A Message from Sigrid

Happy New Year and beginning of Winter Quarter! I hope you all learn a lot, enjoy success, and have fun in the weeks and months ahead.

2nd years: Please review the “Progress-to-Degree” emails that will be sent later this week. If you would like to discuss your plan or talk about Spring Quarter, please make an appointment to see me.

1st years: You have a busy week ahead. Note that you MUST fully participate in LEAD (class sessions on January 3 and January 26) and the case competition (including all of the Friday event) in order to fulfill these two MBA degree requirements.

Have a great week,

Sigrid Olsen
Director of Student Affairs - Full-time MBA Program

Weekly Events

See the entire MBA Student Events calendar and the MBAA Club Calendar.

LEAD

Wednesday, January 03, 2018

Anthony's Forum

Full-time MBA Case Competition

Friday, January 05, 2018

Various

Full-time MBA Coffee Break

Monday, January 8, 2018

10:15-10:35 am

Anthony's Forum

Applied Strategy Working Dinner

Tuesday, January 9, 2018

6:00-8:00 pm

South Ballroom, HUB

PLANNING AN EVENT?

If you are planning a club event, the MBA Program Office and Foster School have lots of resources available to you. The best place to look is the Student Events Guide on the Current Students Website. It has info on finding a venue, finding funding, serving food and alcohol at your event, and more.

If you would like to request a room please use the Student Event Room Request Web Form.

If you can't find what you need or have any questions, contact Matthew Unruh.

Safety Announcement

With the short days of Winter upon us, please take advantage of the UW's safety programs below.

Husky Nightwalk, 206-685-WALK (9255)
Uniformed security guards operate 6:30 pm-2:00 am, seven days week, 365 days a year, providing a walking escort to community members within the campus locations, the residential area north of 45th street, and to the UW Tower location. They also can assist with building lockouts and jump starts for dead batteries. When members from the campus community need help, call 206.685.WALK (9255). For more information, please see this link.

Husky Night Ride

NightRide is a U-PASS sponsored shuttle service for students, faculty, and staff. Passengers can board the NightRide from any one of six on-campus stops and be dropped off at any requested location within the two shuttle zones. Schedules are prominently displayed at all stops, and schedules are available at information kiosks around campus. NightRide schedules are also available online. Wheelchair-accessible shuttles service both zones. Call 206.685.3146 or visit www.uwshuttles.com for more information about this and other UW shuttle services. Note that NightRide is not available during the summer.

Reminder about the use of Email Lists

Since it’s the beginning of a new quarter, we wanted to reiterate a few guidelines around use of the email listservs:

• mbamail (all Full-time students) and evemba (all evening students) should be used for official communications from the Program office, Career Management, faculty, clubs, centers and other issues that need to be communicated widely.
• The 5 class lists (mba2019, mba2018, evemba2018, evemba2019, evemba2020) should be used for official communications from the Program Office, Career Management, faculty, clubs, centers and other issues that pertain to a specific class (e.g., information relating to a core class or a message just for a certain class).
• If you are trying to reach all full-time students, send to mbamail instead of the 2 individual class lists. For all evening students, use evemba.
• mbabull is the list to use if you are having a party, selling a couch, telling a joke, advertising a fund-raising event, etc.
• All messages, except those to mbabull are moderated and will be sent out if deemed appropriate.
• Messages sent from a non UW email (such as gmail, hotmail) will always be moderated, and may be rejected if it is unclear who the author is.
• Moderated messages are NOT sent out over the weekend.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Registration Information for Winter Quarter:

• Deadline to add/drop classes without incurring a $20 fee and possible tuition forfeiture: Tuesday, January 9.
• Late add period begins January 10: A late change fee of $20 will be assessed to add a course.
• Unrestricted drop period: January 10-16. Classes dropped during this period will not be indicated on your transcript. A late change fee of $20 will be assessed for each day you make changes and you may be charged a tuition forfeiture if you change your number of credits.

Procedure for Adding Classes
If you want to add an elective class to your schedule, please attend the first class session and request an add code from the instructor.

Autumn Grades & Dean’s List
If one of your Autumn quarter class grades is listed as an "X", that means that your grade has not been turned in to the UW by the instructor. Please contact your instructor directly for resolution. First year student grade letters have been distributed to the student mail files in the MBA Lounge.

The Dean's List for Autumn Quarter will be posted this week. You will receive an email when it is available.

Tentative Spring Quarter Schedule
For your planning purposes, the TENTATIVE Spring Quarter Schedule is available for viewing on the MBA Elective Course Schedules web page. Please be aware that the schedule may be adjusted as new classes are added to the schedule.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Winter Quarter Coffee Breaks

• Monday, January 8: 10:15-10:35 am
• Tuesday, February 13: 10:15-10:35 am
• Thursday, March 1: 10:15-10:35 am

Winter Quarter TG

• Friday, February 2

PLANNING TO GRADUATE AT THE END OF WINTER QUARTER 2018?

Applying for Graduation

If you are planning to graduate at the end of the quarter (Winter 2018), you should file for graduation no later than March 9, 2018. You need to complete the Master's Degree Application on the Graduate School website to file for graduation. If you would like to do a degree check to determine where you stand with regard to your degree requirements, send a request to mbaregis@uw.edu and we will send you an update.

Visa Support Letters

It is never too early to request a visa support letter if you are inviting family from outside of the US to the MBA graduation ceremony. Please email mbaweb and include your name and student number, the names of your guests and their relation to you, as well as, the approximate dates of both entry and exit from the US.

UPCOMING PRIORITY COMPETITIONS

ACG CUP NORTHWEST CASE COMPETITION

The Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) hosts MBA case competitions in major US financial markets each winter. For the second year, a competition will be held in the Northwest pitting the best MBA programs in Washington vs those in Oregon. This is a great opportunity to meet and network with executives from financial community and present your team's solution to the case in front of a stellar group of judges from the field of M&A (investment bankers, legal, accounting and bankers). Visit the ACG Cup Northwest website for more information.

Semi-finals will be held simultaneously on February 16, 2018 in PACCAR Hall and on the PSU campus in Portland. Finals will be held March 1, 2018, at Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland.

GLOBAL HEALTH BUSINESS CASE COMPETITION

Team Formation Event:

Tuesday, January 9
5:00-6:30 pm

Paccar Hall - Deloitte Commons

Competition Kickoff:

Thursday, January 25
5:30-6:30pm TBA

Competition:

Saturday, January 27
8:30 am-2:00 pm

Paccar Hall

REGISTRATION OPENED DECEMBER 1.
FIND OUT MORE: bit.ly/1NxBCQa

NET IMPACT CASE COMPETITION

The Net Impact Case Competition (NICC) is the premier MBA case competition focused on solving real world social and environmental business challenges.  The competition is hosted each year by the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder in Colorado. 

Registration: Virtual Round

Early Bird - $150

November 15, 2017-January 4, 2018

Regular - $200

January 5, 2017

SMITH EMERGING MARKETS

Smith Emerging Markets is an opportunity for MBA students interested in global business strategies, focusing on emerging markets and social impact, to address challenges in emerging markets through real case studies.

Competition

February 23-24, 2018

Van Munching Hall

University of Maryland College Park

PARAMOUNT CASE COMPETITION

The 2018 UCLA Anderson Center for MEMES MBA Entertainment Case Competition brings together teams of MBA students from top universities around the country to analyze and present a solution to a real-world entertainment business problem.  The UCLA Anderson Center for MEMES created this competition to provide students with a competitive learning experience and help them gain exposure to real challenges currently impacting the media and entertainment space.Teams will compete for $4,000 in prize money and a 2018 summer internship with Paramount Studios.*

*Only first-year students are eligible for the internship.

Competition

Thursday, February 1, 2018

12:00-5:00 pm

UCLA Anderson Center

Foster School, UW, & Seattle Business Community Announcements

FOSTER SCHOOL

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

Check out the entire University of Washington Events Calendar.