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Thursday, May 16, 2013 by
Rebecca Meyer with her MBA teammates, Tom and Nilay, and their
clients from the Collaborative Group. See more photos from this
semester's MBA Social Entrepreneurship (ENTR 594) course by
clicking here. Business school is not just preparation for the
corporate world anymore. It was in Dr. Renko’s Social
Entrepreneurship class where this was made evident. Beginning
January, class teams were partnered with local social ventures to
begin a semester long project. The assignment was simple:
each...
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013 by
Recently, UIC Liautaud's graduate marketing student group, GMARK,
hosted Shannon Downey, owner of Pivotal Production, to discuss the
opportunities and challenges of digital marketing. Dubbed "Anatomy
of a Digital Marketing Strategy: Chiquita," Shannon spent an hour
discussing digital marketing strategy using Chiquita's Crushed It
Campaign as a case study. Pivotal was the local firm launching a
new national product for the Chicago market. She walked us through
the experience from beginning to...
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Friday, May 3, 2013 by
There are many components to a UIC Liautaud student's educational
experience. Whether they get involved in student
organizations, do volunteer work in the UIC and Chicago community,
and/or serve as a student ambassador to help share their student
experience with others who are considering coming to our programs,
we hope that all of our students find a way to make their time at
UIC Liautaud meaningful beyond the classroom. That said, what our
students learn in the classroom is arguably one of...
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013 by
We are pleased to announce that the UIC Liautaud Master and PhD
level Master of Science in Management Information Systems (MIS)
programs have been approved as STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) - Designated Degree
Programs. Under the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program,
international students who graduate from colleges and universities
in the United States are able to remain in the country and receive
training through work experience for up to 12 months. Students...
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013 by
The MBA Association of UIC Liautaud Graduate School of Business
hosted the second annual Moving Business to Act Benefit Social on
Friday, March 8th. The event was organized to raise funds and
create awareness for The Night Ministry, a non-profit dedicated to
offering housing, health care and human connection to members of
the Chicago community struggling with poverty and homelessness. The
event also focused at creating a platform for graduate students of
business and other disciplines to network...
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Friday, March 22, 2013 by
Each year, the UIC Liautaud Graduate School of
Business is proud to welcome a diverse pool of talented
candidates to our programs, including veterans of the US
Military. Hear what James Brendel, 2008 MBA alumnus and former
Black Hawk pilot for the U.S. Army, has to say about his experience
with UIC Liautaud and watch this brief video clip. As a
military-friendly university, we participate in a number of
programs, benefits, and scholarships designed specifically for
military personnel including:...
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013 by
If you are interested in technology commercialization or early
stage venture funding, a background in science/technology makes you
a primary candidate for a unique opportunity. The UIC Liautaud
Graduate School of Business is partnering with UIC’s Office of
Technology Management and Illinois Ventures to offer graduate
fellowships to fund the MBA studies of qualified students while
they work with technology commercialization, funding early-stage
technology, and venture capital. The two-year...
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Friday, March 8, 2013 by
James DeMory MBA Candidate 2013 Full-time student
Concentrations: Entrepreneurship / Marketing Industry/ Field
of work: IT Business Development Undergraduate degree
in: Marketing Undergraduate School: University of
Illinois at Chicago Career Goal: Own and operate my own
technology company Organizations involved with: MBAA Linkedin
Profile: James DeMory What prompted you to return to school to
achieve your MBA? I returned to school because I was unhappy with
the career path I was on. I have...
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013 by
Thank you to INFORMS Member, Nitin Agrawal, for contributing this
post. On February 15, UIC INFORMS hosted a Deloitte Information
Session with the Human Capital group of Deloitte. We had the
pleasure to have Faisal Farooqui representing Deloitte, an alum of
the UIC Liautaud Masters in Management Information Systems program.
He is currently working as Principal Workday Consultant in
Deloitte’s Chicago office. The event started with Faisal taking
center stage, explaining the basics with a video...
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Friday, March 1, 2013 by
This week, students from the UIC MBA Association (MBAA) visited The
Night Ministry’s overnight youth shelter, The Crib. The shelter
provides space for young people ages 18-24 to get a hot meal,
sleep, do yoga, dance, rest, and be safe. The Crib is an important
addition to Chicago’s efforts to care for youth who are on the
streets, because there are only about 230 other shelter beds for
youth in Chicago, while an estimated 2,000 young people experience
homelessness every night. Six students...
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Thursday, February 28, 2013 by
Thank you to Brittany Chibe, GMARK Treasurer for submitting this
post. On Tuesday, February 12, GMARK (Graduate Marketing
Association) hosted the Data Analytics & Marketing
Strategy Panel for UIC Liautaud MBA and MIS students interested in
learning about best practices in regards to how companies analyze
and use data to drive their marketing strategy decisions. The
panel included representatives from Kraft Foods Group, Allstate
Insurance Company, Walgreens, and Orbitz Worldwide.
The...
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013 by
The UIC Liautaud MBA program offers students exciting opportunities
to gain firsthand experience about foreign business systems and
cultures with two unique study abroad options in Brazil and Europe.
Participants study alongside international business leaders,
develop an understanding of another business and cultural
environment, and sharpen their global business skills in an
international market - all while earning credits toward their MBA
degree!...
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013 by
It’s that time of year again – no, not the one about which fad diet
you will definitely hold to this year. It’s the time to start
thinking about the summer (maybe the diet comment was premature)
and what you will be doing once classes end. New job? Internship?
Xbox training camp? If your interests lie in finding a rewarding
position that will help commence and establish your professional
career (and not building calluses that will let you master Call of
Duty), then one of your first steps is to...
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 by
Interdisciplinary Product Development (IPD) course is a year-long
curriculum offers a unique learning environment in which UIC
students in business, design and engineering partner with corporate
sponsors to generate new product innovation for the partner and a
real-world educational experience for students. Through
cross-functional teaming, conducting and applying customer
research, and developing a product from concept to first-stage
prototyping, students replicate the early stages of...
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Friday, January 18, 2013 by
Thank you to Net Impact VP of Events, Flor Fernandez, for
contributing this post. Last month, Net Impact had the pleasure of
welcoming Ross Adams, Sustainability Analyst at W.W. Grainger. Ross
joined us to speak to students about the different initiatives that
the company has undertaken in order to run a more environmentally
responsible business. Grainger is America's leading distributor of
industrial supplies, MRO equipment, tools and materials; with a
customer base of about 2.0 million...
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Friday, January 11, 2013 by
A new year is here--is advancing your career at the top of your New
Year's resolutions list? Learn more about UIC Liautaud
Graduate School of Business programs by attending one of our
exciting admissions events in January to fast track your
goals. UIC LIAUTAUD INFO SESSION – 1/16 Meet Caroline
La Torre, Director of Recruiting and Enrollment, and learn about
our four master’s degree offerings including our Weekend MBA
program offering - new this fall! Current student ambassadors
will also be...
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Tuesday, January 8, 2013 by
Concentration: Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Strategy
Pre-Degree Industry/Field of Work: IT & Telecommunications
Post-Degree Industry/Field of Work: Information Technology
& Services Undergraduate Degree: Business Administration
Undergraduate Institution: Berlin School of Economics and Law
Current Employer: savvo digital sommelier solutions LLC Why
did you return to school to obtain your Graduate Business Degree? I
worked for Siemens AG, which is a very large corporation with
almost half a...
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013 by
UIC BUSINESS Accounting Professor Michael Popowits
challenges the fears of executive presence in the UIC business
student community Michael Popowits has spent the better part
of his professional career merging together two worlds he loves:
improvisational theater and teaching. Popowits is excited to be
teaching students the business acumen he says he desperately needed
as a shy, unconfident undergrad at University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign years ago. He does this in two popular courses...
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Thursday, December 20, 2012 by
This fall semester seems like such a whirlwind looking back on my
Technology Ventures experience. Tony Mammana-Lupo, Alex Duchak and
I formed a business (ThirtyFiveK), legally incorporated it,
licensed a technology for use from Oak Ridge National Laboratory in
Tennessee, recruited the inventor of our technology to be one of
our company’s founding members, worked day and night, and
sacrificed for our company. We kicked off the business plan
competition circuit with UIC’s Concept2Venture...
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Monday, December 17, 2012 by
Thank you to MSAA President, Marco Carriero, for contributing this
post. For the second time this semester, a UIC Liautaud Community
Action Team visited the Crib Youth Shelter to prepare and serve a
hot dinner for its residents. The Crib is located at 835 W.
Addison, underneath the Lakeview Lutheran Church. The Crib is
an overnight space for 20 young troubled people, ages 18-24, to eat
good food, get a good night’s sleep, be part of a community,
shower, do laundry, and share some safe and...
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