We are excited to announce the creation of the UCLA Sports Leadership and Management Program, which aims to be the leading sports management program in the world.
Even as recession fears haunt the ongoing expansion, California’s economic output expanded by 2.6% this year, although that was down from 3.5% in the last quarter of 2018.
#UCLAForecast
Happy Birthday to Coach John Wooden.
You dedicated your life to motivating individuals to achieve their highest potential and left a legacy that extends far beyond the
@ucla
campus.
To say we are inspired daily and forever thankful, is an understatement. 💙💛
The reason I took the job: the iconic nature of the company. The moment that lead me to take the job: the chance to transform the company and show the world of this underdog story. -
@JohnChen
, CEO
#BlackBerry
.
#Technology
#leadership
#business
Happy Birthday John Wooden. You dedicated your life to motivating individuals to achieve their highest potential and left a legacy that extends far beyond the
@ucla
campus. We are inspired daily and forever thankful.
#OptimismCan
|
#WoodenAwards
We are pleased to announce that senior associate dean for external affairs Alfred E. Osborne, Jr., has agreed to serve as interim dean of the school.
He will begin his term July 1, 2018, following Dean Judy D. Olian’s departure to become president of Quinnipiac University.
"Who I work for, who I answer to is that black woman in the back, who I need to reach with my voice."
-
@ArlanWasHere
, founder of
@Backstage_Cap
, on investing in more than 100 start-ups led by women, people of color and/or LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs.
"The minimum wage should now be $24, if it increased in line with the growth in worker productivity since 1960."
––
@JosephNSanberg
on California's
#MInimumWage
California voters could get to decide whether the state minimum wage goes up to $18 an hour, at a time when rising prices and living costs are eating into workers’ household incomes.
Fighting stigmas:
@Mattel
is debuting a
@Barbie
doll w/ a prosthetic leg & another that comes w/ a wheelchair in June. The company worked w/
#UCLA
Mattel Children's Hospital
@UCLAMCH
, wheelchair experts & a 13-year-old disability activist on the project.
"The first thing Coach wanted to talk to me about was academics -- no mention of basketball for 20 or 25 minutes" –– Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Hear
@kaj33
open up about his 50 year friendship with John Wooden.
➡️
LA TECH WEEK IS COMING TO
@UCLA
August 17, 2-3pm
Hosted by the Venture Accelerator at UCLA Anderson, learn about shifting your approach to work, capitalizing on the new online ecosystem, and more!
Sign up here:
#LATechWeek
“When many people think about economics, they think about money. But economics is about people first, how people behave & make decisions & how their decisions translate into collective outcomes.”
Welcome to
@ClemenceTricaud
, one of UCLA Anderson's five newest faculty members.
"Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts."
- John Wooden
Tomorrow, we don our caps and gowns and celebrate the courage of the next class of UCLA Anderson graduates.
#WhyAnderson
|
#UCLA2018
It is our honor to present
@deanalosborne
with an honorary Wooden Award for 50 years of service to UCLA Anderson, including co-founding the annual
#WoodenAwards
The Black Business Students Association (BBSA)—in collaboration w/ several other groups at Anderson—has been hard at work putting several virtual experiences together under the theme Beyond Barriers.
#BlackHistoryMonth
What happens even when
@icecube
@thebig3
starts a new business? “First they laugh at you. Then they ignore you. Then they ask for a meeting. Then they beg for a meeting.”
"We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence + character—that is the goal of true education. The complete education gives one not only power of concentration, but worthy objectives upon which to concentrate.
#MLKDay
In addition,
@UCLAAthletics
has partnered with
@uclaanderson
and
@CenterforMEMES
to create a series of workshops available to all UCLA student-athletes re: personal finance, brand-building, business law, contracts and ethics.
"Should we hand out food or hand out income?
The answer is households can make these decisions pretty well for themselves."
@leo_feler
talks with
@warrenolney1
about universal basic income & consumer behavior.
➡️
In honor of tonight’s 15th annual John Wooden Global Leadership Awards,
@MartinJarmond
sat down with the godfather of the
#woodenawards
, the inimitable Al Osborne, Professor Emeritus.
My job is to make them succeed or fail fast, and if they fail, to pivot.” - Trish Halamandaris, Director Anderson Accelerator, on helping entrepreneurs think fearlessly
WHAT NOW: An Antiracist Teach-In is a weeklong virtual conversation series featuring dialogues between Professor Kendi & other prominent thought leaders & activists.
#InvestingInProgress
Tickets are available for WHAT NOW: AN ANTIRACIST TEACH-IN!
@OneWorldLit
,
@WNBA
and
@NBA
are collaborating on a week long teach-in from Aug. 16 to Aug. 22. I'll be conversing each night with a top author, plus a special guest from the WNBA and NBA.
1/3
"You made a pact to engage and transform the communities we all live in and care about." We are saddened by the sudden passing of Bernard Tyson, CEO
@aboutKP
who inspired so many, including
#UCLAAnderson
Class of 2019.
“As much as time takes away from us, it also gives us things.”
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, during the 10th annual
#WoodenAwards
celebration.
Happy Birthday
@kaj33
!
The Venture Accelerator at UCLA Anderson Announces Its 2022 Cohort:
Half of all founders in the new cohort are women; more than 70% are members of underrepresented groups
Meet the 2022 cohort:
#LongLA
Respect and equality for all are core principles at UCLA Anderson. It is deeply disturbing to learn of this email, which we are investigating. We apologize to the student who received it and to all those who have been as upset and offended by it as we are ourselves.
How do you build a truly sustainable company? Is there really a formula to it?
Welcome to the premiere episode of "Accelerate," a new podcast from the Venture Accelerator at UCLA Anderson!
➡️
#LongLA
This morning
@UCLA
announced the appointment of Professor Antonio Bernardo as dean of
@uclaanderson
, effective July 1, 2019. Bernardo, an award-winning scholar and teacher, joined Anderson's finance faculty in 1994.
Latino journalists at the L.A. Times pen open letter for better newsroom representation.
This letter marks the largest, most significant public action taken by Latino staffers since the
@latimes
was established 139 years ago.
#SomosLAT
|
#RepresentationMatters
It’s a special day at the
@latimes
. Nearly 80 Latino staffers sent a letter to our bosses demanding that our newspaper truly reflect our community, which is half Latino. We’ve formed the
@LATLatinoCaucus
to speak up and push for change. To read:
#SomosLAT
Congratulations Class of 2022!
“As you go forward in your careers and your lives, I hope you will use your gifts and the skills you've learned at Anderson to help build a fairer, more equitable world. The world needs you -- each one of you” Dean Bernardo
#UCLA2022
#MBA
#WhyMBA
In honor of Juneteenth, join us and the
@uclaanderson
community to reflect on what it means to be anti-racist and what each of us can do to effect change.
Register here:
Professor
@janagallus
is not only running in the first
#RunTheWorld
virtual marathon, she's organizing it!
"We are an open community that includes running aficionados as well as those who simply want to have fun and finally run that first (half-)marathon." ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Join us for the first
#RunTheWorld
marathon, incl. half-marathon and relay teams! All virtual. All on March 20, 2021.
We already have a fantastic community. Check it out and help us spread the word so that our 👣 will truly cover the globe
Info & signup:
It is with great pleasure that we announce UCLA Anderson's 2023 commencement speaker:
Karen Bass
Mayor of Los Angeles
Learn more on our website:
#UCLA2023
The ninth graduating class in the history of UCLA Anderson’s Master of Financial Engineering program featured a record number of graduates
Learn more:
#bschool
#mfe
#commencement
#highered
#RivalsUnite
!
#HackForHope
offers technical & non-technical, USC- and UCLA-affiliated students, faculty, staff, and alumni (and friends and family members with an interest) the opportunity to address critical challenges created by
#COVID19
.
UCLA Anderson ranks
#1
by students in
@BW
ranking.
The student survey factors
#MBA
features including workforce prep, campus climate, effectiveness of career services, & responsiveness of
#faculty
and admin.
#bschool
Read More:
It's not every day we get to celebrate an MBA Love Story!
Congratulations to Tiffany Lin ('24) & Richie Chang, MBA ('21) on their engagement - which happened right here at UCLA Anderson!
#bruinlove
Happy Birthday to our namesake, John E. Anderson.
In 1987, the UCLA Graduate School of Management was renamed The John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA in honor of Anderson's contributions to the school and university.
#UCLA100
In partnership with
@CAP_UCLA
, we've acquired the
#CrestTheater
on
#WestwoodBoulevard
! A landmark venue that will be transformed into a new off-campus performing arts space. Read more →
"We have the opportunity to help our local hospital staff stay safe."
- Anderson student, and ER doctor, Judy Choe has organized a PPE drive that will be taking place this Saturday, 3/28.
#PPESupplies
“As our school prides itself on “Thinking in the Next”, and we prepare to become global business leaders, we are all charged with building a safer, and more equitable community. With a unified effort, we can make that happen.”
- Gaelen LeMelle-Brown (’21)
Small Business Shout-Out:
Give a shoutout to a local business (no matter where you are) that you think could use a little love. Share their website, social handles, a fun fact, whatever you'd like to do to
#supportsmallbusiness
.
Today marks one year since Professor Tony Bernardo, became our 9th Dean.
In addition to celebrating this milestone, Dean Bernardo was recently recognized as one of LA Business Journal's
#LA500
most innovative and influential leaders in Los Angeles ➡️
Introducing the 2021 John Wooden Global Leadership Award Honoree:
Ken Frazier, Executive Chairman of the Board & Former CEO,
@Merck
Learn more➡️
#WoodenAwards
Congratulations to our Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) program, which was ranked No. 1 in the world by
@TopUnis
, the primary rankings source for business analytics programs.