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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	MEDIA CONTACT: Roxann Henze
November 20, 2002	(703) 726-8302 rhenze@va.gwu.edu Matt Lindsay (202) 994-1423

GW EXECUTIVE BUSINESS PROGRAM TO HOLD
EXECUTIVE MBA TEST DRIVE AT VIRGINIA CAMPUS
DECEMBER 7

Prospective Students Introduced to Key Faculty and Program Benefits

EVENT:
“EMBA Test Drive,” a one-day seminar designed to allow prospective students to experience The George Washington University’s Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) program. Participants will meet current students and alumni and take a “road test” of the EMBA program by attending sessions on the latest hot topics in business management – including accounting/finance, negotiation, leadership, technology and career planning – taught by top GW business faculty.

Speakers include:
Robert Dyer, professor and director of the GW EMBA program
Larry Singleton, associate professor of accounting
James Bailey, associate professor of management science
Richard Donnelly, associate professor of management science
William Halal, professor of management science
Hildy Teegen, associate professor of international business

WHEN:
Saturday, December 7

9:00 – 9:30 a.m.               Registration, Continental Breakfast, Campus
                                        Tour

9:30 – 10:00 a.m.             Welcome and Program Kick-Off (Dyer)

10:00 – 11:00 a.m.           The Accounting Treasure Hunt (Singleton)

11:15 a.m. – Noon           Great Individuals and Their Environments
                                        Revisited (Bailey)

Noon – 1:15 p.m.             Lunch and Networking Discussions

                                         Launching a New Technological Venture
                                        (Donnelly moderator)
1:15 – 1:45 p.m.               Forecast of Emerging Technologies and the
                                        Internet Forecast (Halal)
2:00 – 3:00 p.m.              An International Negotiations Simulation
                                        (Teegen)

3:00 – 3:15 p.m.               Program wrap-up (Dyer)

WHERE:
GW Virginia Campus

20101 Academic Way
Ashburn, Virginia (at University Center, Route 7, one mile west of Route 28)

COST: Free and open to anyone considering enrolling in the EMBA program. Participants may register for a half-day or the full day online at www.gwemba.org. For more information call (703) 726-8282.

Background:

In today’s highly competitive business environment, The George Washington University Executive MBA provides a competitive advantage to experienced managers and professionals. Participants earn the MBA in 21 months, while continuing to serve their organizations. Class sessions are held on alternating Fridays and Saturdays and in three week-long residencies and a two-week international residency.

Conveniently located in the Northern Virginia technology corridor near Dulles International Airport, the GW Virginia Campus is the University's Research and Technology Campus. The 90-acre campus is a robust cluster of executive education and technology programs and world-class research initiatives in transportation safety and security, information technology and telecommunications. Since opening in August 1991, the campus has experienced a tenfold increase in its students base and grown annual research funding from $50,000 to more than $7 million.

For information on the EMBA Test Drive, visit www.gwemba.org or call (703) 726-8282.
For information on the GW Virginia Campus, visit www.gwvirginia.gwu.edu.
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