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HOMECOMING 2002
Alums Make the Most of Their Return to Madison

Camp Randall was an even greater sea of red-and-white this year, as the Wisconsin Badgers took on the similarly clad Buckeyes of Ohio State on October 19.

Prior to the game, a hard-fought battle that ended with the Buckeyes edging the Badgers 19-14, almost 700 people attended the Homecoming Bash sponsored by the School of Business. Bucky Badger was on hand to polka with the crowd, and the UW cheerleaders and members of the UW Marching Band showed loud and clear why everyone should want to be a Badger.

On the Thursday prior to Homecoming, several business leaders from the business school's Dean's Advisory Board met informally with close to 50 graduate students. It was the fifth year the popular Executive Roundtable Series has been held. The students received information on a variety of companies and fields as well as insights into coping with corporate politics from high-level executives.

William J. Rauwerdink, BBA '72, a private investor from Orchard Lake, Michigan, said he enjoys participating because, "the students are enthusiastic, ask great questions and are eager to learn about real-world issues."

On Friday, Dean Michael M. Knetter, who joined the School of Business in July, held his first meeting with the Dean's Advisory Board. (See membership list on inside back cover.) Knetter said he was impressed by the wide-ranging expertise of board members and their commitment to Wisconsin.

On Friday, the school's 18th annual Fall Banquet was held at the Monona Terrace Convention Center and was attended by more than 150 alumni, faculty and friends of the School of Business. At the dinner, the Distinguished Business Alumna Award was present to Kathy Dwyer Southern, BBA '68, MA '72, president and CEO of Capital Children's Museum in Washington, D.C. (See story, page 3.)