Meet Solyana Tesfai, recipient of this year’s Association of Black Business Students Scholarship
Solyana Tesfai is an undergraduate student at the Foster School, majoring in marketing and interning with the lifestyle brand Jenni Kayne, with another internship lined up at Deloitte. She is a Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America scholar and a Management Leadership for Tomorrow career fellow. And she is the 2023 recipient of the Association... Read More
Foster teams take top two positions in Tepper Tech Innovation Challenge
Each year Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business hosts the Tepper Tech Innovation Challenge, with sponsorship from PNC Financial Services, “for MBA students dedicated to applying business techniques to products in emerging technologies.” This year UW Foster had two amazing MBA Teams compete, taking both first and second places in the case competition. One... Read More
Iman Janoo Goes Down Under: Study Abroad Trip to Australia!
Guest Post By: Iman Janoo, a Junior studying Finance and Information Systems. She is a Global Business Center Study Abroad Scholarship Recipient, and she studied abroad through a Foster Exploration Seminar for Early Fall Start in Australia, during 2022. This summer was a busy one, but it was a special summer, and most definitely fulfilling.... Read More
Financial Times ranks Foster faculty #12 in the world for research productivity
Financial Times has ranked the UW Foster School of Business faculty #12 in the world, #11 in the United States and #3 among public business schools for research productivity over the past three years. This research ranking is a factor in FT’s Global MBA Rankings 2023, which places the Foster Full-time MBA Program at #19... Read More
Full-time MBA Program ranked in Top 20 among U.S. schools in 2023 Financial Times ranking
The Full-time MBA program at the University of Washington Foster School of Business rose two spots to #19 among U.S. schools in the Financial Times Global MBA 2023 rankings. Foster also rose to #2 in job placement, with a 99% employment rate for graduates within three months, up from the third spot last year. The... Read More
The Beginning of My Spanish Adventure
Guest Post By: Laura Bood, a Junior studying Finance, CISB, and Spanish. She is a Global Business Center Study Abroad Scholarship Recipient, and she studied abroad through a Foster Exchange and Direct Enroll at the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain, during Autumn Semester 2022. The first day that I arrived in Pamplona, Spain I... Read More
Sustainable Finance course open to undergraduates
Foster students can now register for FIN 490 Sustainable Finance and ESG Investing, an engaging and in depth look at the rapidly developing field of sustainable finance. The course, taught by Phillip Bruner of the University of Edinburgh, will examine how environmental, social, and governance (ESG) norms are shaping the future of financial markets. Current... Read More
A Peek Into Work-Life at Salesforce (Tableau)
Foster MSBA alum and Double Dawg, Zach Charat, recently shared his industry insights with our students as part of the Business Analytics’ Leader Series (BUS AN 550). The 3-credit course is designed to connect students with business analytics leaders for a peek into the field. Zach pursued his Bachelor of Arts degree in Finance and... Read More
Out of My Comfort Zone
Guest Post By: Aranya Kitnikone, a Junior studying Human Resources Management and Economics. She is a Global Business Center Study Abroad Scholarship Recipient, and she studied abroad through a Foster Exploration Seminar for Early Fall Start in Britain, during 2022. I had many firsts going on this study abroad, it being my first time leaving... Read More
September 8th – Day 1 in Delhi
Guest Post By: Carolina Lopez, a Senior studying Human Resources Management. She is a Global Business Center Study Abroad Scholarship Recipient, and she studied abroad through a Foster Exploration Seminar for Early Fall Start in India, during 2022. Week 2 of our Study Abroad in India, and I woke up feeling a bit under the... Read More