By Kara Sherrer
With the advent of the fall semester, the Owen Graduate School of Management welcomed a new class of Dean’s Scholars. Six members of the MBA Class of 2022 — Mario Arjona, Caitlin Chin, Keith Jones, Hunter Parden, Samantha Sanders, and Keaton Sloan — were named recipients of the flagship scholarship program.
They join the MBA Class of 2021 Dean’s Scholars: Rene Casali, Daniel Cortez, Whitney Meyer, Aaj Solanki, David Spanos, Kaitlyn Wilson, and Rachel Wozniak.
Selected annually from the incoming MBA class, Dean’s Scholars will each receive a full-tuition scholarship. One Dean’s Scholar will also be selected from each year’s cohort to become the Dean’s Scholar Award Winner and receive an additional $15,000 yearly stipend.
“The Dean’s Scholars program is the Vanderbilt Business School’s preeminent scholarship program. The interaction and group camaraderie make it special,” said Ralph Owen Dean M. Eric Johnson.
Applicants to the Vanderbilt MBA program who apply during Round 1 or Round 2 will be automatically considered for the Dean’s Scholars Award Program. Strong candidates for the program will exhibit outstanding academic credentials, notable professional accomplishments, well-defined career goals, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and strong leadership skills. They will also display a commitment to the Vanderbilt Business mission and core values.
“Having the Dean’s Scholars program provides top candidates with not only a substantial scholarship award but the opportunity to engage with senior leadership and alumni,” said Bailey McChesney, Senior Associate Director of MBA Admissions. “Through this award, candidates obtain benefits beyond scholarship and because of that we are able to attract some remarkable candidates to our program. I was incredibly impressed with the talent that we found through this program last year, and I am really excited about the candidates we will see this year.”
Learn more about the Dean’s Scholars Program on the scholarship program page.
