DePaul Alumni Spotlight: Charles Perino, Co-Founder of La Compagnie and Kellstadt MBA ‘93
Robin Florzak of the DePaul University communications department recently interviewed Jean Charles Perino, the co-founder of La Compagnie, a boutique all-business class airline that flies between Paris and New York. Perino, who earned his MBA in finance in Chicago at DePaul University’s Kellstadt Graduate School of Business in 1993, said that he applies the business lessons he learned at DePaul to his job at the Paris-based airline. Continue reading…
DePaul Business Alumni Network and Reunite in China
Last month, DePaul’s Kellstadt Graduate School of Business hosted a reunion and networking event for alumni. These types of event are common at business schools, but this particular event was special because of where it took place: in China.
USD Mentor Program Connects Alums With Undergraduates
Starting a career in business can be intimidating for many undergraduate students. That’s one reason behind the Mentor Program run through the Ahlers Center for International Business at the University of San Diego School of Business. The program enhances career preparation skill sets by connecting undergraduate students with MBA alumni at companies such as WD-40, Qualcomm, UTC Aerospace Systems, Leidos, Hologic and more. Continue reading…
Friday News & Notes: The Trump Effect, Career Bumps And Early Careers
Good morning and happy Friday!
Here are a few stories you may have missed from the week that was …
Meet the Students, Alumni and Faculty Who Make Up the Albers School
To celebrate the 70th anniversary of Seattle University’s Albers School of Business and Economics, the school profiled students, alumni and faculty. The goal was to provide insight into the Albers School and to demonstrate the success of the individuals who are part of the school and its many programs.
The full profiles can be found in the latest Albers Brief. Continue reading…
MBA Alumni Tout Degree’s Value and Versatility, GMAC Survey Finds
There have long been MBA applicants who view business school as an opportunity to make a career pivot—changing industry, function or both. Indeed, according to survey results released today by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), more than half of alumni respondents currently work in an industry or job function they had no prior experience in before entering business school. Not only that, two in five alumni (39 percent) currently work in an industry they hadn’t even considered prior to starting business school.
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