Kenan-Flagler’s marketing area recently launched the Center for Integrated Marketing and Sales (CIMS) to provide a focal point for research and teaching on the discipline of sales and its integration with the marketing function. [caption id="attachment_1515" align="alignleft" width="106" caption="Dave Roberts"][/caption] “Schools and companies are beginning to see the win/win/win...read more

We are pleased to announce that John D. Gallemore, a doctoral candidate in accounting, received a $25,000 grant in February from the Deloitte Foundation’s annual Doctoral Fellowships in Accounting program. Gallemore is one of 10 Ph.D. candidates chosen.   Given to top accounting doctoral students who will be pursuing academic careers upon graduation, the award supports the 2012...read more

On Tuesday March 20, UNC Kenan-Flagler’s Office of Advancement hosted the second annual Donors and Scholars Celebration, an event where our fellowship and scholarship donors have the opportunity to meet their student recipients.  Nearly 150 people attended the celebration, including donors, faculty, staff and more than 100 student scholarship and fellowship recipients. This is a 50 percent increase in participation over last year’s event. [caption id="attachment_1538"...read more

Congratulations to the Kenan-Flagler real estate team that competed in and won the recent UNC Real Estate Development Challenge case competition. We are extremely proud of the team, which consisted of Tom Burkert, Ed Johnson, Caitlin Leary and Jordan Rathlev. Their presentation regarding the site plan and financial analysis of development on a large site at the Walt Disney...read more

When it comes to stock market trading, associate professor of finance Adam Reed’s findings are a prime example of research with real-world relevance. His timely research on short selling has been featured in a variety of publications including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Most recently Reed collaborated with UNC Kenan-Flagler Ph.D. student William Waller and Charles Jones...read more

At UNC Kenan-Flagler, the Family Enterprise Center (FEC) specializes in preparing next generation business leaders for success in their own family enterprises. Founded in 2008, the FEC builds upon an innovative family business course first offered in 2005 by co-founder Steve Miller. “People involved in a family business often share a passion, a commitment to a common purpose and a...read more

When Gretchen Dunnaway Mitchell (MBA ’06) was selected as a recipient of The Richard H. Jenrette Fellowship in 2004 before choosing UNC Kenan-Flagler’s MBA program, she immediately felt welcomed by the school. "I received an exceptional embrace from alumni and the Kenan-Flagler community, who reached out to me before classes even started,” says Mitchell. “Receiving a Jenrette...read more

It’s time for the second annual UNC Kenan-Flagler “Takes You Places” March Madness Facebook photo contest! Deadline to register is March 26 at noon. This is the chance for students, alumni, faculty and staff to share photos of how the school has taken you places, both literally and figuratively. Examples of where UNC...read more

In February, UNC Kenan-Flagler hosted two donor recognition events to thank members of the school’s 1919 Society and Dudley Carroll Society. These are the first events of their kind held at UNC Kenan-Flagler. These giving societies – along with the Dean’s Circle – were created to recognize the generosity of our donors and promote the importance of philanthropy for the...read more

Kenan-Flagler students recently had the opportunity to learn about performance improvement tools in an interactive six-hour seminar presented by Sue Gillman, Managing Partner of Supurna, a global operational change firm.  The day was dedicated to bringing the challenges that businesses have to create “flow” in a performance chain, defined as all...read more