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The Modern Workplace: A Q&A with Jennifer Finkelson of Aveda
It’s a question that’s top of mind for recent grads and job seekers: What experiences and skills matter most when it comes to landing a position? Our Graduate Business Career Services team seeks to answer this question by talking to recruiters, founders, business owners and C-level executives about the qualities and skills they think make…
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I'm Going to Vote Today! Wins Knight Cities Challenge Grant
I'm Going to Vote Today!, a project designed by Aaron Sackett, associate professor of marketing, and research partner Christopher Bryan, a faculty member at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, was awarded a Knight Cities Challenge Grant by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The $170,000 grant will allow Sackett and… -
What You Don’t Know About Diversity (and Why it’s Vital)
Whether in multilingual neighborhoods or on college campuses filled with people from all walks of life, many of us have experienced aspects of diversity in our everyday lives. So what makes diversity so complex? It’s that we all have different definitions or interpretations of the concept. While some of us don’t think we are biased… -
Outside Consultant Features Jay Ebben
On Sunday, April 10, Jay Ebben, associate professor of entrepreneurship at the University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business, was featured in the Star Tribune’s “Outside Consultant” column. Read Ebben's advice for a company trying to find the right focus for its business. -
Data Analytics: Like a Boss
We need to have a discussion about marketing analytics; primarily, we need to discuss what this means because I’m seeing two distinct camps forming and using the same terminology. The first camp is about using data to mine for business intelligence related to marketing strategy and efforts; this is what the Certificate in Business Analytics… -
Keep Calm and Study Abroad: Celebrating 20 Years of London Business Semester
Each fall for the past 20 years, a growing cohort of St. Thomas business undergraduates have escaped the confines of their American classrooms and traveled to the U.K. to spend a semester studying in London as part of the London Business Semester (LBS). Since it began in 1995, more than 1,000 students have taken part… -
Outside Consultant Features Michael Hoffman
On Sunday, April 3, Michael Hoffman, adjunct professor of marketing at the University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business, was featured in the Star Tribune’s “Outside Consultant” column. Read Hoffman's advice for a company with a small advertising budget that wants to get the word out about their natural cleaning products. -
Stephen Courchane: An MBA In the Nonprofit Sector
Stephen Courchane '17 M.B.A. currently serves as senior director of operations for Hiawatha Academies, a network of college-preparatory charter schools focusing on closing the achievement gap in Minneapolis. As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, he works collaboratively to ensure that the schools deliver a well-rounded, relevant and rigorous program to students while also… -
The Wisdom of Bestselling Author Chip Heath
Chip Heath, author and professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business, will be the keynote speaker for the Physician Leadership Symposium on April 19. I've been following Heath since 2007, when he co-authored his first book, Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die, with his brother Dan Heath. In advance of his…