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  <title><![CDATA[Scheller Graduate Named among Nation’s Best Executive MBAs]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p>Kevin Smith knew if he didn’t go to business school soon he might never go. So Smith, a commercial leadership finance manager with The Coca-Cola Company, enrolled in the Executive MBA program at the Scheller College of Business.</p><p>While there, Smith put in extra hours and support to help him and other students succeed. Classmates nominated him for the college’s Executive Leadership Award.</p><p>These achievements helped Smith earn yet another honor. This week he was named one of 30 exceptional Executive MBA graduates by Poets &amp; Quants, a blog and news site about graduate education.</p><p>The publication compiled the list based on students’ academic, extracurricular, professional and personal&nbsp;achievements.</p><p>Learn more about Smith and other honorees <a href="http://poetsandquantsforexecs.com/2015/06/23/2015-best-emba-kevin-smith/">here</a>.&nbsp;</p>]]></body>
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      <value><![CDATA[<p>Laura Diamond&nbsp;<br />Georgia Tech Media Relations<br />404-894-6016</p>]]></value>
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