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Christine A. Poon, new dean of Fisher College of
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Fisher offers
new risk management
major and minor to
MBAs
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Fisher's
MBA program launched a new minor and major in
Risk Management this quarter.
"The
curriculum is a culmination of work that began a
number of years ago to develop courses, further
faculty capability and forge strong connections
to cutting edge practice in this area," said
Karen Wruck, associate dean for
MBA programs. "With the continuing economic
crisis, now more than ever graduates entering
the field of finance must possess a deep
understanding of risk management and its
importance to any organization."
The
program will be offered through Fisher's
Department of Finance. Support for the program
was provided in part by Nationwide, which gave
the college a $1.08 million gift in December
2007 for research and an enhanced curriculum in
risk management. Read
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Undergraduate selected
to participate
in international business
conference
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Networking
with the CEO of Avon Products, the president of
Universal Studios and the CFO of NASA and
tackling a Harvard Business School case study
were some of the adventures of a Fisher
undergraduate selected to participate in an
international conference for aspiring business
leaders in New York City.
Fisher's
Gopika Ranganathan was among
approximately 150 undergraduate students from
around the world gathered at the Marriott
Marquis in Times Square in late November for the
annual conference sponsored by Business Today, a
non-profit foundation run by undergraduates at
Princeton University.
The conference,
"The Dynamics of Leadership: Transformation and
Innovation in the 21st Century," included
executive seminars, a case study project and
keynote speeches. Among the keynote speakers
were Andrea Jung, the CEO of
Avon Products; Ron
Meyer, president of Universal
Studios and Ron Spoehel, the
CFO of NASA. Read
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MBOE program
earns praise from
internationally recognized
lean expert
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Fisher's
new Master's in Business Operational Excellence
(MBOE) received a positive review from the
chairman and founder of the Lean Enterprise
Institute, a non-profit education and research
organization in lean
management.
The
MBOE is an intense one-year program offered
through Fisher's Executive Education program
that provides managers with the skills and tools
necessary to implement lean management within
their organizations. Nine companies, including
Boeing and Merck, have students enrolled in the
program, which began in
December.
James Womack,
the chairman, wrote in the institute's January
newsletter: "There is still the problem of the
lean manager landing alone in the modern
management organization. I was therefore excited
at the end of last year to attend the launch of
a new approach to creating lean managers in a
supportive organizational context. To do this,
Professor Peter Ward at the
Fisher College of Business at Ohio State
University has taken a bold step by
re-fashioning a traditional operations
management MBA program. Read
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Students organize dialogue on
battling
poverty through
entrepreneurship
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On
Feb. 20, students across the university, the
ambassador of Bangladesh, business executives,
scholars, state officials and poverty
practitioners will gather at Gerlach Hall for
the "Alleviating Poverty Through
Entrepreneurship Summit."
The day-long
summit, inspired by Fisher students, will bring
together poverty experts and individuals
interested in this topic to create a dialogue
and exchange successful strategies, ideas and
practices.
"There are many entities
addressing poverty utilizing different
approaches, as business students we wanted to
bring many views together in one forum," said
Benjamin VanBuskirk, one of the
student organizers for the event. "We hope this
interaction will create discussions about how
theory and practice are intersecting while
offering participants opportunities to learn
from each other."
The format for the
summit will be panel discussions focused on four
areas: research, government, practitioners and
business.
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Record number of business leaders
volunteer to mentor Fisher MBAs
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Nearly 100 mentors
met with MBA students at Blackwell
reception.
 "Four CEOs; two
CFOs; 11 company presidents; two executive VPs;
seven senior VPs; 11 VPs; 5 partners and three
business owners," Stephen
Mangum, interim dean rattled off during
the cold winter evening."And, I want to add a
partridge in a pear tree after
that."
However, it wasn't Dean Mangum's
holiday list. He was tallying the profile of
local business executives who volunteered their
time to mentor Fisher MBAs. The executives and
students met at a reception in the Blackwell
ballroom on Wednesday, Jan. 21.
According to Karen
Wruck, associate dean of MBA programs,
the 2009 Corporate Mentor Program is having a
record breaking year. Open to all MBA students,
the mentor program attracted more than 100
business leaders as volunteers. Read
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Fisher People:
Donald Harris
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Title:
Custodian
Hobbies/Interests:
"I am pursuing an education. I have always been
mechanically inclined, so I think it's important
for me to get some trade skills. I graduated
Dec. 4 from the Shop Math class. I'm registering
for the apprenticeship class this
fall.
"A couple of years ago, I also
decided to get some basic computer training. One
of the biggest leaps I took was to take Excel
and Access classes. I ended up in a class with
the CEO of Children's Hospital, which was great.
He seemed impressed I was a custodian and in the
class."
FisherLure:
"Working at Fisher is an inspiration;
another step toward a future career change. All
the people, especially the grad students, have
encouraged me to pursue my dreams. The Indian
graduate students taught me some Hindi, now I
greet them in their language.
"And great
people like David Harrison and
his staff, Fisher Black MBA Association,
Melissa (Torres),
Jackie (McClure),
Amanda (Clark)
in the library and Shaun (Holloway)
all have helped me in some way. And
many of the professors, W.C.
Benton, James Hill and
Dan Oglevee, have taught me
things and invited me to sit in on their
classes. Even though I'm the custodian, being
here has been another step in pursuing a future
dream and I'm grateful to the people here who
saw that."
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