On a frosty April morning, thirty-five Lundquist College students were among the multicultural Ducks who headed up to Portland for a day of career workshops and networking.
Nearly $40 million in revenue and more than 270 jobs—that's what University of Oregon-affiliated startups brought to the state in the most recent fiscal year.
Twenty years ago this April, an audacious new idea became a reality: the Lundquist College launched the world's first sports business program housed within a college of business.
Captain Austin Luher, MBA '14, commanded 188 soldiers in Afghanistan, led a platoon in Iraq and ran operations for a 1,000-soldier battalion in South Korea.
Sean Oliver '09, a senior audit associate at Grant Thornton, joined the Lundquist College Master of Accounting group for their study tour at Nyenrode Business University.
Sixteen students from the Lundquist College honors program spent their spring break in Costa Rica, working with the people of El Higueron to build a basketball court.
The accidental career—that's what some who have found success in banking call the profession. A new event helped UO students chart a more direct path to the field.
Students in senior instructor of management Beth Hjelm's business strategy and planning course teamed up to take on real-life consulting projects for real-world clients.