“On behalf of the Board of the World Federation of People Management Associations, WFPMA, it is a great honor and pleasure for me to inform you that after a thorough process followed by a global Committee lead by Peter Haen, Immediate Past President of WFPMA, you have been selected to receive the WFPMA ´George Petitpas´ Award 2016.” This was the letter Wayne F.  Read more

Scott Jones (student), Tashi Malik (Global Sports Mentoring Program), Nungshi Malik (Global Sports Mentoring Program), Allison Wozniak (student), Alex Kukuris (student), Davis DePonte (student), Brian Lee (student) The Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative of the University of Colorado Denver Business School recently completed its first Shadow Days program this year.   Read more

John Pham has been recognized with the Business Schools outstanding staff award. The award is intended to recognize staff members who have demonstrated significant individual and/or team contributions that further the success of the Business School. Pham has been employed with the Business School since 2010. He started out as a computer lab advisor, then changed to IT Helpdesk Professional, and now he is an Enterprise Desktop Support Technician for the Business School in the IT Department.  Read more

Professor of Health Administration, Heidi Boerstler, was selected for the Yale School of Public Health Winslow Centennial Honor Roll for Excellence and Service. This year, the Yale School of Public Health is celebrating its centennial year (100th anniversary of the founding of the school). As part of their celebrations, the school established the Winslow Centennial Honor Roll for Excellence and Service.  Read more

Professor Yosef Bonaparte interviewed by KMGH Channel 7 on Chinese stock market effects in U.S. University of Colorado Denver Business School professor of finance, Yosef Bonaparte, recently was interviewed by KMGH Channel 7.  The professor offered his financial expertise on the recent Chinese stock market plunge. Recently, the Chinese stock market had its biggest fall in eight years.   Read more

With only one course left to complete his MS in Accounting, Mark Lasser went into the darkest time of his life.  This was due in part to the rare optic condition called Non-arthritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (NAION).  The condition that begins with similar symptoms to that of an allergy, leaves the person completely blind by the end of the week.  While many who suffer from this usually only have one eye effected, Lasser was in the less than 5% of the population who ended up getting this condition in both of his eyes.   Read more

University of Colorado – Denver Business School Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) students recently participated in a two-week intensive course in Denver, including class lectures, presentations, and case studies, to prepare them to experience global risk management in the non-traditional Excess and Surplus Lines Market. The class then traveled to London, June 1-7, 2015, attended presentations from insurance brokers, risk management companies, Lloyds of London, and reinsurers to learn how risk is transferred globally.   Read more