Student Posts
Thursday, September 8, 2016 by
Karthik Sundar is a full-time MIS candidate graduating from UIC
Liautaud this year. Sundar earned his B.Tech in Communications
Engineering from SASTRA University in India, and has been working
in the security industry with the goal of moving into marketing and
CRM analytics. He recently interned for ADT, a leading provider of
security and automation solutions for homes and businesses in the
United States and Canada. Sundar sat down with our student writers
at the beginning of the Fall 2016...
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Friday, May 20, 2016 by
by Nicole Kaushanski One of the lessons I’m learning as a Business
Scholar is that it’s never too early to make introductions at
Chicago’s big firms. In the last month and a half, I’ve been
introduced around two of the Big Four at their offices on Wacker
Drive, and I’ve met people who have given me a much clearer picture
of my career path. In late April, just a few weeks before the end
of my freshman year, a small group of accounting students visited
Deloitte at their downtown office, and a few...
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Thursday, April 28, 2016 by
by Saif Sarvana I’m an intern at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange
and a junior at UIC Business, though I’m just now finishing my
second semester here. I transferred from the College of DuPage over
the summer of 2015. Why did I transfer to UIC? The short answer is
the value of the UIC Business program. What does that mean? Well,
here’s the long answer. I was curious about markets and finance
from an early age, and I’ve been investing for a long time. I
bought my first stock when I was twelve. I...
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Monday, April 18, 2016 by
The Spring 2016 Executives in the Classroom series ended on a high
note last Thursday morning with a visit from Equity Group
Investments Chairman Sam Zell. Mr. Zell joined UIC Business
students in Lecture Center C1 for an hour-long discussion that
touched on the Zell Family Foundation and included students' SWOT
analysis of Par Pacific, an energy company with which Equity Group
has recently become affiliated. Students got to hear the story of
Mr. Zell’s first venture, a property management...
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Thursday, April 7, 2016 by
Do you want experience managing stock portfolios, but aren’t sure
where to start? Need practice writing an investment thesis or
pitching a finance strategy to a start-up? The Graduate Finance
& Investment Group (GFIG) at UIC Liautaud helps students
understand the world of finance, both by educating students in the
practices of the financial sector and by offering networking
opportunities that connect students with finance professionals.
GFIG has a lot going on. Each semester, we host our...
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Friday, April 1, 2016 by
by Raven M. Temple This May, I’ll graduate from UIC Business with a
degree in management and finance and begin working full-time for XR
Trading as a human resources analyst. The path leading up to my
business degree has been long; I started pursuing a curiosity about
stocks and bonds as early as elementary school. By high school, I
was sure I’d study business in college. Why did I choose UIC
Business? Consider the value of a UIC Business degree. For a
top-ranked undergraduate business program...
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Monday, February 15, 2016 by
Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS)
Who we are You know those people who use free pizza to lure
audiences to their boring PowerPoint presentations? Or people who
waste hours at a conference table batting around buzzwords? We are
NOT them. We are the young consultants, coders and zealous geeks of
UIC Liautaud united against the boring misuse of pizza and of time.
What we do We organize events to help MIS students, MSBA students
and anyone from the information...
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Thursday, February 4, 2016 by
Text by Abhinaya Konduru. UIC Business students interested in
Chicago’s startup community can't afford to miss Campus 1871, which
takes place April 8-10 in downtown Chicago. The Campus 1871
application is due Sunday, February 14th. What is 1871? 1871 is a
nonprofit tech incubator on the 12th floor of the Merchandise Mart.
The name comes from the year of the Great Chicago Fire, though not
from the fire itself. “It’s about what happened next,” says 1871’s
website, “a remarkable moment when the...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2015 by
The Business Advisory Council (BAC) at UIC Business dates back to
1969. It was one of the original organizations within the Business
College, and remains one of the core connections between UIC
Business and Chicago’s business community. Through BAC, countless
UIC students have made their introductions to Chicago businesses
over the years, and continue to do so. Toward the end of the fall
'15 semester, BAC brought some Deloitte staff on campus to meet
students. Sam Vaghmare, a freshman student in...
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Tuesday, October 20, 2015 by
This past August, I was given the opportunity to promote the
Graduate Finance & Investment Group to the incoming
students at the UIC Liautaud Graduate School of Business Fall
Orientation. It gave me pause to reflect on where I was
academically, and professionally only 12 months ago: seeking a
career change, working exhausting hours, and wondering if I had the
time to complete the MBA program successfully. Little did I
know that by committing more of my time to causes outside of my
direct benefit...
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Monday, September 21, 2015 by
What does a typical day of a graduate student at Liautaud look
like? If you are thinking of applying for a masters program, we
encourage you to register for a class visit to experience Liautaud
in Action! This class visit can help you understand the
culture, give you the opportunity to learn from current students,
and discover if Liautaud is the right fit for you. We have a
variety of class visits being offered this semester including
accounting, economics, finance, management, and more.
View...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2015 by
Each year since 2012, the UIC Liautaud Graduate School of Business
has offered free consulting to Chicago-area nonprofit organizations
through the MBA Association’s InKIND Consulting Program, part of
the training that graduate students receive at the Liautaud
Graduate School of Business. InKIND student consulting groups form
in early fall, and are paired with participating nonprofits, who
come to InKIND for consulting on a wide variety of problems.
Student consulting groups work with their...
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Monday, September 14, 2015 by
Did you get a scholarship or grant this past year? Did you receive
a refund deposited to your bank account after all tuition and fees
were paid? If you answered yes to both of those questions, then you
should keep reading. Actually, you should keep reading regardless
because this is good knowledge to have about taxes, scholarships
and grants, and reporting it to the IRS. I did not find out I had
to pay taxes on scholarships and grants until after April
15 last year. I had to pay a late penalty...
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Monday, September 14, 2015 by
I know. I know. It is about time I started blogging. I have been
pushing this back for too long. We are about to head into the
fourteenth week of the semester! I am constantly communicating to
students to quit making excuses like "I don't have time", and just
do it... Sadly, I did not follow my own guidance when it came to
blogging. Plus, I think I promised a College of Business
Administration staff member, you know who you are, that I would
write about my experience with the Forbes Reinventing...
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Monday, September 14, 2015 by
This is not some crazy marketing scheme! I legit traveled to all
four of those places in the last four to five months for free. The
purpose of this blog is not to show you how to go to the mentioned
locations for free (although you can try and copy my methods if you
want), but rather, show you how I created and took advantage of the
opportunities presented in front of me. So I’ll stop wasting your
time and get right to it. Washington DC – This happened through an
invitation to attend the...
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Monday, September 14, 2015 by
Doing an internship. Planning on summer school. Serving the
community. Traveling to another country. Playing sports.
Reconnecting with family or friends. Whatever you choose to do this
summer, it is important to keep educating yourself and growing.
During my high school years, I wasted my summer, and I feel like
many people do that during the summer as well. All I did on my
spare time, from what I remember, was play video games, play
basketball, go to the beach, and work. Now I am not saying...
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Monday, September 14, 2015 by
Say Farewell to Unproductive Semesters! So I hear students say “I
don’t have time.” Well I’m not buying it. The truth is you don’t
want to make time. I have formulated 7 steps for you to become a
more productive business student. 1. Get off Social Media I don’t
know if this the most important one, but this was the first one
that came to my mind. Leaving social media is more difficult for
some than others. Think about the amount of time you use on social
media every week and how unproductive you...
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Monday, September 14, 2015 by
Bernard Gaytan, Class of 2016 Major: Information and Decision
Sciences Hometown: Elgin, IL What attracted you to UIC? What
attracted me most to UIC is its location. UIC is located in the
heart of Chicago, a very diverse city with many opportunies to
learn from other cultures and ethnicities. Also, UIC is a public
research university. Students are able to get a quality education
with a reasonable financial investment. Did you want to become a
business major before you started college? Yes, I...
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Monday, September 14, 2015 by
Dr. Özgür Arslan-Ayaydin is using UIC's significant diversity as a
catalyst for a unique new offering in the finance
department--Islamic Banking and Finance. She explains more about
her background and what led her to teach this particular
course. Background Dr. Arslan-Ayaydin earned her
undergraduate degree in economics at Hacettepe University, Turkey,
and a master's degree in finance at the University of Leicester,
UK. She completed her formal studies at Hacettepe University, where
she earned...
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Monday, September 14, 2015 by
Each year the Business Alumni Association (BAA) sponsors events
that range from networking happy hours to behind the scene looks at
Chicago-area businesses and cultural institutions to community
service events. These activities are a fun way to stay
involved with UIC after graduating and a great idea for current
students to get involved now. Meeting with and building
relationships with alumni can polish your communication skills and
create the connections you need to secure a job later.
If...
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