The growth of the global marketplace is changing not only how business is conducted, but also how it is taught. Employers increasingly seek to hire graduates who possess international business knowledge, global experience and the ability to work in multicultural environments. As a result, the Driehaus College of Business has made it a strategic priority…
Month: September 2015
Finance Professor Brings Real-World Lessons to Class
For DePaul Finance Professor Rebel Cole, it’s not unusual to spend one week helping the Banque du Liban in Beirut stabilize the Lebanese financial system and the next week teaching a finance class on another continent. Throughout his career, Cole has blended practice and theory to develop a unique skill set that allows him to…
Andrew Hallissey (MBA ’04) Seeks Real Estate Solutions Worldwide
Andrew Hallissey (MBA ’04) Residence: Hong Kong Occupation: Executive director in the Global Corporate Services group of CBRE, the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm. As head of client solutions for the Asia Pacific region in CBRE’s Hong Kong office, I have responsibility for the design, implementation and management of real estate…
By the Numbers: Where DePaul Business Students Study Abroad
Look out world, here we come! Study abroad opportunities for DePaul’s business students span the globe.
College News
New Degrees Reflect Job Market Trends Actuaries, supply chain managers, risk managers and executives who excel at research-based decision-making are among professionals who are in high demand in today’s job market. To prepare graduates for these roles, DePaul’s business school introduced new degree programs in these fields this fall. The Kellstadt Graduate School of Business…
Business Insights From Driehaus Faculty Research
Sophisticated data analysis and creative thinking are essential for designing a successful marketing campaign today, no matter if the goal is to elect a president, sell a product or raise funds for a nonprofit. Marketing Professor Bruce Newman explores these ideas in his new book,“The Marketing Revolution in Politics: What Recent U.S. Presidential Campaigns Can…
Managing a Multicultural Staff
We are at a unique place in the dynamic evolution of the American workforce. It’s not uncommon for people in their 60s to be working on teams with colleagues who are the age of their grandchildren. In some cases, younger managers are supervising employees twice their age. With such age disparities, managers are seeking ways…
Connections: Alumni Serve Advice at Dinners on DePaul
Years ago, when Maureen Meyer (BUS ’90) was an undergraduate at DePaul, she struggled with self-confidence. She wasn’t sure of herself and her abilities as a young person trying to make it in the world. It’s that same feeling of uncertainty expressed by current business students that Meyer sought to alleviate during a dinner at…
Giving Back: Investing in Success
Investment Manager Lori Holland Gives Back to Honor the Past, Secure the Future By Chris Anderson When Lori Holland (BUS ’84) says she has “basically been working at the same place for 20 years,” she characteristically understates how far she has come in her career. As managing director and a senior advisor on the multiasset…
Alumna Natalie Jaresko, Ukraine Finance Minister, Returns to Her Roots
By Lori Ferguson As Ukraine’s Finance Minister, Natalie Jaresko (BUS ’87) lives thousands of miles away from where she was born and much closer to the roots that she holds so dear. The daughter of Ukrainian immigrants, Jaresko was raised in the western suburb of Wood Dale, Ill. and later in Chicago’s Ukrainian Village neighborhood….
