A Day Like No Other
October 27, 2007 started out like any other Homecoming. Then things got interesting.
A “Crash Course in Entrepreneurship”
TOP: Steve Burrill, doctoral candidate in nursing Jean Muckian and John Morgridge (l. ro r.) discussed the intersections of business and science at Wisconsin Entrepreneurial Bootcamp.
BELOW: Burrill presented on the evolution of the biotechnology industry and forces driving change in global markets.
Three veterans of Silicon Valley’s blazing tech success shared their business expertise with graduate students in life sciences and engineering at the first-ever Wisconsin Entrepreneurial Bootcamp in a five-day pilot program last August.
Business alumni G. Steven Burrill, CEO of Burrill & Company, and John Morgridge, chairman emeritus of Cisco Systems, explored with students how business start-ups help create economic and social value. Mark Leslie, founding chairman and CEO of Veritas Software, was the third representative of Silicon Valley tech success who participated. They joined leading usiness school faculty, successful entrepreneurs and other campus experts.
The bootcamp will be repeated July 20 – 25.
Update Magazine March 2008
Feature Stories
What's in a Name Anyway?
Why business schools increasingly are named, and what it means.
The Financial Picture for Public Higher Education
Could a new model get higher education funding back on track?
Departments
MARCH 2008 VOLUME 26 NUMBER 1
EDITOR: Lari Fanlund
ALUMNI NEWS EDITOR: Kaylene Reilly
DESIGN: Lori Strelow
EDITORIAL ASSISTANCE: Christie Cirilli and Sarah Pagel
PRINTING: Hi-Liter Graphics
EDITORIAL BOARD: Alisa Robertson, Melissa Amos-Landgraf, Jim Kubek, Richard Lee, Deborah Mitchell, Mark Matosian, Kayleen Reilly, Steve Schroeder
COVER: A new era for the Wisconsin School of Business began in October, with a unique $85 million naming gift. Another sign of a school on the move: installation of an 8-foot-high UW crest on
a major addition to Grainger Hall that is rapidly nearing completion.
Cover photo for UPDATE by Bruce Fritz
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