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October 29, 2009

November Update from Dr. Alexander

As Massey students and alums, we hope you're having a highly productive and successful fall as, believe it or not, the Thanksgiving Holiday season is already on the horizon. If you've been keeping up with Belmont news of late, you already know that the University recently announced the addition of a School of Law that will open its doors in less than two years. This follows close on the heels of a new School of Pharmacy which was just launched last year and which already has enrolled close to 150 students next door.

In short, the graduate landscape here at Belmont is rapidly changing. While some b-schools might consider this a potential threat, quite to the contrary, our approach in The Massey School has been to view this as an exciting opportunity. Consider the potential cooperative possibilities down the road as we welcome a far more diverse and rapidly expanding group of graduate professional programs to this campus--not to mention the opportunities for a business school to partner with other professional schools--a landscape that could ultimately add numerous new possibilities for our graduate business students who may be interested in further specializing their Massey degree programs while here at Belmont. And while the proverbial drawing board is only now being pulled out of the closet, we are excited about what lies ahead for our future students and how we may able to prepare them for a whole new variety of careers in the coming years.

For any of you alumni out there who have thoughts on what you would like to see The Massey School consider in the way of future programming or even in improving the quality of the current programs we already offer, I would love to hear from you.

In the meantime, keep your fingers crossed for the BusinessWeek Magazine special edition on graduate business schools that appears later this month. As most of you are aware, we are already in uncharted territory by making it to the point of being considered for this year's Top 30 part-time MBA program national rankings (roughly 100 or so are included in the final evaluation phase, so we're in pretty good company just to reach that stage). However, we are keeping our fingers crossed to make the final cut.

Finally, those of you who are Nashville residents, keep your eyes open for our new billboard campaign set to launch later this month. The current theme will celebrate the very unique international study-abroad options offered through Massey. Let us know what you think when you see it!

Posted October 29, 2009 03:10 PM

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