For the seventh year running, the college's Engaging Asia initiative provided a group of second-year Oregon MBA students with the opportunity to explore the sights, sounds, and business practices of another continent. The first stop on the itinerary was Shanghai, where a visit to the Wieden+Kennedy office and a zippy bus ride (yes, a bus ride) around the city's Formula 1 racetrack were among the many activities.
At the Lundquist College of Business, innovation has been a core value from our very earliest days. Most recently, this pioneering instinct has led to the creation of the Business Innovation Institute, the new framework for the Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship (LCE) and the Center for Sustainable Business Practices (CSBP).
Don Upson may have stepped down from his position at the Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship (LCE) this past June, but that doesn't mean he's been taking it easy.
Dave Petrone '66, MBA '68, was one of two who received the University of Oregon's 2012 Pioneer Award at an awards ceremony and gala held at the Nines Hotel in Portland in May. Known throughout the UO for his extraordinary support of a wide range of schools and departments--not to mention his successful chairing of the university's Oregon Campaign from 1992 through 1998--Petrone has also had a profound impact on one of the Lundquist College's signature programs, the Warsaw Sports Marketing Center.
They say you get what you pay for. But when it comes to picking investments for your retirement account, this wisdom may not always hold true, according to a recent study by Lundquist College of Business associate professor of finance John Chalmers and his coauthor Jonathan Reuter, assistant professor of finance at Boston College.
We were thrilled to see that the Oregon MBA was one of only nineteen programs to attain a rating of at least 4.5 out of five in environmental sustainability in Net Impact's Business as UNusual report, the global nonprofit's annual guide to MBA programs at the forefront of social and environmental innovation. Making this accomplishment even sweeter was the news that--for the second year running--UO Net Impact achieved the elite Gold Chapter status.
Talk about a triple threat. A grand total of three scholar-athletes from the Lundquist College of Business were named Capitol One Academic All-Americans this past June. Canadian heptathlete Brianne Theisen--who graduated last spring and competed in the Olympics this summer--was a first-time honoree, adding the recognition to her seven career NCAA titles, among many other achievements.
After a hiatus of more than two decades, the UO-Nyenrode exchange program is back in business. This July, fifty-six participants--thirty-two from the full-time international MBA program at Nyenrode Business Universiteit and twenty-four from its executive MBA program--came to the University of Oregon's Eugene campus for a jam-packed week of educational opportunities and cross-cultural exploration. Extracurricular activities included a visit to the Oregon coast, a tour of Autzen Stadium, and the chance to attend a Eugene Emeralds baseball game or the Oregon Bach Festival.
