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17 Years of Executive-in-Residence Program at Tobin
The Peter J. Tobin College of Business celebrated its Seventeenth Annual Executive-in-Residence Program Convocation this year. The Executive-in-Residence Program (EIRP) is a unique feature of the school that allows students to serve as real-world business consultants to corporations and non-profit firms. A variety of organizations utilize EIRP for fresh perspectives on business problems, new ideas for product development or solutions to other business challenges. Continue reading…
Fox Students Win National Risk Management Competition
Four Fox School of Business students flew to Denver, Co., for a national competition in which they gave a presentation in front of 100 risk management industry leaders on April 30, 2014. Moments after finalist presentations ended, the three teammates learned they won the Risk and Insurance Management Society’s inaugural Spencer-RIMS Risk Management Challenge. Continue reading…
Marshall Alumnus Donates $4 Million Gift for Scholarship Fund
USC Marshall School of Business alumnus Michael R.B. Uytengsu ’90 has donated a $4 million gift to Marshall. The gift will create the Michael R.B. Uytengsu Endowed Scholarship Fund and name the first floor of Jill and Frank Fertitta Hall, the future home of USC Marshall’s undergraduate program.
The gift will increase USC Marshall’s ability to support high-achieving students and transform the school’s educational environment by facilitating more collaborative and technology-enabled learning experiences.
Construction is expected to be completed by the fall of 2016. The new Fertitta Hall will boost USC Marshall’s undergraduate student classroom capacity by close to one-third.
“Endowed scholarships ensure that we can attract talented students regardless of their financial situation, and the new building will enable undergraduate learning and research to flourish,” said USC Marshall Dean James G. Ellis. “Michael’s dedication to supporting Marshall and its students will directly benefit our community for generations to come.”
Uytengsu was originally an investment banker specializing in global infrastructure projects with Salomon Brothers in New York and then in Hong Kong.
Over the course of his highly successful career, he has orchestrated complex restructurings and roll-up transactions in the U.S. snack food industry, from the merger between Sunshine Biscuits and the Keebler Co. to the creation of National Pretzel, which he sold to Con Agra Foods in 2011.
Uytengsu’s recent ventures include HK Anderson pretzels and Somersault Snacks; he also is a founding partner of Tusk Estates, a luxury wine brand in Napa Valley, Calif.
“The education I received at Marshall gave me a strong foundation for success,” Uytengsu said. “My family believes in the importance of giving back and in making a difference for students who are eager for an education but may not have the means to access it. If all USC alumni who own businesses would contribute a portion of their profits to the school, the students and the alumni would both benefit immensely.”
Symantec Corp. Gives Donation to San Jose State
The Symantec Corp. has made a $250 thousand gift to San Jose State University in support of Girls STEM Network (GSN): Cybersecurity. The program provides girls and young women with the opportunity to increase their knowledge of computer science and cybersecurity, while enabling their entire community to learn about STEM topics and careers.
“San Jose State University would like to thank Symantec for supporting our vision for the creation of a more diverse science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce through the development of innovative programs reaching under-served communities,” said President Mohammad Qayoumi. Continue reading…
Rutgers Ranks Among Best School for Vets in Military Times
Rutgers Business School came in #4 in the “Best for Vets” list published by Military Times. These rankings collected responses from some 140 colleges and universities. The organization comprising Army Times, Navy Times, Air Force Times and Marine Corps Times focused on universities that cater to the culture and curriculum of veterans when conducting and scoring the second annual survey.
Military Times highly respected, 80-question analysis of a school’s complete offerings for veterans scored schools’ survey responses to both its business schools survey and to parts of its colleges survey based on what veterans have said is important to them as well as applying its own editorial judgment. Military Times also factored in Education Department statistics commonly used to track student success and academic quality. Continue reading…
All Star Investors Lecture Kellstadt Students
This April, students at the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business of the Driehaus School of Business had a chance to learn about personal investing from Richard H. Driehaus (BUS ’65, MBA ’70, DHL ’02), founder and chairman of Driehaus Capital Management and William Farley, chairman and president of LV Ventures, Inc.
The two executives answered questions in Joel Litman’s MBA class, “Practical Investing: How to Make Money and Enjoy Doing It,” which grew out of discussions the three men had last fall. Litman turned the idea into a four-day “bricks and clicks” course this spring with a seminar format and accompanying online content. Continue reading…
CEO Brad Bono to Provide Advisory Services for Lerner Students
The Horn Program in Entrepreneurship at the University of Delaware’s Lerner College of Business has announced Brad Bono, chairman and CEO of the cloud based services provider Princeton Hosted Solutions, as the next startup adviser available free of cost through the summer to advise University of Delaware students, alumni, faculty and staff working on startups. Bono, a graduate of UD, will offer his services on a first come, first served basis on certain Fridays at the new Venture Development Center, at the University of Delaware, where he will provide startup advisory services in an effort to help students, faculty and staff determine how to turn their ideas into companies, and work with them to help make it happen. Continue reading…
Kogod Dean Presents Awards to Alumni
Last month The Kogod School of Business held its annual Dean’s Dinner celebration at the Katzen Rotunda. This celebration brings together select alumni and donors to highlight and recognize their various contributions to Kogod’s success.
During the ceremony, Dean Michael Ginzberg awarded two Kogod alumni for their steadfast and exemplary commitment to the school and its students, one of which was a former MBA. Ginsberg presented the 2014 Community Leadership Award to Richard Clark, MBA ’70. The award honors an alum who demonstrates exemplary leadership and dedication to making a positive and lasting impact in his work and community. Continue reading…
Davis Alumnus Provides Endowment for Big Bang! Business Competition
Every year, the UC Davis Big Bang! Business Competition brings together interdisciplinary teams of students, researchers and faculty with mentors from the region’s business community. The event is sponsored by the Child Family Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Andrew Barkett, MBA 09, has given the competition a five-year, $50,000 gift. Barkett has been involved in, and passionate about, innovation and entrepreneurship. His donation creates an endowment to provide long-term support and stability for the Big Bang! The donation will also provide current use funds to support annual planning and immediate costs over the next five academic years. The goal, says Barkett, is “to increase awareness, attract competitive participants and enhance student learning. Continue reading…
Sellinger Dean Named One of Maryland’s Top 100 Women
Earlier this month, The Daily record named Karyl B. Leggio, dean of the Sellinger School of Business, one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women. The award recognizes outstanding achievement by women as demonstrated through “professional accomplishments, community leadership and mentoring.”
Leggio has led the Sellinger School since 2008—since coming on board with the school, she has put new programs into place, including Loyola’s first accredited accelerated MBA program, the Emerging Leaders MBA, a Masters in Accounting program and an accounting certificate program. Continue reading…
Loyola Marymount Students Receive International Scholarships
Loyola Marymount University junior Jeremy Selland has been awarded the Boren Scholarship by the National Security Education Program.
In addition to Selland, six other LMU students have landed international scholarships for next year. The Boren Scholarship, named for David L. Boren, former U.S. senator and current president of the University of Oklahoma, focuses its awards on geographic areas, languages and fields of study deemed critical to national security.
“The Boren Scholars program is both a highly prestigious and competitive award for undergraduate students,” said Jack Hobson, director of the Study Abroad Office. Continue reading…
A Military Officer’s Time on GWBU’s GMBA Program
Martin Nossett, 2nd year George Washington University School of Business Global MBA student, had eleven years of active duty service in the U.S. Coast Guard before signing on for a new tour of duty—his MBA.
“In addition [to my active duty service,” I spent the four-year prior to that as a cadet at a military academy. To sum it up, I was institutionalized,” Nossett said.
According to this prospective MBA, enrolling at GW presented a unique opportunity to build professional knowledge but more importantly to do something “different”. Continue reading…
MIT Sloan appoints innovation expert Hal Gregersen to head the MIT Leadership Center
MIT Sloan announced the appointment of Hal Gregersen, co-author of The Innovator’s DNA, to its faculty. Gregersen will serve as both the executive director of the MIT Leadership Center and as a senior lecturer in leadership and innovation in the Work and Organization Studies Group.
Gregersen comes to MIT from INSEAD, where he held the Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank Chaired Professorship of Innovation and Leadership. Previously, he taught at the London Business School, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, Helsinki School of Economics, Brigham Young University, and the Turku School of Economics as a Fulbright Fellow. Gregersen is also a Senior Fellow at Innosight, the consulting firm, and a former advisory board member at Pharmascience. Continue reading…
Wharton Business Plan Competition and Social Impact Prize Winners Announced
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania announced that the student team Slidejoy won the $30,000 Perlman Grand Prize in the Venture Finals of the 2014 Wharton Business Plan Competition (BPC).
The Venture Finals attracted over 300 venture capitalists, business leaders, faculty members and students. This year the year-long BPC had a record-setting 181 venture concepts submitted, involving 492 individual participants from across 9 Schools at the University of Pennsylvania.
Developed by Sanghoon Kwak MBA’14, Jaeho Chung, alumnus, Robert Seo MBA’12, Slidejoy is an Android app that pays users between $5-$15 per month to view ads every time they unlock their phones. Continue reading…
Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. To Speak at McDonough Graduate Commencement Ceremony
Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., will speak at the graduate commencements for Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. He will address graduates of the MBA, Executive MBA, and Executive Master’s in Leadership programs on Friday, May 16, at 12:30pm. Ferguson is president and chief executive officer of TIAA-CREF, the leading provider of retirement services in the academic, research, medical, and cultural fields and a Fortune 100 financial services organization.
Lerner College of Business Announces Winners of Startup Business Funding Competition
The University of Delaware’s Lerner College of Business announced the winners of the annual Hen Hatch, the school’s premier business startup funding competition. After competing since early March by pitching entrepreneurial ideas to a panel of expert judges in order to receive recognition and funding, three teams in two tracks emerged as the winners of this year’s competition.
Teams were made up of students, alumni, faculty and staff, and pitches were evaluated by a panel of expert judges, including Neil Book, president and CEO, Jet Support Services; Brian Harvell, vice president, Product Engineering, SevOne; Jennie Horn, founder and chief creative officer, Second Base; John Petterson, senior vice president, Operations, Tiffany & Co.; Mike Phelan, venture partner, Osage Venture Partners; and Mark Parsells, executive chairmain and CEO, GDR Acquisitions Company. Continue reading…
Paul Fouts Named Dean of Ageno School of Business
Golden Gate University announced that after an extensive search, the University has selected Paul Fouts as the next Dean of its Edward S. Ageno School of Business.
Paul Fouts has been with Golden Gate University since 1995. He recently served as the Interim Dean for the Ageno School of Business. He served as Associate Dean of the school and as a Professor of Management for more than 10 years, where he taught several of the University’s strategic business, management, and technology-focused classes. Continue reading…
Kellogg Names Inaugural Class of Youn Impact Scholars
The following article was originally sourced from the news piece “Meet Kellogg’s First Youn Impact Scholars” published on Kellogg’s News & Events page.
Five graduating students and four alumni from the Kellogg School of Business have been named to the inaugural class of Youn Impact Scholars, a new program designed to empower and support members of the Kellogg community engaged in social innovation.
This award recognizes those who are launching new enterprises, influencing policy decisions and leveraging the private sector for positive social change. The ultimate goal is creating a community and platform for scholars to engage in world-changing pursuits, inspire one another throughout all career stages and contribute to inclusive global prosperity. Continue reading…
