NIU Professors and Business Professionals Offer Advice to New MBAs
Congratulation to the Northern Illinois University School of Business Class of 2015. The following thoughts were shared on the school’s website by NIU Business alumni, guest speakers, and professors to act as words of wisdom and encouragement to any b-school grad looking to make a splash in the business world. Continue reading…
Kogod MBA Alumni Honored By School’s Dean
Last month, the Kogod School of Business’ Dean Erran Carmel recognized philanthropic alumni for their community service at the school’s annual Dean’s Dinner. The 2015 Community Leadership Award was presented to Chris Donatelli, MBA ’91, which honors an alumnus exhibiting exemplary leadership skills to make a positive impact in the community.
Donatelli was given this award based off his tireless commitment to some of the DC Metro’s most neglected neighborhoods. As president of Donatelli Development, he has forged strong partnerships with the District and WMATA to spur transit-oriented developments in lower income areas. Continue reading…
One-Year MBA Students Welcomed to Goizueta
Earlier this month, Emory University Goizueta Business School welcomed the one-year MBA class of 2016 to campus. The class displays a great diversity of students and sets a few records for the school. Continue reading…
Davis Grads Create Company to Aid Zambian Farmers
A group of UC Davis graduates and current students are working alongside Zambian farmers to help them to generate longer lasting income. The company, named Zasaka, is focused on using simple technologies and farming practices to aid farmers in avoiding losses and growing more crops. The first technology that they have implemented through the company is a bag that was created at Purdue University. The bag protects grain without the use of chemicals and costs only $2.50 per 100 kilograms.
The idea for Zasaka was developed in the UC Davis D-Lab. Students who are participating in the D-Lab work with faculty to create designs for real-life projects and business in developing countries. Last year, the students behind Zasaka won $5,000 in the UC Davis Big Bang! Business Competition. The team won both the People’s choice award and the Ag and Food Innovation prize during the competition.
Poets & Quants Names UCLA Student to “Best MBA” List
Meet Jacob Call, 34—an MBA student at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and former US Navy Seal. Call decided to go to business school after the death of his closest friends in combat. Now he has gone from being part of one of the military’s most elite units to the top of the Anderson MBA class.
Poets & Quants ranked some of the top MBA students in the country from 2015 and found that Call deserved to be on the list. Here are a few excerpts from their profile of the Anderson MBA: Continue reading…
Booth Students Shine in Case Competition
Throughout the academic year, students from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business teamed up to take home several top prizes in case competitions around the country. Here’s a run down of this year’s winners and award recipients:
Kellogg Real Estate Venture Competition
A team of Chicago Booth students won a $100,000 first-place prize at the Kellogg Real Estate Venture Competition for their proposal to to build a data center under Chicago’s Loop. The team was made up of Weekend MBA student Rob Joyce, Evening MBA student Matt Olsen, and Full-Time MBA students Jan de Kuyper and Scott Ebbott. Continue reading…
