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IMBA class of 2007 awards 21 Darla Moore Fellows
For 29-year-old
Eli Gelber of Hillsborough, North Carolina, receiving one of the 21 Darla Moore
Fellowships for the International Master of Business Administration (IMBA) program at the Moore
School this fall “literally opened the door of opportunity for me.”
“I now stand on the threshold of an incredible adventure and life-changing experience, thanks to
Darla Moore and her unparalleled support of the IMBA program,” said Gelber, a graduate of
UNC-Greensboro who is in the Japanese Track.
For
Kealy Carter, who is in the Global Track, the fellowship is also most
welcome. “It will allow me to complete my IMBA and carry less debt after the fact,” says
Carter, 24, a native of Thomasville, North Carolina, who earned an undergraduate degree at American
University.
Natalie Meier, 25, who comes from New Orleans and is a graduate of the University
of Southern California, says receiving the fellowship made her decision to attend the Moore School
an easy one. “I knew this program was what I wanted to do,” she said, “but I had concerns about the
cost and loans when I graduated. By receiving the Darla Moore Fellowship, I was able to come into
the IMBA program with no reservations.” Meier is enrolled in the German Track.
The Darla Moore Fellowships are funded by University of South Carolina graduate and New York
financier Darla Moore, for whom the business school is named. The fellowships are in the amount of
$20,000, and are awarded annually to a varying number of exceptional graduate students entering the
school’s IMBA program. This year, their average GMAT score is 675; their average grade point
average is 3.6. They have an average of 3.6 years of work experience.
For 2005-2006, there are six Darla Moore Fellows in the Global Track. The other tracks have the following number of Fellows: Spanish, four; Japanese, three; Chinese, three; German, two; European, two, and Portuguese, one.
The other Darla Moore Fellows and the colleges where they earned their undergraduate degrees
are:
Rachel Adams, Purdue;
Li Feng, Harbin Tech;
Stuart Goree, Wofford College;
Laura Greeson, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill;
Daniel Jagoda, Brigham Young University;
Girija Jethwani, Sydenham College;
Cortney Keenan, Loyola College;
Vishal Khushalani, University of Mumbai;
Peter Knight, University of South Carolina;
Jeffrey Martin, University of Maryland;
Shawn Parker, Boston University;
Valerie Rust, Michigan State University;
Daniel Stone, Lipscomb University;
William Thompson, Carnegie Mellon University;
Andrew Wagner, University of Cincinnati;
Akintunde Watson, University of California at Los Angeles;
Paul Coulam, Utah State University; and
Michael Fremder, Butler University.