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Rice MBA Alum Led NASA’s Final Shuttle Launch

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Flight Director Kwatsi Alibaruho earned Jones School MBA while working on Atlantis mission.

By Mike Williams, Rice News staff

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When Kwatsi Alibaruho leaves NASA for the private sector this week with a Rice University Executive MBA in hand, he will do so with the satisfaction of a mission well accomplished.

It’s been a full year for Alibaruho, who earned his degree from Rice’s Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business in the spring.

Last week when Atlantis landed in Florida, the Clear Lake resident completed his task as lead flight director for NASA’s final space shuttle mission. (more…)

Faculty Insights

Laura Arnold on Leadership and How to Advocate for Education

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I sat down recently with Laura Arnold, Adjunct Professor of Management at the Jones Graduate School of Business and President of the Laura and John Arnold Family Foundation, to talk on the topic of leadership at the Jones School of Business as well as solicit ideas for how individuals can contribute to education, regardless of their professional tracks.

I’d long wanted to meet Laura Arnold. Her Legal Issues in Mergers and Acquisitions course was highly reviewed by my fellow colleagues while at the Jones School, and her combination of broad leadership experience and passionate involvement in education initiatives positioned her perfectly for a conversation centering on both topics. Ms. Arnold simultaneously conveys a delightful, welcoming presence and razor-sharp intellect and drive, and I found our visit absolutely terrific.
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Student Life

What do highly motivated educators look like? Meet Sarah Stafford, REEP MBA for Professionals Class of 2012

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Sarah Stafford

Sarah’s an inspiration. Like most educators, she works hard to provide her students with the best education possible and sees every day as a fresh start. As we sat down to chat, I learned much about Sarah’s work and her decision to pursue an MBA with REEP, an experience she “advertise[s] all of the time,” but above all, I met a vibrant, determined individual beginning an exciting new journey in educational leadership.

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REEP News

REEP receives a generous grant from Houston Endowment

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Thanks to a $3.475 million grant to Rice University from Houston Endowment, more than 100 Houston-area K-12 school leaders will have the opportunity to learn better management and other skills through the Rice Educational Entrepreneurship Program (REEP).

REEP is an advanced degree and certificate program that prepares educational leaders to close achievement gaps and improve high school graduation rates. Offered through Rice’s Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, REEP equips its students with the business, innovation, organization and financial management tools they need to develop hands-on solutions to problems facing schools.

The Houston Endowment grant, with support from Rice University, will help fund enrollment and tuition fees for more than 100 participants. The latest grant is in addition to a $7.2 million grant Houston Endowment awarded REEP in 2008, bringing the endowment’s funding of the program to nearly $10.7 million.

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REEP News

REEP featured in the Houston Chronicle

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Rice University grad program trains educational leaders in business and entrepreneurship

With a long and distinguished history of training and educating top business leaders, the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University has extended their “executive education” concept to some promising local educators.

Their belief is that top leaders at schools can improve those schools by running them much the same way as successful businesses.

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