ASM heads west with Professional MBA;
Intel Corporation Hosts Inaugural Class
The inaugural class for a west side UNM ASM graduate program is underway with 38 students enrolled in the first-ever professional Master of Business Administration (PMBA) program. The PMBA program closely mirrors Anderson’s popular executive MBA program.
“The Anderson Schools saw the need for significant business education on the west side of Albuquerque several years ago when we noticed that increasing numbers of our MBA students were commuting across the river to earn their degrees,” said Anderson Schools Dean Charles Crespy.
Intel Strategic Analyst for Fab/Sort Manufacturing, Lawrence J. Alei, who serves on the Anderson Schools’ Foundation Board, said, “Investing in the community is an Intel tradition, and UNM’s Anderson School is an excellent educational institution. Hosting the professional MBA is another way of putting our corporate values into practice, and we are proud to help make UNM’s expansion to Sandoval County possible by hosting the first class of this first west side MBA.”
The PMBA is held two evenings per week for 28 months, with students studying in a cohort. Like the highly successful Anderson EMBA, the PMBA is expected to attract professionals seeking to advance their existing careers. There are differences between the two degree programs, however.
Anderson Associate Dean Kate Livingston has managed the EMBA program since 1991 and directs the PMBA.
The classes, hosted by Intel Corporation on its Rio Rancho campus, include 13 students from Intel (35 percent). The class also boasts high minority participation, with 59 percent of the students belonging to an ethnic minority. Forty-six percent of the students are women, which is also high for executive MBA programs. The average age of the 2006-08 class is 30, compared to the EMBA’s 37.
“With the professional MBA, we have opened up our program to younger managers, who may only have one year under their belts, but who are on the fast track to greater responsibility within their companies,” said Livingston. “But more seasoned managers also find the PMBA attractive because of the location and the evening schedule.”
The companies represented in the PMBA program include Intel, Honeywell, Workforce Logic (Google, Inc.), Ethicon Endo-Surgery (Johnson and Johnson), Youth Development Inc., Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Science Applications International Corporation, City of Albuquerque, Rick Johnson and Company, Inc., Bohannan Huston, Inc., Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM), and the New Mexico Department of Health.
Media Contacts: Sophie Martin, (505) 277-7117; e-mail: martin@mgt.unm.edu>/a> or Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
Posted by scarr at October 3, 2006 11:51 AM