Alicia’s Internship Experience with Harborstone and the UW Consulting & Business Development Center
This quarter, I had a chance to work as a Lending Intern for Harborstone Credit Union. This internship has allowed me to seek discomfort and grow with the work I do. During this internship, I have reached out to over 300 small businesses around the Greater Seattle Area that are looking for extra capital to... Read More
Interning from a Distance: Making the Most of a Virtual Internship Experience
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way millions of people work. At the time, working from home seemed like a temporary solution. However, as the months passed and employees continued working from home, it was clear that, for many, work from home was here to stay. With a need to quickly adapt to the ongoing... Read More
Radical Collaboration Week 2021 Brings Together MBAs and Seattle’s Iconic Companies to Ideate and Innovate
Now in its third year, the Foster full-time MBA program’s Radical Collaboration Winter 2021 exercise is an opportunity for first-year students to tackle current business challenges, develop crucial relationships with Foster alumni and the iconic companies where they work, and build an understanding of design thinking principles as tools for creative thinking. This popular event... Read More
Once a Husky, Always a Husky
Wil Engstrom is a student in the Foster Master of Science in Business Analytics Class of 2021, however, his tenure as a husky started long before this. Wil grew up in Seattle, and always dreamed of attending the Public Ivy in his backyard. Wil achieved this goal by receiving his undergraduate degree, a B.S. in... Read More
Elected Official and Hybrid MBA Student: A Week in the Life
Takashi Ohno is a first year MBA student and a part of the Foster Hybrid MBA’s Class of 2022. In addition to his studies, Takashi has been a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives since January 16, 2013, representing District 27. With his incredibly busy schedule, we asked him to detail a week in his... Read More
Who I am x What I do: How do my passions and identities shape my career?
This is a joint Event Sponsored by the Foster School (MS in Entrepreneurship), the UW Athletics Department & the Brotherhood Initiative that will take place on Zoom on January 27 at 6pm Register now! Please join us in a discussion exploring the intersection of identity development and entrepreneurship sponsored by the Foster School (MS Entrepreneurship),... Read More
Innovative New Prizes Add to Competition Experience
The student competition platforms may be virtual this year, but the new prizes are very much real. The Foster School’s Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship will offer additional $5,000 and $2,500 special awards for both the upcoming Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge and the Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge at the University of Washington. The new prizes reflect... Read More
Meet Chris Hayes, Class of 2022
Can you tell us a bit about yourself? I was born and raised in the Philadelphia area. I’ve always had a passion for math and science and how things work. I followed that passion and studied Mechanical Engineering at Cornell University before moving to Seattle to work at Boeing. My wife (who I met in... Read More
She Counts! Foster Students Win AT&T’s Virtual Finance MBA Case Competition
Foster’s very own Christine Pham and Xianjin Cai (both FT MBA 2022) recently took first place at the She Counts Finance Competition hosted by AT&T! AT&T has a strong Finance Leadership Development Program (FLDP) to help finance professionals sharpen their skills. In order to help students reveal their full potential and demonstrate gender equity, AT&T... Read More
Poets & Quants Ranks Foster #22 of Best Undergraduate Business Programs
Poets and Quants ranked the Foster School #22, #11 among public schools, and #1 in the Northwest of 93 schools in the 2021 Best Undergraduate Business Programs. This comes after advancing two places since last year based on strong employment results (#15). 94% of Foster students hired within 3 months of graduation Overall, the total compensation... Read More