Reflections on the Japanese healthcare system
This post was written by Management Professor and Center for Leadership & Strategic Thinking Executive Director Bruce Avolio. My trip to Japan this past week, brought me first to Kyoto, then to Osaka and Tokyo. Kyoto is the City of Temples and Shrines, over a thousand, much of which are all in wonderful condition. The... Read More
Marketing in healthcare – Special Interest Group recap
The UW Center for Sales and Marketing Strategy was formed to link business professionals and academic researchers. One way to link academics and professionals is through programs like the Healthcare Special Interest Group (HSIG). The purpose of the HSIG is to bring the best marketing minds in healthcare together and come up with projects to... Read More
Working abroad leads to freedom in the job market
Guest post by Nathan Bright (BA 2014) My name is Nathan Bright and I graduated from the Foster School and the CISB Program in March 2014 with a general business degree and Spanish minor. During my time at UW, I was able to study abroad in Spain and travel around Asia, so I knew when... Read More
Syncing to the digital age of marketing
On January 31, the Foster School of Business welcomed 170 student registrants from 10 universities across the Northwest for Wired In: Syncing to the Digital Age of Marketing, the 2nd Annual Undergraduate Marketing Conference. The event, hosted by Foster Undergraduate Career Services and the UW American Marketing Association, was sponsored by Eddie Bauer for the... Read More
Going Full Circle
Going Full Circle by Nick Pernisco The day was Evaluation Day in early 2014. I was nervous about the group activities we’d be participating in. Lots of questions rushed through my mind. What kind of things will they have us work on? Will I work well with the group? What will the evaluators think of... Read More
Message from the Sales and Marketing Center’s Research Director
Have you ever wondered how other firms are solving sales and marketing problems or if there is a better way to analyze a marketing issue or benchmark best practices? We have designed the Center for Sales and Marketing Strategy to help address these issues by matching business professionals and their sales and marketing challenges with... Read More
Stuart Childress begins tenure as President of the MBA Association
On April 1st, rising second-year student Stuart Childress will be assuming the role of President of the MBA Association (MBAA) for the 2015-16 school year. Why did you decide to pursue an MBA, especially the full-time program at Foster? Like many people at Foster or considering Foster, I am a career changer. I spent 5 years working... Read More
Foster on Tap: an alumni happy hour
This blog post was written by Alex Andreotti, Foster’s Assistant Director of Events. On Feb. 26, Foster alumni gathered at Palomino Rustico in Bellevue for the year’s first installment of Foster on Tap, the newly renamed alumni happy hours. Alumni across graduation years and degree programs gathered to network, reconnect and swap stories of their... Read More
TMMBA Alumni Profile: Rick McMaster (TMMBA 2006)
After competing in the UW Business Plan Competition and graduating from the Technology Management MBA (TMMBA) Program in 2006, Rick McMaster caught the entrepreneurship bug. McMaster made an unconventional shift from a career in technology at Intel to pursuing his passion for the local Washington wine industry. Today McMaster has put his TMMBA skills to work... Read More
Better batteries, recycled building materials, and smart diapers: Environmental Innovation Challenge 2015
How do you foster innovation to address pressing environmental issues? Get college students engaged! The Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge at the University of Washington taps into the passion, smarts, and motivation that students have for solving environmental problems. Since its outset, the EIC has attracted 726 students (161 teams) and awarded over $180,000 in... Read More