School of Business Gazette

School of Business Gazette > August 1, 2003

Building Addition for the School of Business Makes List of Campus Construction Projects

The UW-Madison Campus Planning Committee has authorized the School of Business to create an addition on the Park Street side of Grainger Hall. The construction phase is scheduled for 2006-2008.

The proposed addition would create dedicated space for graduate education. Most top MBA programs have distinct buildings, or parts of buildings, for their MBA programs. Furthermore, this would expand opportunities for undergraduate education in our current facility.

Dean Michael Knetter said making the campus list is a step forward for the School of Business.

New Director of Executive MBA Program Named

In July, School of Business Dean Michael Knetter announced that Professor Randall Dunham will assume the duties of director of the Executive MBA program and entrepreneurial activities. Dunham has taught management of organizations in the Executive MBA program every year since 1993. He also has taught many shorter Executive Education programs and has considerable administrative experience, including serving as senior associate dean of the School of Business and as associate dean for graduate programs. Knetter said Dunham is "the right person to direct the Executive MBA program and to take a leadership role within the school to develop our strategy for the entire set of 'entrepreneurial activities' the for-credit faculty undertake (e.g., the Executive MBA, Evening MBA, other Executive Education offerings and possible new ventures.)"

In taking over the Executive MBA program, Dunham succeeds Professor Don Hausch, who recently assumed the duties of associate dean for master's programs.

Women's Executive Leadership Summit To Be Held September 18-19

Executive Education at the School of Business, with special assistance from the Women in Business Council, will present its first-ever Women's Executive Leadership Summit at the Fluno Center on September 18-19. More than 20 speakers-national leaders on issues of women's leadership in business and government-are on the program.

Keynote speakers are:

Sally Helgesen, the author of The Female Advantage: Women's Ways of Leadership, and an international expert on changing trends in women's effectiveness.
Barbara Toffler, author of Final Accounting: Pride, Ambition, Greed and the Fall of Arthur Andersen, who has taught at Harvard and is currently teaching at Columbia's business school.
Joan Z. (Jodie) Bernstein, who works with the national law firm of Bryan Cave in Washington, D.C., and who previously was director of Consumer Protection for the Federal Trade Commission and general counsel to the Environmental Protection Agency.

Executives from the Middle East and around the U.S. will share their ideas and experiences on issues confronting organizations seeking to optimize the value of women's leadership. The cost to attend the program is $1,295 per person or $1,165 when three or more from the same company register as a group.

Program and registration information is available at http://uwexeced.com/womenssummit/ or call 608/441-7330.

Faculty/Staff Walk-in Photo Session Set for August 22

A walk-in photo session for faculty and staff wishing to have their photos taken is held the start of each semester. For the fall semester, the photo session will be Friday, August 22 from 1 to 2 p.m. in 5120A of the Capitol Conference room. (New faculty members are having their photos taken from 12:30 to 1 p.m. that day as part of their orientation). No reservations are needed. For more information about the photo shoot or other photo needs, contact Lari Fanlund in External Relations.

Information on 2003 Undergraduate Admission

Undergraduates entering the School of Business this fall are the first student cohort admitted under the new no-guaranteed GPA policy. (Students who wished to be considered for fall 2003 admission to the School of Business applied in the beginning of the spring 2003 term.)

In 2001, School of Business faculty voted to end the former undergraduate admissions procedure, which guaranteed students admission if they met certain minimum GPA requirements. While the former policy was selective, the new policy is selective and competitive. The number of students admitted each semester is directly proportional to the number of students who graduate from the School of Business. Undergraduate business enrollment is maintained at 1,300 students. Students are selected based on a variety of factors, including the number of openings available. Student attributes that are considered are: UW-Madison GPA earned in certain courses (Pre-business www.bus.wisc.edu/undergrad/admissions/01-03/ and Business/Economic courses) and a written essay supplied by the student at the time of application. The new policy not only maintains undergraduate enrollment at about 1,300 students but also, is a more holistic admission process because factors that are considered go beyond GPA.

Most of the students who applied for fall 2003 admission consideration were students who fell under the no-guaranteed GPA policy (students who began college coursework in summer 2001 or after). Specifically, 540 students applied while 384 were admitted. For more information about the undergraduate School of Business admission process, please see the Admissions (www.bus.wisc.edu/undergrad/admissions/) webpages found on the Undergraduate Programs Office (www.bus.wisc.edu/undergrad) website.

PEOPLE Program at Business School This Summer

Eleven students from Milwaukee high schools are attending a special business school program this summer as part of UW-Madison's Pre-College Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence (PEOPLE). The seven-week program is designed to introduce the students to university life in an effort to help them make educational and career decisions as they leave high school. Students attend morning classes that stress business and communication skills and work in internship position in the afternoons. The group has received information from representatives of all of the school's departments, including administration, the Business Career Center and the Undergraduate Programs Office. Helen Brown, accounting PhD candidate, and Judy Cary, director of the Learning Center, are leading the program. As part of their real-world experience, students have taken field trips to the Board of Trade in Chicago, Grant Thornton in Madison and to DNA, a local music-recording studio.

Third Evening MBA Class Graduated in July

The School of Business Evening MBA program graduated its third class Sunday, July 13. The ceremony was held at the Senate chambers of the State Capitol with a luncheon following at Monona Terrace. Degrees were conferred by Senior Associate Dean R.D. Nair. The keynote speaker was Ann Wenzel Ash, director of operations and compliance at American Families Securities.

The Evening MBA graduating class of 2003 voted to give Professor John Wild, Accounting & Information Systems, the Outstanding Teaching Award. Wild taught the class Financial Accounting in the first year of the program.

Designed for working professionals, the Evening MBA program is a lock-step cohort program that meets Monday and Thursday nights for three years.

SBDC Receives Grant for Business Development In Dane County's Latino Community

The Small Business Development Center received a UW-Extension Cross Divisional Grant to fund a one-year pilot program to provide Latino-owned businesses and entrepreneurs with business development assistance. This grant, combined with funding from the Evjue Foundation, Park Bank and The QTI Group, will enable the hiring of a 50- percent-time, bilingual/bicultural academic staff person to provide personal business counseling to existing Latino business owners and start-up firms. Collaborating partners in the project are UW-Extension Dane County, UW-Madison Office of Community Partnerships, Madison Area Technical College and the Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation.

Services will include Spanish language-based technical assistance, retail trade analysis, small business training and assistance in obtaining capital to start or to expand their business. The new staff person will work out of the UW-Madison Office of Community Partnerships at the Villager Mall.

Faculty and Staff News

Professor Jan Heide, Marketing, was an invited faculty representative at the recent American Marketing Association's Doctoral Consortium at the Carlson School of Management (University of Minnesota). He chaired a plenary session on the topic of "Asking Theoretically Interesting Questions."
Associate Professor Chuck Krueger, Executive Education, was interviewed on WKOW TV/Channel 27 on mortgage refinancing.
Andrew Taylor, director of the Bolz Center for Arts Administration at the UW-Madison School of Business, is the author of a new "weblog" on business issues in arts and culture. "The Artful Manager," launched July 14, is one of three new weblogs hosted by ArtsJournal.com —the popular news gathering site. Taylor's weblog will gather thoughts, links, comments and ideas about the management and leadership of nonprofit arts and culture.
Barbara Lauersdorf, formerly of External Relations, is now the departmental assistant for the Department of Finance, Investment and Banking. Her phone number is 262-6032.
Kay Henes, formerly of the Department of Finance, Investment and Banking, is now the departmental assistant for the Department of Real Estate and Urban Land Economics. Her phone number is 262-9816.
Barbara Seffrood, formerly of the Mail Room, is now with the Small Business Development Center. Her phone number is 263-2221.

Student News

Lisa Perronne, a graduate student in supply chain management, is a recipient of a 2003 scholarship from global logistics provider Menlo Worldwide Logistics. Menlo annually awards scholarships to exceptional students pursuing full-time undergraduate and graduate studies in logistics-related majors at accredited universities in the U.S. In addition to Perronne, four other recipients were named nationwide for 2003. The scholarship program grants up to $10,000 annually. Each scholarship is for one year and can be renewed for an additional year.

Business Briefs

Executive Dining Room Reopens Aug. 15

Grainger Hall's third floor Executive Dining room will be open Monday through Friday 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. starting August 15. Catering services in Grainger Hall will also open August 15. Office hours for Conference Services is now 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Campus Mail Guidelines

The Campus Mail Service requests help from users. Campus mail is sorted by "Building Name." Putting the name of the destination building first on your envelope will help staffers more expeditiously process the large volume sent daily. Additional information such as the addressee's name, room number, department, etc., while necessary for intrabuilding routing, is not used by the Campus Mail Service. Please avoid use of acronyms and abbreviations. Including a return address on your correspondence inside the campus mail envelope is always prudent. Typed labels clearly are the preferred method of addressing. If that is not an option, please print or write legibly. Having outgoing mail facing up and in orderly fashion saves time for mail handlers. More information on Campus Mail Service is available at http://www.fpm.wisc.edu/pp/mail.htm.
Deadline for Next School of Business Gazette

The next issue of the School of Business Gazette will be published September 1. Articles to be included in that issue should be sent to Lari Fanlund in External Relations by August 26.