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Bloch in the News:
Teaching Gen-Y: Technology, Culture Forcing Big Changes on Campus (UMKC Bloch SIFE students Austin Hunt and Roger Moore featured) – WDAF-TV4 (Fox 4 News)
Teaching Gen-Y: Technology, Culture Forcing Big Changes on Campus – Part 2 - WDAF-TV4 (Fox 4 News)
Missouri Chamber honors MU Extension’s Henson – MU Extension (Susan Henson featured)
UMKC's Bloch School offers new executive business courses – Kansas City Business Journal
Rainmakers: Top Producers Reflect on Keys to Success (Joe Freeman, Bloch alumnus, featured) – Ingram’s Oct. 2009 (Click here for online profile)
Bloch School graduate program makes top 25 list – Wednesday Sun (Sun Publications)
Planning eases a company's transition when a spouse dies (Carmen DeHart, SBTDC, quoted) – The Kansas City Star
Economic slumps historically spur entrepreneurship – (KCSourceLink, Maria Meyers featured) Kansas City Star
– MU Extension (Susan Henson featured)
Executive MBA programs see changes in size, who pays (Beverly Stewart featured) – Kansas City Business Journal
Polsinelli Hosts Green Building Event (Walt Clements featured) – KC MetroWire
SIFE students travel to China (Bloch School) – WDAF-4 (Sept. 28, 5 PM, 6 PM, 9 PM, 10 PM; Sept. 29, 5 AM)
Startups still can find money — if they know where, how to look (Denise Fields, SBTDC, featured) - Kansas City Business Journal
UMKC named in Top 25 “Best Neighbor” universities (UMKC Innovation Center and SBTDC featured)
UMKC turns away from dysfunction toward respect (commentary) – The Kansas City Star
UMKC Bloch School makes the Top 25 list of the nation’s best business schools – The Kansas City Star
Bloch in Top 25 Entrepreneurial Schools Nationwide – dBusiness News
UMKC’s Bloch School of Business ranks among top 25 entrepreneurship programs – Kansas City Business Journal
UMKC Bloch School Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ranks in Top Tier Nationally for Entrepreneurship – Kansas City Area Development Council InnovationKC
Ranking announcement also covered by: KCUR; KCTV Ch 5; KSHB Ch 41; WDAF Ch 4
University of Missouri-Kansas City's FastTrac offers an entrepreneurial path out of unemployment – Kansas City Business Journal
Stimulus funds lucrative, but landing government contracts a long, winding road – Kansas City Star
Learn the business side of the art business, artist to advise others, Kansas City Star
Recession prompts a boom in cause marketing (David Renz quoted) – The Kansas City Star
Q&A: Stephen Pruitt (Prof. Finance, Bloch School) – Kansas City Business Journal
University of Missouri-Kansas City's FastTrac offers an entrepreneurial path out of unemployment – Kansas City Business Journal
Tan Wants Entrepreneurial School – Kansas City Business Journal (front page, print edition, Sept. 4-10)
Editorial: UMKC Bloch School's Dean Tan means business – Kansas City Business Journal
Learn the business side of the art business, artist to advise others – Kansas City Star (Diane Scott, UMKC Innovation Center, quoted; KCArtistLink mentioned)
Congressman Emanuel Cleaver Visits Bloch School to Speak to SIFE Students – NBC Action News (KSHB-41)
Also of interest…
Fundraising foundation will strengthen UMKC – The Kansas City Star
Government contracts complex, but there’s a place for small businesses (Donna Leonard, UMKC Innovation Center, quoted) – Kansas City Star
Regal Distributing finds its way with cost cutting, strategic investments (Marketing professor, Kirk Kirkpatrick, quoted) – The Kansas City Business Journal
Adults go back to the future at school (Bloch School featured) – Kansas City Star
“20 in their Twenties” (Four Bloch Students/Alumni Featured) – Ingram’s Magazine
Companies adapt their work force to fit the changing economy – Kansas City Business Journal (UMKC MBA students mentioned)
WVU’s new president starts today, needs ‘an early win’ (Professor Lee Bolman quoted) – Charleston Daily Mail
Veteran named No. 2 at Federal Reserve Bank of KC – Kansas City Star (Bloch EMBA grad Esther George featured)
Experts in their fields tell how to become an expert in your field - The Kansas City Star (Lee Bolman quoted)
JavaPort brews entrepreneurial aroma; Shop combines coffee, commerce – The Kansas City Business Journal (Maria Meyers, UMKC Innovation Center mentioned)
Students Prepare for Green Jobs in Sustainability Minor – KC Tribune
Kansas City Bizcare offers a broad menu for businesses – Kansas City Business Journal (KCSourceLink, UMKC mentioned)
Area elderly population will double by 2030, report says – Kansas City Star (Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership study)
UMKC students win $15,000 ‘launch package’ to market inflatable party boat – The Kansas City Star
News from Bloch School, UMatters newsletter
eBay Your Way to the Tour de France -- and Help the Bloch School Land a "Yellow Jersey" – eRoos UMKC alumni newsletter
The curious case of the UM curator (David Renz, Bloch School, quoted) – Columbia Daily Tribune
New Chinese American dean: a rebel with a cause (Dr. Teng-Kee Tan, Bloch School) – Northwest Asian Weekly
Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Unveils the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs – June 2009 KC Small Business Monthly (page 9, photo and caption from Venture Creation Challenge – not available online)
UMKC’s Bloch School auctions trip to Tour de France – Kansas City Business Journal
The Bloch School of Business Partners with Team Garmin and Auction Cause to Offer the Ultimate Cycling Spectator Experience, Trading Markets
Bloch/Team Garmin eBay Auction – KMBC Channel 9, 10 p.m. news (clip unavailable).
SIFE Celebrates Accomplishments, UNews
Family Security, KC Small Business Monthly (story featuring EMBA alumna Kourtney Govro)
Is it time for 'bad' banks to die? Omaha News Herald (Fred Hays quoted)
Recession, expenses threaten airline museum, Kansas City Star (David Renz quoted)
After Hours: IEI Venture Creation Challenge covered – Kansas City Business Journal (not available online)
A great gadget doesn’t guarantee success (Dr. Michael Song quoted, syndicated from a KC Star article) – Charleston Post Courier
Entrepreneur McCarthy sculpts a business from love of art (Maria Meyers quoted) – Kansas City Business Journal
Jackson County legislators reach compromise on ethics code (Dr. Lee Bolman mentioned) – The Kansas City Star
Talking With Defense Sec. Gates (Todd Hanks , Bloch School alumnus) – CBS News (Katie Couric blog)
Emerging program | CEO Coaching & More – The Kansas City Star
Segway to Kindle: Some products make it, some don’t (Prof. Michael Song quoted - syndicated from earlier KC Star article) – Tacoma (WA) News-Tribune
New Bloch School dean at UMKC is from Singapore – The Kansas City Star
University of Missouri-Kansas City Bloch School hires Tan as dean – Kansas City Business Journal
Bailout Fury Reaching New Heights Over AIG, Kansas City Star (Nancy Day quoted, no longer available online)
For high-tech innovators, desire is difficult to kindle (Prof. Michael Song quoted) – The Kansas City Star
Open Mike: 2009 The Year of Innovation, Kansas City Small Business (Bloch, IEI, Michael Song mentioned)
Also of interest…
The Zone of Sanity, Joel Kotkin, New Geographer column, Forbes.com (great plug for Kansas City by Joel Kotkin, who recently spoke at Bloch as part of the LWREC Speaker Series)
Can’t Find a Job? Hire Yourself. – Kansas City Star (front page, Business section, featuring FastTrac; University of Missouri Extension Small Business and Technology Development Center).
Dynamic Duo – 435 South magazine (feature on Stephen Pruitt)
Push to train nonprofit leaders begins (Gary Baker quoted, front page ‘Business’ section) -- The Kansas City Star
KC SourceLink adds mission of providing support for vets – Kansas City Business Journal
UMKC’s Bloch School names Blank as International Entrepreneur of the Year – The Kansas City Business Journal
Education in the Workforce Quarterly Report, Ingram’s Magazine (Michael Song quoted, not yet available online)
Facilitator Helps City Council with Budget, (Gary Baker featured) - KMBC Channel 9 News
Ward Parkway Shopping Center Faces Foreclosure (Walt Clements quoted) – Fox-4 News
In a down economy, students design their own jobs (Michael Song quoted) – The Kansas City
Star
Three candidates take lead for Bloch School dean job – The Kansas City Business Journal
KCRIDELINK Offers Alternative Transportation Options – (UMKC SIFE Team featured) dBusiness News
Kansas City-area coalition aims at innovation – The Kansas City Business Journal
After Hours, Kansas City Business Journal, (featuring three photos from Bloch Executive MBA sponsor reception; not available electronically)
Higher Education 2009 Special Report, Ingram’s Magazine (Stephen DiLurgio and Fred Hays quoted, not available electronically)
UMKC interviews third candidate to be dean of Bloch business school – The Kansas City Business Journal
Planned Condo Opens Garage to Public to Make Money (Walt Clements quoted) – NBC Action News.com
KC looms larger in Washington’s eyes – The Kansas City Star
Census Bureau bumps Kansas City’s population by 25,455 – Kansas City Business Journal
Prospering through a downturn: Even tough economic times offer opportunities for sponsors, properties (Stephen Pruitt quoted, begins on page 7 of PDF) – The Sponsorship Report
Philanthropy Industry Outlook Report, Ingram’s, December 2008 (David Renz quoted - currently unavailable online)
Recession hits immigrants’ businesses especially hard, Kansas City Star (Maria Meyers quoted)
Tough economy adds up to greater demands for accountants, Kansas City Business Journal (Dave Donnelly quoted)
Economics professor defies his own teachings to pour money into his indie film, ‘Works in Progress’ – The Kansas City Star (story about Stephen Pruitt)
Homeowners Can Trade Houses Online (Walt Clements interviewed) – KMBC TV-9
St. Louis, Mississippi adopt KCSourceLink model – Kansas City Business Journal
StLSourceLink Launched in St. Louis – St. Louis Commerce Magazine
Mybiz Upgrade Unveiled – Wired Nation
Two UMKC Professors Receive Fulbright Scholarships – WDAF-4
Comment: Bolman has right qualities to lead Bloch School – The Kansas City Business Journal
Light Rail, Sewer Panel (PASA event in Kansas City Star)
Arif Ahmed quoted on KCUR in Gubernatorial Candidates Propose Health Plans
(Important UM System News)
Plan sets goals for university’s four campuses – Columbia Daily Tribune
Q&A: Walt Clements – Kansas City Business Journal
Am I an Entrepreneur? (UMKC Small Business and Technology Development Center mentioned) – KC Small Business Monthly
The Lewis White Real Estate Center at UMKC Bloch Business School - Door 2 Door with David Van Noy Jr.
Career Ladder: (Bloch Alumna) Tammy Edwards, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City – The Kansas City Star
Career ladder: Walter S. Clements of the Lewis White Real Estate Center - The Kansas City Star
Missouri offers information resource to small businesses - Kansas City Business Journal
Uncovering shortcomings in Hulshof's health-care plan (Arif Ahmed quoted) – The Kansas City Star
Hulshof’s health-care plan scrutinized (Arif Ahmed quoted) – The Kansas City Star
Getting creative can halt decay of urban core (Maria Meyers quoted) – The Kansas City Star
Career Ladder: Kimberly Young of the Bloch School – The Kansas City Star
Mayor vows to ignore ordinance that forbids his wife from volunteering in his office - The Kansas City Star
Bloch School names real estate center director – The Kansas City Star
UMKC’s Bloch School names real estate center director – The Kansas City Business Journal
UMKC’s Bloch School hires director for education center – The Kansas City Business Journal
More People and Money in Kansas City – KCUR News
MBA programs adjust locations and availability to help students - The Kansas City Star
Click on the categories to the left under "Bloch News" to see more news items by category. Suggestions or submissions should be directed to Victoria Prater, praterv@umkc.edu.
