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One Mark of the Opus College of Business' ROI
This fall marks the start of my fifth year as a part of the St. Thomas community. I can honestly say that of all of the projects and programs I’ve been a part of during my tenure, the Promises Kept Tour has been one of the most fun and engaging. This was made so primarily…
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Lessons of Leadership from Rep. John Lewis
Since 2009, the University of St. Thomas has been a proud University partner of the National Black MBA – Twin Cities chapter Leaders of Tomorrow (LOT) program. UST supports the NBMBAA mission of creating educational opportunities for African Americans. Bill Woodson, Assistant Dean for MBA Programs, is a lifetime member of NBMBAA and has been… -
Fearless…Leaders of Tomorrow
“Leaders are…?” “FEARLESS!!” That was the call and response used to launch our 7:30 a.m. meeting, kicking off Day 1 of an intensive, morning-to-night four day professional development conference for – high school students. High School students? Professional development? That’s right – the National Black MBA Association, better known as the NBMBAA, host of the… -
L2L 2011 A Success – Connects UST with High Potential Minorities
The Tuesday February 22 Learners to Leaders networking reception, dinner, and sample MBA experience program was well attended and well received. The second annual L2L was held in Schulze Auditorium and Opus Hall, hosted by UST’s Opus College of Business. After a half hour networking session, Dean Christopher Puto kicked off the evening with a… -
Interviewing: a two-way street
You've got your foot in the door at a job interivew. Things are actually going well. What a relief. Then, you're asked, what questions do you have for us? What do you ask? You should know everything from the website already, right? Now what? Career Rocketeer, a career search and personal branding blog, helping ambitious… -
The Long View: Innovative Leadership – Office Hours?
Later this year, the Full-time UST MBA program should be greeting its fourth program director since the program’s inception in fall of 2003. My involvement with our Full-time MBA students, staff and faculty will continue as the assistant dean for UST MBA programs. However, my number one mission since I joined the University of St.… -
Premier MBA competition comes to UST
The ACG Cup is a case study competition hosted by the Association for Corporate Growth that is designed to give students from leading MBA programs across the country real world experience and invaluable insights into mergers and acquisitions, investment banking, financial advisory and private equity. Each case study provides students with a unique opportunity to… -
Learners to Leaders update
By engaging the academic community of fine colleges and universities across the state to help us spot the most promising young talent, we have identified a pool of more than 60 talented young people, individuals who are not only tomorrow’s leaders, but are demonstrating their leadership today, academically and otherwise. This first annual Learners to… -
Building stronger engagement
We’ve taken the challenge of building stronger engagement with diverse young professionals and pre-professionals, and responded with an exciting initiative, which we’ve decided to call Learners to Leaders. It’s an invitation-only networking and leader development event where each participant has been nominated by a faculty, staff, or friend who can attest to their leadership contributions.…