There's been a lot happening both off and on campus over the past weeks. Here are some of the highlights: the lobby of the Oregon Business Institute—home of our Portland-based executive education program--sports a new look reflecting the UO's rebranding of the program.
The numbers are in. Confirming the college's longstanding commitment to giving back, our faculty and staff met--and exceeded--this year's goals for the annual Oregon Employees Charitable Fund Drive.
A winning combination of know-how and fresh ideas--that's the value real-life businesses and organizations find when they work with the student consulting teams in senior instructor Beth Hjelm's business strategy and planning course.
What a thrill it was to see that a grand total of six winners of the most recent 20 Under 40 Awards are Lundquist College of Business alumni. For the past four years, the annual event has recognized the Eugene area's emerging business leaders, honoring them for their community involvement, as well as for what they've achieved in their careers. By combining professional excellence with a commitment to the greater good, these graduates reflect values central to the business school's mission.
"I always thought that a leader has to have all the answers. But this class has shown me that what matters is being able to ask the right questions," said Mark Schleyer, describing his recent experience in the Lundquist College's Leadership in Action course. Led by senior instructor Anne Forrestel, the annual course gives a group of twenty juniors and seniors the opportunity to work on consulting projects for area nonprofits and local government agencies. This fall's clients included St.
We're pleased to announce some changes to our website's navigation that will make it easier for newcomers and frequent visitors alike to get where they need to go. The handy new pop-down menu available from every page on the site is the most obvious change. Just one click on the grey bar at the top of the page reveals a comprehensive list of links to each of the website's main areas. Meanwhile, the website sections devoted to the Oregon MBA and the college's centers now sport secondary navigation bars with shortcuts to their specific resources.
This past winter break, seventeen undergraduates from the college's Honors Program traveled to Guatemala to help build homes for two families, through the University of Oregon's international exchange and service-learning program and Habitat for Humanity. "The experience was truly life-changing," said participant Ryan Dingler. "It enabled me to think more about the possible repercussions of future business decisions and how they may affect other parts of the world." Though only a few of the students spoke Spanish, the language barrier soon melted away.
To make the most of their nation's Sports Hub--a vast, state-of-the-art complex scheduled for completion in 2014--and to help position their nation as Asia's top destination for professional sports, the Singapore Sports Council (SSC) will tap the expertise of Warsaw Sports Marketing Center at the UO Lundquist College of Business.
When we say the Oregon MBA's unique offerings draw students from all over the globe, it's no exaggeration. Students in the cohort that started this fall hail from spots as diverse as Anchorage, Alaska; Aiea, Hawaii; Kuwait City, Kuwait; Mungyeong City, South Korea; and Quito, Ecuador--to name just a few. Whether they've joined us from a place as close as Eugene, or as distant as Beijing, we welcome the breadth of experience--and diverse viewpoints--each MBA candidate brings to the program. (And now that they've joined us on campus, are their traveling days on hold?
Faculty and staff members gathered recently to celebrate Wendy Mitchell's twenty-five years at the Lundquist College of Business. Currently the assistant dean for undergraduate programs, Mitchell will step down from that position when she retires at the end of December 2011. After earning her MBA here in 1985, Mitchell returned to teach the BA 101 course in 1986 and went on serve in a wide range of leadership positions throughout the college. "I backed into the best job of my entire life," Mitchell remarked recently. And indeed, the feeling is mutual.
The handlebar, the horseshoe, the Dalí—these are just a few of the mustache styles you might have seen around the Lillis Business Complex this past month. For the second year in a row, Oregon MBA candidates participated in Movember, the international movement dedicated to raising awareness of—and funds for—men's health issues, raising a grand total of $9,579 so far (handily winning their gentleman's wager with their counterparts in the law school).
“In Singapore alone, there are 800 Ducks that we know of. And those are just the ones we already know," said Dean Kees de Kluyver. Reaffirming connections with alumni was one of the top priorities of a trip to Singapore and Hong Kong the dean recently took with Mike Andreasen, the UO's vice president for university development. Another of the trip's key goals was to explore new study abroad opportunities--and fine-tune existing programs.
