Watson Graduate School of Management recognizes master's degree graduates

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

The Oklahoma State Univeristy’s Watson Graduate School of Management hosted the Fall 2015 hooding ceremony on Dec. 11 to honor those graduating from master’s programs.

On campus students, distance learning students, and their family and friends were invited to attend the ceremony.

Listed below are the graduate programs and number of graduates for Fall 2015 including on-campus and distance learning graduates:

• Master’s in Business Administration (MBA): 95 graduates
• Master’s of Science in Entrepreneurship: 11 graduates
• Master’s of Science in Management Information Systems (MSMIS): 45 graduates
• Master’s of Science in Telecommunications Management: 6 graduates
• PhD in Economics: 2 graduates
• PhD in Finance: 2 graduates
• PhD in Management Science and Information Systems: 1 graduates
• PhD in Business for Executives: 11 graduates

James Curran, active duty Air Force personnel and an MBA degree recipient, was pleased with his distance learning experience.

“It was great,” said Curran. “The staff was always very helpful and made sure that I had everything that I needed to get through the program, and the professors were awesome too.”

Curran also emphasized his excitement to reap the benefits from attaining a master’s degree.

“This will definitely set me up to move beyond Captain and into Major or Lieutenant Colonel or something along those lines,” said Curran. “It’s definitely something good to have on your résumé.”

Karush Jaggi, MSMIS recipient, attended OSU on campus and had a positive learning experience. He began working at Zions Bank Corporation this fall.

“It was really tremendous,” said Jaggi. “I have started my work in Salt Lake City working as a data scientist. The stuff that I learned here [at OSU] helped me a lot.”

Ramesh Sharda, vice dean of Watson Graduate School of Management, was pleased to participate in the hooding ceremony.

“We were pleased to celebrate accomplishments of our MS and PhD students,” said Sharda. “We were especially pleased to welcome several distance learning MBA graduates who visited OSU campus for the first time.”

For more information on OSU’s Watson Graduate School of Management, visit http://watson.okstate.edu/ or call 405-744-9000.