February 1, 2008

Alumni Matching Gift Campaign Meets $1 Million Goal

Wisconsin alumni and friends all over the world responded to a challenge to give to one of the school's unrestricted annual funds by December 31, 2007.

Wisconsin MBA Moves Up in Financial Times Ranking; Marketing Ranked 7th

The Financial Times ranked the Wisconsin MBA 53rd among MBA programs in the United States, up from 57th. In the category of "Top 10 Best in Marketing" the marketing program was ranked 7th.

Four Faculty Members Named to Professorships

Four Wisconsin School of Business faculty members were recently awarded professorships, Mason Carpenter, Larry Hunter, Kenneth Kavajecz and Alex Stajkovic.

Fast Company Editor Charles Fishman to Be Business Writer in Residence

Charles Fishman, an award-winning investigative and magazine journalist and senior editor at Fast Company magazine, will be the spring semester's Business Writer in Residence.

Wisconsin Crest Installed on Grainger Hall Addition

The University of Wisconsin-Madison crest was installed on the University Avenue exterior of Grainger Hall on January 31.

Business Cards and Letterhead Available with New School Logo

Business cards and letterhead with the Wisconsin School of Business logo can now be ordered.

Reminder of Payment Transaction Processing Outage

Several campus administrative systems will be off-line beginning at noon Feb. 8 and will be down for approximately 10 business days while the campus brings new computing systems online.

CIBER News

• The Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) will help co-sponsor a lecture and discussion with Eswar Prasad, senior professor of trade policy at Cornell University, on Feb. 18.
• CIBER is offering another Faculty Development in International Business program: European Economics in Transition: Croatia, Bulgaria and Poland.
• The CIBER Applied Funds Program deadline is March 3.

Faculty and Staff Policy Updates

Guidelines for new or departing employees.

FACULTY-STAFF NEWS

• Dan Anderson
• Onur Bodur
• Martin Eling
• Heidi Meyer
• Bill Patterson
• John Brancamp
• Celeste Taber
• Kay Bradley
• Lucas Wall
• Peggy Leister
• Ann Powell
• Barbara Lauersdorf

IN THE NEWS

People and programs of the Wisconsin School of Business have been in national and local news recently.

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