The School of Management (SOM) at the University of Michigan-Flint will soon offer a unique service to an important segment of the state’s business community.       Family-owned businesses are often referred to as the “backbone of the American economy.”  While there is wide array of services and learning opportunities available for business, very little is aimed at the important family-owned segment.

Mark Perry is no stranger to notoriety. As the author of the long-running Genesee County Business Index, Perry, a professor of finance and business economics at the School of Management, University of Michigan-Flint was often quoted in the local media on “local economic issues.”  However, it was his idea to begin a blog called “Carpe Diem” that exposed his economic philosophy to the world.

A University of Michigan-Flint professor, who was awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to teach and do research in Romania last year, has been invited back. Professor Seyed Mehdian from the School of Management, traveled to the Central European country and spent the winter and spring 2007 semesters lecturing and doing research in his field of banking and finance.

Annually in the United States international trade accounts for over 2 trillion dollars or about a quater of the total Gross National Product. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook, the growth of international business has contributed to an increase in demand for occupations that require comprehensive knowledge of international business and foreign languages. As a result, the University of Michigan-Flint School of Management (SOM) is offering a new international business concentration within the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Degree Program. It will help meet an ever-increasing demand by corporations to hire business graduates who have a background in international business.

The School of Management (SOM) at the University of Michigan-Flint will soon offer unique services to two important segments of the state’s business community: family-owned businesses and entrepreneurs. The new programs were unveiled at a special “Opening Ceremony” recently held in the lobby of the William S. White Building.

Dr. I. Douglas Moon, who served as the University of Michigan-Flint School of Management dean from January 2003-June 2007 has died at the age of 62. He died Saturday, September 13 at his Flint home.

The University of Michigan-Flint is an outstanding business school, according to The Princeton Review.  The New York-based education services company features the school in the just-published 2009 edition of its “Best 296 Business Schools”