June 16, 2016
Congratulations, MSRE Class of 2016!
On the evening of June 9th, we celebrated the Class of 2016 on top of the magnificent Russell Investment Center. 18 students were honored on this special evening. It was a bittersweet affair, as we were not only saying goodbye to our graduates but also to George Rolfe, who is retiring this year, and Chris Bitter, who is leaving the Runstad Center to pursue other interests. This summer Chris will be presenting a paper titled “The Ratings Game: Scoring Washington Reds,” at the American Association of Wine Economist’s Annual Meeting in Bordeaux France, June 21-25. The paper explores the level of consensus in wine ratings across prominent critics and the extent to which differences in scoring can be explained by subjective preferences, and addresses the implications of “buying based on points” to both wine consumers and producers. We will greatly miss George and Chris and all they have done for the MSRE program over the years.
Here are some pictures from the festivities…
- Congratulations Class of 2016!
- MSRE students Adam Boyd, Lori Shannon, and Sam Gordon with Professor Chris Bitter
- Professor Chris Bitter and his lovely wife Carla Bitter
- Fan Fan shares a laugh with her mom and Runstad Advisory Board member Jeanette Henderson
- guests enjoying the beautiful view on the 17th floor of the Russell Investment Center
- Brad Wilson and his sweet family
- Anne Lawler and Suzanne Cartwright
- MSRE grads Brad Machat and Michael Riha
- MSRE graduate Andrew Rudzitis and his lovely family
- MSRE alumnus Bo Peng, MSRE grad JJ Liao, MSRE student Youyang Wang
- MSRE students Amy Hartman, Evan Wong, Lori Shannon
- MSRE student KC Kwok with MSRE grad Andrew Rudzitis
- MSRE grads Shanon Ford and Alex Wilson
- Runstad Advisory Chair Anne Lawler, Peter Orser, and Suzanne Cartwright
- Peter says a few words about MSRE graduate Chad Bailey
- Peter and Suzanne with MSRE graduate Alex Wilson
- Peter and Suzanne with MSRE graduate Andrew Rudzitis
- Peter and Suzanne with MSRE graduate Ben Broesamle
- Peter and Suzanne with MSRE graduate Brad Machat
- Peter and Suzanne with MSRE graduate Brooke Shorett
- Peter and Suzanne with MSRE graduate Fan Fan
- Peter and Suzanne with MSRE graduate Seonwoong Kwon
- Peter and Suzanne with MSRE grad Mia Guo
- Peter and Suzanne with MSRE graduate Michael Riha
- Peter and Suzanne with MSRE grad Jason Chen
- Peter and Suzanne with MSRE graduate Scott Rasmussen
- Peter and Suzanne with MSRE graduate Seonwoong Kwon
- Peter and Suzanne with MSRE graduate Shanon Ford
- Peter and Suzanne with MSRE grad Zac Strode
- Peter and Suzanne with MSRE/MUP graduate Xinyi Lu
- stunning view on top of the 17th floor of the Russell Investment Center