Eileen Du
Saturday, April 15, 2017 by
Since 1973, the CSSLA ceremony has recognized outstanding student
leaders and student volunteers who, while maintaining high academic
achievement, demonstrate a commitment to the UIC community through
participation in student organizations and campus activities and
throughout the greater Chicagoland area through active service and
community engagement. One of this year’s award recipients was
Michael J. Mlekowski, an MBA candidate at UIC Liautaud. Below,
Michael tells us about his work for the...
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Friday, March 31, 2017 by
One highlight of the academic year is the annual Chancellor’s
Student Service and Leadership Awards (CSSLA) ceremony. Since 1973,
the CSSLA ceremony has recognized outstanding student leaders and
student volunteers who, while maintaining high academic
achievement, demonstrate a commitment to the UIC community through
participation in student organizations and campus activities and
throughout the greater Chicagoland area through active service and
community engagement. One of this year’s award...
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Friday, February 24, 2017 by
UIC Business wants incoming students to build their careers on
solid ground, which is why special attention is devoted to
prospective students, so that even before matriculation, they have
strong connections with faculty, current students, and the
university’s array of career resources. “There is a network of
support at UIC and in the business college made up of people who
care and are invested in your success,” says Alanna O’Connor.
O’Connor is the new Assistant Dean for Student Recruitment at...
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Monday, November 21, 2016 by
Maybe this sounds familiar: finals are just around the corner, so
you're on a tight schedule, and you need a good place to study, but
in every cafe and reading room on campus you see bodies in chairs
without a free seat in sight. You scour campus for a decent space,
and by the time you find one, you're down a significant fraction of
your study time. My search for the perfect study spot was a
semester project all its own. And I don't consider myself picky; I
don't need to be totally alone, and I...
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Friday, October 21, 2016 by
Rachel Kim, BS ’16, is a Technical Recruiter at OtterBase. Kim
shares her insights below about how veterans can emphasize their
strengths when circulating their resumés. Two veterans featured in
this article are UIC students – Brian (MBA grad) and Michael
(current MBA candidate at UIC). The skills that lead to success in
the military can lead to success in business, which is why business
schools, recruiters, and firms are on the lookout for veterans.
Veterans on the job market enjoy the respect...
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Friday, September 23, 2016 by
We regularly invite our MBA Ambassadors to share their views
on student life at UIC Liautaud. Amish Brahmbhatt is a full-time
Liautaud MBA student and President of the MBA Association. Below,
Amish shares his reflections on the first year of his Liautaud
experience. As an analyst in the Consumer Electronics
department of Sears Holdings, I was responsible for compiling data
to support testing and solve business problems. Over time, I
started thinking more and more about not just how we...
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Tuesday, August 23, 2016 by
We’ve already blogged a bit about how student organizations at UIC
Business can help you win scholarships and land jobs. These
organizations also offer business students opportunities to apply
classroom lessons and fill out their resumés with valuable
work-related experience, and when it comes to consulting work,
students need look no further than inKind at UIC Business. Liautaud
students interested in consulting should read on for details about
how to get involved in the 2016-17 year inKind...
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Friday, August 5, 2016 by
The Illinois Small Business Development Center at the Chicagoland
Chamber of Commerce plays a key role in the resources that the
Chamber of Commerce offers business and entrepreneurs, resources
that include business planning, market research, assistance dealing
with local governments, and much more. This fall, Liautaud students
have the opportunity to explore these resources in MBA 590 -
Foundations in Entrepreneurship, an 8-week course led by Florence
Hardy, Director of the Illinois SBDC at the...
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Wednesday, July 6, 2016 by
With July 4th behind us, summer break can feel a little like a
short downhill slide toward the beginning of the fall semester
(just six weeks away). If you haven’t yet, it’s time to get serious
about your summer. Whether this is your first summer in Chicago,
your fourth, or your umpteenth, you’ll find more to do outside than
can be crammed into your remaining free time: festivals, concerts,
beaches, baseball games, day trips—from the city’s front yard on
the lake to its back yard in the woods...
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Monday, May 2, 2016 by
The American Marketing Association recently produced a video laying
out the seven major problems in marketing today. In response to the
rapidly changing demands of the marketing profession, UIC Liautaud
will begin offering a one-year MS in marketing in the Fall of 2016.
So what kind of challenges do marketing professionals face, and how
will UIC Liautaud students solve them? 1. Effectively
targeting high value sources of growth. In a real market, not
everyone is interested in what you’re...
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Friday, January 29, 2016 by
Sean Kemper, MBA ’17 here, writing from the border of Buena Park
and Wrigleyville on Chicago's north side. It’s early in the Spring
’16 semester, the work has yet to pile up, and while I don’t
actually have a lot of free time, winter break was recent enough
that I still feel like I have some free time, which I’ve used to
snap a few pics and share a picture of my life at Liautaud. My days
start early; Coconut and Mung-Mung, my Yorkshire terriers, want
breakfast and a walk, and I’ve learned that...
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Tuesday, January 19, 2016 by
I used to tell myself that once I got into business school I would
focus on marketing and marketing only. In meetings with my career
advisor, I was confident that after immersing myself in marketing
studies, I’d transition easily into a marketing career. He would
push back - a narrow focus on marketing might be inadequate, he'd
say, to a job market driven by demand for data skills. Fortunately
for me, Liautaud’s IDS courses were an option. I waded into IDS
last semester with an Introduction to...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 by
Starting a brand new life as a graduate student in a foreign
country isn't always easy. Schoolwork alone is a source of stress.
Add to that the challenges of settling into an unfamiliar big city
and navigating a culture not your own, and you get a glimpse of the
problem of 'blending in'. Yih-Ting Chen is one a few new Liautuad
MBA students who have come to Chicago from other countries. How has
he dealt with blending in? "MBA student life requires you to plan
your downtime carefully. Why would I...
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