M.B.A. Association Officers Contribute $20,000 to Scholarship Fund
Officers of The University of Alabama’s M.B.A. Association have learned that persistence pays off. Each year the student-run association has contributed a modest amount of money to a scholarship fund at the Manderson Graduate School of Business.
The money contributed this year raised the scholarship fund to endowed status. The M.B.A .Class of 2008 awarded its first scholarships to two students at its scholarship golf tournament last fall, and earlier this year, the M.B.A. class leadership presented J. Barry Mason, dean of the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, with $20,000 endowment check, according to C.J. Jacobs, president of the Class of 2008 M.B.A. Association.
“This year’s class is exemplary in terms of their leadership in many areas, but they especially understood the importance of leaving a legacy, of giving to future students, and making the program better because of their involvement,” said Susan West, assistant dean and director of the Manderson Graduate School of Business.
“The program and students for many years to come will always be grateful for the efforts of the M.B.A. Association, but we are particularly proud of this group. They represent the very best of what it means to be a University of Alabama M.B.A. student.”
Jacobs said the M.B.A. Class of 2008’s leadership and students set out to accomplish several goals last year. Establishing an M.B.A.. Association - need based scholarship was at the top of this list, Jacobs said.
“ The group was simply driven by the social responsibility to continue to improve the M.B.A. program by helping give a deserving person the opportunity to improve themselves and become a leader of tomorrow,” Jacobs said.