The MS in Entrepreneurship program is made up of a diverse group of students who come from various backgrounds and experiences. We love to highlight students from the current cohort, so read on to hear more about Aziz’s journey to the program. Please tell us your name. Abdulaziz ‘Aziz’ Alhassan. Where are you from? I was born and raised in Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia. However, my original roots trace back to a town called Uthaithiah, which holds a special place in my heart. Uthaithiah, located 180 kilometers northwest of Riyadh, is a very small town with a population of ..read more

The MS in Entrepreneurship program is made up of a diverse group of students who come from various backgrounds and experiences. We love to highlight students from the current cohort, so read on to hear more about La Jolla’s journey to the program. Please tell us your name. Songapsorn (La Jolla) Jantaraamornkul. Where are you from? I was born in Bangkok and raised in Chiangrai, Thailand. What did you do before entering this program? Before joining the M.S. in Entrepreneurship program, I pursued my undergraduate studies in cosmetic science while helping my parents in their endocrine c ..read more

Get to know Charles M.C. Lee, Kermit O. Hanson Professor in Accounting at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business, who teaches the elective course titled Alphanomics.   Please tell us a bit about your background. I was born in Taiwan, and immigrated to Canada with my family at the age of nine. I grew up in Southern Ontario and attended the University of Waterloo as an undergrad, receiving a Bachelor of Mathematics degree with an Accounting major. After a stint in public accounting, I came to the U.S. and completed my MBA and PhD at the Johnson School of Management, Corne ..read more

Challenge for Charity (C4C) is a 501c3 non-profit organization and the only club at Foster that every student is automatically a member of! Started at Stanford 40 years ago, C4C draws on the talents, energy, and resources of our students to support three core charities, the Special Olympics of WA, Boys & Girls Club of King County, and the University District Food Bank, in addition to many other charities. The purpose of the organization is to develop business leaders with a lifelong commitment to community involvement and social responsibility. This club also competes with five other West ..read more

Famed science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke may have enjoyed the 27th Dempsey Startup Competition at the University of Washington. Clarke famously said, “any sufficiently advanced technology is equivalent to magic,” and that certainly holds true to the vision of many of the record 136 teams that competed this year. Judges awarded the $25,000 Herbert B. Jones Foundation Grand Prize to BioLegacy for its patent-pending technology to preserve organs cryogenically and rewarm them electromagnetically. The team of students from Seattle University (mechanical engineering, finance and accounting, che ..read more

Get to know Stacia Marie Jones, Esq., Vice President, Global Head of IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Action), Employee Relations, Employee Policy & Compliance, lululemon, and Dean’s Impact Scholar Emeritus at the Foster School of Business of the University of Washington. She teaches the MBA elective course titled Accelerating Equity Through Corporate Action.   Please tell us a bit about your background. I am a Black woman born in the Midwest in the decade following the Civil Rights Movement, at the initiation of the War on Drugs, the start of the new Jim Crow version of enslav ..read more

The MS in Entrepreneurship program is made up of a diverse group of students who come from various backgrounds and experiences. We love to highlight students from the current cohort, so read on to hear more about Grayson’s journey to the program Please tell us your name. Grayson Ohnstad. Where are you from? I was born in Seattle, but my family moved shortly after. I spent most of the first 6 years of my life in South Dakota and Minnesota, and then the rest of my childhood was in a small dairy town in central California. What did you do before entering this program? I studied vocal p ..read more

Get to know Jordan Nickerson, Assistant Professor of Finance and Evert McCabe Endowed Fellow in Private Enterprise at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business. He teaches the elective course titled Problems in Capital Investment Planning.   Please tell us a bit about your background.  I’m a native son of Texas, raised in a small farming community outside of Dallas. Given that, it was only natural to go to the University of Texas. After getting my BS in mathematics I stayed in Texas, finishing my PhD in Finance five years later. I’d like to think that I have held on t ..read more

Mayor Bruce Harrell and Joanne Harrell took time to meet all the students Mayor Bruce Harrell and Joanne Harrell took time to meet all the students[/caption] The Graduate Accounting Programs at the Foster School of Business put in its second annual Fostering Inclusive Futures in Accounting, an event designed specifically for underrepresented students to create mentorship and connections and increase access to graduate education. After receiving dozens of applications from around the country, we ended up with 13 amazing attendees who embody the high ideals and ambitions of the Foster School ..read more

There’s never been a more exciting time to get into gaming! With the global gaming industry now worth over $300B and Big Tech rapidly joining in, there are a multitude of new MBA pathways (e.g., Product Manager  Product Marketing Manager, Data & Analytics, Finance) and new ways to game (e.g., VR, Mobile, Free-to-play). Level up! Foster aims to connect students through gaming.  “Whether you want to explore MBA career paths in Seattle’s thriving gaming industry (ranked No. 1 in the U.S.), or just want to enjoy playing games with your classmates, we want to create a community throug ..read more