Alumni Spotlight: Wes Host ’14

What was your major/minor and what year did you graduate? Business Administration, concentration in Accounting, class of 2014. Tell us about your current position. Can you describe a typical day? I am an audit assistant at Deloitte and Touche. Typical day includes applying procedures to financial information prepared by the client which ultimately becomes evidence supporting our opinion on the financial statements. Also being the low man on the totem pole, picking up lunch for the team is a given. How do you think your major/program prepared you for the job you have now? It prepared me well. I definitely enjoyed the small class environment, being able to access my professors in or out of office hours was really beneficial. How did you become interested in your field? Professors always told me accounting is the language of business and that really stuck with me through the years and even now! What’s the best career advice you have ever received? 90% of life is … [Read more...]

Jin Wong ’97 Visits with Students and Imparts Valuable Advice

Jin Wong ‘97 returned to Mary Washington as the keynote for the UMW Athletics Gala on Thursday, May 19. That same day he stopped by the College of Business to speak with a class of business students.  Wong is the Assistant General Manager of Baseball Administration for the Kansas City Royals. Jin Wong is in his 17th season in the Royals organization and second as Assistant General Manager. He joined the Royals as Scouting Operations Coordinator in 2000, was promoted to Manager of Scouting Operations in 2001, Manager of Baseball Operations in 2002, Director of Baseball Operations in 2004 and Director of Baseball Administration in 2006. Wong assists GM Dayton Moore in strategic planning as it relates to contract negotiations, salary arbitration matters, and roster management. His responsibilities also include the interpretation and application of the Basic Agreement and major league rules, budgetary procedure for Baseball Operations, and oversight of the club’s video coordination … [Read more...]

College of Business Launches Women in Business Program

The College of Business introduced a Women in Business initiative for the spring 2016 semester. Business faculty nominated several upper-level female business students for the program. Of those nominated, twelve students were selected to participate in the program: Anna Brauch, Emily Coffman, Jillian Ferguson, Hillary Lebedun, Jessica Ledford, Janet Phimmasone, Melisa Pilipovic, MacKenzie Plaia, Kristen Ramey, Jessica Sandifer, MacKenzie Smith and Paige Weinberg. The group of junior and senior business majors attended a lunch meeting once per month during the spring 2016 semester. Each luncheon featured a guest speaker who shared their career path and presented on various professional development topics. January: Linda Blakemore '84, president and CEO of the Gemini 3 Group, focused on the importance of relationships and a strong work ethic. February: Martha Hutzel, library director of the Central Rappahannock Regional Library, discussed generational differences in the … [Read more...]

Alumni Spotlight: Christopher Russell ’08

"I think the great advantage to a liberal arts education is the ability to be multi-faceted—to quickly learn about new subjects and incorporate seemingly disparate ideas that add value to a recommendation." … [Read more...]

Speed Networking Event Brings Students and Area Businesses Together

The Fredericksburg Regional Alliance and the College of Business co-hosted its eighth Speed Networking event on February 9, 2016 in Woodard Hall, new home to the College of Business.  Business students from the University of Mary Washington connected with the local business community. Students brought their resumes and business cards provided by the College of Business and were able to speak with area business professionals at the table during the networking event. Business participants included leaders from the Coldwell Banker, Professional Solutions Delivered (ProSoDel), GEICO, United Global Group, Sim Ventions, Life Care, small business owners, alumni and more. In addition to the students, College of Business Dean Lynne Richardson moderated the speed networking portion.  Dean Richardson was joined by Associate Dean Ken Machande, Professor Woody Richardson and Andrea Cordray from the COB. The next Speed Networking event will take place during the fall 2016 semester. … [Read more...]

Alumni Spotlight: Glenn Gray ’07

"UMW’s College of Business taught me necessary skills which allowed me to be successful in a very competitive industry. For this, I’m grateful for the experiences I gained as a student and the ability to translate them to my career." … [Read more...]

Training Executive Shares Expertise as UMW’s Executive-in-Residence

What’s the key to recruiting Millenials to your business? “Hire for their strengths, not for a job,” said Dave Carey, co-founder and president of ROI Training who recently spoke at the University of Mary Washington as the College of Business’s Executive-in-Residence. … [Read more...]

October 28 & 29: Executive in Residence: Dave Carey ’96

Dave Carey '96 will be on campus Wednesday, October 28, and Thursday, October 29. The Wednesday evening event on the Stafford campus is free and open to the public. … [Read more...]

Business Professor Receives Second Prestigious Fulbright Specialist Award

Mukesh Srivastava, professor of management information systems in the College of Business, was awarded his second Fulbright Specialist grant in less than four years.  Dr. Srivastava spent October 2011 in Tunisia as part of a Fulbright Specialist grant for 2011-12, where he developed a graduate program in management and information technology for the Tunis Business School at Tunis University. “Indeed, it was an honor and delight to be selected to serve twice as a Fulbright Specialist to promote linkages between U.S. scholars and professionals and their counterparts at host institutions overseas, engaging in short-term collaborative projects at eligible institutions in over 140 countries worldwide”, said Dr. Srivastava. He was selected for a second Fulbright grant in the spring of 2015. During the month of June he visited FPT University in Vietnam. FPT School of Business originated from the Hanoi School of Business, Vietnam National University and has a 20 year history.  It was the … [Read more...]

Keeping an Open Mind Makes for a Memorable Internship Experience

By Todd Desgrosseilliers, College of Business major The end of freshman year is a stressful time for every student. Preparing for final exams and writing papers is the norm. For me, the end of freshman year also meant trying to figure out what I would be doing that summer. I knew I wanted to get my feet wet with some real work experience and gain some skills that would help me after graduation, but I was not quite sure how I would go about doing that. So, I spent that last few months of the semester trying to get out as many internship applications as I could, which was not an easy task since so many of the places I wanted to intern at only accepted students who were juniors or seniors. Fortunately, I was offered an opportunity to interview and was offered an internship with C-SPAN in Washington, DC. As a business student, I assumed my internship would be with their marketing department, however to my surprise I was assigned to work as a production intern with C-SPAN’s … [Read more...]