MBA Program

The Isenberg Covid-19 Response Initiative Serves Local Businesses in Need

October 08, 2021

The Covid-19 economic crisis hit Massachusetts hard in 2020, with customers staying home, stores closing, and businesses having to lay off employees: At one point in July, the state had the highest unemployment rate in the country. At the same time, Isenberg students saw their work experience opportunities decline as hiring freezes and declines in the job market took hold.

Isenberg’s Pioneering Online MBA Program Celebrates 20 Years of Success

September 30, 2021

“Our faculty members are seriously invested in teaching this population—online students are a core focus at Isenberg, not an afterthought," says Traci Hess, associate dean of graduate programs. "That is what has made the program successful for 20 years, and will make it stand out as a leader in online education for many decades in the future.”

Isenberg Students Selected for Poets & Quants Best and Brightest MBA List

July 22, 2021

Two Isenberg Online MBA students, Brian R. Burnbaum, MD, and Amy Morton-Sogi, have been included in the fourth annual Online Best & Brightest MBAs list compiled by the online publication Poets & Quants.

Isenberg's Dr. Melissa Baker Presents on Strategies to Improve the Customer Experience

June 28, 2021

In a recent webinar, Building a Customer Excellence Strategy: The Essentials, hosted by Ivy Exec, Dr. Melissa Baker from the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst discussed the importance of managing the customer experience journey both in person and online, and current strategies for firms to improve the customer experience.

Innovations in the Graduate Programs Office

June 01, 2021

In a year defined by the Covid-19 pandemic, Isenberg has moved the needle on innovation, strengthening career and professional development services, program flexibility, analytics curriculum, and improved virtual interactivity for graduate students.

Isenberg’s Dr. Walker Shares Expertise on Inclusive Cultures in the Workplace

May 20, 2021

Nefertiti A. Walker explores organizational culture, organizational exclusion, and the key aspects of building an inclusive culture in a webinar.

Online MBA Alum Explains the Ocean Spray TikTok Phenomenon

May 05, 2021

Melanie DiBiasio, a 2016 graduate of the Isenberg Online MBA program, is Ocean Spray Cranberries' senior digital manager of precision marketing.

MBA Alum Talks Cooking and Life

May 05, 2021

Jonathan Bardzik ’03 MBA has a TV series debuting May 21 on Revry.

Online MBA Rises in U.S. News & World Report Rankings

January 26, 2021

On Tuesday, U.S. News & World Report named Isenberg’s program number 26 among MBA programs in the Best Online Education Program rankings.

Wayfair CEO Tells Isenberg Students About Running a Company During a Pandemic

November 27, 2020

“We have been pleasantly surprised by a tsunami of consumers who are trying the online retail experience,” observed Wayfair CEO, co-founder, and co-chairman Niraj Shah. v

UMass Sport Management Graduate Program Earns Top International Ranking

August 25, 2020

For the fourth time in the past five years, the Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management has been judged by its academic peers as the number one sport management program in the world, according to SportBusiness magazine’s annual global rankings released today.

McCormack Announces WISE Scholarship Recipients

July 17, 2020

MCCORMACK DEPARTMENT OF SPORT MANAGEMENT ANNOUNCES WISE/MCCORMACK GRADUATE SCHOLAR AWARD RECIPIENTS

Isenberg MBA Tops List on Salary-to-Indebtedness Ratio

May 22, 2020

In a survey by the Graduate Management Admissions Council, Isenberg led the nation with a salary-to-debt ratio of 7.2 to 1.

Isenberg Graduation Is a Virtual Celebration

May 15, 2020

Isenberg honored seniors and their families on May 8 with virtual video reflections and praise from professors, alumni, and fellow classmates.

McCormack Master’s Students Consult with OOFOS and the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee

April 23, 2020

For the final-semester sport management MBA/MS practicum, two student teams have spent much of the semester working with the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC), and OOFOS.

Isenberg Online MBA Students Offer Tips for Learning Remotely

April 07, 2020

We reached out to students who know all about online learning to get strategies for staying connected virtually.

Isenberg Together

April 03, 2020

Students, faculty members, staffers, and alumni have all risen to the challenge of supporting one another and continuing our good work from a distance during this unprecedented global pandemic.

Networking Meetups Go Online

April 02, 2020

With social distancing making in-person meetings impossible, Trista Hevey realized that networking events would have to join the school’s classes in the virtual space.

Isenberg MBA Rises Through Rankings

March 17, 2020

In the newly released U.S. News & World Report 2021 Best Graduate Schools Rankings, Isenberg’s On-Campus MBA program was named number 53 among the nation’s full-time MBA programs.

Isenberg’s Online MBA Program Again Ranks First in the U.S., Third Worldwide

March 02, 2020

For the fourth year running, Isenberg’s Online MBA has achieved number-one status among U.S. business schools in the annual Financial Times survey of online MBA programs.

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