MBA
Thursday, July 6, 2017 by
Calling all UIC Liautaud students! Are you looking to strengthen
your resume and give back to the community at the same time? Are
you interested in helping a local Chicago organizations streamline
its finances, create a new marketing strategy, or even improve its
network security? What is inKind? InKind Consulting is a
student-led, pro-bono consulting program created by the MBA
Association and Net Impact student organizations from the UIC
Liautaud Graduate Business School. The InKind program...
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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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Thursday, April 6, 2017 by
Yih-Ting Chen, MBA ’17, came to UIC Liautaud from Taipei, Taiwan,
where he’d worked as a hospital pharmacist, a job that gave him
privileged insight into hospital management, single-payer
healthcare, and Taiwan’s pharmaceutical market. As a pharmacist,
Chen was putting his bachelor’s degree to work precisely in his
area of expertise. But the more he learned about healthcare, the
more interested he became in business and management. “I knew that
Taiwanese healthcare faced challenges,” Chen says,...
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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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Monday, December 12, 2016 by
Jill Kozeluh, MBA '12, has been busy with UIC lately. She recently
participated in a housing and economic development panel hosted by
UIC’s Net Impact chapter, where she introduced UIC Business
students to the work of Accion Chicago. She also paid a visit to
Professor Renko’s social entrepreneurship class to talk about
microfinance for Chicago’s underserved entrepreneurs. On top of all
this, she’s looking forward to a new connection between her work at
Accion Chicago and a fresh partnership...
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Thursday, December 1, 2016 by
On a Tuesday afternoon behind an inconspicuous façade on West
Harrison Street, offices, labs, design studios, and meetings spaces
all buzz with activity; medical students are rehearsing elevator
pitches; engineers are discussing market research; design students
are learning about construction technology; and Liautaud MBA
students are overseeing a range of projects for outside firms who
have come to UIC seeking solutions. This is UIC’s Innovation
Center, where Professor Jelena Spanjol and her...
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Friday, November 4, 2016 by
Amy Guo is a full-time MBA candidate graduating from UIC Liautaud
next spring. Guo brings her combined backgrounds in business
analytics and digital advertising to her marketing concentration at
Liautaud. In this post, she shares her internship experience at BMO
Harris from this past summer. In February of 2016, Jeff Wilson at
the Business Career Center emailed us about internship
opportunities at BMO Harris, so I took the first step toward
applying, emailing the hiring manager at BMO Harris to...
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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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Monday, August 29, 2016 by
The first week of term was a whirlwind. You worked or interned over
the summer, and jumped from the frying pan into the fire. But by
now you've adjusted (we hope) and put your priorities in order. If
you're new to Liautaud and haven't yet joined a graduate student
organization, now's the time to choose. UIC Liautaud encourages all
students to become a part of the campus community by joining at
least one of the many graduate student organizations at UIC
Business. We've already done a lot of...
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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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Thursday, August 11, 2016 by
Students still putting together their Fall 2016 schedule should
consider some of the college’s special topics courses, which
provide intensive study of business topics not regularly covered in
the course offerings. In this post, we feature Professor Wightkin’s
Applied Equity Investment Management course and Professor Lloyd's
Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility course. FIN 594 Applied
Equity Investment Management When John Wightkin looks back on his
first interviews out of his MBA, he...
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Tuesday, August 9, 2016 by
If you haven't set your fall schedule, consider some of the
college’s special topics courses, which provide intensive study of
business topics not regularly covered in the course offerings. In
this post, we feature Professor Arslan-Ayaydin’s Islamic Banking
and Finance course and Professor Liotine’s Global Sourcing &
Logistics course. FIN 494: Islamic Banking and Finance A few years
ago, Professor Arslan-Ayaydin started looking into the steady
double-digit annual growth of the Islamic finance...
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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, June 29, 2016 by
We recently caught up with Christian Guerrero, a full-time MBA
student at UIC Liautaud and a student ambassador within UIC
Business. Christian told us a little about why he came to Liautaud
and what advice he has for prospective MBA students. What prompted
you to return to school for an MBA? I studied management in
undergrad, and throughout all of college I worked for a circuit
board manufacturer. When I graduated, it just so happened that the
opportunities with my employer beat out everything...
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Monday, February 29, 2016 by
Career paths are seldom picture perfect, and there’s no single
route to a given job. A career is a composition, a variety of
experiences and steps taken in pursuit of success. But one thing
you’ll find behind most stories of success is a combination of hard
work, opportunity and the good sense to jump at opportunity when it
arises. On the evening of February 18, Marisa Randle, MBA ’11,
spoke to the Graduate Marketing Association (GMARK) at UIC Liautaud
about the pathways from the MBA to our...
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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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Monday, January 4, 2016 by
In a perfect world, job applicants like myself would exercise
powers of telepathy to grasp what employers are looking for. Just
imagine - as soon as I see an opening posted online, I Google a
little to figure out who the hiring manager is, and then mind-read
across the short distance from UIC to the loop, tailoring my
application to their very thoughts. When I show up for the
interview, it’s as if I’ve walked out of their dreams. Alas,
all I can hope is that employers will tell me what they’re...
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Monday, November 30, 2015 by
Hello! I'm Naina Suri, MBA '17 with a concentration in
marketing and business analytics. I moved to Chicago from Mumbai to
attend UIC Business. So, what's a week like in the life of a
Liautaud student? MONDAY My days start around nine. I get up, get
ready, and, because what they say is true - Chicago weather is
unpredictable! - I check the forecast. I’ve learned to never leave
home without a sweater and umbrella. Now that it’s November, add a
winter coat to that. Tip for new arrivals - there’s...
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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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