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The Gary S. Holmes Center for Entrepreneurship
was named in honor of the president and owner
of CSM Corporation, a real estate development,
leasing, and property management company with
headquarters in Minneapolis.
Carlson School Professor
of Strategic Management
and Organization Srilata
Zaheer was elected
to the Fellows of the
Academy of International
Business in recognition of
outstanding contribution
to the scholarship and
practice of international
business.
MA-HRIR students
Nicholas Kilduff,
Yongmao Feng, and
Jia Liu defeated 100 U.S.
and Canadian teams to
win the North American
zone of the L’Oreal e-
Strat Challenge finals.
The students competed
against other teams to
create a virtual launch of a
new cosmetic.
46 University of Minnesota
Bill Hedgcock, a doctoral
candidate in Marketing
and Logistics Management,
received a National Science
Foundation grant of
$25,450 for his doctoral
dissertation research, “Essays
on the Neural Basis of
Consumer Choice.”
The Cypress Fairbanks
School District in Texas,
recognized Carlson School
efforts to recruit minority
students in the area. Diversity
Director Katherine Johnson
accepted the Bronze Apple on
behalf of the school.
The Department of
Operations and Management
Science sponsored
MBA candidates Uruni
Limthawornkit, Kee Joo
Park, Abhitab Jain, Somin
Chowdhury, Russell
Needham, and Leo Sharkey
in the International Logistics
Case Competition at the
University of Arkansas. The
Carlson School’s team has
placed in the top three for
three years in a row.
may
Tony Dungy, ’78
BSB, received
an Outstanding
Achievement Award
from the U. He
coached the Super
Bowl XLI-winning
Indianapolis Colts.
At a Center for Integrative Leadership
event, Bill George, former CEO of
Medtronic, and David Gergen, director
of the Center for Public Leadership at
Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of
Government, discussed the traits and
skills that a new generation of leaders
must possess.
Steve Forbes, president
and CEO of Forbes
Inc. and editorin-chief
of Forbes
magazine, delivered
the commencement
address. He spoke about
economic trends that
will affect the future
of global business and
government.
Lindsay Novak, ’07 BSB, was the 78 th senior to
be awarded the Tomato Can Loving Cup. The
tradition dates back to the Great Depression,
and it’s still the original tomato can. Awarded to
the student who performs the most distinctive
service to the school, the recipient receives a
full-tuition scholarship to the Carlson School’s
MBA program, redeemable after two years in
the work force.
Assistant Professor
Rachna Shah received
the Production
and Operations
Management Society’s
Wickham Skinner
Early-Career Research
Award. The award
recognizes academics
with outstanding
early-career research
accomplishments.
Oxford University
Press published Engaged
Scholarship: A Guide for
Organizational and Social
Research by Professor
Andrew Van de Ven.
The book has been
called “a profound
and practical piece
of scholarship” and a
“call to action and clear
pathway for scholars.”