Positive connectors
For Tom and Jeff Lindquist, momentum and personal relations are the keys to success Tom Lindquist’s career started with a left turn. “I thought I was going to go into investment banking,” says Tom (BA 1982). “When I graduated from Foster, that was the hot career path.” Today, Tom is more than three decades into... Read More
Aoyama Gakuin Exchange Program: Pink skies
By Kristin Lee, Foster Undergraduate and GBC Study Abroad Scholarship Recipient who participated in an exchange with Aoyama Gakuin University. When I arrived in Tokyo, I was lucky to have arrived just in time for the last week of Hanami, also known as flower viewing or the Cherry Blossom Festival. This annual celebration of friends, families,... Read More
Seattle Growth Podcast episode 6: Building density
Follow @ProfShulmanFollow Professor Jeff Shulman on Twitter for the latest Seattle Growth news. The sixth episode of the Seattle Growth Podcast, hosted by the UW Foster School’s Jeff Shulman, explores the question: where should Seattle put the people who are moving into the city? City Council member Mike O’Brien (MBA 1997) (4:55) explains his plan... Read More
25 years of the UW Foster School Business Leadership Celebration
The Foster School marks a quarter century of welcoming world-renowned leaders and celebrating local luminaries at its annual Business Leadership Celebration Event Details Thursday, October 27, 2016 Sheraton Seattle Hotel 1400 Sixth Ave, Seattle Reception starts at 5:45pm Learn more Keynote Speaker: Margo Georgiadis President for the Americas, Google Board Member, McDonald’s The year was 1992.... Read More
Meet the student-led startups in the 2016 Jones + Foster Accelerator
Way back in 1983 the Harvard Business School succinctly defined entrepreneurship as “the pursuit of opportunity without regard to resources….” This still rings true today, but the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship’s Jones + Foster Accelerator (J+FA) gives student-led startups both the opportunity and the resources to navigate the entrepreneurial process, taking them from student team... Read More
The energy of Rome
By Oscar Avatare, Foster Undergraduate and GBC Study Abroad Scholarship Recipient who participated in the 2016 Honors in Rome: Art, Identity, and Structures of Exchange in Rome and Italy study abroad program. A story that best highlights my international experience in Rome is the first group walk I took with my 2016 Honors in Rome group. As... Read More
Hill and Young named “Favorite Business School Professors”
Two faculty members at the University of Washington Foster School of Business have been named to the Poets & Quants list of “Favorite Business School Professors Teaching MBAs.” The influential MBA portal counts Foster’s Charles Hill and Lance Young as two of the most inspiring, innovative and indelible business educators in world today. Poets &... Read More
Seattle Growth Podcast episode 5: Character and culture
Follow @ProfShulmanFollow Professor Jeff Shulman on Twitter for the latest Seattle Growth news. The fifth episode of the Seattle Growth Podcast, hosted by the UW Foster School’s Jeff Shulman, explores the changing character and culture of Seattle, and asks whether it should—or even can—be preserved. Hear from two Seattle natives, Hazel Margaretes (5:30) and Dan... Read More
Retired Foster alumni give back to community in Mexico
Ahh, retirement. That long-awaited reward for a life of hard work. In the earliest stages of their “golden years,” John (BA 1976, EMBA 1987) and Elise (BA 1976) Lindseth are splitting time between homes in southern California and in a small town on the breathtaking Pacific coast of Mexico between Manzanillo and Puerto Vallarta. But... Read More
UW ranks #15 in world, #24 for business in Academic Ranking of World Universities
The 2016 Academic Ranking of World Universities released its list of the top schools in the world, and the University of Washington continued at #15 among the most elite universities. UW ranked #24 worldwide for business and economics, up from #33 in the most recent ranking. The 2016 Academic Ranking of World Universities, conducted by researchers at the Center... Read More