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December 2016: Special Edition
 John Duffey (BA Accounting ’82), president of Six Flags Entertainment Corp., will speak at MSU’s fall commencement December 17 at the Breslin Center. He will address Broad’s graduates as well as graduates from the colleges of Arts and Letters, Education, Music, Social Science, Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, and James Madison. At the ceremony, Duffey will receive an honorary doctorate of business.
Applications are now being accepted for a limited number of scholarships for Grandparents University 2017, thanks to donations from past attendees. Applications are due no later than Friday, January 6, 2017. Scholarships cover registration rates for one adult and one child. Sign up to receive event registration information when it is available.
The School of Hospitality Business inducted four new members into its Alumni Association Hall of Fame and honored its 2016 Industry Leader of the Year at the Celebration of Leadership November 12. More than 200 alumni, students, faculty, and industry friends gathered to honor new hall of famers John Belden (BA ’85), president and CEO of Davidson Hotels & Resorts; John Flood (BA ’80), vice president and general manager, Prepared Foods, Wayne Farms; James Kauffman (BA ’75), retired president, U.S. and Canada Full Service Hotels for Marriott International, Inc.; and Steve Wagenheim (BA ’77), co-founder and partner with Genuine Restaurant Group. Industry Leader of the Year Steve Joyce is the CEO of Choice Hotels International, one of the world’s largest hotel franchisors.
The Broad Full-Time MBA ranked no. 10 among public universities and no. 27 overall in the latest Bloomberg Businessweek ranking. This was up several places over last year’s ranking of no. 30 overall and no. 12 public.
Broad Donors Smash Giving Tuesday Goal
 Thank you to the many donors who supported the Broad College during “Spartans Will. Empower,” MSU’s day of giving initiative. In a 24-hour period, generous college supporters gave $16,495 toward the Broad College Pavilion, raising the greatest dollar sum in donations of any of MSU’s official Giving Tuesday projects. The college raised $48,745 overall from 219 donors to support 27 different funds, including the new building. MSU raised $241,839 toward the day’s 30 official causes, 242 percent of its goal of $100,000 in donations in one day.
Donald Smith, who served as director of the School of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management from 1980 to 1983, died on Tuesday, November 29, at the age of 89. Known as “Coach,” Don had been a football coach as well as an independent restaurateur, restaurant chain executive, distinguished professor, hospitality industry leader and consultant, award-winning manager, and tireless educator.
In the Poets & Quants inaugural ranking of undergraduate business programs, Broad ranked first among public universities and second among all schools for the percentage of students reporting job acceptances by 90 days after graduation. The college was ranked no. 19 among public universities and no. 38 overall. Ranked schools are among the top seventh percentile of all schools accredited by the AACSB.
Red Cedar Ventures, a new $5 million venture investing subsidiary of the MSU Foundation, will overcome early funding gaps, accelerate growth, and provide growth-stage capital for MSU-based business startups and technologies. Broad College student venture analysts will assist an advisory board of leading venture capitalists from across the nation.
The Sports Turf Managers Association named Spartan Stadium the top collegiate football field for 2016. It is one of only four fields to earn the distinction twice since the award was created in 1992.
Voter satisfaction with democracy may have less to do with who wins an election and more to do with income inequality, a new study indicates. As the gap between rich and poor grows, the poor intensify their demand for the redistribution of wealth, while the rich become more anxious about the possibility of losing income.
On November 13, an unauthorized party gained access to an MSU server containing certain sensitive data (names, social security numbers, MSU identification numbers, and in some cases date of birth) for some present and past students and employees. The affected database was taken offline within 24 hours of the unauthorized access, and the MSU Police Department is working diligently with federal law enforcement partners to investigate the crime. As a precaution, MSU is providing two years of identity theft protection, fraud recovery, and credit monitoring to all individuals who may be affected by this criminal act.
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January 17
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January 18
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West Michigan Supply Chain Management Certificate Series
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