New Year Means New Degrees at Kellstadt Graduate School of Business
It’s a new year for working professionals and prospective MBAs are setting resolutions to focus on increasing skills and business connections for career advancement. DePaul University’s Kellstadt Graduate School of Business has a resolution as well: to offer a range of fresh business degree options. The programs feature part-time and evening options and target a wide array of professionals, from those new to the workforce to seasoned executives. Continue reading…
DePaul Professor Recognized For Industry Shaking Research
DePaul University Marketing Professor Al Muñiz is a trailblazer. Together with Thomas C. O’Guinn from the University of Wisconsin, Muñiz introduced the concept of “brand community” in an article of the same name that was published in the Journal of Consumer Research in March 2001. The article described the emergence of non-geographically bound groups of people who identify with a brand and feel a responsibility to share brand narratives and offer support and solutions associated with the brand. The work had a huge impact beyond business schools and businesses, as it changed the way the marketing industry looked at brands. Continue reading…
REGISTER: DePaul’s Cyber Breach Conference on Dec. 2
In today’s hyper connected world, a big question facing various businesses and institutions is not if they will get hacked, but when. With the list of companies that have been attacked growing daily, including the White House, JP Morgan Chase and the the National Institutes of Health, the needs and questions go beyond simple solutions like “don’t click on links in emails.”
Recognizing that a focus solely on prevention is not enough to deter all cyber breaches, DePaul University and the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business are hosting a conference that will educate people about that touchy, contemporary business issue. The one-day conference, called “After the Breach,” on Dec. 2 is co-hosted by the Arditti Center and DePaul’s College of Computing and Digital Media. Continue reading…
Kellstadt Ranked in Princeton Review’s Top 25 Graduate Schools for Entrepreneurship Programs
The Princeton Review has named the entrepreneurship program at DePaul University’s Kellstadt Graduate School of Business among the best in the nation, placing the school at No. 20 on its list of “Top 25 Graduate Schools for Entrepreneurship Programs for 2015.” Continue reading…
DePaul MBAs Getting Real World Experience Over the Summer
DePaul University Kellstadt School of Business MBA students get to learn the ins and outs of project management through real-world application over the summer, as they planned, hosted and executed fundraising events for nonprofits as part of associate professor of management Lori Cook’s project management course. Continue reading…
DePaul Students and Faculty Give Leadership Lessons to Inner City Youth
Inner city Chicago teenagers learned useful budgeting and saving skills at a financial and leadership program operated by the students and faculty from DePaul’s Driehaus College of Business, the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business and the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) this summer. Continue reading…
