ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: Redonda Miller, MBA 04, Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business
As the New Year came in, Redonda Miller, MD, started her first day as senior vice president of medical affairs at the Johns Hopkins Health System. Miller earned her MBA from the Carey Business School in 2004. Continue reading…
Faculty Profile: Lake Forest Graduate School of Management’s Peter Logothetis
Peter Logothetis was recently profiled in a Faculty Spotlight article on Lake Forest Graduate School of Management’s Lake Effects blog. Logothetis is senior VP and group Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Allstate Insurance. He has taught at Lake Forest Graduate School of Management (LFGSM) since 2012 and currently teaches a strategic talent management course.
Here are a few excerpts from that interview with Logothetis: Continue reading…
Loyola MBAs Found Company That Distributes German Cosmetics
BAM BrandsUSA is a U.S. cosmetics distribution company founded by Christian Dean, alumnus of the Loyola University Maryland’s Sellinger School of Business. Dean’s company, which he runs with fellow Sellinger classmates and co-partners Kevin Malone and Lisa Hanes and two additional business partners, now markets and distributes two German makeup brands.
Dean first had thoughts of starting his own company while studying at Sellinger in 2013, especially after realizing how useful of a resource the school’s faculty could be to him. Continue reading…
Northrop Grumman Case Competition Get Smith MBAs into Gear at Orientation
As part of the final week of orientation for full-time MBAs, members of the Robert H. School of Business Class of 2017 took part in the Northrop Grumman case competition. According to a press release on the school website, many first-year MBA students called the activity “a great way to prepare for the rigors of a full-time program and job search.” Continue reading…
Five Semifinalists Enter Championship Round of Pitch Dingman Competition
On December 3, 2015 the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the Robert H. Smith School of Business hosted the semifinal round of the annual Pitch Dingman Competition. The competition is a three-round process where startup companies compete against one another to secure $15,000 in seed money.
The presentations were evaluated on the following criteria: how they will use the funds, potential revenue streams and growth, competitive advantage provided by their service or product, and how they have identified a viable target segment to go after in the market. Continue reading…
Bloomberg Businessweek Ranks DePaul’s Part-time MBA as Third Highest in Chicago Metro
DePaul University‘s Part-time MBA program was ranked as the third highest part-time program in the Chicago Metro in Bloomberg Businessweek’s 2015 survey of graduate business programs. The University says that the degree “uniquely blends academic quality, practical instruction, and flexibility into a degree program that will help you achieve more.” Continue reading…
