The University of Oregon is launching a 24-week web development certification program at its Portland campus. The program, which starts in January, is a partnership with New York-based Trilogy Education, a startup that creates technology education programs with universities. The University of Oregon Coding Bootcamp is offered through the school’s department of continuing and professional education. “This intensive program is designed to give working adults in Portland from all backgrounds and…

Angela Dowling adds that state health plans are still coping with uncertainty from federal actions and hopes her organization can collaborate on any new policies.

Nike Inc.’s Jordan Brand is getting into the soccer business. The company on Thursday announced a deal with French soccer club Paris Saint-Germain. The deal will include a footwear and apparel collection, and brand’s Jumpman logo also will appear on the team’s uniforms. The deal is the latest attempt by Nike to expand the Jordan business beyond the hardwood and reinvigorate sales. The Jordan brand unveiled football cleats in 2013, running shoes in 2014, and a fashion shoe in 2014. It’s also…

Charlotte Guyman retired from Microsoft in 1999 and in 2003, she joined the Berkshire Hathaway board, which remains her longest tenured board position.

Columbia Bank Chairman Bill Weyerhaeuser joined his first board in 1972 as a graduate student at Fuller Theological Seminary.

Jean Bartell Barber grew up in the family business, sweeping the floors, working the till and eventually entering the bookkeeper side of the operation as a college student.