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... Read More
15 Years of Young Executives of Color: A Q+A with Damariz Ibáñez, YEOC Program Manager
Young Executives of Color at the Foster School of Business is celebrating 15 years of cultivating the academic potential of high school student leaders in... Read More
The “Non-Traditional Journey” with Luis Vicencio, ’21, President of ALPFA UW
When Luis Vicencio describes his journey to higher education, he uses the term “non-traditional.” At 30, he’s finishing up his senior year studying operation supply... Read More
2018 YEOC Senior Celebration
At the end of the academic year, a special session is dedicated to high school seniors at YEOC. Our end of year senior celebration is... Read More
2018 YEOC Annual Case Competition and End of Year Celebration
Dozens of volunteers came together on Saturday, May 5th, to support our annual YEOC case competition sponsored by EY. This session—designed and orchestrated by senior... Read More
Strength in Culture and Identity
Guest Speaker Aracely Godinez leads a session titled “Keeping Your Culture in Corporate America” (photo credit Khatsini Simani) Instantaneously the room broke out in laughter... Read More
From UW to Yakima: February’s iCreate Challenge is Close to Home
Ivette and Issamar Aguilera introduce A’s Tile & Granite (Photo credit Khatsini Simani) This February, YEOC was honored to have two former program participants Ivette... Read More
Foster Futures: Idowu Jeremiah
Born in Lagos, Nigeria, in West Africa, Idowu Jeremiah (BA 2019) moved to the United States when she was just 12 years old. She and... Read More
Foster Futures: Abiel Zewolday
It would be tempting to declare—as many have—Abiel Zewolday (BA 2018) a “natural” leader, though the assertion diminishes the enormous work he has put in... Read More
IS, IT, and Community
This blog post was written by Foster student and YEOC Mentor Khatsini Simani. Photography by Mentor Mike Guevarra. Mentor Fethawit Musye speaks during mentor lecture... Read More