Events

Business Connections Happy Hour-San Francisco
Greetings from the Business Connections Center at the Foster School of Business!  We are accompanying a group of MBA students to the Bay Area on a Road Show and we would like to invite you to a happy hour event at the Royal Exchange in San Francisco.   

Please RSVP to Bryan Tomlinson via email at btom@u.washington.edu, if you plan on attending listing your name, graduation program/year, and what company and role you are currently in.   

Please call Bryan at 206-685-4720 with any questions.   We hope to see you there!

Business Husky Networking Night
Share your experience with undergraduate business students who are exploring different careers at Business Husky Networking Night on Wednesday, November 14 from 5 – 7:30 PM in Balmer Commons.  More...

Leaders to Legends Breakfast Lecture Series
The Leaders to Legends Breakfast Lecture Series is held once a month during the academic year, October-April. The series continues on Wednesday, December 5th with Kemper Freeman Jr., Chairman & CEO, Kemper Development Company. More...

UW Names Business School to Honor Michael G. FosterUniversity of Washington president Mark A. Emmert announced that the UW Business School is being renamed in recognition of gifts from The Foster Foundation totaling $50 million, with $46.5 million made during Campaign UW: Creating Futures. The School will be called the Michael G. Foster School of Business. More...

Foster School welcomes five new faculty
The 2007-2008 academic year at the Michael G. Foster School of Business kicked off with five outstanding new faculty members. The new professors join the current Foster School faculty that has already built a leading-edge research reputation. Throughout the various academic departments, the School consistently ranks among the top 20 U.S. business schools, both public and private, for research productivity. More...

Fewer degrees of separation make companies more innovative, creative
“I read somewhere that everybody on this planet is separated by only six other people. Six degrees of separation between us and everyone else on this planet,” quips the character, Tess, in John Guare's 1990 play “Six Degrees of Separation.”

Researchers at the University of Washington and New York University who examined networks of companies in relation to their creative strengths have discovered that it is, indeed, a small world. More...

Congratulations to our Winners…
Many Foster School alumni recruited 10 or more friends to sign-up for HuskyConnect, the University’s new on-line networking system.  By doing so, they were entered into a drawing to win a round-trip ticket to anywhere Alaska Airlines or Horizon Air flies.

And the winners are…

Mickey Tovio Scanlan (BA 1997)
Nathaniel Harrison (BA 2005)
Bonnie Schwerin (MBA 2007)
Scott Sweeney (MBA 2004)
Steve Chen (MBA 2006)

Congratulations!

Foster School of Business advisor wins UW volunteer award
Michael G. Foster School of Business advisor and longtime University of Washington volunteer Artie Buerk (BA 1958) received the Gates Volunteer Service Award at the Sixth Annual Recognition Gala on Sept. 7, 2007 for his years of outstanding volunteer leadership at the UW. More...

Huskies Helping Huskies
Here’s a great way to stay connected and make a difference in the lives of other Huskies: volunteer to be a Husky Career Network contact.

Husky Career Network is a worldwide network of UW alumni and friends offering information about their field and networking referrals to UW students and UWAA members who are exploring their career options.  Click for more information and online sign-up.

Of course, if you are a UW Alumni Association member you can also take advantage of the Husky Career Network to support your own career development. The network allows you to access more than 2400 UW Business School alumni, and more than 5000 contacts altogether.

Connect with Foster School of Business Alumni through HuskyConnect!
HuskyConnect is a new on-line networking community comprised of more than 300,000 UW alumni worldwide. Members are UW alumni or UWAA members – profiles are linked to official UW records.

• Enhance your professional network by identifying and connecting with Foster School alumni. 
• Customize your networking by creating or joining groups just for your interest area (MBA’s only, New York alumni, etc).
• Post alumni events in your area.
• Share news with former classmates.

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Do you have news you'd like to share? Submit a class note. Tell us what major events have happened in your life: a new job, marriage, children, retirement, advanced degrees, you name it.

Ken Wise, BA ‘79
Ken Wise has joined West Coast Bank as Regional Credit Administrator at the company's Tukwila, Washington facility. In his 27 years of Northwest banking experience, Wise most recently served as a credit administrator at Umpqua bank, and as chief credit officer for a Lakewood, Washington community bank.
Chief Credit Officer Hadley Robbins said, "With Ken's diverse background in commercial and industrial (C&I) and commercial real estate lending, he brings a broad base of lending experience, as well as a deep understanding of our market place in Washington. We're pleased to welcome him to our Puget Sound team."

Cristopher Hollingsworth, BA ‘88
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Cristopher Hollingsworth has joined AutoZone, Incorporated as the National Director of Sales for Commercial Government markets.  In his prior position, Cris was responsible for commercial sales leadership over the vertical markets initiative at OfficeMax Contract, Incorporated.  At AutoZone, Incorporated; Cris will oversee the commercial government selling activities for North America.  AutoZone, Incorporated is a Fortune 500 company and the industry leader providing consumer and business solutions to the aftermarket automotive parts industry with nearly $6 billion in annual revenue and over $800 million in commercial sales. 

John Christiansen
Land Title Guarantee Company has announced the appointment of John S. Christiansen as President of Land Title Agency of Arizona. Christiansen will oversee all operations for this Arizona title insurance company.

Christiansen began his title industry career over 15 years ago with First American Title-Arizona Division, holding positions as Sales Manager, County Manager, President and Regional Manager. In 2002, he was chosen to head First American’s National Residential Services division.

Christiansen is a graduate of the University of Washington with a B.A. Degree in Business and Marketing. He spent 15 years in commercial construction and development, holding senior management positions with three prominent Southern California commercial building companies. He holds a Certificate in Commercial Project Management and Development from the University of California.