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Detroit Broad Executive Forum to feature Starbucks president – Join us for the Detroit Broad Executive Forum on Dec. 4, 2007, featuring Starbucks President of Global Consumer Products Gerry Lopez, who will share his expertise on global and strategic marketing. More...

Are you LinkedIn? – Follow this link (http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/41127/11DCB8189EFE) to accept your invitation to join the Broad School’s new LinkedIn Alumni Group. LinkedIn is an opt-in, on-line networking site, used for business connections. More...

FACULTY/STAFF NEWS

Broad Expert Link: Sanjay Gupta explains why technical competency isn’t enough – The new chair of the Broad School’s Accounting and Information Systems Department and the Russell E. Palmer Endowed Professor in Accounting explains that new regulations give professionals in both accounting and information systems greater responsibility in assuring the internal integrity of business reporting systems. More...

Retaining marketing talent – David A. Griffith, associate professor of Marketing for the Broad School, and co-author Robert F. Lusch, head of the Department of Marketing and Lisle & Roslyn Payne Professor of Marketing, Eller College of Management, University of Arizona, have some advice for senior marketing managers: think carefully about how you manage your marketing staff, because their knowledge underlies your competitive advantage. More...

MSU NEWS

MSU among top universities for study abroad – For the third year in a row, MSU leads the nation in study abroad participation among public universities in the United States. During the 2005-06 academic year, the most recent year for which data are available, 2,558 MSU students studied abroad. More...

PROGRAM NEWS

MS in Accounting teams help with IT risk assessment – Information technology can create a lot of value for a business, but there are lots of ways things can go wrong. Fortunately, teams of master’s students will be available during spring semester to work with Lansing-area companies in assessing whether their firms are vulnerable. More...