Foster’s Strategic Management Students Deliver Recommendations to Ensure All People Receive Appropriate Healthcare
Congratulations to the Winning Team of Elizabeth Bui, Chris Lam, Sowmya Magham, Sophia Peng and Michelle Yang Students were once again spotted throughout the halls of Foster, dressed in their suits and practicing their presentations one last time before entering the competition room.The Strategy Development Competition, which is part of the capstone undergraduate course Strategic... Read More
A Spotlight on the Career Management Office: Jean Gekler, Senior Associate Director, MBA Career Management and Liaison for Evening MBA Career Management
Can you tell us about yourself and how you started working in the Career Management Office and with the Evening MBA Program? I love gardening, going to the beach, and traveling. My favorite place is Paris, where I can practice my French. I also love all kinds of sports, notably college football (go Huskies!).... Read More
Study abroad changed my life.
Guest Post By: Junior studying Business and Biology, Madelyn Yeh. During Winter Quarter 2022, Madelyn studied abroad with Foster Faculty and fellow Foster students on the Business Italy Program in Rome, Italy. I always thought this saying was cheesy— perhaps too good to be true. Take this from someone who used to be skeptical: study... Read More
Accepting Uncertainty While Abroad
Guest Post By: Junior studying Marketing, Jana Merca. During UW’s Winter & Spring Quarters 2022, Jana studied abroad on the Foster Exchange with the University of Economics, Prague (Czech Republic). My name is Jana Merca and I am currently a 3rd year marketing major studying abroad in Prague, Czech. When interviewing for my program, my... Read More
Courtney Thompson: the Foster School’s “Dynamo of the Century”
Courtney Thompson (BA 2007) is an unstoppable force of nature. Always has been. The valedictorian of Kentlake High School came to the University of Washington and led Husky Volleyball to three NCAA final fours and a national championship in 2005. The passionate setter became the most decorated student-athlete in Foster School history, earning All-America and... Read More
Jai-Anana Elliott: the Foster School’s “Transformer of the Century”
Jai-Anana Elliott, who led diversity and recruitment efforts for many years at the UW Foster School of Business, won the 2010 UW Vice President for Minority Affairs and Vice Provost for Diversity Community Building Award. Talk about well deserved. Elliott envisioned and implemented the Young Executives of Color (YEOC), a nine-month community outreach program, in partnership with... Read More
20 Years of Impact & Innovation from Technology Management MBA Alumni: Part 1
For 20 years, the Technology Management MBA (TMMBA) program has fueled disruption, producing talented innovators who have lead the transformation of technology in Seattle and across the globe. Before “disruption” was the name of the game, before billion-dollar unicorns, before IoT, blockchain and meme stocks, the Technology Management MBA program (TMMBA) was ready to build... Read More
Finalists Announced for 2022 Environmental Innovation Challenge
For the first time in its history, the 2022 Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge (EIC) final round will feature student teams from each state in the Pacific Northwest, as well as Alaska. The 21 finalist teams (detailed below) will compete on March 31 in the competition hosted by the Foster School’s Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship... Read More
Connie Bourassa-Shaw: the Foster School’s “Catalyst of the Century”
While leading the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship for nearly two decades of its 30-year history, Connie Bourassa-Shaw became an essential nexus of the region’s thriving entrepreneurial community. Her ability to create forward motion and accrue critical mass is legendary at the Foster School of Business. Connecting with serial entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, angel investors, students, faculty... Read More
Leveraging Experiences that Don’t Fit Perfectly into Your Career Goals: Insights from a Foster Peer Career Coach
We Foster students are a motivated bunch, and we tend to set our sights high. It’s admirable and it will take us far, but unfortunately we’re not guaranteed to get our dream internship in our sophomore (or maybe even our junior) year. This leaves us with a challenge: how to demonstrate that we are capable,... Read More