• Business Opportunity Program

Master's Program

"Work hard, work right, work together."

 

The Krannert Graduate School of Management offers a sound return on your investment in an advanced degree. Krannert programs offer the choices you need to customize your business career.  Our programs allow you to gain a wealth of knowledge, a competitive edge, and a welcome increase in expected compensation.  Please click the following links to learn more about our Master's programs:

• Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• Master of Science in Human Resource Management (MSHRM)

At Krannert, you will leap beyond the boundaries of the classroom.  We promote experiential learning from special lectures and field trips, to problem-solving scenarios and real-life projects you design.  Our Krannert Executive Forum and Leadership and Ethics Speaker Series allows students to interact with top industry CEOs.  Finally, business plan competitions nationally and at our Burton D.  Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship on campus, along with case competitions provide excellent, additional learning opportunities outside the classroom.  Recent teams are highlighted below:

 

  

Renaldo Trancoso, Carmen Collier, Daniel Brown                                  Prentice Stovall, Lima Kouassi Gnagne, James Turne

2007 Key Foundation, Inc./Fisher College of Business                                           2008 Key Foundation, Inc./Fisher College of Business MBA Minority

MBA Minority Case Competition Champions                                                          Case Competition

Daniel Brown awarded "Best Presenter"                                                                 - Lima Kouassi Gnagne awarded "Best Q&A" 

2007 National Black MBA Case Competition Finalists                                                                           

               

   

                                                          Melissa Coe, Prentice Stovall, Kim Corbitt
                                                          2008 National Black MBA Case Competition Finalists
                                                           

Career Opportunities    

Our Graduate Career Services (GCS) Center provides customized services for Krannert students, including career counseling, on-campus interviews, and a web database of student resumes for recruiters.  In addition, second-year BOP students assist incoming, first-year BOP students with preparation for the National Black MBA Association and National Society of Hispanic MBAs annual conferences during the summer.  Recent graduate BOP alumni found internship and full-time employment opportunities within companies listed below:  

 

Financial Opportunities

 Krannert students enjoy a strong financial commitment from the Krannert School and Purdue University.  Students may be offered support in the form of Master's fellowships funded by corporations and their foundations and the University.  In addition, support is available through services you provide to the University in the form of an assistantship.  Assistantships come in the form of teaching assistants, University Residence Hall counselors, Admissions and GCS positions, other positions within Krannert, and positions campus wide.  BOP assistantships are quarter-time (10 hours per week), and provide a substantial exemption of tuition and fees in addition to a stipend received each academic year.     

Meet BOP alumnus Roland Parrish: President, CEO, and Owner of Parrish McDonald's Restaurants  

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 Roland Parrish is the President, CEO, and Owner of Parrish McDonald's Restaurants, LTD., which
 consists of 19 McDonald's franchises in North Texas.  He opened his first restaurant in 1989.  The last two years his company has been named to Black Enterprise magazine's BE 100, as one of theTop Black Owned Businesses in the U.S., based on sales volume.  
 
Please click the following link to read the interview conducted by the Krannert Graduate Society of Black Managers with Mr. Parrish: http://web.me.com/jason.wallace/Alumni_Profiles/Roland_Parrish.html.

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