The College of Business and Public Policy is pleased to announce the speakers for the MBA Executive Leadership class. The Executive Leadership Class Speaker series was established to provide students with the opportunity to interact and network with successful executives from the business community.
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A team of three graduate students-- Marvin Anunciacion, Jason Smith and Danny Reeves-- competing against 607 other college teams placed first in The Capstone Business Competition. Their virtual sensor manufacturing company registered the highest profits, cumulative profits and stock price after completing their eight round competition.
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Congratulations go out to the College of Business and Public Policy's Dr. Angie Zheng (Economics and Public Policy Dept.) and Dr. Yonggang Lu (Information and Decision Sciences Dept.) who were awarded a 2015 Innovate Award for their proposal "Consumer Preference and Market Potentials for Alaska Salmon in China".
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Amanda Doughty, junior at UAA, was one of six students, nationally, to receive a travel scholarship funded by the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM®) Foundation. The scholarship, aimed at introducing students to the vast career opportunities in property management and real estate, included airfare, lodging, registration, and per diem for Amanda to attend the IREM® Fall Leadership Conference in Orlando, Florida from October 14-19.
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Frank Jeffries teaches people how to negotiate. When interviewing for a job, buying a car, or even shopping for a dress at Nordstrom, most of the world sees the deal as a win-lose scenario, a seller’s market, a price tag set in stone. Not Jeffries, a professor of business administration at UAA’s College of Business and Public Policy. He sees a rainbow with a pot of gold at both ends…
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