It was a match made in start-up heaven. Doug Anderson, MBA '11, and Paul Clark, MBA '11, were looking for a real-life project to apply the skills they'd honed in the business school's venture launch pathway. UO architecture professor Ihab Elzeyadi was looking for a way to commercialize the SolarStream Awning, an innovative three-in-one green building product he had recently developed.
For Amanda Rhodes, MBA '11, the high point of the Center for Sustainable Business Practice's recent trip to San Francisco was seeing the clear connection between what she's been studying and what's being practiced in the working world. “We got to interact with . . . people who are talking about sustainable business on a daily basis, and this is what we're doing here as well," said Rhodes. What surprised the soon-to-be graduate the most? Just how fascinating she found the group's visit with an impact investing firm. Get the inside story in the video above.
"Who is this guy?" was the question on everyone's lips when first-year pro triathlete Jesse Thomas came out of nowhere to win this year's prestigious Avia Wildflower Triathlon with a time of 4:04:45. Folks at the Lundquist College of Business knew Thomas as a 2009 graduate of the school's MBA program in the sports marketing track with a secondary concentration in entrepreneurship. After graduating, Thomas put off his job search to follow his dream of becoming a professional athlete.
Hands-on experience managing live money in emerging markets: How's that for a resume builder? Starting this fall, finance-minded MBA students will have a chance to do just that, by enrolling in a class in which—with faculty oversight—they share the responsibility of managing the school's newly created Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio (EMEP). Though elements are modeled after the successful portfolios managed by the student-run University of Oregon Investment Group, the new fund offers additional layers of complexity.
For the undergraduates and MBA students attending the Warsaw Sports Business Club's first annual Global Sports Business Symposium, a day spent in Portland provided a panoramic view of sports business in China.
Ever wondered how much carbon you're saving when you pedal your bicycle instead of taking your car? Soon you'll know, thanks to the Ride Your Bike There smartphone app. Created by a team of MBA candidates from the Center for Sustainable Business Practices working with students from disciplines across the university, the app was powered by a grant from the Student Sustainability Fund. What sets this carbon calculator apart?
Business students from the Center for Sustainable Business Practices worked with with master's candidates from the architecture and landscape architecture programs to compete in the ULI/Gerald D. Hines Urban Design Competition. "The MBAs wanted to really crunch the numbers before putting pencil to paper," said MBA candidate Andy Fenstermacher.
With only twenty-four hours to prepare a twenty-minute presentation on the future of Louisville's Muhammad Ali Center, teams vying for the 2011 National Sports Foundation Case Cup had to move fast.
Early last month, a group of first-year MBA students in the Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship hit the road and headed north to meet with executives from thirteen companies.
As a graduate teaching fellow with O Heroes--a nonprofit organization within the UO athletic department--Matt develops programs that enable student-athletes to serve the Eugene/Springfield community.
