美国顶级名校行-UNC (Kenan-Flagler)大学校园风光

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By Rachel Z. Arndt

Kenan-Flagler Business School
The year 1789 was important for more than the inauguration of the nation's first president; it's also the year the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was chartered. UNC is the only public university that awarded degrees in the 18th century. The school stayed open during the Civil War, but closed from 1870 to 1875 during Reconstruction. In 1876, it established its first advanced degree programs.

In 1919, four years after the university's enrollment first hit 1,000, the business school opened as the Department of Commerce. It was renamed in 1991 after benefactors Mary Lily Kenan Flagler and Henry Morrison Flagler. The Kenan family has given $50 million to the university, funding projects that include the Kenan Stadium and the school's newly renovated B-school facility.

Kenan-Flagler didn't begin offering MBAs until 1952. The executive MBA program was introduced more than thirty years after. There are now 562 students in the full-time program, 354 in the executive program, and 51 PhD candidates.

Along with a top-ranked graduate program, Kenan-Flagler also touts its high-ranking undergraduate program, which has about 700 students. They praise the school for its collaborative learning environment. In response to a BusinessWeek survey, one student wrote, "Kenan-Flagler fosters teamwork among students. There aren't cutthroat people who aren't willing to study together."

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The Old Well
UNC considers its Old Well to be the school's most enduring symbol. The well was once the only supply of water for the Old East and Old West dorms. Decorative touches were added in 1897 and again in 1964. Tradition has it that drinking from the well on the first day of classes brings students good luck.

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New Business Home
The McColl Building has been Kenan-Flagler's home since 1997. Along with classrooms, the 191,000-square-foot facility also has a trading room, café, study rooms, and the William O. McCoy Graduate Reading Room. Recent renovations, guided by student input, brought more individual, small group, and informal study spaces to the building, along with updated technology.

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Study Abroad
Kenan-Flagler students can study abroad by taking a Global Immersion Elective (GIE), a class that focuses on global business in a specific region. The course ends with a 10- to 15-day trip to the studied area.

The students pictured above learned how real estate decisions are made in the United Arab Emirates and Turkey. GIEs bring students to India, Dubai, Egypt, and many other countries around the world.

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Extracurricular Clubs
MBA candidates have access to a wide range of professional and networking clubs, such as the Black MBA Association, the Marketing Club, and Women in MBA.

Pictured here is financial accounting professor Mark Lang at a Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Allies Assn. coffee. The GLBTA was established in 2002 and hosts other events throughout the year, including a happy hour, coffee break, and SafeZone training, designed to raise awareness of GLBT issues.

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Leadership Initiative
Associate Dean David Hofmann is the academic director of the Leadership Initiative, a program that supplements the MBA program's leadership education by providing opportunities for practice, feedback, and reflection. Hofmann is also a professor of organizational behavior and strategy. He received a national award for his research investigating leadership in high-risk industries.

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Finance
Kenan-Flagler's finance department, chaired by Greg Brown (pictured here), offers concentrations in corporate finance, investment management, and real estate. The school also offers a four-year finance PhD program, which prepares students to be university-level researchers.

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Study Teams
All MBA students are assigned to study teams to work on projects, discuss cases, and to just talk about what they're learning. The group, which stays together for a year, is formed during the immersion weekend orientation at the start of the school year.

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Research Community
UNC is one of the corners in the Research Triangle formed by Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill. In the middle of the formation is the Research Triangle Park, an internationally recognized center of high-tech and pharmaceutical research and development. The triangle is to UNC what Silicon Valley is to Stanford: a center of innovation, an entrepreneurial hub, and a source of internships and jobs.

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Choosing a Concentration
Kenan-Flagler MBA students have a choice of eight concentrations, including corporate finance, investment management, and sustainable enterprise. But if they don't like the options offered, they can design their own general management program by putting together electives.

On average, elective classes have 45 students, and core classes have 70. The school has 120 electives, and every year 20% of electives are new.