FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009
Contact: Lalena Price, University Communications, 304-746-1989 or 304-437-1415

 

Marshall University Executive MBA students
to be honored during special hooding ceremony
Secretary of Commerce to address University’s newest MBAs

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Twenty-eight professional students in the current Marshall University Executive Master of Business Administration class will be honored Saturday, Oct. 24 during a special hooding ceremony at the Pullman Plaza Hotel in Huntington. The event begins at 6 p.m.

The students will be formally hooded in their academic regalia by Dr. Gayle Ormiston, senior vice president for academic affairs and provost, after having successfully completed all the requirements of the Marshall Executive MBA program including a recent international residency in Santiago, Chile, according to Dr. Uday Tate, director of Marshall’s Executive MBA program.

“This ceremony recognizes the accomplishments of our professional business students in a formal, professional setting befitting the hard work and dedication that went into earning their Executive MBA degrees,” Tate said. “We are proud of these students and we appreciate the sacrifices they made to advance their education and careers.”

The Executive MBA is an accredited accelerated weekend program for professionals offered at Marshall University’s South Charleston campus. Students sacrificed 66 Saturdays to complete the program without interruption to their current careers. The Marshall EMBA curriculum is designed for small class interaction using state-of-the-art technology and hands-on experiential learning that focuses on business ethics, leadership and global issues, along with management skills and tools.

West Virginia’s Secretary of Commerce Kelley Goes will be the featured speaker at the hooding ceremony. Secretary Goes serves as the executive director of the West Virginia Development Office and is a native of Braxton County. She attended Vanderbilt University and is a graduate of the University of Kentucky’s College of Law. Her private law practice focused primarily on intellectual property and business litigation.

Marshall University President Stephen J. Kopp and Dr. Chong Kim, dean of the Lewis College of Business, also will address the Executive MBA students.

The Marshall EMBA Class of 2009 includes:

R. Scott Anderson of Huntington

Rachael Blount of Charleston

Brian Bracey of Huntington

Charlie Bradley of Huntington

Celia Cooper of Williamstown

Adam Daniels of Ona

Paul Davis of Huntington

Kimberly Estep of Nitro

Shonee Amy Ferrebee of Ashford

Shane Finster of Huntington

Patricia Garren of Hurricane

Keith Hainer of Chapmanville

Ben Hardman of Huntington

Linda Holley of Prichard

Jeremy Holton of Huntington

David Horst of Milton

Justin Hunter of Huntington

Kelly May of Matewan

Damon McDaniel of Chesapeake, Ohio

Michelle Muth of Huntington

Troy Nedrich of Cannonsburg, Pa.

Victoria Quintrell-Paul of Charleston

Valerie Ray of Charleston

Chris Roberts of Hurricane

Kristen Schneider of Morgantown

Anand Shah of Huntington

Thomas Stevens of Huntington

Peter Tsai of South Point, Ohio

The students will have their official degrees conferred at Marshall’s Winter Commencement ceremony Dec. 5. The next session of the EMBA program gets under way Nov. 7.

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