Wash U: Veterans Find Home at Olin School
As a full participant in the Yellow Ribbon Program, Olin offers scholarships to eligible veterans.
“It seemed like it was too good to be true when I first found out about it,” says former marine staff sergeant Terry D. Roberts when he recalls learning about the Yellow Ribbon Program for veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. Today, thanks to the tuition scholarship available through Yellow Ribbon, Roberts has an MBA degree from Washington University in St. Louis and is working as promotions manager at MidwayUSA. “It is our experience that applicants with military backgrounds make excellent MBA students,” said Evan Bouffides, assistant dean and director of MBA admissions at Olin Business School, which throughout its history has aggressively sought and recruited candidates with military backgrounds. “They possess certain qualities and skills …
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