Announcement:
The James A. Haslam II College of Business Administration will be sponsoring a scholarship for the 2022-2023 Professional MBA program. Nominations are currently being accepted for the program which begins in August 2022. In order to be eligible for the scholarship, the following criteria must be met:
–Potential applicants must be nominated by their Dean or appropriate administrator and complete an application for the Professional MBA program. Nominees must currently be a UTK full-time employee as well as having been employed full-time at UTK for a minimum of 1 year.
–The Selection Review committee will be comprised of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration, Associate Vice Chancellor for Human Resources, the Vice Chancellor for Diversity & Engagement, the Executive Director of Executive Programs, Director of Executive Strategic Leadership MBA Program, and the Director of the Professional MBA program. The committee will select one applicant for the program who must then meet all application requirements for the program.
–Scholarship recipients must remain as a full-time employee at UTK for three years following graduation or will be responsible for repaying the scholarship portion and, if appropriate, any departmental funding.
–In addition to the normal waiver of tuition, the scholarship will cover the program fee except for 10% of the variable cost which can be funded by the individual or the appropriate department. Currently the amount not covered by the scholarship will be $4,950 for the 2021 Professional MBA program. Scholarship recipients will also be responsible for any miscellaneous costs which are not covered in the program fee and are required by all students. In 2020-2021, these cost were approximately ($250 – $4550 which includes choosing to attend the optional international residency period).
–Individual leave must be taken for the time required in the program and coordinated with the recipient’s supervisor.
Prior to applying for the GEE / ProMBA scholarship, the UT faculty or staff member must have applied and been accepted to ProMBA as well as followed the UT admissions employer verification requirements.
If you have an individual you wish to nominate, please submit the person’s name, job responsibilities, and the reason why you feel this person would be a good candidate. Nominations should be submitted to Molly Kinard (molly@utk.edu) no later than May 13. If you have questions, please call Molly Kinard at 865-384-6478.