For recent graduate Famery Yang, participating in the Lundquist College's Peer Advising program was a way to share her knowledge with fellow undergraduates.
Even in the quietest weeks of December, many of our students are busy taking advantage of global opportunities and literally building a better future for those who come next.
The November morning may have been cold and damp, but team spirit--not to mention pure adrenaline--did a good job of warming the crowd gathered to watch Lee Corso and the gang broadcast ESPN College GameDay from the University of Oregon's Memorial Quad.
Ambition kindled, eight WSBC-ers took up the challenge, each delivering an original five-minute presentation to visitors from Nike's summer internship talent acquisition team of Wendy Scott and Zachary Taylor '08, himself an alum of the college's Warsaw Sports Marketing Center.
Students seeking direct routes to their dream careers received expert navigation tips from experienced professionals at this October's Career Paths panel series, the signature fall event of the Lundquist College Career Services office.
They came from as far away as China, New York, and Chicago. All told, a grand total of seventy-five guests--spanning Lundquist College graduating classes 2000 through 2012--made the trip to attend the first-ever reunion of the University of Oregon Investment Group (UOIG).
Growing is succeeding. It is a necessary aspect of remaining competitive. In higher education, that includes growing and developing the ranks of our already exceptional faculty.
Beta Alpha Psi chapter received Superior Status for the ninth consecutive year, David Guenther named 2012 Outstanding Master of Accounting Teacher, and more.
"When we started, no one bought TVs at WalMart," Vizio founder and CEO William Wang recalled, in a Q&A session with Lundquist College students and faculty this October. Radically reshaping the shopping landscape is just one of the ways that Wang's ten-year-old company has changed the world of consumer electronics. During a discussion moderated by Dean Kees de Kluyver, Wang described the "perfect storm" that helped drive his company's success and covered some of the other game-changers Vizio pioneered.
