The UAA College of Business and Public Policy (CBPP) is a dynamic academic resource that serves and reflects Anchorage, Alaska's largest metropolitan community. Accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the College has an impressive faculty who bring a wide range of academic and industry expertise to students and community partners. CBPP students represent all age groups, ethnicities and backgrounds.
The College of Business and Public Policy was founded in 1973, has over 15 degree programs, is accredited by the AACSB, and currently serves over 2100 students.
More than 280 students graduated from the college in the twenty fifteen to twenty sixteen academic year, and it has over 8000 alumni.
Chidi Iwuoha, double majoring in business management and marketing, said commencement was a pivotal moment because as the announcer read his name aloud and the crowd erupted into a cheer, all he could think about was the 11-year-old boy in fifth grade, who was 300-plus pounds, and just how far he’d come from that boy.
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Econ Students celebrated graduation with their professors.
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Spring 2019 was the inaugural semester for BA490/690 “AI Concepts & Business Applications”. The course focused on artificial intelligence and how it’s transforming and being leveraged in modern business. Students learned strategies employed by companies leading in AI, and the prospects for its growth.
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Bat-Erdene, 27, is a Mongolian national majoring in finance. He says he is very much looking forward to Sunday (May 5, 2019), where he will be able to speak about his time as USUAA president, and the relationships he's created.
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There are positive signs that the recession is coming to an end, with a slight growth in jobs during January and February 2019, but the recovery is fragile and will be sensitive to changes in oil prices and budget cuts, Mouhcine Guettabi, associate professor of Economics and ISER faculty told attendees at a series of Alaska Economic Summits sponsored by Northrim Bank in April.
Read: Guettabi: Investing for Alaska’s Future
Instagram Image: Visit UAA's Green & Gold and learn about College of Business and Public Policy graduate Chidi Iwuoha. #uaa #uaacbpp #cbpp #collegelife
Instagram Image: Congratulations to all of our spring 2019 graduates! And we wish everyone a warm and sunny summer. #cbpp #uaacbpp #uaa
Instagram Image: Stop by the Cuddy Quad tomorrow anytime between 10am and noon to celebrate the campus launch of Kaladi Brother's Team Spirit, Seawolf blend!
The KBC truck will be on campus serving free coffee and there will be donuts from Dipper Donuts! #uaa #uaacbpp #cbpp #collegelife
Instagram Image: Congratulations to finance major Geser Bat-Erdene. Geser has been selected as the spring 2019 student commencement speaker! #uaa #uaacbpp #cbpp #graduation #commencement
Instagram Image: Congratulations to the UAA Team for placing first in At Large Regional Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition!
Team members pictured left to right: David Crisafi-Lurtsema (CS, CoE), Matthew Berry(CSE, CoE), Kenneth Hood (MIS,CBPP), Wes Dellinger(MIS, CBPP), Rayce Toms(CS, CoE ), Kavyn Yah(CS, CoE), David Counts (MIS, CBPP), Joel Keller(CS, CoE)
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Instagram Image: The College of Business and Public Policy's Professor John Duffy received an honorary doctorate from The School of International Relations and Public Administration (SIRPA) at the National University of Mongolia (NUM) on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019.
Instagram Image: We hope everyone has a terrific Spring Break! Reminder: the UAA campus will be closed on Friday March 15 and will reopen Saturday March 16. We look forward to seeing you all when you return! #springbreak2019 #uaa #uaacbpp #cbpp
Instagram Image: Professor Maroš Servátka from Macquarie Graduate School of Management in Sydney is visiting the Economics and Public Policy department for his sabbatical. Maroš is an experimental and behavioral economist with a PhD from University of Arizona. While at CBPP he is working on his research exploring behavioral factors influencing firm boundaries and studying links between governance structure and wage compression. Together with Professor Jim Murphy, Maroš is also co-organizing the UAA Lecture Series on Experimental Economics and Philanthropy. #uaa #uaacbpp #cbpp
Instagram Image: Nathaly Rivera is another new face at the CBPP. She is working with the Economics and Public Policy department as a post doctoral researcher. Nathaly holds an MSc degree in Regional Economics from Universidad Católica del Norte (Chile), and a PhD degree in Environmental and Resource Economics from MSU. #uaa #uaacbpp #cbpp
Instagram Image: The College of Business and Public Policy would like to welcome Kelcie Ralph, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning at Rutgers University. She is visiting us from New Jersey while on sabbatical and is working on her research titled “Who is Distracted by Distracted Pedestrians”. Kelcie earned her BA in economics at CBPP in 2009. #uaa #uaacbpp #cbpp #collegelife
Instagram Image: We're happy to see everyone back at the College of Business and Public Policy for Spring Semester 2019! #uaa #uaacbpp #cbpp #collegelife
Instagram Image: Happy New Year from all of us here at the College of Business and Public Policy! #uaa #uaacbpp #cbpp #newyear
Instagram Image: The College of Business and Public Policy would like to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season! #holidays #uaa #uaacbpp #cbpp
Instagram Image: We'd like to wish everyone good luck as finals week continues! #uaa #uaacbpp #cbpp #finals #collegelife
Instagram Image: The College of Business and Public Policy is open and we’re happy to see everyone back at Rasmuson Hall. #uaa #uaacbpp #cbpp #collegelife