Albers School Entrepreneurship Center Recognized by AACSB
Entrepreneurship and innovation are at the heart of many business schools. However, for 35 global business schools, their commitment to creating and incubating cutting-edge business innovations and fostering entrepreneurship in the next generation of business leaders stands above the rest. In the inaugural AACSB Entrepreneurship Spotlight Challenge, the Albers Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center at Seattle University’s Albers School of Business and Economics was recognized as one of the best in the world. Continue reading…
Meet the Students, Alumni and Faculty Who Make Up the Albers School
To celebrate the 70th anniversary of Seattle University’s Albers School of Business and Economics, the school profiled students, alumni and faculty. The goal was to provide insight into the Albers School and to demonstrate the success of the individuals who are part of the school and its many programs.
The full profiles can be found in the latest Albers Brief. Continue reading…
Foster MBA Program #1 in Job Placement in the Northwest
If you want to ensure that you have a job after earning an MBA, then you ought to consider the full-time and Evening MBA programs at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business. According to the most recent U.S. News & World Report release on the Best Business Schools, the Foster MBA program led the top 30 schools in job placement, ranking first in the Northwest region and 27th overall. And Foster’s Evening MBA program performed even better, ranking first in the Northwest and 18th overall. Continue reading…
Seattle Hosts LGBT Economic Summit
In mid-March, the Greater Seattle Business Association hosted its first ever LGBT economic summit. The goal of the Summit was to bring together LGBT business leaders from five states and Canada to share information, provide critical input on challenges facing the LGBT community, and to build relationships. Continue reading…
New Entrepreneurship Opportunities at UW’s Foster School
Entrepreneurship plays a vital role in the U.S. economy. Forbes estimates that approximately 543,000 new businesses are launched each month and, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, three million jobs were created in 2015 by businesses less than a year old. So, it makes sense that entrepreneurship is assuming a more prominent role in business school courses and programming.
Samantha Ogle, the Assistant Director of the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business, reports that roughly 40 percent of that school’s incoming full-time MBA students indicated that they chose UW “because of our reputation in entrepreneurship.” This high level of student interest is one of the reasons that the Foster School introduced a new degree program—the Master of Science in Entrepreneurship—that will open on June 19, 2017.
Washington State Economy Continues to Boom
Thanks to new construction in downtown Seattle and more major tech corporations moving to the area and expanding, Washington state has become even more attractive as a place to live. Despite the high cost of living, Washington’s state economy is one of the best in the country, and in the world. In fact, according to U.S. News, Washington is ranked fifth overall in the ‘Best States’ analysis and is third for patent generation between 2013 and 2015. Continue reading…
