usc's psychological of business offers an mvp, james bogle and blake pickell join us today. james, let's start with you. why is there a need for a master of business program specifically for veterans. how is the curriculum different from the traditional mba? >> i would say it is driven by the demand. there is a tremendous interest in the program like this. >> what kind of interest have you seen so far? >> there is lots and lots of inquiries and applications. unfortunately we can only accommodate 50 students at a time at this point. but there is many people in quiring into it. >> blake, i want to congratulate you. i know it has only been a we e you graduated, how do you feel right now. >> i feel great, i'm very proud to be a member of cohort 2. i'm just looking to get lots of money from various companies. >> anyone related to a company watching, make sure you give blake a call. you were an officer in the air force, why did you enroll and what skills were you looking to develop? >> i went to the air force academy to serve my country and to basically get technical skills in eng

james vogel is the program's director and blake pickell just graduated. want to thank you both for joining us today. >> good morning, becky, good morning. >> good morning gentlemen. james, let's start with you. why is there a need for a master of business program specifically for veterans. how is the curriculum different than the traditional mba? >> i would say the need is really substantiated or driven by the demand. there's a tremendous interest in a program like this. >> what kind of interest have you seen so far? >> there is lots and lots of inquiries. we have lots of applications. unfortunately we can only accommodate 50 students at a time at this point. but there's many people inquiring into it. >> blake, i want to congratulate you. i know it has only been a week since you graduated, how do you feel right now. >> i feel great, i'm very proud to be a member of cohort 2. and to have graduated from such a great university. i'm just now waiting to get a lot of money from various companies. >> we want to help you out with that. >> thank you. >> make sure