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Contact: Dan Purdy, associate director, Western MBA Program, daniel.purdy@wwu.edu, for on campus programs, and Garry Daniel, Weekend MBA admissions advisor for the Weekend MBA at Everett, garry.daniel@wwu.edu or (360) 650-7780. 

BELLINGHAM – Western Washington University's College of Business and Economics is hosting two Information Sessions, one in Bellingham and one in Everett to provide details on Western’s MBA Program options.

The Bellingham Information Session is at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 23 on the Western Campus in Bellingham, Parks Hall, Room 441. The Everett Information Session takes place at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 2, at the University Center of North Puget Sound on the campus of Everett Community College, Gray Wolf Hall, Room 286.

The Western MBA program features a quality graduate business education with high student-faculty interaction. Students receive broad exposure to the skills needed for professional leadership positions through a rigorous, integrated program that focuses on analytical, theoretical, and interpersonal skills.

The strength of the Western MBA program lies in the three essential building blocks of its educational mission:

• Faculty commitment to high-quality education and research
• Individual and personal faculty interaction with a diverse and energetic student body
• Challenging coursework that provides a strong foundation for business decision making

The Western MBA program offers four program options to meet the increasingly diverse needs of students interested in Graduate Business Education in the state of Washington.  The Weekend MBA in Everett offers a part-time MBA program for working professionals and managers in the Snohomish and King County area.  The Evening MBA Program in Bellingham offers a part-time MBA program for working professionals in the North Puget Sound area.  Two full-time programs are available on the Bellingham campus of Western Washington University for those looking to pursue a more traditional, full-time MBA experience.  A one-year MBA option, The Accelerated MBA, is available for those with an undergraduate degree in business, whereas the two-year MBA option, The Traditional MBA is offered for those with all other undergraduate degrees.

Western is ranked by U.S. News and World Report as the Top Public Master’s-Granting School in the Pacific Northwest, and is rated nationally among the 100 best values in education by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine.  Further, Western’s MBA program is accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), and is ranked in the Top 100 programs worldwide by the Aspen Institute.

Visit the Web for more information on Western’s MBA Program options,  , or call 360-650-3898 (Bellingham) or 360-650-7780 (Everett) for more program specific details.