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.
Cash prizes, plus the opportunity to get real-world feedback from area business leaders—these were the awards teams of entrepreneurship students competed for in the annual graduate Venture Quest this past December. Each team's presentation was followed by a rapid-fire Q&A with contest judges. The winning project? VisiRay, a unique pest-detection technology presented by Walther Buecklers, Andrew Cook, Matt Eskue, and Orit Ofr. Runner-up was ShadyPeeps, a student-launched company that has already sold 3,500 pairs of university-themed sunglasses.
Wondering where the current cohorts of Oregon MBA students hail from? Curious about where and with which companies they've had recent internships? The answer is all over the map--literally! Click the icons on our cool new interactive maps to get the inside scoop on each student and internship.
Taking a cue from the success of "I Love My Ducks" on YouTube, our Oregon MBA students took a break from studying to create a viral video of their own. The video "Oregon MBA: Ride Your Bike There" provides an unfiltered perspective from some students about what they feel are unique qualities of our MBA program: active lifestyles, sustainability, entrepreneurial, camaraderie. Sounds kind of like the college's mission statement. It's also a fun video for alumni, reminding them of their college days.
You may have seen them around campus or caught a glimpse of them at Autzen Stadium. Shady Peeps sunglasses are showing up on Duck fans all around Eugene and Portland. Don't know what we're talking about? Shady Peeps are polarized, university-themed sunglasses that come in yellow and green, and they are blowing up with the help of MBA student Caleb Iorg, applying his education in real time.
Oregon O's were on display in Shanghai this past summer with ten Lundquist College undergraduates studying business at Tongji University, June 28-August 6. Adding to that, six more students (four MBAs and two undergraduates) had eight-week internships at Spraying Systems Co.'s Shanghai facility. At Tongji University, students completed two courses, including one on corporate governance developed by UO senior accounting instructor Michele Henney. Students also enrolled in short courses in Chinese language.
It was a whirlwind tour—but oh, so eye opening. On September 16, MBA students completed a two-week study tour in Asia for the fifth year in a row, meeting with companies and gaining first-hand insights into how doing business in China is both different and the same. MBAs from all four of our centers of excellence documented the experience on the college's blog. Read.
Congratulations to UO’s Mosaic Genetics LLC for its second-place finish at the New Venture Championship, winning $10,000 and an invitation to the Moot Corp Competition at the University of Texas.
The first partnership executive MBA program in the United States and now one of the oldest, the Oregon Executive MBA is celebrating its twenty-fifth year.
Consider the adrenaline of Oregon MBA students as they presented startup ideas to actual venture capitalists and investors. A little nerve wracking perhaps--especially because they spent ten weeks preparing, building a case, and trying to anticipate concerns. But the long nights were worth it. Watch the video above to learn more.
