MIU Achievements
Andrew Bargerstock and Ye Shi Win Best Article Award
Professor Andrew Bargerstock and PhD student Ye Shi won an award for writing the best article in the peer-reviewed journal Strategic Finance. They formally accepted the Lybrand Gold Medal Award at the annual conference of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)...
U.S. Congressman Tim Ryan Delivers Commencement Address
Maharishi University of Management celebrated its 42nd commencement on June 24, graduating 579 students, including 460 graduate students and 119 undergraduate students (48 from Maharishi Invincibility Institute in Johannesburg, South Africa)—the most in MUM’s history....
Art Faculty Gyan Shrosbree Exhibits in Multiple Shows
Art faculty member Gyan Shrosbree is cementing her reputation as an artist with a half-dozen individual and group shows around the country. Her work is currently on display through June at the Yellow Door Gallery in Des Moines along with works by her father, Jim...
Chas Zachar Heads to Hawaii with Teach For America
Chas Zachar, a native of Arizona, came to MUM because he became interested in learning the Transcendental Meditation®technique. As a former Waldorf school student, he was also interested in alternative education. Chas enjoyed science, especially biology, and...
MUM Alumnus Wins Four Awards at Iowa Motion Picture Event
A short film by Gregor Kresal, a graduate of the David Lynch Graduate School of Cinematic Arts, won four awards in April at the Iowa Motion Picture Association’s annual awards ceremony, including the top award for cinematography and three Awards of Achievement for...
How to Craft Your Career — and Your Life: Free Online Course
Are you interested in many different things? Are you pretty good at a lot of them? Do you sometimes have trouble deciding what direction to pursue? Then you may want to take a look at a new free online course titled Crafting a Life of Meaning, Significance, and...
Han Wan Receives Outstanding CMA Student Award
Management doctoral student Han Wan, who recently passed the Certified Management Accountant (CMA) exam, received the Outstanding CMA Student award from the Des Moines Chapter of the Institute for Management Accountants. Han received an...
58 Students Graduate with MUM Degrees in South Africa
On April 29, Maharishi Invincibility Institute in Johannesburg, South Africa, held graduation ceremonies for 58 students earning bachelor’s degrees in business from MUM, bringing the total number of MUM degrees awarded to MII students to 235. The Maharishi...
New Study Finds Reduced Stress and Trauma in Prisoners
(see full size image) A new randomized controlled study by MUM researchers on 22 female prisoners, published in The Permanente Journal, found that those practicing the Transcendental Meditation® technique for four months had significant reductions in total...
Hilary Nelson — Art in Motion
MUM alumna Hilary Nelson is about to graduate from the University of Iowa with an MFA degree; however, her path to becoming an artist wasn’t always straightforward. Hilary has always been making art, but after graduating from Maharishi School she was one of the first...
Sara Kille — Environmental Activism and Social Change
Sara Kille worked as a preschool teacher in her hometown of Tracy, California, when she discovered actor Jim Carrey’s MUM commencement speech on Facebook. Sara was planning to study environmentalism and sustainability, and Carrey’s speech deeply resonated with...
Sophia Woodward — Actor, Writer, Producer
MUM student Sophia Woodward had wanted to become an actress since she was nine, but she never thought she would get some of her best acting opportunities in Fairfield, Iowa. Sophia moved to Fairfield from Massachusetts at age seven and attended Maharishi School. At...
