Wharton School to Hold Information Receptions for West Coast MBA Program for Working Executives; Sessions Scheduled in San Francisco, San Jose, Newport Beach, Los Angeles and Seattle

Business Wire, Nov 13, 2001

Business/Education Editors

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2001

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania announced today that it will host a series of information receptions along the West Coast for its MBA program for working executives, which is now offered in both San Francisco and Philadelphia.

The information receptions are designed to give prospective applicants and interested companies a close-up look at the people, schedule, curriculum and logistics of the Wharton executive MBA (WEMBA) program. Staff, current and former students will be available to share their experiences and answer questions.

The Wharton program, unlike other executive MBA programs, offers qualified candidates the same curriculum, faculty and degree as Wharton's world-class MBA program. Designed for the working professional, WEMBA's two-year program provides the value of a full-time Wharton MBA education to experienced managers with high growth potential. The residential program holds classes on alternate weekends and during two week-long sessions in the summer. West Coast WEMBA classes are currently held at the Park Hyatt in downtown San Francisco, but the program will move into the fifth floor of the historic Folger Building in January, 2002, when renovations are completed. East Coast WEMBA classes are held at Wharton's main campus in Philadelphia, Pa.

Information receptions will be held:

-- Nov. 26 - San Jose, Calif., The Fairmont, 170 South Market St. 6:00-8:00
p.m.

-- Nov. 27 - Newport Beach, Calif., Four Seasons Hotel, 690 Newport Center
Drive, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

-- Nov. 28 - Los Angeles, Four Seasons Hotel, 300 South Doheny Dr., 6:00-8:00
p.m.

-- Dec. 3 - Seattle, Four Seasons Hotel, 411 University St., 6:00-8:00 p.m.

-- Dec. 11 - San Francisco, The Park Hyatt, 333 Battery St., 6:00-8:00 p.m.

For more information on the information sessions or to register online, go to: http://west.wharton.upenn.edu/announce.cfm#reception

For more information on the WEMBA program, go to: http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/wemba/

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is recognized around the world for its academic strengths across every major discipline and at every level of business education. Founded in 1881 as the first collegiate business school in the nation, Wharton has approximately 4,600 undergraduate, MBA and doctoral students, more than 8,000 participants in its executive education programs annually, and an alumni network of more than 75,000 worldwide.