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Fundraiser to support Tour de Force riders
A fundraiser to support UB Police Officers Dale Hohl and Amy Pedlow in their quest to raise money for families of police officers killed in the line of duty and to continue to honor the victims of the 9/11 attacks will be held from 6-10 a.m. Aug. 14 at the Tim Hortons at 3394 Sheridan Drive at Sweet Home Road in Amherst.
Pedlow and Hohl, who will be riding bicycles next month in the Tour de Force memorial ride, will be selling $5 raffle tickets for the chance to win a 42” Sony TV or a 19” Audiovox TV/DVD player, as well as Tour de Force baseball hats.
“Tim Hortons was gracious enough to give us space in the parking lot for us to set up and sell our raffle tickets and hats,” Pedlow says. “We believe that many people stop at Tim's on their way into work, so we figured it would be a win-win situation for all involved.”
This year’s four-day, 260-mile bike ride starts in Boston, Mass., on Sept. 11 and ends at Ground Zero in New York City on Sept. 14. Among the 170 police officers and EMS personnel participating, Hohl and Pedlow are the only officers from Western New York. They raised $5,000 in last year’s ride and hope to double the amount they raise this year.
Anyone wishing to contribute to the effort can do so through the ride’s Web site. Online contributions to the Hohl and Pedlow team are automatically entered into the TV raffle if contact information is provided. Winners will be announced Aug. 28.
For further information, contact Hohl and Pedlow at 645-2227.
CFA to celebrate season opening
The Center for the Arts will celebrate the opening of its 2009-10 season—its 15th anniversary season—with food, live music and prizes.
The sixth annual Center Celebration, which will be free and open to the public, will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 26 at the CFA, North Campus.
Music will be provided by Doug Yeomans; the Buffalo Chips, UB’s male a cappella group; Daughters of Creative Sound; and the Dave Schiavone Quartet
A picnic lunch will be offered, while supplies last, provided by UNO Chicago Grill and Perry's Ice Cream and featuring Sahlen's hot dogs, veggie sliders and more.
In addition, tickets for all 2009-10 CFA performances will go on sale at 10 a.m. Special one-day-only ticket discounts will be available, as well as door prizes and giveaways.
SOM included in Forbes ranking
Forbes magazine has once again ranked the School of Management as one of the best business schools in the world based on the "return on investment" it provides MBA graduates.
The ranking of No. 48, up two spots from the last ranking in 2007, puts the school solidly in the top 10 percent of the more than 525 graduate business programs accredited by AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
According to Forbes, the rankings show which business schools offer the "best return on investment" by comparing the cost of attaining an MBA—tuition, plus forgone income—to salaries earned by MBA graduates upon graduation and five years after graduation. The ranking is available online.
The results were based on a survey of 17,000 MBA graduates worldwide from the Class of 2004. The graduates were selected from 103 business schools.
"This ranking indicates that our graduates get an outstanding value for their investment in our MBA program," said Arjang A. Assad, dean of the School of Management. “In addition, it demonstrates that we’re producing graduates who achieve a high level of success in their careers.”
According to Assad, the emphasis that the MBA program places on team skills, leadership and problem solving contributes to the success of the school’s graduates.
The Wall Street Journal has ranked the School of Management No. 9 in the nation among schools with strong regional recruiting bases. In addition, BusinessWeek has ranked the school as one of the country's top 5 business schools for the fastest return on MBA investment.
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