UW Michael G. Foster School of Business - MBA Alumni News
November 2007 

Greetings!
This newsletter is designed to help keep you current on events, programs and news from the Michael G. Foster School of Business.

CONTENTS

Events

  • Business Connections Happy Hour-San Francisco
  • Business Husky Networking Night
  • Leaders to Legends Breakfast Lecture Series

  • News
  • UW Names Business School to Honor Michael G. Foster
  • Foster School Welcomes Five New Faculty
  • Fewer Degrees of Separation Make Companies More Innovative, Creative
  • Congratulations to Our Winners.
  • Foster School of Business Advisor Wins UW Volunteer Award

  • Volunteer Opportunities
  • Huskies Helping Huskies

  • Career Development
  • Connect with Foster School of Business Alumni Through HuskyConnect!

  • AlumNotes
  • Learn What's New With Your Classmates

  • Tell Us What You Think
  • Provide feedback for this newsletter
  • 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.   

    Location:

    Royal Exchange Restaurant & Bar
    2 blks. from Embarcadero BART station
    301 Sacramento St.
    San Francisco, CA 94111
    650-328-2722

    Date:

    Monday, November 12th

    Time:

    5:30 p.m.

    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.

    This event is an informal networking reception that provides undergraduate business students an opportunity to learn about careers first-hand by talking to alumni.  There will be a special reception for alumni at 5:00 before students arrive for networking at 6:00.  Register Now!

    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...

    NEWS

    UW Names Business School to Honor Michael G. Foster
    University 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...

    VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

    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.

    Career Development

    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.

    HuskyConnect.com
    Log on Now!

    AlumNotes

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