whether you’re looking to fast- program to build her business knowledge. track your program or wish to engage the Finance, accounting, strategic management—the concepts covered in Condensed full host of activities and opportunities at class were new to Joyce. But she quickly courses the Carlson School, the Part-Time MBA got up to speed. And to her surprise, she Program flexes to fit your busy life. began applying lessons from class right Online away to grow and develop at work. courses “I could go to class on a Tuesday night, come to work on a Wednesday morning, and immediately implement something I had learned,” she says. Set your own pace Joyce worked full-time at Zinpro and Students can complete the program in as little as 2.5 years, or upheld a rigorous travel schedule as she proceed at a more modest pace. Calibrate your course load each worked toward earning her MBA. She semester to balance the changing demands of school, work, and life. took online and condensed courses that allowed her to spend less time on campus, progress through the curriculum more quickly, and finish the program sooner than she expected. Minimize your commute “I came into the program with no Spend less time traveling to and from business background and I planned on it campus by taking your courses online taking four years to complete,” she says. and in condensed formats. “But thanks to the online and condensed course offerings, I was able to shave a year off of that time and finish in three years.” Just before graduating from the Carlson School, Joyce was promoted to marketing Explore business disciplines associate for North America and later to Take elective courses and engage in opportunities project manager—commercialization. “I beyond the classroom to develop expertise in a started the Part-Time MBA program with career sector that interests you. the intent to stay at Zinpro, and the goal of acquiring the skills needed to further my career here. And the goal was realized, as that’s exactly what happened,” she says. CONNECT Employers connect with students through: WITH • ON-CAMPUS RECRUITING COMPANIES • SITE VISITS • GUEST LECTURES EARN A DEGREE THAT Dozens of Fortune 500s, small-and mid-sized companies, • CASE COMPETITIONS PAYS FOR ITSELF non-profit organizations, and start-ups engage Carlson School • NETWORKING EVENTS An MBA from the Carlson School is a sound students each year. investment. Part-Time MBA graduates recoup AND MORE their financial investment in an average of 2 1/2 years.* Increase your earning power by fostering in-demand skills, expanding your network, and leveraging the Carlson School’s ties to the local, national, and global business community. SHARPEN *GMAC, Alumni Perspectives Survey Report, 2016 YOUR BUSINESS ACUMEN “We continue to enjoy a close partnership with Carlson because of Build critical expertise in strategy, finance, its proven ability to provide superior talent for General Mills. Carlson marketing, leadership, and more. The holistic students have a unique blend of advanced knowledge, learning agility, Carlson MBA curriculum shapes you to be more and appreciation for the Twin Cities community.” effective in your current role, and prepares you for the next step in your career. —SCOTT SWAYNE, RECRUITING DIRECTOR, GENERAL MILLS, INC. ON-CAMPUS RECRUITING BUILD YOUR NETWORK Your classmates bring a wealth of 5 81 14 experience to the classroom—you will learn AVERAGE NUMBER OF NUMBER OF COMPANIES NUMBER OF INDUSTRIES JOBS EACH STUDENT THAT RECRUITED RECRUITERS as much from your peers as you do from APPLIED FOR STUDENTS REPRESENTED your instructors. And the connections you forge with this diverse collection of future leaders are invaluable as you take the next step in your career. “I wanted to translate my experience to an industry I was passionate about. Carlson has close CARLSON MBA GRAD AT A GLANCE partnerships with so many companies, and those connections helped me KELLY CONNOLLY make an industry switch.” —KELLY CONNOLLY, ’12 MBA INFORMATION & DECISION SCIENCES ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MANI ACCOUNTING SENIOR SUBRAMANI LECTURER FRANK BEIL “I found my passion “He has experience for healthcare working in the industry, in emerging so his class was markets because MENTORS directly applicable to of him.” what is happening in companies today.” JAMES D. WATKINS CHAIR IN MARKETING MARK BERGEN “His pricing class was the perfect blend of marketing and finance.” CAREER EXPERIENCE EDUCATION EDUCATION ABROAD COMMUNITY TIME TO MOST VALUABLE ASPECT OF Founder and CEO of Honor Former marketing and sales Holds a bachelor’s in Participated in a global INVOLVEMENT COMPLETE MBA MBA EXPERIENCE Clinic, an organization focused professional who leveraged finance from Iowa State enrichment program in Served on the 2.5 years Career exploration and on collaborating with global her MBA experience University, and an MBA India where she sharpened Carlson Part-Time recruiting support provided providers, payers, policy makers, to transition into the from the Carlson School her knowledge of emerging MBA Leadership by the Graduate Business and manufacturers to reduce the healthcare industry of Management markets by visiting local Advisory Board Career Center offered a cost of primary care businesses, connecting with variety of new opportunities top leaders, and more for advancement DEVELOP MEET YOUR PROFESSORS GORDON BURTCH CUTTING- Associate Professor, Information & Decision Sciences EDGE Expertise: Crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, social media, and more KNOWLEDGE Honors and Awards: INFORMS Best Paper Award YOU CAN USE Industry Connections: Worked as an information systems auditor, a hardware IMMEDIATELY design engineer, and a technology consultant Featuring an up-to-the-minute curriculum, the Carlson Part-Time MBA imparts a comprehensive understanding of business that prepares you to excel in your chosen field and to solve the MEET YOUR PROFESSORS challenges you face today. Carlson School faculty generate innovative research to inform the VLAD GRISKEVICIUS current state and future of business. They also partner with top companies to solve emerging Professor, Marketing business challenges. These educators are top ranked for teaching and research—and their Carlson Foundation Chair insights are at your disposal. Expertise: Motivation, communication and persuasion, social influence, evolutionary psychology, and more Honors and Awards: Named one of the 13 23 World’s Top 40 Business Professors Under 40 9 FOR RESEARCH FOR BUSINESS BEST GLOBAL UNIVERSITY by Poets & Quants, and a Young Scholar by the ADMINISTRATION CONTRIBUTIONS AMONG FOR ECONOMICS AND –Academic Ranking WORLD BUSINESS BUSINESS Marketing Science Institute of World SCHOOLS –U.S. News and World Universities, 2018 –University of Texas, Report, 2018 Industry Connections: Served as a Dallas 2017 consultant for numerous companies MEET YOUR PROFESSORS MEET YOUR PROFESSORS THERESA GLOMB HELEN MOSER Professor, Work & Organizations Senior Lecturer, Finance Toro Company-David M. Lilly Chair Expertise: Corporate finance, in Human Resources LEARN MORE real estate, and more Expertise: Job attitudes and behaviors, Honors and Awards: emotion in organizations, employee health ABOUT OUR Faculty of the Year and well-being, and more Industry Connections: Worked Honors and Awards: FACULTY AT for several years in different aspects Awards for Excellence in Research, z.umn.edu/PTFaculty of the commercial banking industry, Teaching, and Service eventually performing the role of Industry Connections: Partners with Controller/CFO leading companies to study work, workers, and their experiences at work PUTTING LEARNING INTO PRACTICE, IMMEDIATELY Acquire new Zach McGillis, ’09 MBA, tools describes how the “I wanted to advance Part-Time MBA Program Tackle helped him become more my career in business, challenges at work productive and effective and the Carlson at work, right away. School was the best place to do it. That Zach McGillis expected that improved his performance at work, investment was very graduating from a leading MBA it helped McGillis thrive in the much worthwhile for program would bolster his long-term classroom. career prospects: After completing “Working full-time while me, and I’d absolutely the Carlson Part-Time MBA simultaneously going to school Program, he joined UnitedHealth helped me see the direct application do it again.” Group where he is now senior [of the curriculum], and made me —ZACH MCGILLIS, ’09 MBA director of transplant resource pay closer attention to the material services. we were reviewing,” he says. But he did not expect to This ambitious healthcare experience the value of the program professional also built a powerful right away. network of fellow leaders during his McGillis saw immediate return time at the Carlson School. on the time and effort he invested “Just as much as the actual in earning his MBA. From his first curriculum, the benefit of earning a semester, he applied lessons from Carlson MBA is the development of the curriculum to address challenges a network,” he says.