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GGU FACULTY AND STAFF WORKING AT TAX-AID
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GGU COMMUNITY OFFERS FREE TAX SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME FAMILIES

For the fourth year, Golden Gate University sponsored a site with Tax-Aid, the Bay Area nonprofit organization that prepares tax returns for low-income families for free. Tax-Aid has always placed a special emphasis on increasing access to the Earned Income Credit and the Child Tax Credit. Last year, Tax-Aid prepared [...]

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Genetically Modified: Hype or Health Hazard?

The public outcry over Genetically Modified [GM] Food reached a fever pitch in the last year. Farmers and consumers committed to growing and buying organic and natural foods are now pitted against producers and scientists who tout the cost savings and health benefits of scientifically tinkered with crops. Although GM [...]

Bridge Luncheon
Alumni

Bridge Luncheon

Last December we held our annual Bridge Society Luncheon at the St. Francis Yacht Club. A Crowd of over one hundred enjoyed the reception and luncheon.        

All in the Family: An Alum uses his finance degree to help his family’s restaurant succeed
Alumni

All in the Family: An Alum uses his finance degree to help his family’s restaurant succeed

Gary Tsang (BBA 10, MS 11), who has a background in technology and finance, never imagined he would work at a restaurant because the industry was like foreign territory. Yet he’s been the controller of the family business, Restaurant Peony, for nearly two decades. “One day [my dad] asked me [...]

Pass the Buckwheat: How an entrepreneur drove a healthy food truck into the heart of SOMA
Alumni

Pass the Buckwheat: How an entrepreneur drove a healthy food truck into the heart of SOMA

Following an economics degree in Turkey, Zeynep (“Z”) Aynaci (MS 02) came to GGU to study e-commerce in 2001 when it was still a burgeoning field, and GGU was the only school on the West Coast to offer such a degree. She received a comprehensive education in the subject from [...]