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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:

 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 Turner
2007 Key Foundation, Inc./Fisher College of Business MBA Minority Case Competition Champions   2008 Key Foundation, Inc./Fisher College of Business MBA Minority 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:
 
American Express General Mills
A.T. Kearney IBM
Citigroup Intel
Cummins Johnson & Johnson
Deloitte & Touche Kraft
Eli Lilly Procter & Gamble
Genentech Raytheon
General Electric United Technologies Corp.
 
 
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
 
 
 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 the
 Top 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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