California Miramar University

While we are known for our online MBA programs and our Doctor of Business Administration and Masters in Leadership courses, our Hybrid MBA program is also what sets us apart from other universities. A Hybrid MBA contains both on-campus and online components for completing your MBA degree, providing a well-rounded graduate school experience that fosters both in-class instruction and discussion and an online component to keep other responsibilities you have and hone your time management skills.

Have you heard of a Hybrid MBA? What are your thoughts on the mixed in-class and online components for MBA instruction?

Transcript of the Video

[Question 1: Why choose CMU?]
[First Speaker:] We’re all out there to get ahead, and CMU was the right opportunity at the right time for me.

[Second Speaker:] The opportunity was right. It was also a course that I got to participate in and it wasn’t just online.

[Question 2: What do you think of the faculty?]
Faculty here is awesome. They are knowledgeable, they know their subject and they know how to teach. Absolutely helpful, couldn’t have been better. Really sent a message to me that this was a school serious about teaching us business in the real world and have all the time for me as a student.

[Question 3: How would you grade CMU as a university?]
[First Speaker:] Definitely an A, A+.
[Second Speaker:] B+.
[Third Speaker:] I’d give them an A.
[Fourth Speaker:] I’d give them an A; they meet my needs as a university offering courses that I am interested in at times that are convenient for me.
[First Speaker:] I just think that the personalized education is really amazing.
[Third Speaker:] This is so much more and they’re getting out of me than I expected.
Video Transcription by GMR Transcription

This week’s CalMU Small Business Spotlight is on San Diego’s very own Sullivan International Group. Not only are we thrilled to honor them for their commitment to and expertise in environmental renewability. We are very thrilled that CEO Steven Sullivan has just been named the 2012 Veteran Small Business Champion by the Small Business Administration’s local office. That’s right, he is a veteran of the Navy and that experience is actually what helped him with the birth and growth of his company.

He volunteered with the Navy when they needed to adapt to new environmental laws and regulations passed down from the 1992 Federal Facility Compliance Act. He jumped at the opportunity and saw how environmental renewability should be implemented on the governmental level. He later founded Sullivan International Group in 1998 and started seeing very successful results a few years later. Then in 2004, the company was ranked as the 7th fastest growing privately owned companies, with a 5-year annual sales growth of 1977%. Later in 2007, their revenue was $16.6 million, only to be eclipsed by a $41.1 million revenue in 2010, marking a 147% growth spurt in just a three year span.

More than their quick growth, though, we are thrilled that his experience in the Navy is what help set up his eventual successful company. As strong supporters of our Veterans and Armed Forces, and with our own Military Education Unit, nothing makes us happier than seeing our service men and women succeed. Steven Sullivan took his experience in the Navy and applied that to his own operations, but more importantly, he focused that knowledge he gained through his experience and now has many governmental agencies as clients (one of the many reasons Sullivan International Group has become so successful).

Sullivan International Group does so many things, but they are essentially an applied science, technology and environmental firm with four main divisions: Environmental Services, Mission Services, Remediation and Construction, and Environmental Technology. They cater to both the governmental and commercial sectors and handle all aspects of a project for their clients, emphasizing exceeding expectations and going to whatever lengths to deliver greatness.

For our on-campus, hybrid and online MBA students, Sullivan International Group is a clear example of getting involved in all aspects of your industry to truly understand it inside and out, giving back to the community and how to truly grow a small business empire.