UW luminaries fulfill lifelong dream by breaking barriers, giving back
Thaddeus Spratlen and Lois Price Spratlen, University of Washington emeritus professors, broke down barriers across the US while raising the bar for women and people... Read More
2011 minority business of the year awards
Guest blog post by Rita Brogan, CEO of PRR Each year the UW Foster School of Business recognizes exceptional performance by minority-owned businesses throughout Washington... Read More
University of Washington celebrates state’s top minority businesses
The Business and Economic Development Center at the University of Washington Foster School of Business honored seven outstanding minority-owned companies from around the state at... Read More
When entrepreneurship drives community building: Uwajimaya legacy
Guest blog post by Rita Brogan, CEO of PRR Uwajimaya’s beginnings were humble, when in 1928 Fujimatsu Moriguchi started selling fishcakes in Tacoma, Washington. Today, Uwajimaya... Read More
Informed innovation: interview with Steve Tolton of Petrocard
Guest blog post by Rita Brogan, CEO of PRR The Brogan Blog had a chance recently to chat with Steve Tolton, the CEO of PetroCard,... Read More
Age differences, cultural diversity enhance MBA experience
Before he arrived at the Foster School, Alonso Velasquez (Evening MBA Class of 2012) thought most MBA students would be pretty young. He was pleasantly... Read More
Breaking down barriers for LGBT students
Teresa Demel (Full-time MBA Class of 2011) came to the Foster School with broad experience in education and program management – and a passion for... Read More
Cultural, language challenges test MBA student
Ricardo Cardoso (Class of 2012) had lived in the U.S. for ten years before starting the Foster full-time MBA Program with an Ernest I. J.... Read More
Parenthood, Hispanic background enrich MBA experience
Natalia Perez (Full-time MBA Class of 2012) wears many hats, among them student, wife and mother. Covering all these bases makes for some long days,... Read More
Jai Elliott wins 2010 UW diversity and community building award
Jai-Anana Elliott, associate director of diversity and recruitment at the University of Washington Foster School of Business, won the 2010 UW Vice President for Minority... Read More