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Nametags… check.

Coffee… check.

Cocoa stencil… check (and ooh, fancy).

The Fast 46 networking event gets underway on Sept. 16. Thomas McArthur, associate vice president for alumni engagement and annual giving (far left), and Arlene Kaukus, director of the Career Design Center, welcome participants to the event.

Lauren Johnson, career education strategy lead, gets things started by describing the procedure. Using a "digital mixer," students and businesses are assigned small breakout groups.

Nkume Sobe Jr. (center), CEO and founder of Sobe Innovative Rehabilitation, talks with students, along with other business owners.

Sarah Gillen (blue sweater), president of Emergency Skills Inc., meets with her group. ESI is an American Heart Association training center and defibrillator program management company.

Fast 46 Competition winner Gábor Somogyi, MBA ’03, CEO of Eveliqure Biotechnologies, has an annimated conversation with students.

Students joined alumni from about 20 companies during the event.

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"Fast" networking

UB students joined representatives from the university's "Fast 46" companies at a recent breakfast networking event presented by University Advancement and the Career Design Center. Fast 46 recognizes the fastest-growing businesses owned or led by UB alumni or former students from around the world. Photos: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki

Published September 22, 2022

"Fast" networking

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