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An Entrepreneurial Actuary: Maria Bell '22
Business & LawEditor's note: Opus College of Business is highlighting Schulze Innovation Scholars, recipients of a four-year, full-tuition scholarship and participants in a premier academic program. Read the rest of the profiles. Maria Bell '22 plans to apply her entrepreneurial problem-solving skills as an actuary in the corporate environment after college. How did you decide on your double…
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Outside Consultant: How Should I Lead My Team When Our Project Isn’t Successful?
Outside ConsultantThis "Outside Consultant" column by AnnMarie Thomas, professor of entrepreneurship and engineering, ran in the Star Tribune on Nov. 29, 2021. I have never met a successful person who doesn’t have at least one story of a project that went spectacularly awry. Whether it is an underwater robot that dove into an ocean and never returned,… -
Tommie Experts: On Trials, Vigilantes and Citizen's Arrests
Business & LawDr. Yohuru Williams, founding director of the Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St. Thomas, discussed recent court trials in a panel discussion he moderated between two of the university’s School of Law professors, Rachel Moran and Mark Osler, both former prosecutors. They examined what was at the root of the killings of George… -
Jonathan Wolf '11 J.D. Honored With Prestigious Sandra Day O’Connor Award for Service
Business & LawLaw school alumnus Jonathan Wolf '11 J.D. has been chosen by the American Inns of Court to receive its 2021 Sandra Day O’Connor Award for Professional Service. This prestigious, national award is given each year to an Inns of Court member who has been in practice for less than 10 years to recognize excellence in… -
Tommie Experts: Using AI to Fight Human Bias at Work
Business & LawEditor's note: This piece originally ran on Medium and has been republished with permission. Liz Melton is a Stanford alumna interested in AI, product-led growth and corporate social responsibility. Grant Riewe is on faculty at the University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business. Artificial intelligence has emerged as the focus of most new technological… -
Outside Consultant: How Can We Best Collaborate in the Workplace?
Outside ConsultantThis "Outside Consultant" column by Marcella de la Torre, EdD, a faculty member in the Opus College of Business, ran in the Star Tribune on Nov. 22. Collaboration is a win-win, whether you are a business owner, consultant, educator or nonprofit leader. Our natural tendency is to become siloed when we are facing tough decisions, adverse or unforeseen… -
In the News: University of St. Thomas Schulze School of Entrepreneurship Ranked in Top 25
Business & LawThe University of St. Thomas Schulze School of Entrepreneurship was recently profiled by the Twin Cities’ Fox 9 News in a story about how the Schulze School received a new ranking by the Princeton Review that lists the school as the 23rd best entrepreneur program in the nation. “So, we’re in the top 25, finally.… -
Outside Consultant: How Do I Successfully Exit My Franchise Business?
Outside ConsultantThis "Outside Consultant" column by Dennis Monroe, senior distinguished fellow at the University of St. Thomas School of Law, ran in the Star Tribune on Nov. 15, 2021. There are several factors you need to take into consideration when selling. Franchises are valued on a unit level based on free cash flow. For a national concept, a multiple is applied to that cash… -
St. Thomas Cracks Top 25 in Princeton Review Entrepreneurship Rankings
Business & LawThe university’s Schulze School of Entrepreneurship jumped 10 spots to No. 23 in the latest Princeton Review list of top undergraduate entrepreneurship programs. The Schulze School also ranked No. 1 among the nation’s Catholic universities and colleges for students studying entrepreneurship. It’s the third year on the list for the school, which has spawned many… -
Entrepreneurial Ambition: Fowler Business Concept Challenge Returns
Business & LawThe entrepreneurial spirit of St. Thomas was on full display in person at Anderson Student Center Nov. 12, when students competed for $86,000 in scholarships by presenting creative business ideas at the Fowler Business Concept Challenge. Ideas ranged from a program to alleviate hunger in the Twin Cities to a sideline robot referee for soccer.…