West Michigan Management Memo

Volume 1 | Issue 2 Article 7

4-1-1981 The aW shington Campus Program

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Recommended Citation (1980) "The ashinW gton Campus Program," West Michigan Management Memo: Vol. 1: Iss. 2, Article 7. Available at: http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/wmbm/vol1/iss2/7

This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Seidman College of Business at ScholarWorks@GVSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in West Michigan Management Memo by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@GVSU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Washington Campus Program The Washington Campus Program was economic policy. Each academic institu­ pleted a program similar to the one fore started in 1978 by the F. E. Seidman Col­ tion will send five students this summer students but focused on the issues and lege of Business and Administration, the with a $1,200 scholarship for each student challenges of the utilities' industries. Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, (half from the Washington Campus and The American Association of Colle­ and the Bank of America. Today it is a half from the university). giate Schools of Business (the major asso­ consortium of 12 colleges and universities The Washington Campus sponsored its ciation of business schools in the United (the University of California at Berkeley, first Executive Development Program dur­ States) recently recognized the importance University of California at Los Angeles, ing March and April. The program was ofthe Washington Campus when it awarded Cornell University, Dartmouth College, coordinated through the Edison Electric the contract for its Washington Programs Grand Valley State Colleges, Indiana Uni­ Institute and involved 20 executives from for faculty and deans to the Washington versity. the University of Michigan, the a number of utility companies. They com- Campus. University of New Mexico, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Ohio State University, Purdue University, and High School Economics Cooperative Venture the University of Texas at Austin) provid­ ing unique study opportunities for business Essay Contest Seidman College is the first college in students and executives. the country to sign a contractual agreement Seidman College, along with the Eco­ Each summer students from the partic­ with Arthur Andersen & Co. to cosponsor nomic Club of Grand Rapids, is sponsor­ ipating colleges and universities attend one a variety of Arthur Andersen-developed ing this year's high school Economic Essay of two four-week sessions in Washington, seminars. Seidman College will utilize Contest. More than 80 essays have been D.C., to study policy development in the course materials prepared by Arthur An­ submitted on the topic, "How Can We executive branch, government regulation, dersen and engage some of their profes­ Congress and the lobbying and interest Improve Productivity in the United States?" sionals as instructors in the seminars. The awards are $250 for first place, $125 groups, and domestic and international for second place, and ten third-place prizes The first conference is a manufacturing of $75. The high schools of the winners seminar, scheduled for May 13, 14, and 15 will receive a matching amount for use in at the Grand Center in Grand Rapids. The their economics and social science seminar will present executive and manu­ H. B. Shaine Award programs. facturing managers with a proven step-by­ Each year H. B. Shaine and Company step management process for the Planning,. provides a $1,000 scholarship for a gradu­ The awards will be presented on Mon­ execution, and feedback necessary to im- , ate student in Seidman College majoring day. May 13, at a luncheon meeting and prove the overall performance of the in finance. The recipient this year is James will feature Mr. Lou Phillips, Special As­ company. Gillette. Jim, who will finish his M.B.A. sistant for Productivity in the United States We are pleased to be able to engage in degree at the end of the summer session, is Department of Commerce, as the keynote such a cooperative arrangement with Ar­ employed at Grand Valley as Director of speaker. Dean DeVries is a member of the thur Andersen and hope to sponsor many Audio-Visual Services. He also completed Board of Directors of the Economic Club conferences and seminars over the next his undergraduate degree in economics at and has chaired the Economic Essay Con­ several years. Grand Valley State. tests forthe last three years.

Conferences to Be Sponsored by Seidman College

May 13 Employee Stock December 7 Year-End Tax Ownership Plans Planning for (ESOPs) Professionals and May 13 Partnership Taxation Executives May 13-15 Manufacturing Seminar May 18 & 19 Tax Assessor Seminar Other conferences, seminars, and May 12 Marketing in Canada workshops are being planned in such areas June 24 Taxation of Closely as productivity improvement, effective lim Gillette (left) receives the scholarship Held Corporations marketing, supervisory training, law firm awardfrom Hy Shaille. August 13 Tax Seminar management and financial control, inven­ August 20 Pre-Retirement Estate tory control, labor relations, time manage­ Jim is one of only two students in Seid­ Planning ment, strategic planning, worker's man College who, in the seven years of September 17 International Trade compensation, and product liability. calle offering the M.B.A. degree. has main­ Conference the Conference Department of Grand Val- tained a perfect 4.0 grade point average. December I Employee Benefit and ley State for more information (459-6524) Jim hopes to attend Michigan State Univer­ Deferred or write Grand Valley State Conference sity in the future and pursue a doctoral Compensation Department, Grand Center, 245 Monroe, program. Plans Grand Rapids, 49503.

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