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College of Business Covers Bases with Alumni Honor
October 21, 2019 | By: Lisa Chin Marvashti As a freshman at Mary Washington, Pat Filippone ’88 knew right off the bat what he wanted to do with his life – build a career in professional baseball. He just didn’t know how. Four years later all that had changed, he told a crowd last week […]
Business Students Travel to Paris
Story submitted by Alyssa Bilkovski Photo Credit: Alyssa Bilkovski and Madison Pace Before going on this trip, I was mainly looking forward to seeing Paris as a whole. I have studied French for many years and was excited to use and practice my French. Being surrounded by French people was the best way for me […]
College of Business Alum Selected for Future 40 Class of 2019
Every year Maverick PAC recognizes conservative young professionals across the United States that they believe embody the next generation of leadership in the public and private sector. This year, UMW College of Business alum Abbas Haider (Class of 2012) was selected for this honor. During his time at UMW, Abbas founded Aspetto, a multi-million dollar […]
College of Business Students Participate in Berkshire Hathaway’s Annual Shareholders Meeting
On May 3rd, members of UMW’s Investment Club attended Berkshire Hathaway’s Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska. The group had secured tickets after Investment Club president and rising senior, Joseph “Joey” Opiekun wrote Warren Buffett last summer explaining how he, a Berkshire Hathaway shareholder, would like to have the club attend the shareholders meeting. In […]
College of Business Holds Third Annual Case Competition
On Friday, April 26th, six teams of MGMT 490 students participated in the College of Business’ Third Annual Case Competition, presented by Beautiful Home Services. Of the thirty teams that initially entered the competition, six teams were selected by COB faculty as finalists, and presented their case proposals live for a panel of five judges. […]
