As we work to deliver and enhance the exceptional education in our undergraduate and Oregon MBA programs, we will have our eye on rankings but cannot afford to let them dictate our vision.
Pitch an idea for an online startup to a group of web developers, designers, and business professionals; convince them to join your team; and then spend the weekend working with them building a prototype of the actual product.
On January 19, Lundquist College of Business academic advisor Tayah Butler received campus-wide recognition for her groundbreaking work promoting diversity. She was one of five UO employees honored with a 2012 Martin Luther King, Jr. Award. Butler--who is also a driving force behind the Diversity in the Workplace Symposium scheduled for this March--launched the Building Business Leaders project in September 2010.
"Whoosh-kerthomp!" That was the sound of bags of bread being tossed to participants in a question-and-answer session with the Entrepreneurship Club's first guest speaker of the winter term. "I like to bribe people to ask questions," explained Dave Dahl, the CEO of--and creative force behind--Dave's Killer Bread, the explosively successful Portland-based bread company.
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.
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.
"Putting together a team of twelve to fifteen people from different countries and different backgrounds and watching them bond over a common goal--it's one of my favorite things," said Kim Rambo-Reinitz, describing the Lundquist College undergraduate Peer Advising program she coordinates. Each year, business majors apply to take part in the program's extensive training in order to volunteer five hours a week providing drop-in advising to fellow students.
