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Tuesday, April 2, 2019 by
UIC Business alumnus details his success in the food and liquor
industry Happenstance is how entrepreneur Pankaj “PK” Garg MBA ’90
describes his entry into the food and beverage industry. “It was an
epiphany that came to me 35,000 feet in the air,” says Garg,
founder of SōmruS, a premium spirits company founded in 2012. “I
had just enjoyed an Eastern-inspired meal while traveling from
India to the U.S. It was followed by a delectable Indian dessert
called ras malai. I still needed my nightcap,...
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Monday, August 27, 2018 by
Ranked third on the Forbes: Best American Employers list, Google is
one of the most recognized companies on the planet. While most know
the company as a high-powered Internet search engine, many are
unaware of its philanthropic arm, Google.org. Many people could
only dream of working with the tech powerhouse that is Google, but
graduate student Sarah Siderius, who is working toward completing
her MBA in the spring of 2019, had the unique experience of working
as a contractor for Google.org....
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Thursday, April 26, 2018 by
Kera Beskin is a graduate student and researcher here at UIC. She
grew up in rural Minnesota and is graduating this May with her dual
master’s of public health and master’s of business administration
at UIC. The president of the Public Health Student Association and
currently working as a research assistant at the UIC School of
Public Health, she has also served as a Business Ambassador and
will deliver this year’s graduate speech at the UIC Business
commencement. We caught up with Beskin as her...
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Thursday, April 19, 2018 by
by Jasur Rasulov A premiere benefit of the UIC Business Scholars
Program is the Speaker Series. Every semester, several
well-established business professionals—most of them UIC
alumni—visit UIC Business to deliver speeches on a variety of
topics, exclusively for Business Scholars. Although the specific
details of every speech vary, the common underlying themes surround
the topics of leadership, determination, paths to professional
success, personal branding, and dealing with setbacks. ...
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Monday, March 19, 2018 by
The 2018 Management Leadership Association and Target Case
Competition took place at the end of last month, with 11 teams
presenting to a panel of Target staff members. Each year,
Target partners with the UIC Business Career Center to host this
program that asks students to develop and present solutions to a
unique challenge facing the company. This year’s case study prompt
presented teams with the opportunity to directly apply their lived
experiences as college students. The retailer gave...
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Wednesday, March 14, 2018 by
As the first in his family to receive a college education, Don
Hermanek (BS Marketing ’70) chose to attend The University of
Illinois at Chicago for his undergraduate degree because he could
commute, receive an affordable education, and work full-time at
Goodyear Tires in Berwyn, IL to help pay for it. Little did
Hermanek know how beneficial his UIC Business education would
be. Hermanek credits his UIC education with providing a
strong foundation that extended beyond business theory. It gave...
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Tuesday, March 6, 2018 by
We would like to introduce you to a new member of the UIC Business
Student Services staff, Mayra Sanchez. Mayra joined the Student
Services team as an Academic Adviser this January, and she will be
working specifically with UIC Business Scholars. Prior to this
role, Mayra worked as part of the college's Events Team for the
past three years. We have put together some fun facts about Mayra,
so please read on. And make sure to say hello when you see her
around! Favorite Chicago Activities/ Places:...
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Friday, March 2, 2018 by
Be sure to follow UIC Business on social media to stay up to date
on upcoming events campus activities, business news, and fun things
going on around Chicago: Instagram: @UICBusiness Twitter:
@UICBusiness Facebook Page: UIC Business While we’re already
halfway through the Spring 2018 semester and just starting to see
some spring temperatures on campus, let’s take a look back at some
UIC Business highlights with a midterm social media recap. UIC
Business Swims with the Sharks For UIC Business,...
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Tuesday, February 13, 2018 by
PwC is currently recruiting for Winter 2019 internships, as well as
their Early Identification Programs (Dec. 2019 or later grad date)
such as Start, Career Preview, and Elevate. Applications are
due the night of Tuesday, February 13th on the PwC website. UIC
Business caught up with Grace Wood, talent acquisition senior
associate and lead recruiter for Chicago universities, at a
branding day in Douglas Hall where she shared some insight into the
PwC recruiting process. UIC Business: What are...
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Monday, February 12, 2018 by
Groupon will be at the February 13 Business Career Fair, and is
looking for May graduates to fill open sales roles in Merchant
Development and Business Development. UIC Business caught up
with Lauren Mullins, senior sales campus recruiter at Groupon,
during a branding day organized by the Business Career Center. UIC
Business: What kind candidate is Groupon looking for? LM: People
who do well here have an entrepreneurial spirit, are
self-motivated, super coachable, resilient, and organized. I’d...
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Tuesday, January 16, 2018 by
Mike Maali speaks to UIC Business Scholars at a 2016 event hosted
by PwC. Mike Maali, BS ’88, is a Partner and the Midwest Regional
Leader in Risk Assurance at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in
Chicago. UIC Business caught up with Maali after he was honored by
Chicago United as a 2017 Business Leader of Color. Maali
talked about his time at UIC, the importance of diversity in the
workplace, and his advice for current students. Maali
came to UIC in 1984, eventually earning a degree...
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Tuesday, January 9, 2018 by
ChangEd, a Chicago startup co-founded by a UIC Business graduate,
hopes to transform our relationship with student loans. Nick
Sky ’13, took the time to talk with the UIC Business Blog about
ChangEd’s founding, mission, and the role UIC Business played in
making the concept behind ChangEd a reality. Sky and his brother
started formulating the business plan for ChangEd in mid-2016 when
his brother realized that the balance on his own student loans was
not falling as fast as he would have liked,...
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Monday, December 4, 2017 by
From left: Joe Moag, Susan Kantor, Asma Hasan. By Asma Hasan and
Susan Kantor The business skills taught in UIC Business graduate
programs are in high demand for non-profit organizations and
explain the significant number of MBAs employed in the sector.
Recognizing how important business skills are to non-profits,
Associate Professor Maija Renko presented UIC Business students
with an independent study opportunity focused on non-profit market
research. This project we took on was conducted...
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Friday, December 1, 2017 by
Thursday, November 16, marked the launch of SAP’s Next-Gen Lab here
at UIC. The launch event and accompanying Blockchain Bootcamp gave
great insight into the vision for the partnership. This innovative
lab will give teams of students from various disciplines the
opportunity to be on the ground floor of today’s most disruptive
technology. UIC Business students will work alongside engineers,
designers, as well as students from other fields across the
university, to develop smart solutions for...
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Tuesday, October 3, 2017 by
In 2012, Michael Mikhail joined UIC as Dean of the College of
Business. In five years, he’s launched programs such as iLEAD — the
Institute for Leadership Excellence and Development -- the renowned
Business Scholars program, increased enrollment, and improved
student outcomes. We sat down with Dean Mikhail to hear his
thoughts on the past five years and learn what he looks forward to
accomplishing in the future. Q: You just underwent UIC’s five-year
assessment process with rave reviews. What has...
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Friday, September 29, 2017 by
Be sure to follow UIC Business on social media to stay up to date
on upcoming events campus activities, business news, and fun things
going on around Chicago: Instagram: @UICBusiness Twitter: @CBAatUIC
Facebook Page: UIC Business We started the Fall 2017 semester
with a busy and productive month. Let’s take a look back at some
highlights with our September social media recap. It’s hard to say
goodbye to a carefree summer schedule when classes start.
This year’s Student Org Networking Night...
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Friday, September 22, 2017 by
by Johnny Fan During 2016, I worked as a creative director for
Atlantic Records music artist Sir the Baptist. I served as his
touring photographer and videographer and digital marketing and
branding manager. Sir the Baptist offered me this opportunity
after I worked on a magazine press shoot with him. After that
connection, he was impressed by my work and found a way for us to
continue collaborating. The major function of my work with Sir the
Baptist consisted of building the brand of the...
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Friday, May 12, 2017 by
About 3 months ago, I had the idea of offering a professional
development workshop to a small group of my most hardworking
students. I thought that it would be a great opportunity to explore
how service could teach valuable professional skills while also
promoting empathy and the importance of giving back. I never had
someone coach me on professionalism when I was an undergraduate,
and I wanted to offer that opportunity to my students. Plus, I
wanted to leverage UIC’s diversity and commitment to...
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Friday, May 5, 2017 by
Daniel Natsagdorj paid his way through UIC’s entrepreneurship
program in part by working long weekend hours as a server at a
River North sushi restaurant. When he enrolled at UIC, Daniel had
nearly a decade of food service experience, so the server work was
nothing new. But when he started the job, the sharing economy was
relatively new; Uber had recently arrived in Chicago. It got Daniel
thinking about how restaurants managed their delivery drivers. “In
all my years of working at restaurants,...
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Friday, March 10, 2017 by
Students spending spring break in Chicago have a great opportunity
to explore the city we live in (but are always too busy for). Here
are a few things to check out around town: Hit up Hyde Park Most
people come and go from the Museum of Science and Industry without
ever exploring the neighborhood around it. Over spring break, the
Hyde Park Art Center will have exhibitions of work by Jessie Mott,
Rhonda Wheatley, and collaborative work on the theme of public
education. The Renaissance Society has...
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