Alumni News

Reconnection and Community Highlight Reunion Weekend 2023 

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

During the second in-person Reunion Weekend at the Carlson School, May 5-6, 2023, MBA alumni came together in celebration and reconnection, honoring their milestone reunion years, reminiscing on their...

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Support, Mentorship at Center of 2023 Women's Leadership Conference

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Supportive and mentoring relationships were championed as key to success by several speakers during the 18th Women’s Leadership Conference, hosted by the Carlson School of Management on Friday, March ...

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Dorota Serafin Named AACSB Influential Leader

Thursday, February 9, 2023

For her work with the Ukraine humanitarian crisis, Dorota Serafin, ’06 WEMBA, was named an AACSB 2023 Influential Leader. 

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Carlson School Hosts Successful Give To The Max Day

Thursday, December 1, 2022

The strength of the Carlson School’s worldwide community of alumni and friends was on full display for Give to the Max Day. More than 300 donors, including more than 50 first-time donors, showed their...

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Class of 2022 Honored During Commencement Ceremonies

Monday, May 16, 2022

When many in the Class of 2022 began their degree programs, the challenges that would soon be presented seemed unfathomable. Through all of it, graduates persevered, achieved much, and joined the Carl...

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Q&E: Learning to Celebrate Wins, Big and Small

Friday, March 25, 2022

As the former director of MN Cup, the nation’s largest statewide startup competition, Melissa Kjolsing was instrumental in helping businesses grow from small ideas to ones with big aspirations. Since ...

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Q&E: Collaborating on a Musical Starry Night

Thursday, March 24, 2022

Musician and producer Phil Thompson, ’07 BSB, joined the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies (GTCYS) and the Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit Minneapolis on a tribute video celebrating the GTCYS’s 50th an...

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Bringing ‘Joy’ to Entrepreneurship

Thursday, February 24, 2022

Inspired by their family’s West African roots, Perteet Spencer, ’06 MBA, and Fred Spencer, ’08 MBA, launched AYO Foods in 2019. The frozen meals crafted from food of 17 different countries are diversi...

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Burnett Family Gift Creates Carlson School Scholars Program in Honor of Tom Burnett, Jr.

Friday, September 10, 2021

To promote moral courage, integrity, and civic-minded leadership, the family of Thomas E. Burnett, Jr., ’86 BSB, is establishing a scholarship at the Carlson School of Management to honor Tom’s life, ...

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Carlson School Adds Two New Members to Board of Advisors

Thursday, April 29, 2021

Two accomplished business leaders will bring a wealth of professional experience and expertise as new members of the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management’s Board of Advisors (BOA).

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