News stories - Waikato Management School
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Catching up with: Theresa Gattung, CNZM (17 August 2020)
In 2007, BMS alumna Theresa Gattung received one of the first Distinguished Alumni Awards. We caught up with her to see what she's been up to and her advice for women considering a career in business.
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New era for Waikato Management School with appointment of Matt Bolger (10 June 2020)
The University of Waikato Management School is heading into a new era with the appointment of business executive Matt Bolger as Pro Vice-Chancellor.
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Alumnus donates expertise to NZ COVID Tracer (8 June 2020)
Like so many during lockdown, alumnus Alan Chew wanted to help. He put his talents towards developing a contact tracing app, the ideas of which now form the basis of the Government's official contact tracing app, NZ Covid Tracer.
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Coffee in a crisis (5 June 2020)
WMS Alum Blair Paterson has risen to the challenge of leading his team at Homebrew Coffee in Cambridge through the COVID-19 crisis.
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Communications graduate champions micro-volunteering in the community (15 May 2020)
University of Waikato student Chantelle Cobby, who graduated last month with a Bachelor of Communication Studies majoring in Leadership Communication, is focused on working to better the community.
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Business skills learned helps young professional navigate Covid-19 (11 May 2020)
Leadership and coaching skills learned during a Master of Business Management (MBM) have helped Lorena Fierro Bermeo navigate the new normal during the Covid-19 crisis, she says.
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Research fellow uses distilling skills to develop sanitiser amid shortage (8 May 2020)
A University of Waikato academic has been using his business and distillery skills amid the current crisis to make lemons out of lemonade – or, in this case, sanitiser out of alcohol.
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Covid-19 could force new way of working according to business leader (8 May 2020)
Big changes could be on the horizon for traditional employment models as New Zealand businesses navigate Covid-19, says professional director and University of Waikato MBA graduate, Tina Jennen.
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Waikato student’s scholarship leads to seaweed opportunity (7 May 2020)
Valuable workplace skills and real-life experience of theory learned in the classroom were the benefits of a Waikato University summer research scholarship for Robbie Maris.
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Graduate combines accounting and chemistry to be first in his family to gain bachelors degree (4 May 2020)
Andrew Napier has become the first in his family to graduate from university