November 2009

Supply Chain Management MBA Students Win Second Place in International Case Competition

A team of Wisconsin School of Business supply chain management MBA students won second place in this year’s Sam M. Walton College of Business International Graduate Logistics Case Competition in Fayetteville, Ark.

 

Undergraduate Team Places Third in Annual Deloitte Tax Case Study Competition

Four undergraduate accounting students of the Wisconsin School of Business won third place in the Eighth Annual Deloitte Tax Case Study Competition.

 

Wisconsin MBA Named a Global Leader in Sustainability Management Education

The Wisconsin School of Business full-time MBA program has been ranked 17th worldwide and 15th in the U.S. in the 2009-2010 Beyond Grey Pinstripes list.

 

Recent Developments in Theories of Money, Banking and Asset Markets

Two-day conference to be held this month.

 

Four Honored with Distinguished Business Alumnus Award

The Distinguished Business Alumnus Award is the highest honor given by the Wisconsin School of Business.

 

Entrepreneurship Author Donna Fenn Is Business Writer in Residence

Nationally known business writer Donna Fenn will be on campus Nov. 9 – 12.

 

Wisconsin School of Business Undergraduate Recruitment Initiative

A new program offers individual visits to Grainger Hall to prospective undergraduate business students.

 

Entrepreneurial Bootcamp Graduate Secures Kauffman Foundation Award

Ankit Agarwal, 2009 Wisconsin Entrepreneurial Bootcamp (WEB) graduate, secured one of 13 awards for his research in biomedicine.

 

UW Sets Goal for Partners in Giving

The Partners in Giving Campaign, a campaign that allows state and university employees to raise funds for almost 500 charitable, social, environmental and civic organizations, will be conducted through Nov. 27.

 

PhD Business Orientation Session to Be Held November 3

The PhD Business Orientation Session will be held this month.

 

Diversity Discussions Slated

Each year the Wisconsin MBA Program hosts a diversity event that brings prospective students to campus from across the country.

 

FACULTY/STAFF NEWS

  • François Ortalo-Magné
  • Joe Walsh
  • Abdullah Yavas
  • Philip Kim
  • John Surdyk
  • Melissa Anunson
  • Linda Gorchels
 

Upcoming Rays of Research Presentation

Associate Professor Hollis Ashbaugh Skaife, Accounting and Information Systems, will present on Nov. 19.

 

Day After Thanksgiving Set as Furlough Day

The day after Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, is designated by the UW-Madison campus as a mandatory furlough day for 2009.