Archive for 2013Page 3
Trustees help with networking successes
Russ Michaletz ’74 talks with Brittany Hancock ’14 about what has to be exciting Accounting stuff…! John Hallberg ’79 also came to support students’ aspirations and offer his experiences as CEO of Children’s Cancer Research Fund.
Gustie networking event — so fun
The Minneapolis Club room was full of energy- thanks to all the alumni who came to support Gustie students! Kent is a member of Econ/Management’s national advisory board. Great to see him that evening. Paul Batz is always available to support our students and is instrumental in the Mentoring Program’s success! Kari Clark will […]
A new twist to creativity and innovation
An energizing gift from those Wellbeing National Advisory Board folks– a design thinking workshop at the Optum Group, part of United Health! Design thinking is the next great innovation methodology inspired by David Kelley and IDEO.. and some Economics and Management students got to work through a ‘boot camp’ with a couple dozen UHG executives. […]
Who knew they could downgrade us?
I am starting to get the feeling folks want us to change here in higher education. Moody’s (yep, the credit rating agency) downgraded higher education’s outlook in a report from January 16. Here is a summary of the story: http://www.moodys.com/research/Moodys-2013-outlook-for-entire-US-Higher-Education-sector-changed–PR_263866. They essentially said our business models won’t work going forward, and we can’t keep raising […]
Gustie Breakfast in the Cities
Although we didn’t know it at the time, some of Terry Morrow’s students did a wonderful send-off as he leavesfor a new job in Chicago. Impromptu “here’s how Professor Morrow helped shape my career” student stories were the loveliest gift. I was so glad to be there!