"Putting together a team of twelve to fifteen people from different countries and different backgrounds and watching them bond over a common goal--it's one of my favorite things," said Kim Rambo-Reinitz, describing the Lundquist College undergraduate Peer Advising program she coordinates. Each year, business majors apply to take part in the program's extensive training in order to volunteer five hours a week providing drop-in advising to fellow students.
Family businesses--and the specific challenges faced by a younger generation transitioning into leadership roles--were the topics of a Business Leadership Forum presented by the Lundquist College this October. The second in a series of quarterly events hosted by Dean Kees de Kluyver--and aimed at an audience of local business leaders--the forum's feature speaker was Mark T. Green, an internationally known family business consultant.
Professionals looking to take their careers to the next level will soon be able to take advantage of an exciting new model of executive education offered by the UO Lundquist College of Business through its Portland location at 200 Market Street.
What's the easiest way to stay up to date with activities of the students in the Building Business Leaders project? Just scan the group's brand-new QR code, created for them by Qreative Partnerships, a firm headed by area technology entrepreneur Quentin Harley. The high-tech graphic was unveiled during an October event celebrating the project's second year and welcoming the new group of students joining the original cohort.
More than sixty of the school's MBA candidates traveled to Portland October 27-29 for the 2011 Net Impact Conference, the annual gathering of graduate students and professionals committed to using business skills to make the world a better place. Our students have traditionally made a strong showing at these events. This year they enjoyed an especially high profile because, in addition to being a conference co-host, the UO chapter played a leading role in organizing it. What's it like to transition from attendee to organizer?
"Marketing has been a common theme throughout my career in both industry and academia," explained marketing instructor John Davis, describing the central element of an accomplished career.
What a weekend it was. For over half a decade, ESPN College GameDay's annual stop in Eugene has provided an extra jolt of big-screen excitement to the fall football season. This year, excitement rose to new heights for all of us at the Lundquist College when, for the first time ever, the folks from ESPN chose UO Memorial Quad for the site of the October 15 GameDay Broadcast, with the Lillis Business Complex as a backdrop.
Fall term is off to an exciting start, with 855 undergraduates entering as prebusiness majors. October 12 is the date of the New Majors Celebration, when the entire college will join together to congratulate the 350 students who have progressed to full business major status since last spring.
Starting next summer, students in our Portland-based executive MBA program will have the chance to broaden their perspectives with a stint in Europe, via the UO | Nyenrode international study program, offered in partnership with Nyenrode Business Universiteit in The Netherlands. (In subsequent years the program will be expanded to include undergraduates and other students.) On the U.S.
Five new faculty members have joined the Lundquist College of Business this fall. Some are up-and-coming talent. Others are already renowned in their fields. Their areas of expertise span many topics, including sports business, statistical analysis and mathematical optimization, disclosure policy, executive risk-taking, management, and more.
