July 8, 2020
Through its diverse array of programs and areas of study, Towson University continues
to offer students opportunities for success in quickly growing career fields.
Johnson now works in project management at Wilmington Trust, a subsidiary of M&T Bank.
“When I was looking for different jobs and going to different interviews, TU had a
lot of great resources to help,” Johnson says.
Programs and events from the Career Center and within CBE helped hone her interview
skills.
Until now, the only students eligible were those studying business administration
with a concentration in project management and business analysis. But a change implemented
this spring term opens the program to business administration students studying any
of the 11 ancillary concentrations.
Accepted students can take up to three courses during their undergraduate studies
that count toward their master’s, Scala says.
I think you’ll see sustained jobs, if not growing job opportunities in this area,
as the economy recovers from the coronavirus.
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Natalie Scala
Scala says Towson University was the first school in Maryland to offer a master’s
degree in supply chain management and that its students benefit from strong one-on-one
faculty interaction.
“We are a community here,” Scala says.
Dominique Hawkins, another one of the first group of graduates from the accelerated program, says enrolling
was a no-brainer.
“The opportunity to have a master’s and a bachelor’s within five years, it sells itself,”
she says.
Hawkins was recently promoted to a demand planner position at Pandora Jewelry. She
says the program at TU was rigorous, the courses were applicable to her field and
they have helped her in her career.
“I think the program is very useful in today’s time. Supply chain management is such
a growing field,” she says.
Scala, the program’s director, agrees that the economic outlook for supply chain careers
is a good one. Delivering packages and groceries, organizing hospital emergency rooms
and moving medical supplies around the country all involve supply chain jobs, she
says.
“I think you’ll see sustained jobs, if not growing job opportunities in this area,
as the economy recovers from the coronavirus,” she says.
This story is one of several related to President Kim Schatzel’s priorities for Towson University: TU Matters to Maryland and BTU-Partnerships at Work for Greater Baltimore.
This press release was produced by Towson University. The views expressed here are the author’s own.
