New PADM Elective at CBPP, Spring 2016
A new 1 credit elective course "Shaping Alaska’s Future: Navigating Alaska’s Fiscal and Economic Challenges (PADM 671)" will be offered this spring. Led by Cliff Groh, chair of Alaska Common Ground, a non-partisan public policy organization. Subjects will include: The Alaska Permanent Fund and Permanent Fund Dividend, Oil taxes and the proposed natural gas pipeline project, and Alaska’s future economic prospects.
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WPMRE Movers and Shakers - Amanda Doughty
Amanda, like many Weidner Property Management and Real Estate (WPMRE) students, was seeking a career and a leg-up in the workforce. Jumping into the program with both feet, Amanda has been able to participate in multiple internships, helped found the student club, and has received academic and travel awards to attend conferences in Denver and Orlando.
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Thanks to KPMG Managing Director and Alumnus, Mr. Daniel Mitchell
The College of Business and Public Policy would like to extend it's thanks to alumnus Mr. Daniel Mitchell (Class of '97) for taking time to speak at the college about careers in accounting. Mr. Mitchell is Managing Director at KMPG.
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Alumna Heather Karwowski, selected for Boeing’s exclusive HR Career Foundation Program
College of Business and Public Policy MBA and Leadership Fellows alumna, Heather Karwowski selected for top HR leadership development program at Fortune 100 aerospace giant, The Boeing Company.
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The Economics Department is offering a course in Behavioral Economics (ECON 494E/694)
Behavioral Economics is an important and growing field within economics. One of its strengths is that it takes seriously findings from other disciplines – particularly psychology – but also neuroscience, sociology and others. Research in the field recognizes that the traditional assumption that people are perfectly rational is too strong. The implications of bounded rationality are being worked out in many fields of economics, finance, and in business and policy applications.
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