Fuqua jumps again in WSJ poll
The Wall Street Journal's annual review of the top Master's of Business Administration programs showed that the Fuqua School of Business made a substantial leap in the rankings for the second straight year. Fuqua came in at 18th this year, up from 25th last year and 44th in 2001.
Scores are based on how recruiters rated each business school on 26 attributes, as well as the number of respondents who said they recruited at the school. A total of 2,191 recruiters participated in the survey, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal's rankings tend to differ considerably from the other major ranking indices of business schools, including those done by BusinessWeek, the Financial Times, The Economist Intelligence Unit and U.S. News and World Report. Most of these other publications have Fuqua rated in the top 10 for its MBA program. The Wall Street Journal's ranking is in its third year and is the only one of the major ranking indices to rely entirely on a survey of recruiters for data.
N.C. executive to receive moral leadership award
Martin Eakes, founder and CEO of of the community development lender Self-Help, will receive the 2003 William C. Friday Award in Moral Leadership this evening at 6:30 p.m. in the Gothic Reading Room of Perkins Library.
The Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke established the award in 1999 to recognize individuals who have made a difference through principled, visionary and effective moral leadership. Nominations for the 2003 award were sought from nearly 300 educational, civic, religious and community leaders across the state.
Eakes and his wife, Bonnie Wright, founded the Center for Community Self-Help in 1980 with $77 from a bake sale. Since then, the organization has provided more than $1.78 billion in financing to nearly 26,000 home buyers, small businesses and non-profit organizations and has supplied technical assistance and advocacy on behalf of low-wealth communities in North Carolina and across the country.
U.S. Rep. David Price, D-N.C., will be among those paying tribute to Eakes at tonight's ceremony.
STRETCH conference kicks off at Duke
The STudents REaching Toward CHange conference, an initiative between the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and Duke for students interested in leadership in service, kicks off tonight at the Levine Science Research Center.
The purpose of the STRETCH conference is to provide training, skill building and networking opportunities for Duke and UNC students. Saturday's activities are to be held in Chapel Hill and will include workshops, lunch and opportunities to share ideas and best practices. Workshops will be led by students, faculty, staff and community members active in volunteerism, leadership efforts and advocacy.
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