The TMMBA Student Experience: Program Immersion Week
On the Sunday after Thanksgiving, the newest cohort of Technology Management MBA (TMMBA) students descended on UW Seattle campus to start their TMMBA journey. Every TMMBA Program starts with seven full days of classroom instruction, team building, interactive learning and, of course, fun on the Seattle and Kirkland campuses. During the TMMBA Program Immersion students complete... Read More
Start Up Spotlight: Third Year Student Anil Mohammad Launches Waccal
Anil Mohammed Pre-MBA Profession: Design Engineer at Boeing Hometown: Glenview, IL (northern suburb of Chicago) What brought you to Foster? Why did you choose the Evening MBA Program? I grew up in a family of entrepreneurs. I never knew how to help contribute because I had no business acumen. Also, knowing the foundational business principals... Read More
Growing Opportunity for Environmental Entrepreneurs
Dan Schwartz knows cleantech. “The problem isn’t a lack of ideas,” he said. “The only way environmental innovation will scale and make a difference is through industry involvement.” For four years he has served as director of the University of Washington’s Clean Energy Institute (CEI) and is one of the chief architects of the new... Read More
Strideline Eyes Future after Deal with NFL Players
Are you watching closely? Jake Director, Riley Goodman, and their team at Strideline are. Every snap of the football, every down of every play this NFL season could lead to a new design at the apparel company known for its signature socks. “If a player does a cool touchdown dance, or something noteworthy over the... Read More
TMMBA Program Celebrates the Holidays with Students & Alumni
Happy Holidays from The Technology Management MBA Program! If you become a TMMBA student, you’ll quickly discover the TMMBA Program loves to have fun! The TMMBA Program hosts at least four major events a year where current students and our 1,100 alumni can reconnect, network and make new friends. These annual events include the VIP Reception, the Bettin... Read More
Finding Beauty in Berlin
By Madison Mackenzie, Foster Senior studying Finance and CISB. Madison is currently participating in an undergraduate exchange with Audencia Business School in Nantes, France During one of my free weekends, I decided to go to Berlin. The city was not a ‘pretty’ city by any means, but as you start to look beyond the grunge, you... Read More
Jonathan Brogaard and Rob Palmatier achieve Emerald Citations of Excellence
Two professors at the University of Washington Foster School of Business—Robert Palmatier and Jonathan Brogaard—have received 2017 Emerald Citations of Excellence. The Citations of Excellence, part of the Emerald Publishing Group’s annual Literati Awards, recognize authors of the papers that are cited the most across all business disciplines by other scholars during a given year. Academic... Read More
Art in China: A Lesson in History and Culture
By Chanrithy Kouch, Foster Undergraduate studying Finance and CISB. Chanrithy is participating in an exchange with NCCU in Taipei, Taiwan. I’ve always wanted to find out more about the ancient Chinese objects because I grew up watching Chinese films and TV shows. Here I took a class called Art in China at National Chengchi University.... Read More
Rome: Three Reasons to Stay in the Moment
By Sunshine Arcilla, Foster Senior studying Accounting and Marketing. Sunshine participated on the Accounting Rome Exploration Seminar this summer. She was a GBC Study Abroad Scholarship recipient. As someone who grew up in the rural parts of the Philippines, I never thought that I would ever have the chance to travel the world, much less... Read More
My Summer as an Investment Banking Intern at Deutsche Bank
About the author: Lauren Krainski (pictured above, holding the gavel) is a second-year MBA student at Foster. When I moved from the East Coast to attend Foster, I never expected that I’d be going back for my summer internship. And I definitely didn’t think it would be in investment banking. Rewind to the summer before... Read More