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Accenture Showcases Its Commitment to DEI in the Metaverse
Business & LawOn Nov. 16, 2022, the University of St. Thomas community was able to get an inside view of the virtual world of One Accenture Park, created for onboarding and training over 100,000 new employees at Accenture. Kristina Schatz, executive director of Business in a Digital World, brought the Accenture team in for the second event…
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Joining Boston Consulting Group With Entrepreneurial Enthusiasm
Business & LawSchulze Innovation Scholar Grace Northamer ’22 has shared the stage with Dick Schulze and recently moderated a panel for Women Entrepreneurship Week. The Newsroom connected with Northamer on her entrepreneurial enthusiasm, studying abroad, career aspirations and more. What was it like serving as the moderator of the Women Entrepreneurship Week panel? How did it differ… -
St. Thomas Students Pursue Next Big Idea
Business & LawAnderson Student Center was bustling with entrepreneurial creativity Nov. 18 as University of St. Thomas students pitched their business ideas to judges at the Fowler Business Concept Challenge. Students competed for more than $88,000 in scholarships with ideas ranging from face scanning technology for EMTs to an app helping Hispanic Americans obtain financial literacy. Students… -
Fowler Business Concept Challenge Participant Payton Maas Interviewed by WCCO Radio
Business & LawFowler Business Concept Challenge participant Payton Maas was interviewed by Vineeta Sawkar of WCCO Radio. Maas' concept is Conversation Candles, which sells gift boxes designed to stimulate memories through scent for people with dementia. Moss volunteered for nonprofit Resounding Voices in Rochester, a choir for dementia patients. The singers have a conversation hour afterward, and… -
St. Thomas Breaks Into Top 20 in Princeton Review Entrepreneurship Rankings
Business & LawThe University of St. Thomas’ entrepreneurial studies program is drawing more national attention, as more people take note of the unique experiences and opportunities it’s creating for undergraduate students. A year after jumping 10 spots in the Princeton Review’s annual list of top undergraduate entrepreneurship programs, the Schulze School of Entrepreneurship advanced another five to… -
Enter the Metaverse With St Thomas
Business & LawOver the last year there has been one buzzword dominating news headlines: the metaverse. But what really is it? On Nov. 7, 2022, Lee Winbush ’17 MBA, 3M engineer, St. Thomas adjunct professor and Business in a Digital World (BDW) executive fellow, presented that question to over 100 attendees at “Enter the Metaverse: Demystifying This… -
Angelica Franaschouk: First-Gen Student to Student Body President
Humans of St. ThomasOn a busy campus day, you’ll often find Angelica Franaschouk ’23 running from one side of campus to another. As student body president, she often bounds from event to event, juggling a full slate of details, large and small, from room reservations to talking points. No matter where you find Franaschouk, it’s clear she’s perfected… -
Experts Share How Blockchain Supports Circular Economy
Business & LawWe live in a linear economy. Ideally, to save the planet, we would live in a circular economy. Two leaders who support circular economy in their work shared what we can do to make the world more sustainable at the BDW Speaker Series: Tech for Good on Nov 1, 2022, at Opus College of Business… -
In the News: David Vang on Holiday Sales Starting Earlier Each Year
In the NewsFinance professor David Vang spoke with KARE 11 about the reasons why the holiday sales season keeps moving earlier each year. From the story: "A lot of the retailers like Target and Walmart and so forth actually wound up with a lot of excess inventory they just simply weren't able to unload,” University of St.… -
In the News: John Wendt on Horse Doping Trials
In the NewsDepartment of Ethics and Business Law Professor Emeritus John Wendt authored an article published in Sports Litigation Alert last week. In "The Consequences of Doping in Horse Racing," Wendt analyzes court cases against a veterinarian who was accused of working in a horse doping operation. From the article: These cases all stem back to March…