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  • 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.

     

  • New SOM Program Aims at Global Economy

    Annually in the United States international trade accounts for over 2 trillion dollars or about a quater of the total Gross National Product. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook, the growth of international business has contributed to an increase in demand for occupations that require comprehensive knowledge of international business and foreign languages. As a result, the University of Michigan-Flint School of Management (SOM) is offering a new international business concentration within the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Degree Program. It will help meet an ever-increasing demand by corporations to hire business graduates who have a background in international business.

     

  • A Closer Look at the Economy-Today and Tomorrow

    Recession, bail-outs, rollercoaster Dow, foreclosures, and economic crisis…if the current economic turmoil has you confused or scared, you have an opportunity to get a better understanding of what it all means. The University of Michigan-Flint's School of Management and the Rotary Club of Flint are inviting the community to an Economic Forum.

     

  • UM-Flint to provide new services to family owned businesses

    The School of Management (SOM) at the University of Michigan-Flint will soon offer a unique service to an important segment of the state's business community. Family-owned businesses are often referred to as the "backbone of the American economy." While there is wide array of services and learning opportunities available for business, very little is aimed at the important family-owned segment.