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Attention The MBA program at Mississippi State University recently won the Team MBA award for Community Service from the Graduate Management Admissions Council. This was a project of Dr. Joel Collier's MKT 8153 Strategic Marketing Management. Dr. Collier teaches the distance and the on campus sections of this course. Two local MBA students flew to Virginia to accept the award. The 2009 TeamMBA Award recipients, selected by an international panel of judges, were: The Boston University School of Management, recipient of the All-School Award for its long-standing tradition of supporting student volunteerism with local organizations and activities with social responsibility and sustainability themes. Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business, winner of the Service Award for Collaborative Program. The award recognizes the involvement of Hankamer students in the Prison Entrepreneurship Program, which helps inmates develop business plans in preparation for their release from prison. The Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College, City University of New York, recipient of the Service Award for Original Program. The award recognizes the school for its students' efforts to help young people understand the benefits of budgeting and learn how to properly use credit. Mississippi State University's College of Business, recipient of the Service Award for Philanthropy. Student groups at the school devised and implemented competing strategies for a one-day cookie sales competition that raised $7,400. The University of Central Florida's DeVos Sport Business Management Program, winner of the Service Award for Volunteer Engagement in recognition of the more than 1,100 hours students at the university have devoted to rebuilding homes lost to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. The University of Navarra's IESE Business School, winner of the Service Award for Educational Initiatives for the work of its students in organizing and hosting the Doing Good and Doing Well Conference on responsible business in Europe. Read more here: http://gmac.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=82 Watch the video of the presentation of awards: http://gmac.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=23
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