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IT @ UMBS – Today and Tomorrow:
A conversation with Professors Gordon and Kaul
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It has become a fundamental competency of business; moving along-side finance, operations and marketing, IT shapes strategy and strives for its own sources of competitive advantage. Nothing better illustrates this idea than the creation of c-level technology positions in virtually every top corporation.
Fourth Annual Reaching Out Conference
The fourth annual Reaching Out conference was held April 5-6 in Chicago, Illinois at the Renaissance Hotel. The conference attracted over 400 people from the nation’s top business schools and Fortune 100 corporations. In addition to the stellar number and caliber of attendees, there was a star-studded cast of corporate sponsors ranging from financial services (CSFB, JPMorgan, Goldman, Sachs,) to technology (Hewlett Packard, IBM, Motorola) to consulting (Bain, BCG, Booz Allen Hamilton, Deloitte Consulting, McKinsey & Co.
Mobius Microsystems: Powerful Things in Small Packages
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What do you get when you cross an electrical engineering Ph.D. applying to medical school with an entrepreneur and a couple of business school students? If you’re talking about engineer Mike McCorquodale who – through the Zell-Lurie Institute and Great Lakes Venture Quest– met entrepreneur Rick Goldstein, and MBA candidates Wade Rushing and Jeff Wilkins, you get an aspiring millionaire rather than an aspiring doctor.
Senators McCain and Bayh Promote
Service to U of M Students
On Monday April 9, Senator John McCain and Senator Evan Bayh came to Hill Auditorium to promote their joint “Call to Service” bill, currently pending in the U.S. Senate. Former dean of UMBS and Interim President of the University, Joe White, introduced both gentlemen as having a “deep, long and strong” commitment to community service.
James A. Baker III:
“Business Ethics in Skeptical Times”
Last Friday, Former Secretary of State, James A. Baker III, came to the UMBS to speak about “Business Ethics in Skeptical Times”. His appearance marks the last lecture before the summer and drew a large and appreciative crowd at the Hale Auditorium. Secretary Baker is presently a senior partner in the law firm of Baker & Botts, senior counselor to The Carlyle Group, and serves on the boards of Rice University, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and a number of other nonprofit organizations.
The New UMBS Dean Structure
Administrative Make-Over
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As another academic year draws to a close, those of us remaining at UMBS are acutely aware that UMBS as we know it will change. Faces we’ve come to know and students who have provided constant inspiration and guidance will be replaced by fresh faces and BBA/MBA classes with their own distinct personalities.
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