The Director of the Annual Fund at Darden, Elizabeth Lewis, joins Ken to talk about the successful completion of this year’s campaign.
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The Director of the Annual Fund at Darden, Elizabeth Lewis, joins Ken to talk about the successful completion of this year’s campaign.
This week we have a conversation with Gene Meoni, General Manager of Hospitality at Darden. The Darden School maintains an educational hospitality operation that includes an executive residence center, a dining facility, cafe, pub, catering services and more. Gene gives insight into the operation and his background in the industry.
We are joined this week by Philippe Sommer, Director of Entrepreneurship Programs at Darden. Philippe discusses the Darden Incubator, which helps student entrepreneurs get new businesses off the ground.
Darden’s Associate Dean for MBA Education, Robert Carraway, joins Ken for a discussion of the Darden Social Enterprise Initiative, a program that matches student internships with non-profit organizations. Robert also touches on the Amazon Kindle pilot project at Darden.
In this week’s podcast, Ken speaks with Terry de Guzman, Darden’s Associate Dean for Finance and Administration. Terry discusses a summer project that she is overseeing — the upgrades to many of Darden’s student learning team rooms.
This week it’s all about Graduation 2009. Darden’s registrar, Kitty Smiley, joins us to talk about the graduation preparation process leading up to the big event on May 17th.
Darden’s Director of MBA Operations, Michael Koenig, joins us this week to talk about an exciting new partnership between Darden and Amazon: a special pilot project with students using Amazon’s Kindle device. In the news: “Darden Goes to Singapore,” “Meet Your New Classmates,” “An Update from the Boss,” and “Friend of the Student.”
In Darden news this week: “First Time in Decades,” “Diversity Through Theatre,” and “From the Horse’s Mouth.” Second year student Adam Nelson joins us once again to talk about his experiences competing in the recent Summer Olympics in Beijing and his future plans.
In this first episode of “The Darden GreenPod,” host Erika Herz talks with Frank Mantero, Director of Corporate Citizenship Programs for GE. Frank is responsible for coordinating GE’s global citizenship efforts, including developing and managing the company’s Citizenship Report and monitoring the company’s engagement with the Dow Jones Sustainability Index.
Darden’s Manager of Sustainability Programs, Erika Herz, joins Ken to discuss the upcoming and ongoing sustainability efforts at the School. In the news this week: “Tweaking a Tradition” and “The Best of the Best.”
In another “Darden Newsmakers” edition of the BusinessCast, Ken speaks with Darden professor, and Associate Dean of Diversity, Erika James. Erika is the author of one of the recent Wall Street Journal articles in the series “The Darden Perspective”. Her article is titled “Selective Hearing Can Lead To A Blind Eye”, and deals with leadership in times of crisis.
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