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This week we have a special interview with Darden’s Associate Dean for International Affairs and Director of the Darden Center for Global Initiatives (DCGI), Peter Rodriguez. Peter speaks with host Abena Foreman about Darden’s exciting new GEMBA degree program.
Abena is joined this week by LeAnn Buntrock, Executive Director of the Darden/Curry Partnership for Leaders in Education (PLE), who discusses sucess in turning around poor performing schools. Also in the headlines this week: “Darden Heads to Asia.”
Darden welcomes Abena Forman as the new host of the Darden BusinessCast. In her first episode, Abena speaks with Professor Greg Fairchild, Executive Director of the Tayloe Murphy Center, about the Tayloe Murphy Resilience Awards. In the news headlines: “Welcoming Our Students,” “2nd Year Student Awards,” “Sustainable Innovation and Entrepreneurship,” and “Studying the Crisis in the Gulf.”
In our interview segment this week, second year student Nicole Solovey speaks about the tremendous response from the Darden community to the dire situation in Haiti with the “Ten Thousand Dollars in Ten Days” campaign. In this week’s Darden headlines: “The Economic and Social Backdrop of Haiti,” “Beating the Odds,” “Women’s Leadership Week,” and “Partnering with the Gulf Region.”
In this week’s headlines: “Helping Those in Haiti,” “The View from the Front Line,” and “We’re Number One.” In the interview segment, Darden second year student Amanda Foster joins us to discuss the upcoming SHE (Shelter for Help in Emergency) Auction sponsored by the Darden chapter of the National Association of Women MBAs (NAWMBA).
In this week’s podcast we present part two of our conversation with Connie English, Director of Alumni Career Services at Darden. Connie speaks with Ken about the importance of networking and more specifically about the networking site LinkedIn.
In this week’s headlines: “Losing a Classmate,” “Time to Wrap It Up,” “The Military Connection,” and “The Dean Speaks.” In this week’s interview segment, we are joined by telephone with Darden second year student Tack Richardson. Tack speaks about Darden Capital Management and their news of the launch of a new fund.
Ed Yu from Darden’s Career Development Center joins us to talk about “Week on Wall Street,” when a large group of Darden students travels to New York City to meet with the world’s top companies. In the headlines: “A Visit from Booz and Company,” “The Next Big Thing in Marketing,” “The UVA Cup,” and “The Holiday Season.”
The Operations Manager of Darden’s MBA Program, Michael Koenig, joins us to give an update on the Amazon Kindle DX pilot project in progress at Darden. In the headlines this week: “Making Independent Films,” “The Economy and Not-For-Profits,” “The E-Conference,” and “The UVA Cup.”
This week we hear from 2nd year student Ryan Rayborn, who tells us about The Darden Art Project or DART. In the headlines: “The Sustainability Forum,” “Darden Forms a New Alliance,” “Small Budget Films,” and “The Invisible Population in Technology.”
In the news this week: “The Artistic Side of Darden,” “A Great Showing in Maryland,” and “Renewable Energy and Sustainability.” In our interview segment we are joined by Erika Herz, Darden’s Manager of Sustainability. Erika talks about the School’s progress in that arena.
Darden alumnus Mike Bucci of the Class of 1996, inventor of the Painter’s Pyramid, joins us this week to discuss helping new entrepreneurs. In the headlines: “Sharing Their Marketing Know-How,” Remembering Classmates,” “Sustainability Conference,” and “A Memorial Service.”