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Application deadline for scholarships ends on April 1, 2009 |
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Year of International Human Rights at Webster |
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Austrian national Television interviews Webster faculty, students, and staff |
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Dr. Thomas Oberlechner on Austrian national Television, ORF2. | |||||||||
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Webster University Now Offering MS in Environmental Management Online | |||||||||
Webster University designed the online MS in Environmental Management program to provide students with the tools and techniques to navigate the business aspects of environmental management. Students learn to assess and convey the business, ethical and legal information to those who make or are affected by the decisions that shape our natural resources and environment.
For further information. |
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A group of entrepreneurial Webster students have formed a company based on leveraging the relationships among the businesses and organizations in the Webster network. | |||||||||
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Webster Study Abroad Student Wins the 2008 frieze Writer's Prize | |||||||||
William J. Gass, a Study Abroad student from the Art Department on the main campus who studied in Vienna during the Spring 2008 semester, received the top prize in frieze magazine's competition for young critics. His review of Milena Dragicevic's exhibition "Of Ants" at Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna, Austria, was initiated in Dr. Monika Schwaerzler's Art Theory and Criticism course as a class assignment during the Spring I term. He will receive an award of 2000 pounds and the opportunity to write a review for the October issue of the magazine. Founded in London in 1991, frieze magazine is one of the leading art journals dealing with contemporary art and culture. |
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ACBSP accreditation for Webster business programs | |||||||||
The Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) has granted specialized accreditation to the School of Business and Technology's business and business-related programs. |
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Dr. Thomas Oberlechner, receives Award from IMCA | |||||||||
Thomas Oberlechner, Psychology professor at Webster University, Vienna receives Richard J. Davis Ethics Honorable Distinction Award from IMCA, the Investment Management Consultants Association for his award-winning book, "The Psychology of Ethics in the Finance and Investment Industry". |
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Prof. Andrei Markovits on Sports Cultures & the EURO 2008 | |||||||||
Prof. Markovits, renowned political scientist and global sports expert from the University of Michigan, taught a course at Webster Vienna this Summer on Globalization and Sports as this year's Dr. Elizabeth Ortner-Chopin Visiting Professor. |
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Dr. Christopher Kummer |
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| Webster’s Merger’s & Acquisitions Expert on Bloomberg TV, July 9, 2008 |
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4th Webster MBACapstoneCompetition | |||||||||
Registration deadline extended until |
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Dr. Christopher Kummer | |||||||||
Webster Vienna’s Mergers & Acquisitions Expert appeared on Bloomberg TV in Germany, May 28, 2008. |
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Vienna´s Conscience | |||||||||
| Book Presentation on June 24th, 2008 by Dr. Gregory Weeks and Susan Winter Balk Sigmund Freud Museum, Berggasse 19,beginning 19:00 pm |
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Leading Without Authority | |||||||||
| by Dr. Benjamin Akande, Dean of the School of Business and Technology, Webster University, St. Louis Wed. June 11th from 6:30 -9:00 p.m. PDC Seminar Room #230 (Second Floor), Webster University More information |
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Sports Cultures in America & Europe: A mirror of modern life | |||||||||
| by Dr. Andrei Markovits in cooperation with the American Embassy Amerikahaus, Friedrich-Schmidt-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna Guest Lecture on June 4th, 2008 More information |
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PANEL DISCUSSION on February 18th: | |||||||||
Topic: Political Transitions in South-Eastern Europe -
Kosovo, EU Political Framework, and Global & Regional Processes |
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January 31th, 2008;
Guest Lecture:
United Nations institutional
innovation in the context of Global Governance processes with Ambassador Walther Lichem |
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The challenges the United Nations
system faces in the 21st century will
be analyzed from the perspective of
the successes and failures of policy
reform and institutional development.
Special focus will be given to the UN-reform
processes, especially those initiated by former
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and articulated
in the Millennium Summit and the 2005 Summit documents. |
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January 29th, 2008;Guest Lecture: Role of the IAEA with Marc Vidricaire | |||||||||
Mr. Vidricaire will give a lecture
on the role of the IAEA, its mechanisms
and growing importance. He will discuss
the perspectives of the Agency in the
multilateral arena. |
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Webster Finishes 2nd At European Debate Championships | |||||||||
The Webster Vienna team of intrepid debaters
finished 2nd at the first annual Webster European
Debate Championships. |
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Guest lecture with Leo Steiner, Managing Director, IBM Austria - Cancelled | |||||||||
| Mr. Steiner will give a guest lecture on Innovationmanagement at IBM |
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"Western Union - It´s so much more than Money Transfer" | |||||||||
Mr. Paul FOSTER, Vice-President for Marketing at Western Union
will give not only an overview about Western Union in his
lecture but also talk about the intercultural/diversity management |
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Webster University Vienna to offer MBA programs in Graz | |||||||||
In cooperation with the International Buisness School of Styria , WUV is expected to offer
its MBA degree in Graz at the end of November |
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INVITATION TO GOOGLE COUNTRY MANAGER-TALK | |||||||||
Search Engine Marketing - New ways to attract customers
A presentation by Dr. Karl Pall, Country Manager, Google |
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Graduation 2007 Pictures | |||||||||
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GUEST-LECTURE on International Humanitarian Law:current issues and challenges | |||||||||
A presentation from…
Mag. Martina Schloffer, head of the department for disaster management at the Austrian Red Cross |
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TWO SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE | |||||||||
In cooperation with the City of Vienna, Webster University offers two freshman scholarships for Austrian citizens planning to pursue a Bachelor program. Application period ends on September 28, 2007. |
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Webster University Vienna’s Graduation speech 2007 by Prof. Philip Zimbardo | |||||||||
The world-renowned psychologist Zimbardo
on “ A psychology of liberation in an era of fear an terror” |
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$ 10.000 Capstone Competition | |||||||||
Registration is now open for the |
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"Four Years of War in Iraq: What's left to be done?" | |||||||||
Lecture with Gudrun Harrer,
Former Special Envoy of the
Austrian Presidency of the
European Union to Iraq,
Head of Foreign Politics
Department at "Der Standard" |
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Zimbardo to teach at Webster Vienna | |||||||||
World-Renowned
Psychologist
will teach
on Human
Nature at
the Webster
Vienna
campus. |
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The Secret
Power of
Time
Perspective:
Influencing
Individual
Actions and
National Destinies |
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A
presentation
by noted
psychologist |
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U.S. News & World Report rank Webster University Top Tier in the Midwest | |||||||||
The 2007
America’s
Best
Colleges
edition of
U.S. News &
World Report
ranked
Webster
University
the 23rd
best
university
in the “Best
Universities-Master’s”
(by region)
category. |
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"Vienna Police in the Third Reich" | |||||||||
WUV
professor
Dr. Gregory
Weeks is
giving a
presentation
on the 3rd
Reich
followed by
another
Brown Bag
Lunch
Discussion
on February
13th. |
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Secrets from the Freud-Rank Correspondence | |||||||||
Together
with the
Sigmund
Freud
Privatstiftung
and the
Institut
fuer
Bildungswissenschaften
of the
University
of Vienna,
Webster
University
will present
a talk by
Robert
Kramer from
the American
University
in
Washington
DC on
November
20th. |
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Webster hosts European premiere of new documentary on terrorism | |||||||||
WUV hosts the European premiere of the provocative new film "Obsession: Radical Islam’s War
Against the West." After winning numerous prizes and gaining support for
an Oscar nomination, "Obsession" will be released throughout
the United States on September 11, 2006. Coinciding
with its U.S. release, "Obsession" will be shown for the first time in Europe on
September 11 at 6:00 p.m. in the OMV Conference Center at Webster University in Vienna. |
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New Global M.A. IR program already started in Vienna | |||||||||
Around 20 students
started Webster University's new Global M.A. in International Relations program in August. The program allows students to experience all four European campuses: Vienna, Geneva, London and Leiden. |
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Webster Vienna faculty comments on media mergers | |||||||||
CNN Money turns to Webster Vienna Professor Chris Kummer, Director of the MANDA (Mergers and Acquisitions) institute,
for an expert's insight into the EMI-Warner merger. |
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Study abroad partnership gives students a summer of art and culture in Europe | |||||||||
Students from the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse and Webster University's main campus in St. Louis joined students from the Vienna campus to capture Vienna in pictures. |
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Webster Vienna students announced finalists in MBA capstone competition | |||||||||
WUV students Martin Pelz and Patricia Lu managed to be
announced
finalists as
of July 13. We wish them all the best in their continuous efforts. |
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Webster students win scholarship for study in Vienna | |||||||||
Webster St.
Louis
students Kirsten
Vaughn and
Jonathan
Wiegraffe
were awarded
study abroad
grants from
the German
American
Heritage
Society of
St. Louis
(GAHS) for
study at the
Vienna
campus. |
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Jugendstil available in stores throughout Austria | |||||||||
Webster's student newspaper is now available for purchase in over 100 Morawa,
Thalia, Schmelzer Bettenhausen and Tabak Trafic locations throughout Austria. |
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1st Webster Career Evening on April 27th | |||||||||
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The 1st Webster Career Evening will give you
the opportunity to discuss what it’s like in the real world with some of our finest
alumni. It’s a chance to get their advice, to hear their personal war stories, to gain an insight into various industries and to network. |
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Webster University Vienna holds Open
Information Evening in Zagreb, Croatia on May
4th |
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Iran's Nuclear Program on the Security Council's Agenda | |||||||||
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Ambassador Gregory L. Schulte, US Permanent Represenative to the UN Office in Vienna and International Atomic Energy Agency
gives a talk @ WUV on April 12th. |
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WUV reaccreditated by the Austrian Accreditation Council | |||||||||
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Webster University Vienna's accreditation as a Private University in Austria has been successfully renewed for another five years this January. |
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WUV Professor opens Exhibition in New York City | |||||||||
Media Communications Department Head and Editor at the Standard, Michael Freund,
curates an exhibition on "Cartoons about Psychoanalysis" that will open at the Museum of the City of New York on 04/11. |
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Psychology Study Tour to Palo Alto, California | |||||||||
Stefan Geyerhofer's next Psychology Study Tour to Palo Alto, California, will take place 3/10-20th, 2006. |
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The Present and Future of Unions (in Europe???) | |||||||||
You are invited to a guest lecture
by Dr.
Walter Sauer from the Austrian Trade Union
Federation (ÖGB), who will share insights in
the topic of unions on March 9th. |
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Burgenland Wine presented at Webster Vienna | |||||||||
Willi and Maria Opitz, internationally renowned wine-makers from the Burgenland
give a guest lecture followed by a wine tasting on February 22nd. |
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Charles Randolph's new movie "Munich" opened January 29th | |||||||||
The former Webster Vienna Professor and award-winning screenwriter's latest coup
deals with the terrorist attack on Israeli athletes at the 1972
Munich Olympics and the subsequent Mossad hunt for the surviving perpetrators. |
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Webster alums in US news weekly, NEWSWEEK | |||||||||
NEWSWEEK (Oct. 24th issue) has its cover story on "20 ofAmerica's Most Powerful Women." Two of the twenty featured Women Leaders are Webster alumns: Brigadier General Sheila Baxter and Commander Eileen Collins. |
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Kathryn Walt Hall to present Winetasting @ Palais Coburg | |||||||||
The former US Ambassador will present several wines from her vineyards for WUV fundraising purposes. |
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The Opening Ceremony for Webster's first MBA program in Hungary took place on September 30 | |||||||||
Webster is offering its MBA in partnership with St. Istvan University on their campus in Godollo, a suburb of Budapest. US Ambassador to Hungary, G.H. Walker and a
speaker of the Hungarian Ministry of Education held the Opening Ceremony, which was covered by Hungarian national TV. |
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Webster Alum Eileen Collins Commander of NASA Discovery "Return to flight" | |||||||||
Eileen Collins, who earned a Master of Arts degree in Space Systems Management from Webster University in 1989, commanded the NASA space shuttle's successful mission. |
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Wall Street Journal Student Achievement Prize to Webster Vienna student | |||||||||
Webster Vienna student Ines Riess wins 2004/2005 Wall Street Journal Student Achievement Prize |
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Eric Frey's new book published | |||||||||
Webster Vienna faculty member and Der Standard Editor Eric Frey presented his new
book on June 22nd. |
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Webster Students Organize Exhibition of their own work at the WUK | |||||||||
Webster Vienna students Camillo Spiegelfeld, Phillip Sulke and Simon Shaerf are taking part in a group exhibition at the ProjectRoom of the WUK.
Opening Reception will be held on May 27, at 6:00 pm. |
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Webster Graduation 2005 on May 21st at the Orangerie Schoenbrunn | |||||||||
Webster Vienna is proud to announce Ambassador George Herbert Walker as Guest Speaker at the Graduation on May, 21st |
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Julie Nestl receives Employee Spotlight Award for April |
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Shanghai MBA Team wins Capstone Competition | |||||||||
Vienna MBA student Martin Pelz was edged out by Daniel Hu and Mark Hu of Shanghai in the $10,000 Capstone Competition. |
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Michael Schneider is awarded the Theodor Körner Prize for Fine Arts. | |||||||||
Michael, Professor at Webster Vienna, has been chosen to speak for the awardees at the formal ceremony on April 22nd. |
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Webster Vienna creates new summer study options |
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Congratulations to Martin Pelz for reaching the final round of the $10,000 Capstone Competition! |
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Online course and study tour to Vienna, especially relevant to educators, open to all students and alumni. |
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Grand prize of $10,000 in First-ever Webster MBA Capstone Competition |
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The School of Business and Technology at Webster University is excited to announce the first-ever head-to-head Capstone Competition. Teams from throughout the World of Webster University, including Asia, North America, and Europe, will compete in the strategic management of a virtual US$100 million electronic sensor company. |
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The Art and Media Communications Programs are accredited by Austrian Accreditation Council, and likewise the Management with an Emphasis in Human Resources Management and the M.B.A. with an Emphasis in Human Resources Management. |
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Webster University Named to Top Tier Universities in Midwest. |
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Accredited in the US and Austria
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Webster University Vienna, Berchtoldgasse 1, A-1220 Vienna, Austria |