Business People Celebrate Journalism at UCLA Anderson 2015 Gerald Loeb Awards
Judy D. Olian, dean of UCLA Anderson School of Management and chairman of the G. and R. Loeb Foundation, welcomed journalists from across the nation in New York City for the 2015 Gerald Loeb Awards—a journalism honors recognizing the work of those contributing words to all the numbers in the world of business, finance and the economy.
The Gerald Loeb Awards bestow two special honors for career contributions: the Lifetime Achievement Award, which was presented to James Grant, founder and editor of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer; and the Lawrence Minard Editor Award, which went to Rebecca Blumenstein, deputy editor-in-chief of The Wall Street Journal. Continue reading…
REGISTER: Drucker Entrepreneur Day
With exciting startups and small businesses booming across the country, entrepreneurs are standing at the center of the business world today with the spotlight firmly set on them. The Drucker School of Management is hosting a day that highlights the entrepreneur on July 18th. Continue reading…
Poets & Quants Names UCLA Student to “Best MBA” List
Meet Jacob Call, 34—an MBA student at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and former US Navy Seal. Call decided to go to business school after the death of his closest friends in combat. Now he has gone from being part of one of the military’s most elite units to the top of the Anderson MBA class.
Poets & Quants ranked some of the top MBA students in the country from 2015 and found that Call deserved to be on the list. Here are a few excerpts from their profile of the Anderson MBA: Continue reading…
Anderson Receives $100 Million Gift
The following post has been republished in its entirety from original source clearadmit.com.
The UCLA Anderson School of Management has received the biggest financial gift in the School’s history. The school received the $100 million gift from Marion Anderson, the widow of the management school’s namesake, billionaire businessman and UCLA alumnus, John Anderson. $60 million of the gift will go toward establishing an endowment for financial aid, faculty stipends and research. The remaining $40 million will go toward covering almost half of the cost for a new building projected to be built next to the current complex.
In addition to being the largest gift for the School of Management to date, it is also among the largest donations in UCLA history. The donation will help with UCLA’s campaign to raise $4.2 billion by 2019. Mrs. Anderson donated the money to help maintain the school, which has become mainly self-supporting and no longer receives state funds for master’s degree programs.
Anderson Professor Gives $10 Million
UCLA Anderson School of Management professor emeritus, Donald Morrison and his wife have given the school a gift of $10 million. The Morrison’s gift will go toward the launch of a new marketing center. The new marketing center will be named the Morrison Family Center for Marketing Studies and Data Analytics. This is the largest single gift from a UCLA Anderson faculty member.
The Morrison Family Center will be a global resource for academics and practitioners as they use data and analytical tools to advance understanding of consumer markets and behaviors. The center will help to enhance UCLA Anderson’s marketing curriculum and academic research. The center will interface with the practicing marketing community and professional activities in this rapidly expanding field.
Anderson Venture Comp. Helps Start Alumni Business
UCLA Anderson School of Management alumnus Kelsey Doorey had plans to go in to the corporate retail industry after completing business school. It wasn’t until she entered the 2013 Knapp Venture Competition, that she thought about pursuing a different idea. Doorey won the competition and the $15,000 prize with her idea for an e-commerce rental service for designer bridesmaid dresses. Two of the competition’s judges also offered additional funding for the start up. “The competition literally changed my life in one night,” said Doorey.
“Vow to be Chic” is the fusion of Doorey’s retail and entrepreneurial dreams. Customers can rent designer bridesmaids dresses and Little White Dresses online starting at $50. The company’s website calls it, “An affordable, convenient, and stylish alternative to the status quo. Bringing an age-old tradition into the 21st century.” After the event is over, customers simply send the dress back in the provided prepaid packaging.
