MBA Clubs @ Foster: Women in Business
Foster is serious about women MBAs. With women making up 43% of the Class of 2018 (well-above the national average), Foster understands the importance of equipping women to excel in business and providing resources for women MBAs to do just that. These resources include an elective course, “Women at the Top,” which brings in regional business leaders in... Read More
Activists Challenge Panelists at Seattle Growth Podcast Live
The live taping of the Seattle Growth Podcast had all the ingredients necessary for drama. An audience full of residents and activists gathered in Pioneer Square for the opportunity to question three influencers in public policy and business. In the middle stood host and moderator Jeff Shulman of the University of Washington’s Foster School of... Read More
The road less traveled to success
My name is Robbie Taylor and I am a 2013 Graduate of Foster. Upon graduating, I took a Management Consulting Position at PwC in Seattle where I worked for 2 1/2 years prior to taking off to travel the world. Although one of the scariest decisions of my life, I couldn’t be happier, and I... Read More
Celebrating opportunities of a lifetime, and the visionary leaders who create them
“How do we solve for everyone?” asked Margo Georgiadis, Google’s president of the Americas, during her keynote conversation at the UW Foster School’s 25th annual Business Leadership Celebration October 27 at the Sheraton Seattle. It’s an appropriately ambitious goal for a company whose very name pushes the infinite. But Georgiadis, who also leads the 10,000-member... Read More
Preparing for the rigors of a consulting career
Jack Post, Foster BA, Class of 2018, talks about how his internship at the Consulting and Business Development Center helped him learn valuable skills and prepare for life after college. My summer consulting internship with the Consulting and Business Development Center was one of the most meaningful business experiences I’ve had in my life. The... Read More
King Bhumibol Adulyadej
By Anna Naran, Foster Undergraduate who participated in an exchange with Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. The first couple of times I drove around Bangkok I was instantly captivated by the photos of the King and Queen that seemed to line numerous sky scrapers, buildings, and billboards. It was as if I stepped out of reality... Read More
TMMBA alumni entrepreneur: Milkana Brace
TMMBA Career Management organizes co-curricular sessions for students and alumni to learn from business leaders on how they manage, grow, and change careers. We find that interest in entrepreneurism, either becoming a founder or joining a startup, continues to increase among TMMBA students. These sessions add extra insight and learning opportunities alongside our entrepreneurial curriculum.... Read More
Foster and Boeing celebrate 100 years of collaboration
Since July 15, 1916, the Boeing Company has been a leader in the aerospace industry. It is the largest aerospace company in the world and the Foster School took the opportunity on October 18 to say, happy 100th birthday to Boeing! We also want to acknowledge key partnerships between the Boeing and the Foster School:... Read More
Q&A with Jacob Cahn, MS in Taxation alumnus
Jacob Cahn, CPA and tax director at Freestone, shares his experiences in the UW Foster School’s Master of Science in Taxation. He graduated from the program in 2011. Why did you choose UW’s MS Taxation program? Several reasons: I attended the Foster School of Business for my undergraduate degree so the transition into the MS... Read More
Seattle Growth Podcast episode 13: Visions for the future
Follow @ProfShulmanFollow Professor Jeff Shulman on Twitter for the latest Seattle Growth news. Seattle is undergoing a transformation. It is time for us to decide as a people: what do we want this city to become? The final episode of the Seattle Growth Podcast asks top leaders of Seattle and Washington state what they envision for the... Read More