BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Central Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Central Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois Urbana-C hampaign cordially invites you to attend the investiture of William Ocasio \, professor of business administration\, as the James F. Towey Professor of Business and Leadership in Business Administration.\n\nFriday\, March 2 5 | 3-5 pm\nReception following the ceremony\n\nDeloitte Auditorium | Busi ness Instructional Facility\n515 East Gregory Drive\nChampaign\, Illinois\ n\nRegister to Attend\n\nWilliam Ocasio joined Gies College of Business in 2020. Prior to that he had spent 25 years at Northwestern University’s Ke llogg School of Management\, where he taught in their PhD\, MBA\, and exec utive programs.\n\nHe is an internationally renowned\, award-winning organ izational theorist and business strategy scholar. He is well-known for his interdisciplinary approach to strategic organizational research and educa tion. He has an unparalleled reputation as a pioneering theoretical thinke r who can translate his scholarly work to make it accessible to leaders of global corporations. His award-winning book\, The Institutional Logics Pe rspective: A New Approach to Culture\, Structure\, and Process (co-authore d with Patricia H. Thornton and Michael Lounsbury) is the most cited work in the field.\n\nAt Illinois\, William also serves as the director of the Illinois Strategic Organizations Initiative (ISOI). ISOI addresses unmet d emand by academic communities and corporations for interdisciplinary resea rch in strategic organizational design and management. ISOI’s mission is t o conduct\, sponsor\, and promote world-class research and thought leaders hip in strategic organizations\, which build upon Gies College of Business ’ distinguished history and reputation in both organizational behavior and strategy.\n\nWilliam received his bachelor’s degree in economics from the Universidad de Puerto Rico at Mayaguez in 1976\, his MBA from Harvard Uni versity in 1984\, and his PhD in organizational behavior from Stanford Uni versity in 1992.\n\n____________________\n\nWe look forward to offering vi sitors and guests the safest in-person experience possible. Please visit c ovid19.illinois.edu/on-campus/visitors for the most current information. E ffective February 28\, COVID-19 guidelines for university events do not re quire that attendees show proof of a negative COVID-19 test or a COVID-19 vaccination record to attend. Face coverings will not be required indoors or outdoors. Any updates to this guidance will be e-mailed to attendees an d shared on the university's COVID-19 Event Guidance website. The Investit ure Ceremony will be livestreamed for individuals who are unable to attend in person.\n\nIf you will need disability-related accommodations to parti cipate in this event\, please contact Gies Business Office of Advancement at BusinessAlumni@illinois.edu or 217-244-6669. Early requests are strongl y encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your access needs. DTEND:20220325T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260519T071308Z DTSTART:20220325T200000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Investiture of Professor William Ocasio UID:RFCALITEM639147535889635994 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign cordially invites you to attend the investiture of William Ocasio\, professor of business administration\, as the James F. Towey Professor of Business and Leadership in Business Administration.
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\nFriday\, March 25 | 3-5 pm
\nReception following the ceremony< br>\n
\nDeloitte Auditorium | Business Instructional Facility
\n515 East Gregory Drive\nChampaign\, Illinois
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\nRegister to Attend\n
\nWilliam Ocasio joined Gies College of Business in 2020. Prior to that he had spent 25 years at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management\, where he taught in their PhD\, MBA\, and executive programs.
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\nHe is an internationally renowned\, award-winning organization al theorist and business strategy scholar. He is well-known for his interd isciplinary approach to strategic organizational research and education. H e has an unparalleled reputation as a pioneering theoretical thinker who c an translate his scholarly work to make it accessible to leaders of global corporations. His award-winning book\, The Institutional Logics Perspecti ve: A New Approach to Culture\, Structure\, and Process (co-authored with Patricia H. Thornton and Michael Lounsbury) is the most cited work in the field.
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\nAt Illinois\, William also serves as the director of the Illinois Strategic Organizations Initiative (ISOI). ISOI addresses unmet demand by academic communities and corporations for interdisciplinary rese arch in strategic organizational design and management. ISOI’s mission is to conduct\, sponsor\, and promote world-class research and thought leader ship in strategic organizations\, which build upon Gies College of Busines s’ distinguished history and reputation in both organizational behavior an d strategy.
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\nWilliam received his bachelor’s degree in economics from the Universidad de Puerto Rico at Mayaguez in 1976\, his MBA from Ha rvard University in 1984\, and his PhD in organizational behavior from Sta nford University in 1992.
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\nWe lo ok forward to offering visitors and guests the safest in-person experience possible. Please visit covid19.illinois.edu/on-campus/visitors for the mo st current information. Effective February 28\, COVID-19 guidelines for un iversity events do not require that attendees show proof of a negative COV ID-19 test or a COVID-19 vaccination record to attend. Face coverings will not be required indoors or outdoors. Any updates to this guidance will be e-mailed to attendees and shared on the university's COVID-19 Event Guida nce website. The Investiture Ceremony will be livestreamed for individuals who are unable to attend in person.
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\nIf you will need disabilit y-related accommodations to participate in this event\, please contact Gie s Business Office of Advancement at BusinessAlumni@illinois.edu or 217-244 -6669. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your access needs. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR