Lifting each other up: Q&A with Ashley Adair, MBA 2021
Why did you choose the Evening MBA program at the UW Foster School of Business? I chose the Evening MBA at Foster because after the program I didn’t want to leave with just a piece of paper. I wanted a full MBA experience that would help me grow as a person through challenging studies while... Read More
Initial Impressions of Rotterdam
Guest Post by: Matthew Richardson, a Foster School of Business student studying Accounting and Finance. In Spring 2019, Mathew participated in the Foster Exchange Program at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, in Rotterdam, Netherlands. After visiting my family in England for a few days I made the journey across the English Channel via the train and made it... Read More
Connections and Practical Experience: Q&A with Alina Okhotnikova, MBA 2020
Why did you choose the Full-time MBA program at the UW Foster School of Business? I was excited by the great connections Foster has with Seattle based tech companies, the recruitment statistics, and many opportunities to obtain practical experience. I believe in learning by doing and here at Foster, there are plenty of options to... Read More
Education has enabled Connie Glowney to construct a life she never could have imagined
Education is always important. For Connie Glowney (MBA 2013), it has been essential. School paved her path to confidence, self-discovery and freedom—not to mention her current role as director of international retail operations at Starbucks. But it was a long and winding path. Like many children of the 1960s, Glowney grew up in a traditional... Read More
Final Days in Manchester
Guest Post by: Sheridan Juarez, a Foster School of Business student studying Accounting and Finance. In Spring 2019, Sheridan participated in the Foster Exchange Program at The Manchester Business School in England . After all my traveling in April/May, it was time to hunker down for the last month in Manchester! This is what I had... Read More
Together we will: an extraordinary EMBA journey
There is a saying in Zulu called “Ubuntu”, meaning “I am, because we are”. Put differently, it means, “you are a person through other people”. This saying is a true reflection of my journey over the last two years. And what an exciting journey it has been! Though it may not seem like an easy... Read More
Finding Comfort in Discomfort: A reflection from my Peace Corps journey – Nikita Nosov, CISB alumnus
As a prestigious business program located in an international business hub, Foster and CISB emphasize cross-cultural leadership as a key ingredient for preparing its global leaders. Working in economic development through the Peace Corps is a professional experience that challenges you to apply and evaluate business concepts in a brand new cultural context. In my... Read More
Lee receives top reviewing award from premier human resources journal
When Tom Lee received the news that he had won the 2019 Excellence in Reviewing Award from the journal Human Resources Management Review, he did a doubletake. “I was quite surprised because such awards typically don’t go to old guys like me,” says Lee, the Hughes M. Blake Endowed Professor of Management at the UW... Read More
Sky’s the Limit
Master developer Martin Selig has shaped the modern Seattle skyline in his own inimitable style Some hailed the plan as bold. Others found it mad. But Martin Selig (BA 1959) never minded the critics, even as he set out to erect the world’s sixth-tallest skyscraper in downtown Seattle. It was the dawn of the 1980s.... Read More
Technology Management MBA Visits Bay Area Business Leaders
Technology Management MBA (TMMBA) and Hybrid MBA (HMBA) students traveled to the San Francisco Bay Area for two days of networking with the region’s innovative tech companies. The Bay Area Tech Trek, led by the Career Management team, was a co-curricular trip intended to complement the MBA curriculum, introduce students to the local entrepreneurial scene, and provide a venue... Read More