Dr. Bradley R. Burmeister was still in his residency when he began thinking about pursuing an MBA, recognizing that having a stronger understanding of finance, marketing and accounting would serve him well in his medical career. His search for a graduate program that “felt right” – one that would provide him with a well-rounded...
The University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium, managed by UW-Eau Claire, remains the top online master’s degree program in business administration in the Upper Midwest and among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 rankings. In the rankings released Tuesday, the consortium that includes UW-Eau Claire, UW-La Crosse and UW Oshkosh,...
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – Applicants to the highly-rated University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium Program will no longer be required to submit GMAT or GRE scores as part of their application; instead, the scores will be an optional piece of information students can include to strengthen their application. This change to the Program’s application requirements is...
Dr. Yael Zack is passionate about working with cancer patients as a medical oncologist at a hospital in New York, but she knows that someday she may want to be in a leadership role in addition to providing patient care. So, this fall, Zack enrolled in the University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium to gain...
Dr. Jennifer Johs-Artisensi, UW-Eau Claire professor of management. Johs-Artisensi has been teaching the Healthcare Organization and Delivery course for the UW MBA Consortium since 2010 and earned the program’s Outstanding Faculty Award in 2021. She published a book titled “Quality of Life and Well-Being for Residents in Long-Term Care Communities“ in 2022 and was named in June as the...
Craig GrzendzielewskiUW MBA Consortium graduation: 2017Occupation: Medical outcomes and analytics director, Pfizer, Inc. Dr. Craig Grzendzielewski credits his Doctor of Pharmacy training with giving him the skills to be an excellent clinician. When Grzendzielewski was looking for additional skills and knowledge in leadership, strategic planning and operational management to advance into leadership positions,...
As current and future business managers, University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium students need to understand that behaviors among organizational leaders can either exacerbate or alleviate stress in the workplace for employees and themselves. “The goal is to create a healthy workplace, and it is amazingly possible in many organizations,” says Dr. Nancy Hanson-Rasmussen, emeritus...
A full-time job in the construction industry and a sometimes-chaotic household with four young boys didn’t deter self-described “creative pragmatist” Jenni Cragun from achieving a professional goal of obtaining her online MBA. In fact, the Rocklin, California, resident was so adept at balancing school, work and family life that she was named the University of...
Over 40 faculty and administrative staff from across all the UW MBA Consortium partner campuses gathered for the 6th Annual UW MBA Consortium Faculty Meeting, on Thursday and Friday, January 13-14, 2022. Historically, the faculty and staff have gathered in Wisconsin Dells as a central meeting location, but for the past two years we have...
During the Fall 2021 term, students taking courses through the University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium were asked to nominate outstanding instructors from the program. Since the program began awarding this distinction in 2012, outstanding faculty were named in the three areas courses were offered: Electives, Modules, and Foundations. Because the program curriculum was recently restructured...