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May 2006

Multiple Choices: Ratner’s Research Reveals How Consumers Make Decisions
From the mundane decision, like ordering from a menu, to the more complicated, like investing for retirement, UNC Kenan-Flagler marketing professor Rebecca Ratner examined how people make choices. And what she discovered could be a powerful tool for marketers.

Alumni Profile: Following her “Sole” Passion
How Kassandra McClure Rempel (BSBA ’95, MAC ’98) went from working in a top accounting firm to launching a designer shoe catalog and Web site is as simple as this: she followed her passion.

BusinessWeek Ranks UNC Kenan-Flagler's BSBA Program No. 11
In its first-ever ranking of the best undergraduate business programs, BusinessWeek ranked UNC Kenan-Flagler’s BSBA Program No. 11.

Bush-Clinton Tsunami Relief Fund Commits $200,000 to Kenan Institute Asia Project
Former U.S. Presidents George H.W. Bush and William Clinton awarded $200,000 to a fishing boat repair center and pier project in southern Thailand, proposed by UNC’s Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise and its sister organization in Thailand, Kenan Institute Asia (KIAsia).

Alumni Notes
Save the date for MBA Reunion Weekend, Oct. 13-15.

John Worth's Career Corner: Finding and Utilizing a Mentor
Having someone to turn to for guidance can enhance your performance and help your career move in the right direction.

Alumni Invited to Meet UNC Kenan-Flagler Students in Asia
MBA and Executive MBA students are visiting Asia in May as part of the School’s Global Immersion Program. UNC Kenan-Flagler alumni in the GIE excursion areas are invited to meet the students while they’re abroad.

Fair-Trade Retailer and Internet-Voter-Campaign-Solutions Provider Win Second Annual Carolina Challenge
An online retailer of “fair-trade” wedding merchandise and a provider of an Internet-voter-campaign-management product won UNC's second annual Carolina Challenge entrepreneurial business plan competition on April 22.

Washington Wins Venture Capital Investment Competition Championship
The University of Washington edged out eight other top programs for national bragging rights and $10,000 in prize money at the 2006 VCIC® (Venture Capital Investment Competition) national championship April 6-8 at UNC Kenan-Flagler.

Inside UNC Kenan-Flagler
Shackelford Named Outstanding Educator; Swaminathan Gives Keynote at IT Conference; Fulghieri Named Editor of Review of Financial Studies; Hofmann Wins Decade of Behavior Research Award; CIBER Receives Renewal Grant; News from the Office of Career Services

MBAs Win Case Competitions
UNC Kenan-Flagler MBAs won the Global Citizenship Challenge and the Regional Wachovia Corporate Finance Case Competition.