MBA Program Office

About the MBA Program Office

The staff of the MBA Program Office (MBAPO) is dedicated to providing you with the best possible educational environment. To this end, we strive to ensure that you have the assistance that is essential to the delivery of the MBA program through timely information flows, the establishment of a strong support network, and the encouragement of student involvement in Wharton life.

Our Role in Academic Life
We are committed to being the best service organization of our kind, providing the highest levels of courtesy, responsiveness, and professionalism. We will work toward fairness and consistency in the design and implementation of our policies, while still providing attention to students’ individual needs. The academic policies and functions of our office are designed in concert with other offices, faculty, and students. Our responsibilities include:

Organizing Pre-Term
Managing course registration and the auction

Course scheduling
Setting the academic calendar

Maintaining student records;

Monitoring of students’ program requirements, majors, and waivers
Academic honors
Degree audits
Graduation

Managing tuition charges
Directing international programs
Publishing primary sources of information

MBA Resource Guide
MBA Bulletins
Get Started
Waiver Information Guide
MBA Program Office website

Our Advising Role
One of our most important roles is as advisors. We advise on academic issues (e.g., course selection), more personal issues (e.g., stress about academic or other problems), and the mundane (e.g., how to post to the Spike calendar). Think of our office as your life help center – even if we don’t know the answers, we know where you can find them. Our advising role includes:

Academic and program reviews
Dual degree advising
Tutor referrals
Course selection
Information about other Penn resources

Our Role in Student Activities
We create opportunities for cultivating and maintaining a strong sense of community. Students who actively engage in Wharton activities experience first-hand this sense of community and help to promote a richer overall Wharton experience. We facilitate student involvement through our work with:

Lecture Series
Conferences
School-wide social events
Graduation
Wharton Graduate Association officers and clubs
The MBA Pub

Opportunities for Student Involvement
You will have many opportunities while here. To become directly involved with the MBA Program Office, you can join the MBAPO Advisory Board or the Leadership Lecture Committee. Advisory Board members work to improve our services and provide critical student input in shaping our processes and policies. Leadership Lecture Committee members help select the most senior executives from the public and private sectors that address pertinent leadership issues and share their insights with Wharton MBA students.

Our current board members are:

MBA PROGRAM OFFICE ADVISORY BOARDS 2009-2010 (the Board is divided into areas of interest - Academic Affairs and Student Life; these are indicated below)


Anthony Abeykoon WG '10 Student Life	Elizabeth Brady WG '10 Student Life	Harris Brody WG '10 Academic Affairs	Andrea Choquette WG '10 Student Life	Abhik Jane WG '10 Student Life

Tyra Junaid WG '10 Student Life	Salim Kassam WG '10 Student Life	Brendy Lange WG '10 Student Life	Nicole Lim WG '10 Student Life	Solomon Liou WG '10 Student Life

Silvia Manak WG '10 Academic Affairs	James Maxfield WG '10 Student Life	Jeff Nelson WG '10 WGA Liaison	Franz Paul WG '10 Academic Affairs	Moah Son WG '10 Academic Affairs

Tyler Stoops WG '10 Academic Affairs	Michelle Taite WG '10 Student Life	Jason Teo WG '10 Academic Affairs	Chloe Thompson WG '10 Academic Affairs/WGA Liaison

Arsira Thumaprudti WG '10 Academic Affairs	Renzo Weber WG '10 Student Life

WHARTON LEADERSHIP LECTURES COMMITTEE 2008-2009


Philip Azouz W'11	Mayra Ceja WG'10	Anita Choi WG'10	Henry Choi W'10	Alejandro Dryjanski Rubenstein WG'10

Naomi Goldstein WG'10	Jonathan Kelly W'11	Neeraj Kumar WG'10	Nikhil Kumar W'11	Geoffrey Moore WG'10

Anish Pathipati W'12	Adam Swick W'12	Joshua Troxel W'11	Jean-Marie Truelle WG'10	Leland Weaver WG'10

WHARTON ETHICS COMMITTEE 2009-2010

Harris Brody WG '10	Lauren Christman WG '10	Jorge Cruz WG '10	Charles Gans WG '10	Kunal Nandy WG '10

Hichem Omezzine WG '10	Justin Serafini WG '10	Yin Shum WG '10	Christoph Weber WG '10

Who We Are
Our staff is available to assist you. You can schedule an appointment to see an advisor, but we can also frequently see you on a walk-in basis. We are located at 300 Jon M. Huntsman Hall and are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Our telephone number is 215.898.7604. If you have a question after hours, please feel free to contact us at mbaprogram@wharton.upenn.edu.

MBA PROGRAM OFFICE STAFF

Cindy Armour Coordinator armourwalker@wharton	Will Cortes Associate Director and Director, Global Immersion Program wcortes@wharton.upenn.edu	Laurin Frierson Administrative Support frierson@wharton.upenn.edu	Rolanda Hall Events Coordinator hallr@wharton

B. Kembrel Jones Deputy Vice Dean of Student Life kembrel@wharton	Peggy Bishop Lane Deputy Vice Dean Adjunct Associate Professor of Accounting pblane@wharton	Chau Lam Administrative Coordinator chaulam@wharton.upenn.edu	Natalya Levina Associate Director natalya@wharton.upenn.edu

Marisa Scott Data Coordinator mforish@wharton	Andrew Solarz Associate Director asolarz@wharton.upenn.edu	Naomi Tschoegl Senior Associate Director tschoegn@wharton	Barbara Winters Records Coordinator goldsteb@wharton