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Coming Soon to a City Near You: Wharton MBA Program for Executives Admissions

As the admissions cycle for the Wharton MBA Program for Executives Class of 2025 comes to a close, we’re getting ready to embark on one of the most exciting times of year for our team. This summer, our admission team will be traveling to connect with you in person, answer…Read More

Round 2 Invitations to Interview Released!

Earlier today, invitations to interview were released to Round 2 applicants via email. If invited, you will participate in a one-on-one interview with a member of our admissions team. This is one of our favorite parts of the admissions process and our team cannot wait to get to know many…Read More

Wharton’s New Global Cohort: An Interview with Vice Dean Peggy Bishop Lane

Are you curious about the Wharton MBA Program for Executives’ new Global cohort? Check out Vice Dean Peggy Bishop Lane’s recent interview on the Admissions Straight Talk Podcast with Linda Abraham. Wharton’s first-ever 75% online, 25% in-person option is here and Dean Peggy Bishop Lane is diving into everything this…Read More

Wharton MBA Program for Executives Launches New Global Cohort!

The Wharton MBA Program for Executives is excited to announce the addition of a Global cohort! Students accepted into the Global cohort will represent business professionals from Asia, North America, Latin America, Europe and beyond for whom a blended online/in-person learning format creates greater accessibility to Wharton’s world-class faculty and…Read More

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Meet the Wharton EMBA Staff: Alicia Landis

When you contact our Philadelphia EMBA office, Alicia Landis is one of the first staff members you’ll meet. As admissions coordinator for the East Coast MBA for Executives Program, Alicia processes all applications and organizes many information receptions. What are your main roles as admission coordinator? I set up interviews…Read More

Have Career Management Services Questions? Our Directors Have Answers

How do EMBA career services differ from full-time MBA career services? Can EMBA students participate in on-campus recruiting? What job search resources are available to executive MBA students? In a recent Webinar, our career directors on both coasts answered these questions and many more. Here is an edited transcript of…Read More

Vice Dean Lane Talks to Poets and Quants about what’s New in the EMBA Program

Wharton MBA Program for Executives Vice Dean Peggy Bishop Lane

In case you missed it, Vice Dean Peggy Bishop Lane was recently interviewed in Poets & Quants for Executives. In the article, Peggy covers a variety of topics including the latest developments in our East and West Coast EMBA programs, why the EMBA degree could become the “degree of choice,”…Read More

International Development Officer Shares Wharton San Francisco Experience

Rana Bader Matly, international development officer for the Mayo Clinic based in San Francisco, says that the amount of information and knowledge gained at Wharton is transformative. She explains that “it’s like a reality check because you start seeing things you didn’t see before.” We asked Rana to tell us…Read More

Wharton San Francisco Alumna Makes Leap to Launch Startup

Wharton EMBA alumna Sally Huang, WG’15, went from being an employee at Microsoft to full-time entrepreneur during her time at Wharton San Francisco. We asked Sally, the founder and CEO of Roominnate, which provides 3d visualization for the interior design and real estate space, to tell us more about this…Read More

Students See Operations Concepts in Action on Steelmaking Facility Tour

Guilherme Daldon and Wharton EMBA classmates

Executive MBA students at Wharton organize all kinds of events ranging from social gatherings to company visits. First-year Philadelphia student Guilherme Daldon, electrical maintenance manager at Gerdau’s long steel business division, recently offered his classmates a tour of his company’s steel manufacturing facility in Sayreville, NJ. We asked him to…Read More

Wharton Prof. Patti Williams Talks Marketing

Most Philadelphia EMBA students meet Prof. Patti Williams in their first core Marketing course, and San Francisco students may meet her at West Coast information receptions. We recently asked Prof. Williams to tell us more about her course and experiences teaching EMBA students. What do you want students to get…Read More

Philadelphia Student Expands Network with Electives in San Francisco

When Salima Remtulla, COO of Global Private Investing at D. E. Shaw & Company, L.P., came to Wharton’s executive MBA program in Philadelphia, her goals were to expand her network and explore synergies between her trifecta of passions in finance, hospitality, and end-of-life care. By taking electives in San Francisco,…Read More

Commuting to Wharton’s EMBA Program from Moscow

Wharton executive MBA students travel from near and far to the Philadelphia and San Francisco campuses. However, Philadelphia student Ays Sharaev’s commute is a bit longer than usual. The managing partner at Waarde Capital travels every other weekend from Moscow. He recently talked to the Wharton Magazine about his Wharton…Read More