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October 2019 News

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Networking tips from CJ Walker MBA’20

09.25.2019 | Jennifer Bush

CJ credits Career Management for always encouraging students to go out and network in landing his summer internship at famed advertising agency Wieden + Kennedy.

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Prof Gary Knight elected Vice President of the Academy of International Business

09.26.2019 | MBA Marketing

Prof Gary Knight was elected VP of the Academy of International Business, the leading association of scholars and specialists in the field of international business.

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Forbes ranks Willamette MBA #57 nationwide for return on investment

09.27.2019 | Jennifer Bush

Willamette University’s Atkinson Graduate School of Management has once again landed on Forbes magazine’s biannual “Best Business Schools” list.

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Willamette MBA students will head to Germany, Singapore and Vietnam for 2020 Study Abroad

09.28.2019 | MBA Marketing

WMBA students will head to Singapore and Germany for 2020 Study Abroad

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Career Management implements Handshake, giving students access to thousands more employers

09.29.2019 | MBA Marketing

Career Management implements Handshake, giving students access to thousands more employers, including 16 million job postings that are H1-B friendly.

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Fall 2019 Career Close-up Recap

09.29.2019 | Jarin Kobashigawa MBA'21

"This Career Close-up was a great opportunity for us to practice interviewing with real employers and apply for internships or jobs."

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President Thorsett featured in New York Times

10.10.2019

Willamette University President Steve Thorsett discusses what the university is doing to counter the nationwide decline in college enrollment.

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Biology alum gives keynote at United Nations General Assembly

10.14.2019 | Jennifer Johnson

Pat Keys' speech to the second committee focused on climate change, global wealth inequality and sustainability.

Professor's research featured in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

10.14.2019 | Marketing Communications

Tim Johnson co-authors a paper examining the effect of military service on public employment.

Tips to win college scholarships

10.16.2019 | Jennifer Johnson

Few things in life are better than free money.

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Willamette Debate Starts Strong

10.17.2019 | Cassidy Brennan

In the first two tournaments of the year, Willamette won speaker awards and a first-place trophy!

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Family Weekend & Homecoming highlights the best of Willamette

10.17.2019 | Paul McKean ’11

Families, alumni return to campus to celebrate athletic, artistic and academic excellence.

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How to make extracurriculars stand out on a college app

10.22.2019 | Jennifer Johnson

Have you volunteered at a local food shelter, played soccer or practice an instrument?

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Remembering James Thompson

10.30.2019 | Office of the Chaplains

It is with great sorrow that I write to tell you of the passing of Prof. James Thompson.

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How to apply for financial aid

10.31.2019

Financial aid is the best way to lower the sticker price of a college, and a few small steps can make the process more manageable.

Finding college scholarships

03.16.2022 | Jennifer Johnson

A dizzying array of college scholarships exist for students in just about every imaginable circumstance — you just need to find the right ones.

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