This has been a very busy week for the Walton Graduate School of Business. While I was out running around in three different states, my colleagues have been hosting a group of visiting Panamanians. Our visitors have had a fun-filled, jam-packed schedule that included: the Arkansas World Trade Center, Pinnacle Mall, Walmart Distribution Center, a visit to Sam Walton's first store in Bentonville, a networking event, lunch with current Walton MBA students, a trip to Eureka Springs, a visit to Procter and Gamble, and a trip to our RFID lab, just to name a few of the items on their agenda.
My week included a trip to Missouri State University in Springfield on Tuesday, Tulsa University on Wednesday, and then Oklahoma State University on Thursday. I met many wonderful new prospective students. It is important that our students come from many different institutions and have a variety of academic majors. This adds to the experience of everyone in the program.
Monday is our MBA admissions committee meeting. We currently have about 20 students in the class and we are hoping for a class of 40. We'll continue to accept applications through November as space is available. I'll post the results of the meeting on Tuesday and on Monday afternoon, I will email the students the committee's decisions.
Tomorrow the Razorbacks face a daunting challenge. We are going up against #3 Alabama (AP Poll). Last year this game was played in Fayetteville. Alabama was then #1 and we were #10. It was the first time 2 top 10 teams had played in Fayetteville since the 60's or 70's. It was insa [...]
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