Innovative Logistics Graduate Program

CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Nov. 15, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The unique
partnership of Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flagler Business School and the non-profit
Institute for Defense and Business (IDB) has enrolled their seventh class in the
IU-UNC LogMBA, their renamed defense and government oriented logistics and
technology MBA program. The new name better reflects the strength of the
business schools underpinning this well-respected program, which was previously
known as the “LOGTECH MBA.”

The IU-UNC LogMBA is ideally suited for highly-motivated military, government
and private sector students and focuses on how to best apply business principles
to create efficient and effective public and private organizations. The hybrid
format, with both distance and in-residence studies, allows these students to
remain in their jobs while simultaneously performing MBA coursework. The newest
IU-UNC LogMBA class, including for the first time a number of students from the
Department of Homeland Security, began their first residency at UNC
Kenan-Flagler’s Rizzo Center the evening of November 7, 2010.

“This new name better captures the unique strength of bringing together these
two top twenty business schools, with the Kelley School of Business issuing the
MBA degree and UNC Kenan-Flagler issuing a Certificate in Global Supply Chain
Leadership to graduates of the program,” noted Mark C. Cramer, IDB President.
“The rankings of our partners continue to soar as well as the reputation of what
we had been calling the LOGTECH MBA. IU-UNC LogMBA is a world class name for a
world class program.”

During the two-year program, approximately 80 percent of the academic work is
accomplished online. Online delivery is complemented by three one-week residency
periods in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and one ten-day international study tour
alternating between Europe and Asia each year.

The program is designed to maximize the return on investment for private sector
and government participants. This is done by focusing on immediate workplace
application of knowledge gained in the classroom and enhancing the learning
experience by incorporating real-world challenges, projects, and team work. The
customized program is also designed so that military students, who might be
deployed during the program, are later able to continue their studies.

Students in the seventh class of the program represent the following
organizations:

-Private Sector: The Boeing Company, Logistics Management Institute (LMI), and
Science Applications International Corporations (SAIC)

-Military/Department of Defense: Surface Deployment and Distribution Command,
U.S. Transportation Command (U.S. Air Force student)

-Department of Homeland Security: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Logistics Centers, FEMA Logistics Management Directorate, Office of Intelligence
and Analysis and U.S. Customs and Border Protection

More on IDB

The Institute for Defense and Business (IDB) is a non-profit research and
education institute that facilitates ongoing information exchanges and
partnerships among the Department of Defense, other government agencies,
non-governmental organizations and the private sector. The IDB’s flagship
initiative in partnership with UNC Kenan-Flagler is the DoD Center of Excellence
in Logistics and Technology (LOGTECH) featuring executive education, the LOGTECH
MBA and the Depot and Arsenal Executive Leadership program. The IDB also
provides educational programs that support U.S. Government efforts on economic
governance and stabilization, logistics cooperation, business transformation as
well as logistics and life cycle systems engineering.

For more information: Please contact either Theresa Esposto Raines, Director of
Industry Relations at Raines@idb.org, or Zebrina Warner, Program Manager, IU-UNC
LogMBA at warner@idb.org or call at 919-969-8008.

SOURCE Institute for Defense and Business