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Pepperdine University and UC Santa Barbara Plan MBA Offering to UCSB Alumni

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–UC Santa Barbara alumni interested in earning an MBA have a new option that is the next best thing to an accredited graduate business school of their own. As one of the benefits of being an UCSB alumnus, the UC Santa Barbara Alumni Association (http://www.ucsbalum.com/) has teamed with the Graziadio School of Business and Management (http://bschool.pepperdine.edu/programs/mba/) at Pepperdine University to offer enrollment in the evening Master of Business Administration program at Pepperdine’s nearby Westlake Village campus.

Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School will host the first of three on-campus informational sessions for the Fully Employed MBA for Business Professionals Program (http://bschool.pepperdine.edu/programs/mba/curriculum/) at the UCSB Mosher Alumni House on Thursday, April 29, 2010. Professionals living and working in the area who are not current UCSB students and graduates are also welcome to attend and learn about earning a Pepperdine MBA degree, general financial aid options and merit scholarships.

“Our student-focused, experience-driven and values-centered MBA program for working professionals complements UCSB’s nationally recognized programs and research in engineering, the sciences, and economics,” said Dr. Linda A. Livingstone, dean of the business school at Pepperdine University. “Alumni who desire to augment their UCSB degree with an internationally accredited and ranked graduate business education will have far greater flexibility in career progression and be much better prepared for success in an increasingly competitive marketplace.”

In the months ahead, the Graziadio School will work with the UCSB Alumni Office to market its Westlake Village-based part-time MBA program through the Association’s channels, as well as facilitate informational events and individual consultations both in Santa Barbara and Westlake Village. UCSB alumni throughout Southern California will also be invited to consider the Fully Employed MBA classes held at the Graziadio School’s other campus locations; Encino, West Los Angeles, and Irvine. Discussions regarding the Pepperdine business school possibly conducting an MBA class in Santa Barbara, as soon as next year, are currently ongoing.

“The UCSB Alumni Association is pleased to collaborate with the Graziadio School at Pepperdine University to strengthen availability to the only fully accredited and internationally ranked MBA program in the area for our alumni,” said George Thurlow, Executive Director for the UCSB Alumni Association.

Pepperdine University’s evening and weekend MBA program for Business Professionals has served Westlake Village for nearly twenty years. The program delivers evening and weekend classes that balance professional and personal commitments for its students living and working in the surrounding community, Ventura County and Santa Barbara County. Additionally, the curriculum upholds the standards set for graduate business education by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International, the premier accrediting body for business programs worldwide. UCSB alumni who complete a Pepperdine MBA benefit from close proximity, high academic standards and access to the Graziadio School’s alumni network of more than 32,000 business professionals and executives.

The Graziadio School’s promotion with the UCSB Alumni Association parallels other recent cooperative engagements between the two institutions. The Graziadio School has discussed partnering Pepperdine MBA students with UCSB technologists to explore opportunities to commercialize UC technology discoveries. Currently, a Pepperdine MBA marketing class is working with UCSB researchers who have an innovative drug delivery system and develop recommendations that may lead to new business ventures. The class is part of the Education-to-Business (E2B) Live Case Program (http://bschool.pepperdine.edu/e2b/) which pairs MBA teams with companies to identify new business opportunities. UCSB alumni who enroll in Pepperdine’s Fully Employed MBA program will also have an opportunity to participate in E2B projects.

Additionally, the Graziadio School will partner with UCSB to host a corporate citizenship panel discussion (http://bschool.pepperdine.edu/alumni/events/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D88975961) on Earth Day, April 22, as part of All Gaucho Reunion celebrations.

For more information on attending MBA informational sessions at UCSB, contact mbabsm@pepperdine.edu or call (888) 339-0109.

About the Graziadio School of Business and Management

Founded on the core values of integrity, stewardship, courage, and compassion, Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management has been developing values-centered leaders and advancing responsible business practice since 1969. Student-focused, experience-driven, and globally-oriented, the Graziadio School offers fully accredited MBA, Masters of Science, and bachelor’s completion business programs. More information found at http://bschool.pepperdine.edu/newsroom/.

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