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Albers Joins PRME, Page 3 (Principles for Responsible Management Education) Albers Executive Speaker Series, Page 6 What’s Inside? Albers Joins PRME...... 3 Red Winged ...... 4 Leadership Award Albers Faculty...... 4 Research News ith this generation of students, business schools are finding Student Profile: ...... 5 Albers Students Shine on that initiatives and projects can Wliterally be turned over to the students to the Hardwood Albers Executive ...... 6 manage and organize. Whereas in the past, Speaker Series we assumed that faculty and staff were the Faculty Profile: ...... 8 resources to turn to for new initiatives, Fiona Robertson today our students are ready and anxious to 2009 Donors...... 9 take on important responsibilities. The Red Winged Leadership Award is a great example Alumni Profile:...... 10 Brian Webster of this new trend. Under the guidance of Dr. Jennifer Marrone, a group of our graduate Alumni Events...... 11 students is organizing a very complex project to recognize ‘under the radar’ socially responsible leadership in our community.

on the cover: Message Dean’s International business More information about the award can be major Chris Gweth, #15, found on page 4. scored 17 points during the Since the last issue of the Brief, we have been fortunate to see our programs Albers-sponsored SU men’s basketball game against recognized by BusinessWeek. First, our Part-time MBA program was ranked 25th Harvard on Jan. 2. in the nation. More recently, our undergraduate program was ranked 46th in the US, putting us in the Top 25 among private schools. These recognitions are the result of the dedicated work of our faculty and staff who are committed to the success of our students. In January, we commenced a strategic planning process that we expect to complete by May. We have a team of 30 faculty, staff, students, and supporters working hard on setting our direction for the future. We will report the results to you in the next edition of the Brief. As this edition of the Brief went to the publisher, we learned that Dr. Chris Weber, Professor of Economics, had passed away after a battle with cancer. Chris joined our faculty in 1992, and was known as an outstanding scholar and dedicated teacher. The next edition of the Brief will highlight his work at University. Thank you for your support of the students, faculty, and staff of the Albers School. As always, we welcome your suggestions and comments. Please e-mail me at [email protected].

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Albers Joins PRME ast spring, Albers joined the intention of shaping the next generation PRME initiative provides a mechanism United Nations’ new initiative of business leaders. It is the first time the to publicize this commitment. And directed at business schools — U.N. has directly engaged with academic joining is also a way to hold ourselves PrinciplesL for Responsible Management institutions. There are now about 290 accountable to the aspects of the mission Education (PRME). educational institutes world-wide partici- outlined in the PRME.” The U.N. has been working with pating in PRME. The PRME do not provide a recipe. corporations for the last 10 years It is up to each participating school to What this means to Albers through the Global Compact. The Global determine how to best implement the six Compact’s 10 principles act as a frame- Participating in the new initiative principles and to report on activities and work for corporate citizenship, an outline requires that Albers adopt the six progress regularly. for creating a more sustainable and Principles of Responsible Management Marc Cohen, Assistant Professor inclusive global community. To date, Education, listed below. of Business Ethics, attended a special 7,700 corporate participants in 130 According to the initiative director, session at the most recent Academy countries have adopted the principles. “The PRME are a call to encourage and of Management Meeting devoted to They require, among other things, facilitate large-scale progress of business implementing the PRME. Said Cohen, supporting and respecting human rights; schools towards a new approach in “I was impressed at how far along we recognizing the right to collective bargain- education that meets the new needs and are — compared to other business ing; effectively eliminating child labor; expectations of the business world and schools — in integrating ethics into and undertaking initiatives to promote the demands of a new generation of the Albers curriculum; in providing greater environmental responsibility. students with regard to sustainability and opportunities for direct engagement with Participation is voluntary, and good corporate citizenship.” the community through service learning; corporate participants are required to Of course, we already approach and in pursuing research projects in report on their progress annually. business education that way. Albers Dean the space of social and environmental In 2007 the Global Compact was Joe Phillips notes, “Those values are part responsibility.” expanded to business schools, with the of the Albers Mission. But joining the

Statement of the Principles of Responsible Management Education:

As institutions of higher learning involved in the Principle 4, Research: We will engage in conceptual and education of current and future managers we are empirical research that advances our understanding voluntarily committed to engaging in a continuous about the role, dynamics and impact of corporations process of improvement of the following Principles, in the creation of sustainable social, environmental reporting on progress to all our stakeholders and and economic value. exchanging effective practices with other academic Principle 5, Partnership: We will interact with managers institutions: of business corporations to extend our knowledge of Principle 1, Purpose: We will develop the capabilities of their challenges in meeting social and environmental students to be future generators of sustainable value responsibilities and to explore jointly effective for business and society at large and to work for an approaches to meeting these challenges. inclusive and sustainable global economy. Principle 6, Dialogue: We will facilitate and support Principle 2, Values : We will incorporate into our academic dialogue and debate among educators, business, activities and curricula the values of global social government, consumers, media, civil society responsibility as portrayed in international initiatives organizations and other interested groups and such as the United Nations Global Compact. stakeholders on critical issues related to global social Principle 3, Method: We will create educational responsibility and sustainability. frameworks, materials, processes and environments We understand that our own organizational practices that enable effective learning experiences for should serve as example of the values and attitudes we responsible leadership. convey to our students. (From http://www.unprme.org/the-6-principles/index.php)

albers brief I page 3 The 2009-10 GLFC Cohort Invites You to Their First Red Winged Leadership Award Ceremony May 13, 2010 • Pigott Auditorium The 09-10 GLFC cohort (Graduate Leadership Formation Certificate) is a select group of graduate business students from Seattle University who are committed to embracing the unique intersection where leadership, business acumen, and social impact overlap. The goal of the cohort is to work together to identify individuals in the Seattle community that embody these same principles and recognize the best of these citizens. Our event aligns the values of Seattle University with those of vetted business professionals and aspiring leaders. For updates on our progress, go to http://bit.ly/Redwing. The Red Winged Story: Sometimes the best leaders are the hardest to identify. They are under the radar, yet working with incredible passion and commitment. We compare these leaders to birds with red wings underneath their exterior. At first they may be hard to identify, but like birds with red wings, once you know what to look for, they are hard to miss. These are the kind of leaders the Red Winged Leadership Award will honor.

Rex Toh’s (Professor of Marketing) article, Peter Brous’s (Professor of Finance) paper, with Albers alum Rob Nielsen, has been accepted “Toward a General Theory of Diary Panels,” co- “Volatility Forecasting and Liquidity: Evidence for publication in the Journal of Leadership and authored with Michael Hu (Kent State), has been from Individual Stocks,” co-authored with Ivilina Organizational Studies. Psychological Reports accepted for publication in . Popova (Texas State) and Ufuk Ince, was accepted Jot Yau’s (Professor of Finance) paper, “Business Journal of Derivatives and Jennifer Marrone’s (Assistant Professor of for publication in the Ethics Research: A Global Perspective,” co- Hedge Funds Management) article, “Team Boundary Spanning: . authored with Kam C. Chan (Western Kentucky) A Multi-level Review of Past Research and Greg Prussia (Professor of Management) and Hung-Gay Fung (Missouri at St. Louis), has Proposals for the Future,” has been accepted for and Rubina Mahsud’s (Assistant Professor of been accepted for publication in the Journal of publication in the Journal of Management. Management) paper, “Leader Empathy, Ethical Business Ethics. ews Greg Prussia’s (Professor of Management) Leadership, and Relations-oriented Behaviors Jessica Ludescher (Assistant Professor of article, “Managing Employee Withdrawal During as Antecedents of Leader-Member Exchange Business Ethics) and Rubina Mahsud’s (Assistant Organizational Change: The Role of Threat Quality,” co-authored with Gary Yukl (SUNY- Professor of Management) paper, “Opening Appraisal,” co-authored with Angelo Kiniki Albany), has been accepted for publication in the Pandora’s Box: Corporate Social Responsibility Journal of Managerial Psychology (Arizona State) and Mel Fugate (Southern . Exposed,” has been accepted for publication by Methodist), has been accepted for publication by David Carrithers (Senior Lecturer of Finance) the The Independent Review: A Journal of Political the Journal of Management. and Dean Peterson’s (Associate Professor of Economy. Economics) Chris Weber’s (Professor of Economics) article, paper, “Integrating a Social Justice Holly Slay’s (Assistant Professor of Manage- “Andreas Heinrich Voigt and the Hicks-Allen Perspective in Economics Education: Creating a ment) article, entitled, “Leadership in the Face Revolution in Consumer Theory,” co-authored with Distinctly Catholic Education,” has been accepted of a Shaken Culture,” co-authored with Kevin Catholic Education, A Journal of Torsten Schmidt (University of New Hampshire), for publication in Clark and Patrick Maggitti (both at Villanova), Inquiry and Practice has been accepted for publication by Economic . has been accepted for publication in the Leader- Inquiry. Diane Lockwood (Associate Professor of ship Review. Management) Harriet Stephenson’s Jot Yau’s (Professor of Finance) paper, co- and Jot Yau’s (Professor of Finance) case study, “Pacific (Professor of Management) authored with Hung-Gay Fung and Gaiyan article, “The Impact Century Cyberworks: A Road to Privatization,” Zhang (both at the University of Missouri at of Contingent Time Off on Productivity in a Small with Hung-Gay Fung and Gerald Yong Gao (both St. Louis), entitled, “Do Credit Default Swaps Manufacturing Environment,” co-authored with from Missouri— St. Louis), will be published by Colette Frayne (Cal Poly), has been accepted for Albers Faculty Research N Research Albers Faculty Predict Currency Values?” has been accepted for the University of Hong Kong and Harvard Business Journal of Management and publication in Applied Financial Economics. publication in the Publishing. Marketing Research. David Reid’s (Professor of Management) article, John Dienhart (Professor of Business Ethics) was Holly Slay (Assistant Professor of Management) “Preventing Global Warming: The United States, the featured speaker at The Aram Lecture on Business Jennifer Marrone’s (Assistant Professor of China and Intellectual Property,” co-authored with and Ethics at Gonzaga University on March 4, 2010. The Management) C. Ajeniam, has been accepted for publication in article, “A new look at humility: subject of his talk was “A Cup of Ethical Leadership: Business and Society. exploring the humility concept and its role in Compassion, Understanding, Pursuit.” socialized charismatic leadership,” co-authored

page 4 I albers school of business and economics Student Profile – alex jones, chris gweth, taylor olson Albers Students Shine on the Hardwood ith Seattle U transitioning to Division 1 sports, who better to lead the way than Wthe Albers School of Business and Economics? With three members of the men’s basketball team being business majors, Albers is well represented. If you follow SU basketball, you’ve certainly heard of Chris Gweth, Taylor Olson, and Alex Jones — all Albers students. Alex Jones is a transfer junior from Phoenix, Arizona. He came to SU because he “wanted to be part of a program on the rise that had a huge opportunity to amaze people and win a lot of games.” He knew of the transition to D1 before coming here. In fact, it was “probably the biggest reason why I decided to come here,” he said. The transition has elevated the playing level of the team, according to Jones. No player can give less than 100% at this level. Since this is the first time any of the players on the team has played a full Taylor Olson, #11, defended against a strong Harvard team on Jan. 2. He came back to Division 1 schedule, there have been make the winning shot against San Jose State on Feb. 22. some challenges and they have needed to make adjustments. Jones thinks they confidence as a player.” playing in D1 has “made me work harder have handled it well for the most part. Gweth chose Seattle University because I knew my competition was Although coming off the bench, Jones because he was offered a scholarship stronger.” has become SU’s leading scorer in the to play basketball and it “had a good Olson chose Seattle University for second half of the season. business program.” An international college because of “basketball, location, Jones chose to major in business business major, he wants to start his and overall education.” He chose to be management because he has always own business when he graduates this a business management major because wanted to “manage my own team, run spring. He would also like to continue it provided him with choices for a my own business, and make my own to play basketball, possibly in Europe. career once he graduates. He singles schedule.” He plans to graduate from SU Gweth singles out Sarah Bee and John out Professor Jay Lambe as having had winter quarter 2011. After graduation McLean as having been influential in an impact on him during his time at he is going to “see how far basketball his education at Albers because “they SU “because of how much confidence can take me.” One possibility is playing both have shown a lot of support to the he had in my work and my potential.” overseas. basketball team.” As for what he will do after graduation Senior Chris Gweth is from Seattle native Taylor Olson came to this spring, Olson is not sure. It could Hillsboro, Oregon. He has played on the Seattle U from Bishop Blanchet High be basketball related, but he also has a SU team since his freshman year. Gweth School. He has played basketball for job offer with a commercial real estate had no idea that Seattle University was Seattle U all four years of his career. company. going to transition to D1 when he started Although it had not happened yet when With the help of these Albers playing here, but it has definitely had Olson entered the program, he knew student athletes, Seattle U finished the a positive effect on the school and him there was a strong possibility that SU season with a winning record. This is as a player. “It was a dream to play D1 would make the move to DI. He believes quite an accomplishment, as no other basketball,” he said. “Being in D1 has put it has “raised everyone’s game” and so team has been able to do that in their first a lot of pressure on us, but has matured has had a positive influence on the team. year playing a full Division 1 schedule. us a lot.” And it has also “boosted my As for him personally, Olson says that

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above: Bill ayer, President & CEO of , guided his company through tough times without seeking bankruptcy protection.

Staying Aloft in an Industry Storm ill Ayer, President and CEO of Alaska Airlines, During this ongoing process, management at Alaska addressed the topic of “Staying Aloft in an Industry Airlines learned the following eight lessons: Storm” on November 6, 2009. This refers, of 1. Get the right people on the bus. Bcourse, to the airline industry, which has been in trouble 2. Create a sense of urgency. for a long time. So much trouble, in fact, that Alaska and 3. Continually improve your capabilities and focus American Airlines are the only legacy airlines which have on the most important ones. not gone through bankruptcy. Alaska identified that, aside from having to make a 4. What you measure gets done. lot of changes on the cost side of the business, they are in 5. Focus on what you can control in the long term. the people business. Their customers are very important (Hope is not a strategy.) assets, as are their employees. So they developed a “team 6. Be totally and completely customer focused. spirit” to use their relative smallness in the industry as 7. Do not confuse being popular with doing the one of their strengths. They try to create a more personal right thing. experience for their customers and employees. This tack 8. Develop win-win strategic partnerships. seems to be working for them.

page 6 I albers school of business and economics A Conversation with Dick Kovacevich: How Wells Fargo Stayed the Course “Every central he Albers Executive Speaker low mortgage rates leading to more Series hosted Dick Kovacevich, home purchases, an increase in consumer banker, president, Chairman and former CEO of savings, and low inventories, causing an TWells Fargo, on October 15, 2009. 275 increase in production and employment. prime minister, and students, faculty, alumni, and friends The most positive sign that the attended the early morning event to hear, financial crisis will end and the economy finance minister is “A Conversation with Dick Kovacevich will recover is that “every central banker, — How Wells Fargo Stayed the Course.” president, prime minister, and finance committed to getting Kovacevich seems to have a special minister is committed to getting their talent for reading the economy, as his economies growing again.” The phrase their economies success throughout these hard times has that summed it all up and that Kovacevich growing again.” shown. He sees many positive things wanted everyone to take away from his happening, including high productivity talk was, “Whatever it takes.” keeping inflation and interest rates low,

Co-operatives: A Better Path to Socially Responsible Business? he topic of “Co-operatives: responsible for quarter to quarter compared to relying on traditional A Better Path to Socially reporting, co-ops can plan over longer service providers. Responsible Business?” was horizons. • No access to outside capital other than discussedT at an Albers Executive Speaker • Allows them to become stronger debt. Series event on October 20, 2009. competitively through collaboration • Maintaining a balance between being Featured guests were three local co- among co-operatives. true to your founding principles and operative CEOs, Sally Jewell, President • Requires membership approval of a the need to grow to survive. and CEO of REI, Scott Armstrong, sale of the organization. • Oversight risk because two of their President and CEO of Group Health, and There are also challenges to being a co-op: constituent groups, i.e. customers and Gary Oakland, President and CEO of • Explaining to potential members shareholders, are the same, leaving BECU. Moderated by Albers Economics how it is a benefit to them to join, them with one less level of scrutiny. Professor Fred DeKay, the panel answered questions about what distinguishes a co- op in their industry from the non-co-ops. There are common characteristics among co-operatives no matter what industry they are in, such as their members are their owners and voting is one member, one vote. However, each company is free to organize in a way that best suits their constituents and competitive environment. The panelists identified a number of advantages to being a co-op: • Incredible access to customer information. • Owned and directed by members. • Increased accountability because owners are watching you every day. • Allows for taking a long term view. Gary Oakland, Scott Armstrong, and Sally Jewell were the featured panelists at an Whereas public companies are Albers Executive Speaker Series event in October.

albers brief I page 7 Faculty Profile – fiona robertson Academic and Athlete with a Passion for Seattle U

iona Robertson, Associate Professor of A New Zealander by birth, Robertson’s Finance and Chair of the Department family emigrated to Canada when she was of Finance, has been at Albers since young. She has always loved the outdoors FSeptember of 1987. “Where has the time and outdoor activities. Growing up with gone?” she asks. “Since it seems like only three brothers was bound to make her into a yesterday that I arrived in Seattle, I will put tomboy, which she was. She runs three times a it down to my having had very wonderful week, and has run marathons, half marathons, and happy years here at Albers and at SU. and participated in many triathlons. She also If you can believe it, I remember almost bikes extensively, kayaks, swims, skis, hikes, everything about my interview here as well.” and was a “pretty good gymnast and swimmer What Robertson remembers was her campus in her much younger days.” She once held tour by Bill Weis and how nice everyone was the record for her age group in Saskatchewan to her. She “just fell in love with the place.” for the 50 meter butterfly. And as if that It was fortunate that her husband, who is wasn’t enough, Robertson loves to read, watch also in academia and wanted to work at a Mariners baseball and Sounders soccer, and larger research-oriented school, was offered a has a passion for traveling. She also loves position at the University of . music, from rock/pop to the symphony. Associate Professor Fiona This was Robertson’s first job out of Robertson and her husband Ray have Robertson fell in love with grad school. Although she is a finance been together for 29 years. She says, “I Seattle U during her interview. professor, her degrees and first love are in think he’s a keeper.” He is very calm and economics. “Finance,” she says, “is applied even-keeled, “the perfect complement to microeconomics, after all” and was one of someone who has been described as a bit Although the her fields of study in school, as was industrial high maintenance.” They do not have kids, organization. She gravitated toward finance although she considers her students as her students seem to because the research she was interested in kids. They do have two cats who are incred- was in that field. Robertson earned her ibly spoiled and loved very much. be getting younger undergraduate degree from Brock University, And finally, what would Robertson like a small university in St. Catherine’s, Ontario, you to know about her that you probably do and younger, ”they Canada, which is where she developed her not? She does not cook but is fascinated by continually delight love of small campuses. Both her master’s cooking shows and she also loves her garden and PhD are in economics from Queens with a passion. She has created a butterfly and and amaze me.” University, in Kingston, Ontario. hummingbird friendly garden that all birds Robertson’s favorite part of teaching love. Unfortunately, she has an outdoor cat is the “connection and interaction with who loves to hunt… students.” As an undergraduate and graduate student, she had excellent professors who pushed her to do her best. Although the students seem to be getting younger and younger, “they continually delight and amaze me.” She also values the people she works with. She enjoys the serious conversations intermingled with “unbridled laughter,” and they keep her sane when things start to get overwhelming.

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Thank You for Your Steadfast Support of Albers in 2009 We’d like to thank the many generous donors who invested in the Albers School of Business and Economics and our students this past year. The list below is special recognition for contributors of $1,000 and more. Although every effort was made to ensure the list’s accuracy, we deeply apologize for any errors or omissions. Please contact Gail Yates at [email protected] with any corrections.

$10,000 + Michael and Kristy Gibson PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Brian and Margaret Heeb Anonymous (2) Hydraulic Repair & Design Andy and Carrie Read Katy and John Hunter Mike Amato Kent Johnson Sambataro Family Foundation Hutchison Whampoa Americas BECU Jones Soda Company, Inc. Jennifer Sik Limited Alan Chaffee and Mary Raschko Kaufman Brothers Construction Ruth Tressel Bruce and Carol Koch Frank Cole Inc. Amanda Twiss Michael Kucha and Tammy Roe Dick and Chris DiCerchio Cisco Malpartida Smith Vidiator Technology, Inc. Deirdre Kuring and Jesse Nunez Owen Durkin Marine Resources Group Chuck and Keely Weidenbach Denise and Doug Leary Ernst & Young Foundation MCM, A Meisenbach Company Bill and Marilyn Weis Butch and Pamela Leonardson The Ferry Family Charitable Christopher and Zevenbergen Capital, Inc. Jeffry and Andrea Levy Foundation Katheryn Porter $2,000 - $2,499 Arthur and Suzanne Lowell Ken and Lisa Geisen Adrian Smith and Deb Waldal David and Concetta Anastasi Glenn Lux Harry & Clare Cayo Wilson Star Rentals, Inc. Steven Fantello Stanley and Kathleen Charitable Trust The Laliberte Family Fund Frank and DeAnn Feeman McNaughton Herbert B. Jones Foundation Vander Hoek Corporation Mark Gould and Lisa Dobson The Medtronic Foundation Donald and Caroline Leuthold Watson Security Gould Fred DeKay and Kathleen Gene Lynn Company Merrill Lynch & Company Mohn-DeKay Medtronic Inc. $2,500 - $4,999 Foundation John Monahan PEMCO Foundation Inc. Athena Marketing International B. Gabriel Nachand Antonio Munoz-King Chuck and Nancy Porter (AMI) Victoria and David Nickinovich Laura Oberto and Michael Qwest Foundation B&G Machine, Inc. NW Next Leaders Council McElhoe John and Heidi Rabel Paul and Lisa Bialek Mark Olson and Renee Korda Eileen Olson Roth Hill Engineering Partners, Michelle and Michael Burris Pacific Life Insurance Company Inc LLC C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. Joseph Phillips and Mary Sebek Gerard & Kristine Pigotti Frank and Harriet Shrontz Cahan Wood Products John Rindlaub and Sarah Plum Creek Foundation Richard and Joyce Simmonds Thomas and Cynthia Captain Uzzell-Rindlaub Robert and Kathy Reeder Martin and Mary Ann Simonetti Coinstar Inc RGEN Solutions Gerald and Gloria Swanson $1,000 - $1,999 Paul and Patricia Shipman Deloitte Foundation Active Network The Boeing Company Dickerson Partnership LLC Leo Simpson Washington Dental Service Alaska Airlines Matching Gift Harriet Stephenson Door to Door Storage Program West Coast Paper Company Express Credit Union Students In Free Enterprise William G. McGowan Guy and Kathy Alloway (SIFE) Brent Fernyhough James Boyd Charitable Fund, Inc. Russell and Corinne Hagen Carol Sullivan Dick and Bridget Cooley Trace Register $5,000 - $9,999 Historic Flight Foundation Steve and Catherine Cummins All Star Directories, Inc. Annette and Steven Jacobs Susan Weihrich Diane Dewbrey World Wide Imports Inc. Greg and Marybeth Alwood Kibble & Prentice Dan DeYoung Astoria-Pacific, Inc. Norma Jean and Eric LaRock Barbara and Lee Yates James and Gaylé Duncan Gail D. Yates Joe and Maureen Brotherton Stephen and Catherine Malshuk Curtis and Olga Dyckman Capitol Hill Chamber of McKinstry Company Charitable Bruce and Brite Eliasen Commerce Foundation Tom Elzey and Maggie Smith Richard and Suzan Chavez Nike Employee Matching Gift Ernst & Young Wholesale Corporation George and Gloria Northcroft Christopher Flint Melissa and David Dugan Northwest Grating Products, Fluor Foundation Craig and Stephanie Duncan Inc. Christine and Steven Gerdes Dupar Foundation Pacific Market International Marilyn Gist of LLC Ralph and Carolyn Graves Washington Mark and Andria Pinkowski Michael A. Hart Foss Maritime Company Point to Point Elizabeth and Matthew Hedlund

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Join Us For Upcoming Events at Albers Harriet Stephenson Business ALBERS EXECUTIVE Plan Competition SPEAKER SERIES Join us for the 2010 SU Business Plan Albers Executive Speaker Series events Competition and see SU’s student are held in Pigott Auditorium from entrepreneurs shine! 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Trade Show FREE and open to the public #25 April 13 Monday, May 10 Part-Time MBA 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Robert Cremin Location: Student Center 160 Chairman of Esterline Technologies #46 The Trade Show is open to the Seattle Monday, May 24 University community and interested public. Undergraduate Jeff Raikes Business Program Finals Presentations/Awards Reception CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates May 12 Foundation Seattle University’s Part-time MBA Location: Campion Hall For more information, contact program was ranked 25th in the 11:30 a.m. - Noon Barb Hauke at (206) 296-5732 or haukeb@ nation and 6th in the West in the latest Registration seattleu.edu rankings by BusinessWeek. We were Noon - 1:15 p.m. the only school in the Northwest to Lunch with Keynote speaker: Upcoming Info Session appear in the magazine’s Top 30. Dwayne Clark, Founder and CEO for LEMBA Our undergraduate business program of Aegis Living Tuesday, May 11 was ranked 46th in the nation and 7th 1:30 - 4:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. in the West. BP Finals R.S.V.P. to [email protected] 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Reception & Mini-Trade Show Albers Alumni Golf 5:30 p.m. Tournament Awards Friday, July 16 Albers Student is Please RSVP for the May 12th lunch by April Join Albers alumni, faculty, friends, and 28th to Tiffany Pascua at pascuat@seattleu. National Junior business leaders from all around the Seattle edu or (206) 296-6127. area for the 8th Annual Albers Alumni and Curling Champion Friends Golf Tournament. We return for Albers Placement Center Albers sophomore Joe Purvis won the Networking Event one more year to the breathtaking Olympic National Junior Curling Champion April 15 Course at Gold Mountain. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with friends and as one of four members of the Sean 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. Workshop colleagues on one of Washington’s highest Beighton rink (aka “team”). The 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Networking Event rated golf courses while supporting Albers Beighton rink, representing the state of For more information, contact the student scholarships. Washington, beat Team Minnesota II in APC office: [email protected] or (206) 296-5687. the championship game on January 30 in Bemidji, Minnesota. Their next stop is Flims, Switzerland, for the World Junior Curling Championships, which take place March 5-14. This is the first time Thank you, Seattle University Alumni since 2002 that a junior men’s team from Crab Feed sponsors. other than Minnesota has represented the U.S. at this event.

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