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Brought to you by the College of Business & Economics
and the Western Alumni Association
DEAN'S MESSAGE: GET CONNECTED TO YOUR CBE!  

It is with great honor I present the inaugural issue of Connections, the new e-newsletter for the alumni and friends of Western's College of Business & Economics (CBE) containing the latest news and information from around the university.

In this issue, read how CBE students are driving innovation as they compete for the Automotive X-Prize; learn about an exciting opportunity for an accounting student with Pacific Horizon Venture Capital Firm; find out about an ex-Watergate insiders visit to Western's campus; and get updates from Western alums including Shaun Wolfe, President/CEO of TangoWire, an online community for singles, and pen-pals.

Thank you for your continued dedication to Western, and please feel free to contact me at anytime with your thoughts and suggestions as we look to become the best value in Business Schools in the nation. I look forward to hearing from you! [read more of Dr. Burton's message]

Dr. Brian Burton
Dean, College of Business & Economics

VRI 12

Business Students Drive for
Auto X Prize
Fourteen CBE students are combining forces with Western's Vehicle Research Institute to pursue the Automotive X Prize, a $10 million dollar international competition to create an economically viable vehicle that averages more than 100 miles per gallon! [more]

CBE EVENTS

April 17-18
NHRMA Student Conference
[more]


April 23
Spring Career Fair [more]


April 24
Strategic Management Executive Speaker with Marjorie Hatter / Conoco Philips [more]


May 1
Ethics and Social Responsibility Speaker
with Arnie Prentice / Kibble & Prentice [more]


May 15
Manufacturing & Supply Chain Management Advisory Board
[more]


May 29

Strategic Management Executive Speaker
with Shaun Wolfe / TangoWire [more]


June 4-6
Behavioral Economics Conference
[more]


June 13
Spring Commencement
[more]


Join the College of Business & Economics LinkedIn Community



AACSB Accredited -
Among the top 15% of
Business Schools Globally

 

 


Named a Top 100 MBA Program
by Aspen Institute




Western named among best colleges
by U.S. News and World Report

 

 


Named a Princeton Review
"Best Business School" for 2008


Western Student Finds Opportunity through his Network
Ben Bortner is a great example of a Western student taking advantage of every opportunity CBE can offer. Find out how his Western network landed him a position with Pacific Horizon Ventures and its Managing General Partner Donald J. Elmer, a CBE grad from 1970. [more]

Egil 'Bud' Krogh
Watergate Insider Talks with Western Business Students
From Seattle law student, to President Nixon's deputy counsel in 1969, read about Egil "Bud" Krogh and his recent visit with Western business students to discuss ethical decision-making and its implications in modern business. [more]

Shaun Wolfe
Alumni Profile: Shaun Wolfe, CEO of TangoWire
Catch up with Shaun Wolfe, a Western grad form 1989 and entrepreneurial mastermind as he discusses getting a business off the ground, techniques in leadership, and how his education at Western led him to lead TangoWire, an online dating and social networking site. [more]

DISTINGUISHED TEACHING FELLOWSHIP

Dr. Sandra Mottner
Associate Professor,
Marketing; Chair, Finance & Marketing Dept.

When I started at Western in 2001 I was filled with excitement...I was coming home! Growing up in Seattle I'd visited Bellingham as a child because my great uncle, Edward Arntzen (Arntzen Hall), taught here; little did I imagine then what was in store for me. What has been inspirational and exciting beyond words is the opportunity to work with one of the finest group of students, and with the best colleagues one could imagine, and to be involved with such a fine university filled with outstanding people.



YOUNG ALUMNUS
OF THE YEAR

Jonathan Main (94)
Managing Director, SARAME Corporate Holdings; COO, Carbon Nanoprobes Inc.

What an unbelievable yet exciting time in the history of this nation and the international economies. We may never see the volatility, nor the market opportunities of this magnitude presented again in our lifetimes. WWU and CBE are not only perfectly positioned to a number of the World Class Firms here in the PNW, but are also strategically located near our largest trading partners to the north and global economic partners within the Pacific Rim. I am honored to have been nominated by the International Business division of CBE and chosen as the University's Young Alumnus of the Year.

 
 

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