A Taste of Home and the Unknown
Guest Post by: Kyle Watrous, a Foster School senior studying Marketing and pursuing a Certificate of International Studies in Business. He participated in Foster Exchange at Kobe University in Japan. Now that the semester has started and classes are underway, I am having fun exploring Kobe with my new friends. Recently, a group of us went... Read More
Independent Study at Foster
Experiential learning through student consulting projects is one-way Foster MBA students seek to solidify classroom learning and gain new skills. While UW Foster has a formal independent study program, many MBA students seek out independent relationships with companies they can work with to gain experience. “We were fortunate to spend the last two quarters of... Read More
8 Business Analytics Influencers Worth Following
The future of business leadership relies on data-driven decision making. As business intelligence and big data platforms and methodologies evolve, and expand to include emergent technologies, professionals in the field must keep pace or risk being left behind. Enter social media- the great gateway to innovative, bold minds. Social media is a great space for... Read More
Amy Sallin Named Director of the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship
The Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship is pleased to officially introduce Amy Sallin as full-time director. Amy served as interim director during the 2018–2019 academic year following six years at the Buerk Center in assistant and associate director roles. She previously managed the Jones + Foster Accelerator and the UW Business Plan Competition (now Dempsey Startup... Read More
Soulful Concerts – in Seoul!
Guest Post by: Maya Lustgarten, a Foster Senior studying Business Administration and pursuing a Certificate of International Studies in Business. She participated in Foster Exchange at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. It’s been a while since I’ve sat down and written one of these, although it definitely doesn’t feel like much time has passed. I’ve been so... Read More
Bob Bruns on Humanity in Tech Leadership
What makes a great tech leader? The answer, as we heard from Bob Bruns, Avanade Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer, is surprisingly human. Our students, staff, and guests had the privilege of welcoming Bruns as the keynote speaker at our 2019 MSIS graduation ceremony. Bruns candidly shared four themes and lessons that... Read More
Seattle Growth Podcast 6.6: Finding community through emergency prep and dance
Episode 6.6 of the Seattle Growth Podcast could save your life. Or, at least, get you moving. Season six of the podcast continues to explore the many ways that Seattleites are building or finding a sense of community in a city that is growing and changing so rapidly. Through Seattle Emergency Hubs, founder Cindi Barker... Read More
Pod Casting
Foster students power the business end of an international engineering challenge At last year’s SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition, the annual student challenge to develop Elon Musk’s vision of high-speed tubular transport, a team of University of Washington undergrads finished first the United States, fourth in the world and received an innovation award for its cold... Read More
Josh Rodriguez carries indelible memories—and they carry him—from combat to finance
Josh Rodriguez (MBA 2017) wears a bracelet with names inscribed: Navarro, Yllescas, Vile, Pirtle, King, Prange. “Peter [Navarro] and I were best friends in high school,” Rodriguez says. “He died in Taji, Iraq, 13 December 2005. An IED killed his entire Humvee two weeks before he was coming home.” He tells stories about each of them. Getting to know you Rodriguez earned his bachelor’s... Read More
Seattle Growth Podcast 6.5: An outsider’s perspective on community in Seattle
Seattle is now—and always has been—a boom town. Its growth has come in fits and starts, from the gold rush days to the current era of head-spinning transformation. And so it’s also been a city of newcomers. In such a place, an outsider can sometimes interpret the zeitgeist more accurately than those who have resided... Read More