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Festive Graduation Ceremonies Highlight Isenberg & its Students
May 14, 2013

Isenberg graduates made their mark in ceremonies and celebrations on Commencement weekend, May 9-10. Isenberg graduates included 1,014 seniors, 370 MBA students, and 12 Ph.D. candidates.

Isenberg Awards Banquet Celebrates Students, Alumni, & the School's High-Energy Culture
May 7, 2013

Isenberg's annual Awards Banquet on April 29 at the Log Cabin Meeting House in Holyoke was a celebration of stellar students and the generous alumni and friends who helped create scholarships for 190 of them. If you include scholarships awarded at Isenberg's accounting banquet on April 18 and its Mark H. McCormack Sport Management banquet on May 1, Isenberg alumni and friends funded $305,000 in scholarships this year.

Resilient Isenberg Students Propel Supercuts SoccerFest
May 3, 2013

Held on April 27 on fields adjoining McGuirk Football Stadium and coordinated by a 24-person student management team, mostly from the Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management, Supercuts SoccerFest reigns as the largest grassroots soccer tournament in Western Massachusetts. This year, with ideal weather, the day-long event attracted 81 teams and nearly 3,000 attendees, including local residents, students, and their families. For the Isenberg student team, the event was a true test of planning, execution, and resilience.

Elmont Award Dinner Honors Hospitality Alumni, Supports Scholarships
April 30, 2013

The Department of Hospitality & Tourism Management's annual Stephen Elmont Award Dinner on April 23 at the Boston Harbor Hotel recognized leaders in the hospitality industry and raised more than $100,000 toward student scholarships. This year's winner of the prestigious Elmont Award was Paul Carbone '88, Chief Financial Officer of Dunkin' Brands.

Alumna/Executive-in-Residence Explores EILEEN FISHER's Progressive Business Culture
April 29, 2013

"We're a company of teams; a company that models teamwork," observed Susan M. Schor, a 1989 Isenberg Ph.D. graduate who is Facilitating Leader and Chief Culture Officer with EILEEN FISHER Inc., the high-profile, perennially profitable designer and retailer of women's clothing. In her visit to Isenberg as Executive in Residence from April1-4, Schor gave an open lecture/presentation to the Isenberg community and shared insights in undergraduate, MBA, and Ph.D. classes.

Isenberg Professor Prominent in "Energy for Tomorrow" Conference
April 23, 2013

Anna Nagurney, Isenberg's John F. Smith Memorial Professor of Operations Management, will be a panelist at the New York Times Energy for Tomorrow Conference on April 25 in New York City. Professor Nagurney's panel, moderated by Times Op-Ed columnist Joe Nocera, will explore the future of transport and traffic.

Isenberg Freshmen Spearhead Fundraiser for Marathon Victims
April 19, 2013

Chris Weyant, a freshman in Isenberg's Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management was the lead organizer of a 2.62 mile run on campus that raised $3,000 for victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. Nearly 1,000 members of the UMass Amherst community participated in the run on April 18.

Isenberg Student Entrepreneurs Thrive in Innovation Challenge
April 18, 2013

Isenberg student entrepreneurs were among the top winners in the final round of the 2013 Innovation Challenge, the UMass Amherst campus-wide business plan competition that encourages interdisciplinary student teams to transform innovations-many of them generated on campus-into viable businesses.

Isenberg and UMass Amherst Campus Energized by TEDx Talks
April 17, 2013

Isenberg and its students played a major role in UMass Amherst's first-ever TEDx (Technology, Entertainment, Design) UMass Amherst Talks, held at Mahar Auditorium and Isenberg on April 13. Inspired by the well-established national and regional TED Talks, the 8-hour event attracted over 400 students and many members of the region's business and idea communities (including faculty members and entrepreneurs).

Business Intelligence Practitioners Share Best Practices with Isenberg Operations & Information Management Majors
April 16, 2013

Three Isenberg alumni from Bose Corporation's Business Intelligence Group shared business and career insights with Isenberg students in Business Intelligence & Analytics, an undergraduate course taught by Traci Hess, an associate professor in Isenberg's Department of Operations & Information Management.