Here’s a Few UIC Liautaud Classes You Can Still Register Into Before Classes Start
Are you an incoming MBA student to the Liautaud Graduate School of Business who is still working on putting the final touches on your Fall ’15 schedule? First off, quit procrastinating, that kind of behavior will catch up with you in business school! Any way, lucky for you, Jasmin Aßmann from the University of Illinois Chicago Liautaud Loop blog put together a list of two-credit courses available next semester. MBA students may include up to three of these courses in their elective options.
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Lofty Fundraising Goals Come Into Sight for Quinlan School of Business
Loyola University Chicago has made it a point to make 2015 a huge year for fundraising. A Crain’s Chicago Business article points out that the school specifically placed a fundraising goal of $100 million for the Quinlan School of Business. As of March, the school had already managed to receive $70 million in pledges.
A large chunk of this change came from alumnus Michael Quinlan, former McDonald’s CEO, who committed $40 million in 2012, and alumnus John Schreiber and his wife Kathy, who promised $10 million last year. Continue reading…
George Mason Names Carolyn Grimsley Real Estate Development Program Director
According to a press release on the school website, Carolyn Grimsley has been appointed as the director of the Master’s in Real Estate Development program at George Mason University’s School of Business.
Grimsley began her career in the private sector doing market research, financial modeling, and transactional work in commercial real estate, first as a commercial broker in the DC Metro before moving in-house to support the portfolio expansion plans of a national franchisor. Continue reading…
Carey MBA Student Gives Lacrosse Sticks and Scholarships to Underprivileged Kids
Jake Klein, a Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Flexible MBA student, co-founded a nonprofit, Harlem Lacrosse, that is being featured in a new national advertising campaign by Dick’s Sporting Goods. This news comes according to a press release on the school’s webpage. Continue reading…
Members of Kogod Faculty Testify in Front of Congress
According to a press release on the school website, two faculty members from the Kogod School of Business recently testified before Congress in the US House Committee on Small Business and the US Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Don Williamson, executive director of the Kogod Tax Policy Center, and Caroline Bruckner, executive-in-residence and managing director of the Center, stood before the nation’s lawmakers to discuss tax policy changes that would simplify the overly complex tax burden on small businesses. Continue reading…
Remembering Joan Bailar: Former Lake Forest Board Chair and Faculty Member
Joan Bailar, former Lake Forest Graduate School of Business Board Chair and faculty member, passed away at home on July 29 after a long illness. The news was announced in a press release on the LFGSM website.
Bailar served on the LFGSM Board of Directors from 2006-2014, as Board Chair from 2009-2013, and was awarded the Distinguished Director Award in November 2013 for her outstanding leadership of the Board and her passion for education. While on the Board she served as Chair of the Degree Programs, Human Resources & Compensation and the Executive Committees. Continue reading…
