NUI Galway Celebrates 40 Years of MBA Success
Thursday, 3 January 2013
The J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics at NUI Galway is organising a conference and gala dinner to mark the 40th anniversary of the first intake to its Master of Business Administration (MBA) programme. To celebrate this milestone, the MBA 40 Conference and Gala Dinner which will take place Friday January 25th 2013 in Galway. All MBA alumni as well as past and current teaching faculty are invited to attend.
The conference, "40 Years A-Growing in Business & Management: Learning from the Past, Leading the Future" will draw together a panel of very impressive contributors from business and academia, many of whom are NUI Galway MBA alumni including: Dr Alan Ahearne, Economist & Lecturer, NUI Galway; Mike Higgins, MD and Head, CIBC World Markets Corp. and Chair of NUI Galway US Foundation; Seamus Kavanagh (MBA), Vice President, Hollister, Chicago; Paschal McCarthy (MBA), Vice President, GE Healthcare; Prof John Mchale, Chair National Fiscal Council and Chair of Economics, NUI Galway; and Helen Ryan, CEO, Creganna Tactx Medical. The conference will focus on a number of contemporary business, management and leadership issues and challenges.
“We very much look forward to welcoming back our very successful MBA alumni. This is a great opportunity for them to return to the University, see the new Cairnes Business School, reconnect with their MBA classmates, and to network with other NUI Galway MBA graduates and potential business partners” said Dr Alma McCarthy, MBA Programme Director.
A number of alumni who are located oversees have registered to attend the event and the conference has received funding from The Gathering.
“The NUI Galway MBA programme is the second oldest MBA programme in the Island of Ireland and is the flagship programme in the School. The quality of our graduates is reflected in multiple successes in national MBA competitions with many of our alumni holding senior management positions in a variety of organisations nationally and internationally” said Dr Emer Mulligan, Head of the Cairnes School of Business and Economics.
For further information about the conference and gala dinner, please contact the Alumni Office on 091-493750.
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Mac Dara Hosty
Executive MBA Student 2010–12
“Having made the decision to study an MBA programme, I set about deciding which MBA programme would be best and which programme was best suited to meet my needs. The NUI Galway Executive MBA scored highest on both counts. It has long been an ambition of mine to study in the US so the International Study Visit to Fordham University in New York was excellent and a great learning experience. The course content is quite varied and addresses many contemporary business issues. Coupled with that, the opportunity to apply the theory in real time through the applied consultancy project in Second Year is something I am really looking forward to. And, while I am only just completing the last semester, my only regret is that I didn’t do it sooner!”
Past students
Kevin Marmion
Finance Manager, Medtronic
"I completed the Executive MBA programme at NUI Galway in 2006 and I am glad to say that I found it a truly positive experience. The overall organisation of the programme, the quality of the lecturers and the stimulating discussions that took place among the group put the foundations in place that enabled me to take my career to the next level. Almost four years on, I can say without hesitation that I would not be where I am today if I had not taken two years out of what was a very busy life to participate in and complete this programme."
