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Nation’s Transportation System Awaits Digital Disruption, Shaping the Future Starts Now
April 14, 2017
Robin Chase was featured pundit in the second edition of Driven, Isenberg’s series of conversations with business innovators at the UMass Club in downtown Boston. After chatting informally with attendees for 45 minutes, she joined WBUR radio journalist Asma Khalid on stage for a 50-minute discussion of Chase’s challenges as a transportation entrepreneur and of transportation’s increasingly disruptive future. Following the conversation, Chase fielded questions from her audience of more than 100 business practitioners and academics.
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Innovation Challenge Celebrates Student Entrepreneurship
April 11, 2017
ElectroPure, a student team and developer of a water treatment/purification device for homes, schools, and other small-scale water systems, took first-place honors in the finals of the 2017 Innovation Challenge business plan competition on April 6th.
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John McNamara '81 '82 MS Named 2017 Accounting Alumnus of the Year
April 04, 2017
This year's Accounting Alumnus of the Year is John McNamara ’81 ’82 M.S., Assurance Shareholder with Sullivan Bille, P.C. McNamara will be honored on April 20th at Isenberg's Annual Accounting Banquet at The Log Cabin in Holyoke.
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Isenberg's MBA Program Excels in U.S. News Rankings
March 22, 2017
Isenberg’s Full-time MBA program has soared eighteen places from 75th to 57th in U.S. News’ just-released annual ranking of MBA programs. Isenberg also moved up three places from 16th to 13th in U.S. News’ ranking of Part-time MBA programs.
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Isenberg Graduate Brings Roof-Top Farming to Nation’s Capital
March 15, 2017
Jeff Prost-Greene ’12 is one of two Isenberg alums honored this year in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Class of Social Entrepreneurs. Prost-Greene is one of three founders of Up Top Acres, which owns and operates roof-top "farms" in Washington, D.C.
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Women of Isenberg Conference Highlights Diverse Perspectives
March 08, 2017
In February, 350 students, alumni, faculty, and staff attended the fourth annual Women of Isenberg conference, which brings together women from all career levels to talk about their unique experiences and challenges as women in business.
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Isenberg Takes Over Back Bay
March 01, 2017
Isenberg is making a big, BIG, splash in Boston – and not just with our highly skilled and driven alumni. We are extremely proud to announce our first-ever, major Boston-area ad campaign. It’s about time we shout from the rooftops what you already know – that Isenberg is an iconic business school with top faculty, a talented student body, and alumni who are ready to take the business world by storm.
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Alumnus Talks Key Strategies for Company Turnaround at Crocs
February 01, 2017
Bob Munroe ’82, General Manager of the Americas for the iconic shoe brand, Crocs, discusses the key strategies involved in the company's turnaround.
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Vice President of Operations at Lightlife on How to Effect Positive Change
January 31, 2017
Bill Russell '96 offered insights from his professional experiences during a recent visit to a Business Process Management class. Bill's lecture covered process improvement, supply chain optimization, business analytics, modeling, and change management.
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Isenberg Graduate Named Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur
January 24, 2017
Robbie Bergquist '14 and his sister Brittany have been named to Forbes Magazine's 30 Under 30 Class for social entrepreneurship. They founded their nonprofit Cell Phone for Soldiers as teenagers and have continued to grow the company ever since.
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Ed Shirley '78 and His Winning Philosophy
January 07, 2017
It was after 2:00 in the morning in a conference room in downtown Boston, a few months before the NFL season was set to kick off. Ed Shirley ‘78 was holed up in a conference room with Jonathan Kraft, son of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, and two teams of intractable lawyers.
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What It Takes to Excel in Consulting
December 14, 2016
Operations & Information Management alumnus Paul Cichocki ’91, a consultant at Bain & Company, shares insights from his 19-year career in management consulting and how a degree in Operations has applications in every part of the business world.
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Social Entrepreneurship Day Explores Progressive Businesses and Their Hybrid Missions
December 12, 2016
The pursuit of business and social goals in “hybrid” social enterprises was a key theme in the second annual Social Entrepreneurship Day, on December 6th in the Student Union’s Cape Cod Lounge. Coordinated by the Isenberg-based Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship, the day-long event featured a keynote presentation by Cornell University/ILR School professor Marya Besharov and separate practitioner and academic panels.
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Annual HTM Reception in NYC Honors Young Alum
November 21, 2016
On November 14th, 115 alumni, faculty, students, and industry leaders, gathered in the elegant Sofitel Hotel in Manhattan for the Department of Hospitality & Tourism Management (HTM)’s annual New York City Reception.
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Isenberg Feature with BusinessWest
November 18, 2016
Dean Mark A. Fuller recently sat down with BusinessWest editor George O’Brien for a discussion about Isenberg’s dramatically improved national reputation and our aspirations to elevate it further. In the interview—the magazine’s current cover feature—he outlined the strategic and tactical elements that we will continue to deploy in growing Isenberg’s reputational capital. He also underscored the importance of measurable execution in that pursuit.
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HTM Grad Advises Students, Business Professionals Not to Neglect "Soft Skills"
November 16, 2016
Susan Callender '86 is an HTM grad and founder and owner of Oh My Gauche!, a company specializing in training business professions in communication and interpersonal skills. She recently visited campus to spend a day with students to share advice and run a 'business etiquette' dinner.
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Climate Change Is Featured Theme at Annual CISDM Conference
November 15, 2016
At this year's Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets’ (CISDM) Annual Research Conference, one of many insights featured was how risk management and other analytical strategies in the finance profession’s tool kit can make a positive difference in the battle against climate change.
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Wozniak Shines as Inaugural Driven Speaker
November 03, 2016
“Deep in me I believe that it doesn’t matter what you achieve; it’s how happy you are,” exulted Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak during the October 7 debut of Driven, Isenberg’s new series of conversations with business innovators at the UMass Club in Boston.
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Accounting Graduate Drives Disruptive Innovation
November 01, 2016
Accounting alummus John Brooks, founder and CEO of Arete Worldwide, raises capital, evaluates markets, and fosters disruptive innovation in medical technology and other healthcare ventures.
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