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Pamplin School of Business Graduate Program Info Sessions

franzhallAll UP community members are invited to learn about the Pamplin School of Business graduate programs, including the MBA with six concentrations, MBA in Non-Profit Management, MS in Finance, and MS in Operations & Technology Management. Find out about flexible programs that match the lifestyle of working professionals with evening courses, go at your own pace options, and more. All programs are accredited by AACSB, the top global accreditation authority, and faculty members are dedicated to students’ success through academic support, advising, small class size, connections in the business community, and critical expertise in the field.

Spring term sessions are just in time for summer start applications due on April 15 and fall start applications due July 15:

  • Wednesday, March 2: Franz Hall Murphy Conference room, 6 p.m.
  • Wednesday, March 9: Westside Campus, 6 p.m. (15220 NW Laidlaw Rd, Portland OR 97229, Suite 230)
  • Saturday, April 16: Westside Campus, 10:30 a.m.
  • Wednesday, April 20: Franz Hall Murphy Conference room, 6 p.m.
  • Wednesday, May 18: Franz Hall Murphy Conference room, 6 p.m.

RSVP to Melissa McCarthy, program director, at mccarthy@up.edu or 7225.

Holloway Named “Ascendant Scholar”

holloway copyPamplin School of Business professor Sam Holloway has received the Ascendant Scholar Award from the Western Academy of Management. The award is given to faculty members who have a maximum of 6-7 years’ of experience and are considered “ascendant” through an academic record that includes their areas of research, teaching, and service.

The Western Academy of Management (WAM) began in 1960 and is an independent affiliate of the national Academy of Management. Its objectives include promoting research and professionalism in the field of management, improving the teaching of management and fostering the general advancement of knowledge in the theory and practice of management.

For more information contact the School of Business at 7224 or bus-up@up.edu.

UP Accounting Team In AICPA Semi-Finals: Please Vote!

biz teamJunior business students Isaac Mansuetti, Lance Chee, and Connor Ward have qualified for the semi-finals of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) accounting competition. Ten percent of the score to reach the finals is based upon a vote which is open to the public, and the top three teams advance to the finals held in North Carolina, where they vie for $10,000 in prize money. The University’s 2013 accounting team won the national AICPA competition in 2013.

University community members are asked to help the UP team (Northwest Accountants) by voting for them at http://tinyurl.com/qdjotph from November 5 to 11. Voters will receive a confirming e-mail; once they click on that e-mail their vote will be registered. (Check your spam folder in case you don’t receive the confirming email.) Their winning video can be seen at https://competition.thiswaytocpa.com.

For more information contact Taireez Niswander, business, at 8801 or niswande@up.edu.

Alumnus Ben Berry ’74 to speak on campus, Oct. 15

benberry copyThe Pamplin School of Business and APICS Portland Chapter will be hosting a talk by UP alumnus Ben Berry ’74 on Thursday, Oct. 15 from 6-8:30 p.m. in Shiley Hall Room 301. Berry, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Digital Officer for AirShip Technologies Group, will speak on AirShip’s move from an airframe proprietary mold process to a 3-D Printed Additive manufacturing process. AirShip’s Strategic Manufacturing program is designed to carve out market share in the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) industry that is currently $11.3B and on track to reach $94B by 2017.

For more information and to register for the event, please go to the APICS Portland Chapter’s website here.

Graduate Program Information Session: Employees Welcome

franzhallThe Pamplin School of Business Administraiton invites all members of the University community to its next graduate program information session on Wednesday, September 30, from 6 to 7 p.m., in Franz 426 Murphy conference room. Refreshments will be provided. Those who attend will learn more about new graduate programs including the master of science in operation and technology management (MSOTM). Designed by faculty through consultation with employers from around the globe, the MSOTM program emphasizes the seamless integration of operations and information technology management disciplines. Students develop the skills necessary to engineer a competitive advantage with innovative solutions.

For more information contact Melissa McCarthy, business administration, at mccarthy@up.edu or 7225.

New Position, New Hire

salem lilyThe Pamplin School of Business has announced the hiring of its first director of graduate business recruitment and corporate partnerships, Lily Salem. She comes to The Bluff from the University of Tampa, where she developed campus partnerships as manager of corporate and community development. Salem will be getting to know the local business community and is tasked with performing an integral role in the Pamplin School’s growing graduate business programs.

For more information contact the School of Business at 7224 or bus-up@up.edu.

Helping STEM Students Shine

mitchell copyUniversity of Portland business professor Gary Mitchell and his wife, Veronica, coached a team of 13 Lake Oswego students who recently became robotics world champions. The students, ranging from grades eight through eleven, won the Control Award (for Robot Intelligence) at the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) World Championship, held April 22-25, 2015 in St. Louis, Missouri. Team Axis is a self-funded neighborhood robotics team that just finished its second year of FTC competition.

Only 128 of 4,500 teams from around the world qualified for the annual World Championship. The Mitchells started coaching the team last year when they learned their local high school had no space or budget to support a robotics team. Their son, Colin, is a member of the team as well.

In order to make it to the World Championship, the team had to advance through four levels of competition, including the Oregon State Championship and the West Super-Regional Championship (72 teams from 13 western states). The top 2.9% of teams from around the world competed at the World Championship, including teams from the U.S., China, Germany, Mexico, New Zealand, South Korea, Russia, Canada, Australia, Romania, India, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, and the Netherlands.

According to the Mitchells, the primary mission of Team Axis is to provide STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) opportunities for kids who do not have access to similar programs through their school.

Team Axis has social media pages at twitter.com/teamaxisftc and www.facebook.com/TeamAxis7187. Additional information on the FIRST FTC program can be found at www.usfirst.org/ftc and information about FTC in Oregon can be found at http://www.ortop.org/ftc/.

UP Accounting Team Advances to National Finals

franzhallFour University of Portland accounting students won the regional round of the KPMG Case Competition in Chicago this past weekend. The team, made up of Erika Schlotfeldt, Jessie Robinson, Emily Glaser, and Courtney Lemon, beat teams from University of Missouri, University of Illinois, University of Washington, DePaul, Colorado State, and Wisconsin. The UP accounting team will now travel to New York at the end of February for the U.S. finals, where it will compete against other regional teams, including Howard University, Boston College, and University of Michigan.

The UP accounting team took first place in a KPMG accounting competition leading up to its Chicago appearance, beating three teams from University of Oregon and Oregon State University.

For more information on the University of Portland accounting program and competitive accounting teams, contact Ellen Lippman, business administration, at 7268 or lippman@up.edu.

Accounting Students Heading To Chicago For Competition

lippman copyFour University of Portland accounting students took first place in a KPMG Accounting Competition against other Oregon schools. The students – seniors Erika Schlotfeldt and Jessie Robinson and juniors Emily Glaser and Courtney Lemon – placed ahead of teams from University of Oregon, Oregon State University, and Portland State University. The UP team will now compete in the semi-finals, which will be held in mid-January in Chicago.

For the competition, the team had 48 hours to evaluate a case before presenting a 20 minute presentation to a panel of judges. The presentation was followed by a 10 minute session of questions from the judges.

For more information on the University of Portland accounting program and competitive accounting teams, contact Ellen Lippman, business administration, at 7268 or lippman@up.edu.

Next UP HIVE Event, Nov. 5

HivenewAll are welcome to attend the next UP HIVE event, “Media Transformed: Capturing Our Attention in the Digital Age,” on Wednesday, November 5, at 5:30 p.m., at Colorhouse (519 NE Hancock St. #B, Portland, OR 97212). The HIVE group will explore the seismic shift taking place within the media industry. In a time when ordinary citizens are becoming on-scene reporters and traditional news outlets cite user-generated content, the media industry is challenged to engage readers and viewers and remain relevant in the digital age. Panelists will share their experience in navigating this changing industry.

To RSVP or for more information go to this link.