what will you experience? leadership How can joining a student club impact your life and career? Organizing student clubs and holding key leadership roles within them gives Jones School students a chance to learn more about various professions and to improve their skills. These clubs and organizations sponsor guest speakers, visit area businesses, and take on special projects. Equally important, however, is the opportunity to apply membership in a club to a real-world career path. Board Fellows The Jones School Board Fellows Program matches Rice MBA candidates with Houston nonprofit organizations to serve as non-voting board members. Started in 1997 at Stanford by students, board fellows programs have a proven model of success, not only at Stanford, but also Harvard, Tuck (Dartmouth), Kellogg (Northwestern), and Haas (UC Berkeley). The Jones School program is two years old, with eight placements in the first year and 17 in 2009-2010.
Alumni Profile Evy Pappas Rice MBA for Professionals – Evening, Class of 2009 Architect, Pappas Restaurants After graduating from Duke, Evy Pappas went to Harvard to pursue a master in architecture. She practiced three years in Boston and three years at Gensler in Houston before deciding an MBA would complement and enhance her architectural career. “The Rice MBA for Professionals program was the perfect match because it allowed me to continue working and developing the proficiencies required of architects while also pursuing the skills needed to succeed in business.” After graduation, she went to work in the family business, Pappas Restaurants. As part of the Building Group, she’s able to combine her architectural skills and MBA expertise. “To me, the value of the Rice MBA is the confidence and preparation I achieved to become a leader in this community and in my work without hesitation or restraint.”
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Being a part of this MBA for Professionals program and REEP here at Rice has been an amazing journey so far. My job as an elementary school teacher doesn’t allow me many opportunities to meet people in other career fields and other industries, but classmates from corporate America have allowed me to expand my worldviews, forcing me out of my comfort zone in the classroom and into the business world. Erika Parrish, Rice MBA for Professionals – Evening, REEP, Class of 2011 Magnet Coordinator, Wesley Elementary