New Executive Development Center opens at Kennesaw State

Students in Kennesaw State University's MBA for Experienced Professionals and MBA for Physician Executives programs, the nation's second largest executive MBA program, will attend class this semester in a brand-new Executive Development Center. The high-tech facility is located at the KSU Center on Busbee Road in Kennesaw.

"The center has exceeded our expectations," said Gary Selden, director of executive degree programs at KSU's Michael J. Coles College of Business. "No other public university offers its students anything like this."

"Our programs have helped countless students make big advances in their careers," said Coles College Dean Tim Mescon. "We wanted a facility that gives these students a feel for what it's like to work in a practical, wired, atmosphere that is worthy of their desire to move into senior management positions."

 

Classrooms in the new building are state-of-the art:

•A dual-projection system can display two presentations at once; for instance, a flow chart or page from a hard-copy book can be projected at the same time as an accompanying video or Internet presentation.

•Associates and faculty members can capture what is written on the whiteboard directly into their computers.

•Each student has an Internet connection allowing associates to be online during class.

•Every classroom and breakout room is networked to printers and a digital copy machine. Associates can print, collate and staple hard copies of documents from their laptops during class as needed.

Classes will meet once a month at the new Executive Development Center. MBA programs at the Michael J. Coles College of Business attract students from across the Southeast. Most of the students have full-time jobs. The class sessions supplement the work students perform in virtual teams over the Internet, using laptop computers supplied by the program.