Travelling Around Europe
Guest post by Andrew Bagherpour, a Foster student studying Accounting, who participated in the Foster exchange at the University of Manchester in England. When I touched down in Europe for my first time I was bold. I landed in London two weeks before the University of Manchester even began and set out to explore some... Read More
The Business of Healing
Joe Sniezek, MD/MBA, serves as a model of the modern physician-leader It’s not the first time Joe Sniezek (MBA 2016) has heard the question. What was a successful, dedicated head and neck surgeon doing in a place like the Foster School of Business? The answer is simple. Healthcare, for him, was becoming more than medical.... Read More
Entrepreneurship Resource Nights: Making an Entrepreneur
Each week you can read a recap of the previous Entrepreneurship Resource Night. This week, the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship’s Amy Sallin recaps a class featuring the lively CEO of Livible, Terry Drayton. If you have questions about the lecture series, or any of the Buerk Center’s student competitions, email Amy at [email protected]. Greetings! The Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship’s... Read More
Sales Force
The Professional Sales Program equips students from the Foster School and around the UW to add value immediately Shannon Connors was having a “major” crisis. After returning from an idyllique year in Paris pursuing her UW studies in French and history, she took a course in accounting—kind of her family business—at the Foster School out... Read More
City or United?
Guest post by Andrew Bagherpour, a Foster student studying Accounting, who participated in the Foster exchange at the University of Manchester in England. Being a fan of the English Premiere league from Seattle is no easy task. I have countless memories of rolling out of bed at 6 or 7 in the morning on a... Read More
CLST harnesses the power of gaming to enhance and expedite leadership development
Leadership is not a game. But games can create better leaders. That’s the idea behind a long-running initiative of the Foster School’s Center for Leadership and Strategic Thinking (CLST) to harness the power of gaming toward accelerating leadership development and improving strategic thought. “Over the last eight years, Foster has envisioned using gaming and gamification... Read More
Train to Busan
Guest post by Daniel Lee, a senior at Foster studying Finance and IS, who participated in an exchange with Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. In my final week in Korea, some friends and I decided that we needed to make a trip down to Busan before we left for home. We bought KTX tickets... Read More
Making Connections: A Summer MBA Internship at Facebook
Melissa Young (pictured above) is a second-year student at Foster. Melissa Young will graduate from Foster in June. Afterwards, she’ll be heading down to the Bay Area to take a job as a Client Solutions Manager in the Global Sales Org at Facebook. There she will continue to work with her team from last summer,... Read More
Chuseok (Harvest Festival) in Tokyo
Guest post by Daniel Lee, a senior at Foster studying Finance and IS, who participated in an exchange with Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. One of the best parts of studying abroad at Yonsei during the fall is that Koreans celebrate Chuseok, which gives us students a week-long break to rest and recover. Trying... Read More
Pacific Rim Bankers Program becomes Global Bankers Program
New name, same great program. After more than 40 years educating international banking professionals, the Foster School’s Pacific Rim Bankers Program (PRBP) is changing its name to the UW Global Bankers Program (GBP), effective January 2018. We at UW Executive Education believe that this change reflects both the true level of excellence that the PRBP... Read More