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  • SOM students get a timely lesson in crisis communications

    "Be prepared for anything and learn from the mistakes of others," was just some of the advice given to students in the University of Michigan-Flint School of Management (SOM) recently, by a senior member of the U.S. Toyota Corporate Communications team.

    John McCandless, an executive with more than 30 years in the automotive industry, was able to provide SOM's students with a real-life look at a company in crisis and touched on the difficulties that executives can face when dealing with challenges, and competing views within an organization.

     

  • Kosovo added to UM-Flint's list of international agreements

    The University of Michigan-Flint School of Management (SOM) continues to build its global relationships with a new agreement in the Republic of Kosovo. It is with the University of Prishtina, a leading academic institution with over 10,000 students and approximately 700 faculty members.

    The university has undergraduate and graduate level business programs in Accountancy, Financial Management, Business Studies, and Management Studies.

     

  • World Fest at UM-Flint

    The University of Michigan-Flint will be hosting nearly 500 elementary students who will participate in a program to promote cultural awareness at an early age. WORLD FEST helps students develop a better understanding of global interdependence and their role in the economy.

    The WORLD FEST program is a four month project that begins with an international education teacher workshop for grades 4-7 in November, and culminates with WORLD FEST 2010 to be held on March 9th.

     

  • UM-Flint's Part-Time MBA Program Ranked 9th in Midwest & 41st in Nation

    The University of Michigan-Flint's MBA program has been ranked among the top 10 part-time MBA programs in the Midwest by BusinessWeek. The magazine's latest rankings released on November 5, 2009, also places UM-Flint 41st nationally among part-time MBA programs.

     

  • UM-Flint Among Princeton Review's "Best 301 Business Schools"

    The School of Management at the University of Michigan-Flint is an outstanding business school, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company features the school in the new 2010 edition of its book, The Best 301 Business Schools.

     

  • UM-Flint Selected for Business Expertise Award

    The University of Michigan-Flint has been selected as the 2009 Michigan Minority Business Development Council (MMBDC) Education and Government Entities Award. The award was presented at the 26th Annual MMBDC Awards Dinner on September 29 in Detroit. Other finalists in the category were Wayne State University and Michigan State University.

     

  • School of Management Recognizes Excellence in Business

    The University of Michigan-Flint School of Management (SOM) will honor representatives from top area businesses at a special celebration. The 2nd Business Appreciation Dinner will be held on Thursday, September 24 with a reception at 5:30 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom of Northbank Center in downtown Flint.

     

  • UM-Flint Organizes Trade Mission to Russia

    While Michigan continues to struggle to pull itself out of the recession, regional businesses are being offered a unique opportunity to expand overseas. The University of Michigan-Flint School of Management (SOM) is inviting regional businesses to join their Trade Mission to Russia from November 7-15, 2009.

     

  • UM-Flint Finalist for Minority Business Award

    The University of Michigan-Flint has been selected as a finalist for the 2009 Michigan Minority Business Development Council (MMBDC) Corporation of the Year-Education and Government Entities Award.

    The recognition is for the establishment of new program called Community One, a "business think tank" for the community.

     

  • School of Management Partners with One of the Largest East European Universities

    The University of Michigan-Flint School of Management (SOM) has added another overseas university to its growing list of global academic partners. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was recently signed with the largest higher education institute, The Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies (ASE or Academia de Studii Economice Bucureşti) in Romanian.

     

  • American College of Dubai and UM-Flint Sign Agreement

    A newly signed articulation agreement could help further internationalize the University of Michigan-Flint campus. The School of Management (SOM) recently signed an agreement with the American College of Dubai (ACD) at the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to facilitate transfer of credits from ACD to UM-Flint. Under this agreement, students can complete up to 33 credits in ACD, and transfer to UM-Flint's Bachelor of Business Administration program to complete the rest of their business studies.

     

  • Community One…a UM-Flint collaboration to grow the economy

    The University of Michigan-Flint School of Management (SOM) is assisting a variety of local businesses with the talents and expertise of faculty and students. "Community One" is a new program that is offered in conjunction with a variety of classes to provide businesses with the information and research needed to make important decisions.

     

  • Survey Says:"Professors are Exceptional!"

    The University of Michigan-Flint's School of Management (SOM) is an outstanding business school, according to The Princeton Review. The New York-based education services company features the school in the just-published 2008 edition of its "Best 290 Business Schools" (Random House / Princeton Review, Oct. 9, 2007, $22.95).

     

  • School of Management Increases Advisory Board

    Four new members have been added to the Advisor Board of the School of Management (SOM) at the University of Michigan-Flint. The Advisory Board provides an added dimension to SOM in its ongoing efforts to maintain and develop forward looking programs of teaching, research, and service.

     

  • An International Approach to an MBA

    The University of Michigan-Flint Interim Chancellor Jack Kay and Wenchang Fang, Professor & Dean, College of Business, National Taipei University (NTU), Taiwan, recently signed an agreement establishing a dual Master of Business Administration (MBA) program.

     

  • UM-Flint Professor Blogs His Way to National Notoriety

    Mark Perry is no stranger to notoriety. As the author of the long-running Genesee County Business Index, Perry, a professor of finance and business economics at the School of Management, University of Michigan-Flint was often quoted in the local media on "local economic issues. However, it was his idea to begin a blog called "Carpe Diem" that exposed his economic philosophy to the world.

     

  • Fulbright Scholarship-Again

    A University of Michigan-Flint professor, who was awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to teach and do research in Romania last year, has been invited back. Professor Seyed Mehdian from the School of Management, traveled to the Central European country and spent the winter and spring 2007 semesters lecturing and doing research in his field of banking and finance.

     

  • IRS Criminal Investigation Unit at SOM

    University of Michigan-Flint accounting students recently got a visit from the IRS criminal investigations unit. The Internal Revenue Agents were invited to share their investigative activities with students by Beta Alpha Psi, the honors organization for financial information professionals.

     

  • School of Management to Host Wall Street Journal Editor

    One of the most important national and local economic issues will be explored during a special presentation at the University of Michigan-Flint. James R. Hagerty, an editor at The Wall Street Journal, will speak on "Envy of the World? How We Created the Mortgage Meltdown and Where We Go from Here" as part of the School of Management Dean's Speaker Series.

     

  • New Agreement Eases Transfer of OCC Business Students to UM-Flint

    Oakland Community College (OCC) and the University of Michigan-Flint School of Management have entered into a new partnership that will benefit OCC students seeking a bachelor's degree in business. A new articulation agreement, was signed Wednesday, April 2, by officials from both schools.