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April 2006

Alumni Profile: Creating a Community of Entrepreneurs
Susan Tremblay (MBA ’98), president of Creative Circle Advertising and co-founder of an online community for entrepreneurs, has been an entrepreneur since the summer she was 5 and ran a rock stand at her home in Toledo, Ohio.

Symposium Attracts Leading Tax Scholars to UNC Kenan-Flagler
UNC Kenan-Flagler's ninth annual UNC Tax Symposium, sponsored by KPMG, brought together tax scholars, policy-makers and practitioners March 31 for this foremost conference of its type in the country.

MBAs Assess Winning Strategies for Firms with Social, Environmental Impact
UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA students won the first annual Sustainable Venture Capital Investment Competition (SVCIC), in which students apply venture capital skills to assess socially and environmentally sustainable firms.

Alumni Notes
Job postings online - MBA for Executives Programs' 20th anniversary

John Worth's Career Corner: Have You Utilized the Alumni Career Management Program?
Testimonials from UNC Kenan-Flagler alumni and Executive MBA students who have benefited from one-on-one meetings, workshops and a recent in-depth seminar.

Thirteen UNC Teams Complete 2006 Launching the Venture Program
Launching the Venture, now in its fifth year, is quickly becoming a recognized tool for turning entrepreneurial ideas into reality.

Junior BSBA Selected for Summer Internship at Bloomberg News
Rachel Edelsberg, a junior BSBA at UNC Kenan-Flagler, has received an internship at Bloomberg News this summer.

MBAs Win First-Annual UNC Real Estate Development Challenge
MBAs from eight top schools competed in UNC Kenan-Flagler’s first real estate development case competition, judged by a panel of industry leaders from across the country.

UNC Kenan-Flagler Hosts Marketing Case Challenge
UNC Kenan-Flagler hosted one of the most prestigious marketing case competitions among the top business schools in the United States for the seventh year. UNC students were on the winning teams.

MBA Team Wins Net Impact Competition
A team of UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA students won the national 2006 Net Impact Case Competition, placing UNC in the top three for the third year in a row in the nation's premiere strategy competition for venture-minded and entrepreneurial MBA students.

UNC Kenan-Flagler Faculty and Alumnus Recognized for Research Impact
Bill Perreault, William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Marketing, and Joe Cannon (PhD ’92) received the American Marketing Association’s prestigious Stern Award, recognizing the scholarly article that has had the greatest impact in marketing and channels of distribution over the previous eight years.

UNC Kenan-Flagler Faculty Take Their Innovation Expertise on the Road
An “innovative” new speaker series has the School’s top faculty hitting the road. Al Segars, RBC Centura Distinguished Professor and entrepreneurship faculty chair, and marketing professor Sridhar Balasubramanian will speak as part of the “Innovation Speaker Series,” which may be coming soon to a city near you.

Executive Education’s Rizzo Center Expanding
More than dogwoods and daffodils bloomed as the The Paul J. Rizzo Conference Center at Meadowmont opened the first of its expansion projects March 20.

Kenan Institute Asia Celebrates 10 Years of Impact in Thailand
Two days after attending a gala cocktail reception in Bangkok to celebrate Kenan Institute Asia’s 10th anniversary, delegates from the Kenan Institute picked their way through the post-tsunami rubble to learn how KIAsia planned to start its second decade.