Airline exec lands in the classroom

Airline exec lands in the classroom

When Mark Powers became treasurer of JetBlue Airways in 2006, the high-flying carrier was perilously close to being grounded. The airline had grown rapidly since its start in 2000, adding dozens of new city destinations and expanding its capacity with new aircraft at...
Fellowship helps MBA student go farther

Fellowship helps MBA student go farther

A full-tuition fellowship to the Freeman School has been life-changing for first-year MBA student Charishma Bhavani Koneru (MBA ’21). In turn, her experience at Freeman will help her transform more lives around the globe. Upon graduation, Koneru is hoping to institute...
PwC Chairman Tells Students to Embrace Change

PwC Chairman Tells Students to Embrace Change

As college graduates prepare to enter an increasingly automated workplace, one of their greatest fears is job security. In a talk at the Freeman School, the head of the nation’s second-largest professional services firm told prospective graduates not to worry. “One of...
MBAs Go the Distance to Fight Hunger

MBAs Go the Distance to Fight Hunger

Banco de Alimentos serves the poor of Buenos Aires by collecting and distributing food donations to more than 900 soup kitchens across the metropolitan region, but deploying the organization’s army of nearly 6,000 volunteers had become an increasingly difficult...
Senior Wins $10K in Weber State Business Competition

Senior Wins $10K in Weber State Business Competition

Jamie Milstein (BSM ’19) won third place and a prize of $10,000 in the final round of Weber State University’s “Outdoor Weber” Competition. The event, sponsored by Camping World, is a three-day outdoor recreation idea contest that took place in March in Ogden, Utah....