Articles from 2021

Gustafson signs with the Washington Mystics

Monday, June 21, 2021
Former Hawkeye basketball player Megan Gustafson (BBA19) has signed with the Washington Mystics.

Mahoney named to Glassdoor's Top CEO list

Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Mike Mahoney (BBA87), CEO of Boston Scientific, was named #25 on Glassdoor's Top CEOs of 2021.
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Charles Wayne Keene named Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs

Thursday, June 10, 2021
The University of Iowa Tippie College of Business has announced that Charles Wayne Keene has been hired for the role of Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs effective July 6. Keene will step into the role that has been held by Ken Brown since 2014. Brown, the Ralph L. Sheets Professor of Management, will return to his faculty position in the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship.
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How Henry and Patricia Tippie Met

Monday, June 7, 2021
Proof that true love isn't always love at first sight.

Banwart named VP at Ferrellgas Partners

Thursday, June 3, 2021
Brent Banwart (BBA 08) has been named Vice President of Human Resources at Ferrellgas Partners, one of the nation's largest propane retailers.
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Beating the market: UI’s student-managed Henry Fund wins national kudos

Some of the nation’s savviest investors reside right here in the Corridor. In fact, they’re University of Iowa students, and last month they proved their mettle by being named the nation’s top graduate student-managed investment fund. The Henry Fund, a real-money investment fund managed by students in the UI’s Tippie College of Business’ master’s in finance program, beat out the likes of Rice and...
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Bucking enrollment losses, University of Iowa online MBA sees boom

While COVID-19 mostly hurt enrollment across traditional college and university campuses, it has had the opposite effect on some less traditional higher ed programs — like the University of Iowa’s new online Master of Business Administration degree.
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Congratulations to our 2021 Fulbright award recipient, Brant Walker!

Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Brant Walker is from Dubuque, Iowa and has recently received a Fulbright scholarship to study in Germany in 2022. He is graduating this year with Bachelor of Science degrees in Economics and Mathematics and a Minor in Philosophy.
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The pandemic and mental health: A conversation with Tippie embedded therapist Kristin Wurster

It’s a unique time to work in the field of mental health — to put it mildly. “It’s rare that therapists are going through similar experiences at the same time as many of their clients,” said Kristin Wurster, embedded psychologist at the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business. The need to suddenly shift gears, for example, was something Wurster experienced in real time with the students she...
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Erin Johnson wins Tippie College’s Instructional-track Collegiate Teaching Award

Thursday, May 20, 2021
Erin Johnson, Associate Professor of Instruction, received the Tippie College’s Collegiate Teaching Award for instructional-track faculty at the college’s annual faculty/staff recognition event. The Collegiate Teaching Award recognizes excellence in teaching and each of the college’s six academic departments nominates a faculty member for the award. A committee of former Collegiate Instructional...