On the evening of March 9, the 2013 USC Gala dinner — “Oscar” Night was successfully held in Shanghai. About 200 Trojans and their guests attended the event to walk the “Red Carpet” and witness the inaugural Shanghai “Tommy” Awards ceremony to celebrate and recognize USC alumni in Shanghai community. Rebecca Branham, President of USC GEMBA Class VIII, won the Service Award for her Distinguished Community Service. Congratulations to Rebecca! (Below: Some GEMBA alumni took a group picture before the dinner started).

James G. Ellis, dean of the USC Marshall School of Business, received the Bernard S. Rodey Award from the University of New Mexico Alumni Association at its 2013 Awards Dinner on Feb. 21 in Albuquerque, N.M. The award recognizes those whose leadership efforts have contributed significantly to the field of education. See the full story at: http://www.marshall.usc.edu/news/releases/2013/dean-honored-leadership.

U.S. News has recently released the 2013 Best Business Schools and Best EMBA Programs Rankings. USC Marshall was highly ranked as No.21 and its Executive MBA Program was recognized as Top 10 in the U.S. Congratulations to Marshall!

On the evening of February 14 — the Valentine’s Day, the GEMBA Information Session was successfully held in Seoul. More than 10 senior executives based in Seoul attended this event with great interest. Mr. John Van Fleet, GEMBA’s Executive Director, made a detailed introduction to GEMBA and then answered various questions from the participants. They also interacted actively with the GEMBA alumni that are present and gained a lot from their personal experience with GEMBA.

On Janaury 23, 2013, GEMBA Class VIII students completed the final 2 themes of program at USC LA campus and celebrated a milestone monent in their lives –Commencement Ceremony, witnessed by their closest family members. “Commencement” implies GEMBA graduates will have brand-new start and achieve more accomplishments in their future career and life.Congratulations to GEMBA Class VIII!

The USC Marshall Vice Dean John Matsusaka recently announced the promotion of Dr. Tyrone Callahan, who joined USC Marshall School of Business in 2003, to Full Professor of Clinical Finance and Business Economics. Dr. Callahan taught multiple course at GEMBA and many other programs, and earned strong ratings from students and high praise from his faculty colleagues. Dr. Callahan is highly recognized for his  significant contributions to Marshall and USC and let’s congratulate him on this recognition of his accomplishments.

In the recently released 2013 Chinese Universities Ranking, Shanghai Jiaotong University was ranked as No.4 in Mainland China with a total score as high as 151.37. Congratulations!

We congratulate GEMBA IX Rajeev Kapur on his most recent guest column on CNBC, an insider’s report on the world-famous Consumer Electronics Show (CES).

GEMBA-IX Rajeev Kapur

Congratulations to Mr. Walter Cho (GEMBA II) and Ms. Heather Cho (GEMBA III) who have gained promotions to Executive Vice President in Korea Air.

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