Deloitte is taking its commitment to UNC faculty and students to the next level. Not only is UNC a strategic school within the organization’s University Relations program, but Deloitte is also supporting Kenan-Flagler’s installation of Cisco TelePresence™ with a $500,000 alumni giving campaign. Strengthening connections As a strategic school within Deloitte’s University Relations program, Deloitte will team with UNC on a coordinated approach to meet the university’s strategic priorities. “While we’ve always been strongly engaged with the UNC community, this more formalized approach will help us build an even tighter connection by leveraging our resources in the best possible way to serve UNC and its students,” said Nathan Andrews (BSBA ‘92 & MAC ’93), Deloitte’s lead university partner Read More
Monthly Archives: May 2011
High Impact, High Value
Earlier this year, UNC Kenan-Flagler’s Global Learning Opportunities in Business Education (GLOBE) program was honored for innovation in international education by the Institute of International Education (IIE). Launched in 2005, GLOBE is the only collaborative undergraduate business program taught across three continents. GLOBE brings together three of the world’s best business schools to provide undergraduate students a premier business education. Students in the GLOBE program split their undergraduate business education between Kenan-Flagler, Copenhagen Business School (CBS) and the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Fifteen top students are selected from each of the three universities to study together for 18 months at the schools’ campuses in Denmark, Hong Kong and the United States. “It is a truly comprehensive, immersive Read More
Giving Back: A Sustainable Enterprise
When Ken Hines (MBA ’84) made a decision to make a significant donation to UNC Kenan-Flagler’s Center for Sustainable Enterprise (CSE) earlier this year, little did he know that he would soon be embarking with a group of 12 MBA students and faculty on a trip to Kenya as part of the school’s Sustainability Immersion course. Hines has always had a personal and professional interest in sustainability, earning an undergraduate degree in forestry from NC State before getting his MBA degree at UNC Kenan-Flagler. Today, as senior managing director for John Hancock’s Bond and Corporate Finance Group, Hines leads a team of 60 investment professionals who manage $60 billion in bond assets, many of which are in some way related Read More
New Insights for the Base of the Pyramid
UNC Kenan-Flagler alumnus Ted London (PhD ’05), a leading expert on the intersection of business strategy and poverty alleviation, recently published a new book with Stuart Hart on Next Generation Business Strategies for the Base of the Pyramid, which provides fresh insights on building scalable, profitable ventures that can help alleviate poverty. London is a Senior Research Fellow at the William Davidson Institute (WDI) and on the faculty at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. He focuses his research on designing enterprise strategies and poverty-alleviation approaches for low-income markets, developing capabilities for new market entry, building cross-sector collaborations and assessing the poverty-reduction outcomes of business ventures. His numerous articles, chapters, reports and teaching cases emphasize creating new knowledge Read More
Reunion Weekend 2011
It’s not too late to register for Reunion Weekend 2011 on Sept 30 – Oct 2. We have more than 200 confirmed attendees with more registrations coming in daily. Don’t miss out on the fun! Please join your former classmates, current and former faculty, staff and special guests for a wonderful weekend of reminiscing and reconnecting to the business school. All alumni are invited, with a special emphasis on the reuniting classes of: 2006 – 2001 – 1996 – 1991 – 1986 – 1981 – 1976 – 1971 – 1966 – 1961 – 1956 Here is just a sampling of the activities you can enjoy throughout the Read More