Brandeis University INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL February 2018 Dear students, alumni and friends, It’s a pleasure to report on this spring’s developments at Brandeis International Business School (IBS). Our headline news is a surge in graduate applications. With our January deadline behind us (two more deadlines are still ahead), we have 32 percent more applications for the next incoming class than this time last year (1,700 vs. 1,290). Applications to nearly all programs and from most geographic regions are up, and this should mean even stronger and more diverse students next fall. The new Master of Science in Business Analytics has 340 applications for 35 seats. There is no single explanation for these changes—some U.S. programs are reporting declines—but Brandeis IBS is benefiting from high rankings, timely innovations in programs, and the university’s reputation. Meanwhile, as proposed in our plan, we are aggressively expanding collaborations with businesses in Boston and beyond, partnerships with academic peers worldwide, and ties with other parts of Brandeis. These initiatives fit well with President Ron Liebowitz’s strategy to make Brandeis “newly extroverted”—that is, engaged in the world and widely recognized for its strengths. The business pillar of this work is led by Frank Fessenden, who arrived in January as our first Executive Director of Corporate Relations, thanks to a generous gift from Board Co-chair Alan Hassenfeld. Frank brings ideal qualifications—he led the Hiatt Career Center at Brandeis and the Career Center of Boston College earlier in his career, and then held senior management positions in Boston “ed-tech” firms. He has prioritized expanding our field consulting projects and strengthening our business systems for collecting and utilizing information on past internship partners. Academic outreach is led by Senior Associate Dean Katy Graddy. Her work has focused on partnerships with prestigious universities in order to raise the visibility of IBS graduate programs, enroll exceptional students, and deepen faculty collaborations. We recently signed agreements with the University of Paris, Dauphine; Ben-Gurion University in Israel; Keio University, the second-ranked university in Japan; Fudan and Zhejiang Universities, both among the top five in China; and Connecticut College. We reaffirmed our partnership with Wellesley College, and Katy along with Prof. Aldo Musacchio will soon visit Mexico to meet with potential university partners. Connections within Brandeis are a school-wide effort. We are finding ways to help undergraduate and graduate students collaborate more closely by inviting more outside groups to events such as our Global Gala and hosting several university-wide startup competitions. We are also joining other university departments in high-profile campus events, including Fine Arts in a conference on art, and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies in an evening on women in leadership. A very full spring semester is underway. A selection of February events offers a glimpse: • On February 2, IBS held its fifth and easily best Global Gala before a standing-room-only crowd in the university’s Levin Ballroom. Students, faculty and staff offered awesome performances ranging from skits to songs, dance and jazz. Food from many continents illustrated just a touch of our culinary diversity. Great talent + high spirits = a truly memorable evening. • On February 4, the Hassenfeld Family Innovation Center hosted the fourth annual SPARK challenge, a $50,000 competition for startups from across Brandeis. Three IBS teams were among
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deans letter spring final - Brandeis University · 2018-04-13 · It’s a pleasure to report on this spring’s developments at Brandeis International Business School (IBS). Our
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Brandeis University INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL February2018