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Samuel E. Bain, Jr. Guest Speaker

UVM Alum, Sam Bain ’68, Will Focus on the “(im)Perfect Path to Success” at Upcoming Dean’s Leadership Speaker Series

2024 Vermont Legacy and Family Enterprise Award Winners Commemorated at Grossman School of Business

UVM $15M Gift from Grossman Family Foundation to Launch Undergraduate Business Co-op Program

15-Year Celebration of UVM’s Master of Accountancy Connected Alumni, Students and Industry Experts

Annual Case Competition at Grossman School Seeking UVM Student Ambassadors

Co-Founder of Seventh Generation and Leader in Corporate Responsibility Inspires Sustainable Innovation MBA Students

Recent News

UVM Grossman School of Business Earns Highest Honors from Beta Gamma Sigma

Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS), an international honors society for business students, has recognized the University of Vermont (UVM) chapter at the Grossman School of Business as a “Highest Honors Chapter” for the 2023-2024 academic year. This makes it the...

Beta Gamma Sigma UVM chapter induction ceremony at Grossman School

Next UVM Grossman School Research Seminar Series to Explore Environmental Supply Chain Incidents September 20

Firms are increasingly blamed for environmental supply chain incidents revealed in media reports, which harms their reputations and economic returns. But what is the relationship between Carbon Disclosure Project Supply Chain Program membership and reported environmental supply chain incidents?...

Robert Klassen to speak at Grossman School Research Seminar Series

UVM Sustainable Innovation MBA Students Visit Responsible Vermont-Based Businesses

In late August, students of the newest Sustainable Innovation MBA (or SI-MBA) cohort at the University of Vermont Grossman School of Business arrived at their new home of Burlington, Vermont for the start of their one-...

One half of the SI-MBA 2025 Cohort poses together at the Burton Snowboard Factory

12th Annual Schlesinger-Global Family Enterprise Case Competition to Take Place at UVM Grossman School of Business in January

Family enterprises account for more than 80% of businesses worldwide, ranging from small mom-and-pop shops to major corporations such as ALDI, Berkshire Hathaway, Cargill, Ford, and Walmart. Enterprising families are the backbone of global communities and economy. The "World Cup” of...

SG-FECC organizing committee at the 2023 event including students, faculty and staff from the UVM Grossman School of Business

Sustainable Innovation MBA Students Gear Up for Rigorous One Year Together

August 19 kicked off the Sustainable Innovation MBA (or SI-MBA) at the University of Vermont Grossman School of Business. New students of the accelerated one-year MBA with sustainability integrated into the curriculum...

The UVM Sustainable Innovation MBA class of 2025 posed outside the ECHO Museum in front of Lake Champlain

Sustainable Business Leaders Graduate from UVM Grossman School of Business

On Saturday August 3, 2024, the Grossman School of Business (Grossman School) Sustainable Innovation MBA (SI-MBA) hosted an inauguration ceremony for the 2024 cohort of its one-year accelerated MBA program. Joining an...

Sustainable Innovation MBA Class of 2024 graduates (Photos: Karen Pike)

UVM SI-MBA Students Advance Sustainable Business Ideas at 2024 Practicum Finals

The capstone experience of the Sustainable Innovation MBA (or SI-MBA) at the University of Vermont Grossman School of Business is the...

SI-MBA students meet to present their Practicum final

UVM’s Master of Accountancy to Celebrate 15 Years

The University of Vermont (UVM) Grossman School of Business will celebrate the 15th anniversary of its Master of Accountancy (MAcc) program September 12-14, 2024. The event is open to MAcc alumni, UVM accounting alumni, and...

Grossman School of Business MAcc Program 15th Year Celebration

Grossman School of Business Receives Elite Green MBA Ranking for Seventh Consecutive Year

For more than a decade, the University of Vermont’s (UVM) Grossman School of Business (Grossman School) has educated the business leaders for tomorrow via the Sustainable Innovation MBA Program that is focused...

Students attend a lecture as part of the Sustainable Innovation MBA program.

UVM Grossman School of Business Achieves High Level in the Positive Impact Rating for 5th Consecutive Year

The University of Vermont (UVM) Grossman School of Business (Grossman School) was recognized for its social impact and sustainability achievements when the Positive Impact Rating (PIR) 2024 report was shared at the UN...

The University of Vermont Grossman School of Business

Green Sports Alliance Summit: UVM SI-MBA Students Take Center Stage

During the UVM Sustainable Innovation MBA (SI-MBA) Practicum project, students work as consultants on sustainability-related innovation...

SI-MBA students attend the Green Sports Alliance Summit

UVM Grossman School of Business Hosts Inaugural Rural Entrepreneurship Symposium

The inaugural United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) Rural Entrepreneurship Symposium, which was hosted at the University of Vermont's Grossman School of Business,...

2024 USASBE Rural Entrepreneurship Symposium attendees

Acting on a Desire for Community Resilience

Kianna Bromley, University of Vermont Class of 2015, was a member of the inaugural year-long Sustainable Entrepreneurship Master in Business Administration program (SE-MBA)—the program that would eventually become the flagship...

Patrick Leahy Honors College Scholars Defend Theses

At the University of Vermont this spring, Grossman School of Business seniors who were also enrolled in the Honors College (HCOL) wrapped up and presented their honors theses, which they have been tirelessly working on since September 2023. With the countless hours of hard work and research that...

Sam Thompson defends his honors thesis.

UVM’s Sustainable Innovation MBA Students Join the 34th Annual VBSR Conference

Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility (VBSR), a statewide, nonprofit business association with a mission to leverage the power of business for positive social and environmental impact, held its 34th annual conference in mid-May at beautiful Hula Lakeside....

Sustainable Innovation MBA students attend the VBSR Conference.

The Elmer Nicholson Achievement Prize: Evan Siegel

The Elmer Nicholson Achievement Prize is presented to the student who has emerged from their total UVM experience with the promise of great expectations in their field of interest. This year’s recipient is Evan Siegel (he/him).   A major in Business...

Portrait of Evan Siegel

Stellar Seniors at the Grossman School of Business in 2024  

Seniors at The University of Vermont’s Grossman School of Business (Grossman School) bid farewell to Kalkin and Ifshin Halls this week. We take a moment to reflect on the bright and motivated students who will graduate this Sunday. Their hard work and dedication over the past four years have put...

Seniors from the Grossman School of Business Class of 2024

Grossman School of Business Announces Guest Speaker for 2024 Academic Celebration

The Grossman School of Business (Grossman School) will hold its academic celebration following the University Commencement Ceremony on May 19, 2024 to recognize graduates and confer diplomas for the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration program. Nicole Maria Stata ’91, founder and...

Nicole Stata, Class of '91, speaks with colleagues

Inaugural Rural Entrepreneurship Symposium to Take Place June 19-21

The University of Vermont (UVM) Grossman School of Business will host the inaugural Rural Entrepreneurship Symposium June 19–21, 2024 in partnership with the U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE), a national association of entrepreneurship researchers and teachers....

Grossman School Professors Receive UVM's Prestigious 2024 Faculty Recognition Awards

Each year the University of Vermont (UVM) honors esteemed faculty members for their contributions to innovative scholarship, exceptional teaching and advising, and outstanding community engagement. This year, two Grossman School faculty members were honored with prestigious awards by the provost...

UVM Accounting Students Go To Boston

On a wet and foggy day in early April, a bus full of undergraduate accounting students from the University of Vermont (UVM) Grossman School of Business (Grossman School) rode a coach liner through the mountains of Vermont and New Hampshire to Boston's downtown financial district. A few dozen...

Innovator in Residence Roger McClendon Connects with Sustainable Innovation MBA Students

Students from the Sustainable Innovation MBA (SI-MBA) program at the University of Vermont (UVM) Grossman School of Business (Grossman School) had the opportunity to engage with Roger McClendon, executive director,...

SI-MBA Innovator in Residence Roger McClendon poses with SI-MBA students

UVM Student Team Wins Grand Prize to Launch New Business in Vermont

The University of Vermont (UVM) Grossman School of Business (Grossman School) hosted the final presentations of the inaugural Joy and Jerry Meyers Cup on April 25, 2024 at the Ifshin Hall Keller Room. Out of the three UVM...

Grand prize winners from Painting With Purpose pose with Joy and Jerry Meyers Cup donors and Grossman School Dean Sanjay Sharma

Student Entrepreneurship Fired Up the 12th Annual UVM Business Pitch Competition

The annual University of Vermont (UVM) Business Pitch Competition once again proved to be a showcase of innovation and entrepreneurial spirit, as undergraduate students from across UVM presented their business ideas to a panel...

The A-Ha Moment: Chuck Davis ’72 Insights Inspired at the 2024 Hoffman Family Business Lecture

The Grossman School of Business (Grossman School) recently hosted Chuck Davis ’72, founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Stone Point Capital, as part of its annual Hoffman Family Business Lecture. This speaker...

Other News

UVM Grossman School of Business Earns Highest Honors from Beta Gamma Sigma

Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS), an international honors society for business students, has recognized the University of Vermont (UVM) chapter at the Grossman School of Business as a “Highest Honors Chapter” for the 2023-2024 academic year. This makes it the...

Beta Gamma Sigma UVM chapter induction ceremony at Grossman School

Next UVM Grossman School Research Seminar Series to Explore Environmental Supply Chain Incidents September 20

Firms are increasingly blamed for environmental supply chain incidents revealed in media reports, which harms their reputations and economic returns. But what is the relationship between Carbon Disclosure Project Supply Chain Program membership and reported environmental supply chain incidents?...

Robert Klassen to speak at Grossman School Research Seminar Series

UVM Sustainable Innovation MBA Students Visit Responsible Vermont-Based Businesses

In late August, students of the newest Sustainable Innovation MBA (or SI-MBA) cohort at the University of Vermont Grossman School of Business arrived at their new home of Burlington, Vermont for the start of their one-...

One half of the SI-MBA 2025 Cohort poses together at the Burton Snowboard Factory

12th Annual Schlesinger-Global Family Enterprise Case Competition to Take Place at UVM Grossman School of Business in January

Family enterprises account for more than 80% of businesses worldwide, ranging from small mom-and-pop shops to major corporations such as ALDI, Berkshire Hathaway, Cargill, Ford, and Walmart. Enterprising families are the backbone of global communities and economy. The "World Cup” of...

SG-FECC organizing committee at the 2023 event including students, faculty and staff from the UVM Grossman School of Business

Sustainable Innovation MBA Students Gear Up for Rigorous One Year Together

August 19 kicked off the Sustainable Innovation MBA (or SI-MBA) at the University of Vermont Grossman School of Business. New students of the accelerated one-year MBA with sustainability integrated into the curriculum...

The UVM Sustainable Innovation MBA class of 2025 posed outside the ECHO Museum in front of Lake Champlain

Sustainable Business Leaders Graduate from UVM Grossman School of Business

On Saturday August 3, 2024, the Grossman School of Business (Grossman School) Sustainable Innovation MBA (SI-MBA) hosted an inauguration ceremony for the 2024 cohort of its one-year accelerated MBA program. Joining an...

Sustainable Innovation MBA Class of 2024 graduates (Photos: Karen Pike)

UVM SI-MBA Students Advance Sustainable Business Ideas at 2024 Practicum Finals

The capstone experience of the Sustainable Innovation MBA (or SI-MBA) at the University of Vermont Grossman School of Business is the...

SI-MBA students meet to present their Practicum final

UVM’s Master of Accountancy to Celebrate 15 Years

The University of Vermont (UVM) Grossman School of Business will celebrate the 15th anniversary of its Master of Accountancy (MAcc) program September 12-14, 2024. The event is open to MAcc alumni, UVM accounting alumni, and...

Grossman School of Business MAcc Program 15th Year Celebration

Grossman School of Business Receives Elite Green MBA Ranking for Seventh Consecutive Year

For more than a decade, the University of Vermont’s (UVM) Grossman School of Business (Grossman School) has educated the business leaders for tomorrow via the Sustainable Innovation MBA Program that is focused...

Students attend a lecture as part of the Sustainable Innovation MBA program.

UVM Grossman School of Business Achieves High Level in the Positive Impact Rating for 5th Consecutive Year

The University of Vermont (UVM) Grossman School of Business (Grossman School) was recognized for its social impact and sustainability achievements when the Positive Impact Rating (PIR) 2024 report was shared at the UN...

The University of Vermont Grossman School of Business

Green Sports Alliance Summit: UVM SI-MBA Students Take Center Stage

During the UVM Sustainable Innovation MBA (SI-MBA) Practicum project, students work as consultants on sustainability-related innovation...

SI-MBA students attend the Green Sports Alliance Summit

UVM Grossman School of Business Hosts Inaugural Rural Entrepreneurship Symposium

The inaugural United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) Rural Entrepreneurship Symposium, which was hosted at the University of Vermont's Grossman School of Business,...

2024 USASBE Rural Entrepreneurship Symposium attendees

Acting on a Desire for Community Resilience

Kianna Bromley, University of Vermont Class of 2015, was a member of the inaugural year-long Sustainable Entrepreneurship Master in Business Administration program (SE-MBA)—the program that would eventually become the flagship...

Patrick Leahy Honors College Scholars Defend Theses

At the University of Vermont this spring, Grossman School of Business seniors who were also enrolled in the Honors College (HCOL) wrapped up and presented their honors theses, which they have been tirelessly working on since September 2023. With the countless hours of hard work and research that...

Sam Thompson defends his honors thesis.

UVM’s Sustainable Innovation MBA Students Join the 34th Annual VBSR Conference

Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility (VBSR), a statewide, nonprofit business association with a mission to leverage the power of business for positive social and environmental impact, held its 34th annual conference in mid-May at beautiful Hula Lakeside....

Sustainable Innovation MBA students attend the VBSR Conference.

The Elmer Nicholson Achievement Prize: Evan Siegel

The Elmer Nicholson Achievement Prize is presented to the student who has emerged from their total UVM experience with the promise of great expectations in their field of interest. This year’s recipient is Evan Siegel (he/him).   A major in Business...

Portrait of Evan Siegel

Stellar Seniors at the Grossman School of Business in 2024  

Seniors at The University of Vermont’s Grossman School of Business (Grossman School) bid farewell to Kalkin and Ifshin Halls this week. We take a moment to reflect on the bright and motivated students who will graduate this Sunday. Their hard work and dedication over the past four years have put...

Seniors from the Grossman School of Business Class of 2024

Grossman School of Business Announces Guest Speaker for 2024 Academic Celebration

The Grossman School of Business (Grossman School) will hold its academic celebration following the University Commencement Ceremony on May 19, 2024 to recognize graduates and confer diplomas for the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration program. Nicole Maria Stata ’91, founder and...

Nicole Stata, Class of '91, speaks with colleagues

Inaugural Rural Entrepreneurship Symposium to Take Place June 19-21

The University of Vermont (UVM) Grossman School of Business will host the inaugural Rural Entrepreneurship Symposium June 19–21, 2024 in partnership with the U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE), a national association of entrepreneurship researchers and teachers....

Grossman School Professors Receive UVM's Prestigious 2024 Faculty Recognition Awards

Each year the University of Vermont (UVM) honors esteemed faculty members for their contributions to innovative scholarship, exceptional teaching and advising, and outstanding community engagement. This year, two Grossman School faculty members were honored with prestigious awards by the provost...

UVM Accounting Students Go To Boston

On a wet and foggy day in early April, a bus full of undergraduate accounting students from the University of Vermont (UVM) Grossman School of Business (Grossman School) rode a coach liner through the mountains of Vermont and New Hampshire to Boston's downtown financial district. A few dozen...

Innovator in Residence Roger McClendon Connects with Sustainable Innovation MBA Students

Students from the Sustainable Innovation MBA (SI-MBA) program at the University of Vermont (UVM) Grossman School of Business (Grossman School) had the opportunity to engage with Roger McClendon, executive director,...

SI-MBA Innovator in Residence Roger McClendon poses with SI-MBA students

UVM Student Team Wins Grand Prize to Launch New Business in Vermont

The University of Vermont (UVM) Grossman School of Business (Grossman School) hosted the final presentations of the inaugural Joy and Jerry Meyers Cup on April 25, 2024 at the Ifshin Hall Keller Room. Out of the three UVM...

Grand prize winners from Painting With Purpose pose with Joy and Jerry Meyers Cup donors and Grossman School Dean Sanjay Sharma

Student Entrepreneurship Fired Up the 12th Annual UVM Business Pitch Competition

The annual University of Vermont (UVM) Business Pitch Competition once again proved to be a showcase of innovation and entrepreneurial spirit, as undergraduate students from across UVM presented their business ideas to a panel...

The A-Ha Moment: Chuck Davis ’72 Insights Inspired at the 2024 Hoffman Family Business Lecture

The Grossman School of Business (Grossman School) recently hosted Chuck Davis ’72, founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Stone Point Capital, as part of its annual Hoffman Family Business Lecture. This speaker...