Hi Lobo Community,

We hope you are having a great month!

In this edition of the Anderson Community Newsletter, we will be highlighting news, upcoming events, ways to engage with Anderson, and more.
HALL OF FAME
32nd Anderson Hall of Fame:
Business Leadership Series Premiere
The Anderson School of Management is proud to recognize two of the 2021 Hall of Fame Honorees in March.

The Anderson Hall of Fame celebrates extraordinary alumni who have achieved professional success and have made significant contributions to their community.
Our first two 2021 honorees:


Beverly Bendicksen
Sandia Financial Consulting, LLC

March 9 4:30 p.m.

and
Steve McKee
McKee Wallwork + Company

March 23 4:30 p.m.
Each event will be broadcast on YouTube and the Anderson website. Please share these events with your communities and consider other ways to support this celebration of our alumni, donors, students and community members who are advancing the standards, goals and vision of Anderson.
NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Anderson Offers Lobo for Life
Scholarships

At UNM’s Anderson School of Management, being a lifelong Lobo has its rewards. As an alum, you’re automatically eligible for a Lobo for Life scholarship to pursue an Anderson master’s degree. Whether your passion is being the next great entrepreneur, solving complex engineering or social problems, helping patients get and stay healthy, or educating our next generation of movers and shakers, Anderson has a program and format to fit your career path and lifestyle, including:

  • On-Campus MBA
  • Online MBA (new in Fall 2021)
  • Executive MBA
  • MBA for Professionals in Education
  • MBA for Professionals in Health Care
  • MS in Project Management (new in Fall 2021)
  • Master of Accounting
  • MS in Cybersecurity and Business Analytics

 We’d love to talk to you about your making you career and life goals reality.
Anderson's Executive MBA Expands
to Northern New Mexico

Anderson is adding a northern New Mexico location to its Executive MBA Program. Starting in June, this addition will provide even more flexibility and convenience to future classes of Anderson Executive MBA students in the northern part of the state.
UPCOMING EVENTS
New Mexico Rainforest Webinar:
Business Strategy Matrices by Phil Wilton

Monday, February 22 | 2-3 p.m.
Phil Wilton will discuss three business strategy matrices: SWOT, the Resource Based View of Strategy and Five Forces, with Q&A following.

Wilton brings significant experience as an executive in national and multinational companies in both the UK and the USA. He has worked in all regions across the globe, with different companies and cultures., encountering many business pivots, mergers and acquisitions and disruption and inflection points that impacted businesses. 
2nd Believe In New Mexico Symposium:
Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Investing

Friday, March 25 | 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
An online event that will be one of the largest gatherings on social entrepreneurship and impact investing in New Mexico.
This virtual event is a collaborative effort between the Anderson School of Management and Financing Change, a grassroots effort to support business and investment in New Mexico.

The event will serve as a catalyst for changemakers and encourage a cross-sector dialogue between businesses, governments, academia and students to understand how responsible businesses can fuel economic development in New Mexico.
Virtual Walk-in Hours

Wednesdays and Thursdays
10 a.m. – Noon
 
Students, faculty, alumni and staff are welcome to drop by and connect with Career Development Facilitators to help them achieve their career goals.
ENGAGE WITH ANDERSON
Anderson's Professional Advisory Boards

The UNM Anderson School of Management is establishing professional advisory boards for our academic programs that provide vision, guidance,
and support for continuing, forward-thinking educational development. 

Advisory boards provide an opportunity for alumni and friends to use their expertise, influence, and affluence to support the school and its programs
and to participate in ensuring future success.
We're seeking members for the following advisory boards:
Accounting • B Corps • Entrepreneurship • Finance • Information Systems
Marketing • Sales Center • Women in Leadership
Anderson Community Virtual Book Club
Join your fellow Anderson community members in our virtual book club!
Our book schedule, links, and sign-up form are available on our website.
How would you like
to help Anderson?

We invite you to lend your support in creative, personally meaningful ways that will inspire and shape the future of Anderson.

There are many ways you can give back to your alma mater, both through volunteering and financial support.

Get involved and help Anderson sustain its commitment to academic distinction by providing resources vital to maintaining state-of-the-art facilities, nationally recognized programs and innovative academic opportunities.
SHARE YOUR STORY
Share your story with us!
We want to hear how Anderson made an impact on your life and/or career. Or, you may have a colleague or a friend who's an Anderson success story. We'd love to hear from you, because no one tells our story better than our community!