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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Each week the College of Business and Public Policy will be highlighting a mentor in the Leadership Fellows program with an interview conducted by their protégé. This week’s featured protégé/mentor pairing is Chantae Kochuten and her mentor Marva Watson, Director of Diversity and Compliance at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA).
Read: Kochuten-Watson Interview
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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Each week the College of Business and Public Policy will be highlighting a mentor in the Leadership Fellows program with an interview conducted by their protégé. This week’s featured protégé/mentor pairing is Misha Sajjad and her mentor Bruce Tangeman, Vice President Administration and Finance for Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC).
Read: Sajjad-Tangeman Interview
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.
Read: WPMRE Student Receives Travel Scholarship