Spring usually marks the end of the academic calendar at our college, but this year, it represents a new beginning. We recently finalized the Driehaus College of Business 2024 Strategic Plan: Connection, Culture & Commitment, and our community has sprung into action to start implementing its ambitious initiatives. The plan’s goals are grouped around strengthening…
Month: April 2019
Business College Launches New Undergraduate Digital Marketing Track
Digital marketing talent is in high demand by organizations nationally. In fact, it is the most recruited role by marketing leaders, according to the McKinley Marketing Partners 2019 Hiring Trends Study. This trend won’t be ending anytime soon; 61 percent of the leaders surveyed said they are planning to expand their marketing teams. To ensure…
Professors Record Byte-Size Lessons
Forty-four percent of the U.S. population listened to a podcast in 2018, according to Nielsen. Capitalizing on the popularity of this medium, two DePaul business professors are using podcasts not only to educate, but also to enlighten listeners about issues in their respective areas of expertise: hospitality leadership and accountancy. “The Hospitality Spirit” “People who…
Finance Lab Dedication and Remembering Business Faculty
Finance Lab Named for Alumnus Christopher L. Keeley DePaul’s Finance Lab, where students can learn how to research and manage stock portfolios, was dedicated as the Christopher L. Keeley Finance Lab in a Feb. 7 ceremony at the business college. The lab was named in honor of the 1987 DePaul finance alumnus who died…
DePaul Provided Foundation for CEO’s Success
Frank S. Ptak (BUS ’65, DHL ’13) My love for the city where I grew up and for DePaul, which came to my financial aid when my father died, will never end.” RESIDENCE: Boca Raton, Fla. OCCUPATION: I recently retired as chairman and CEO of Marmon Holdings Inc., a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. My…
A Leader for Career Access
The whole motto of Greenwood is you can’t be what you can’t see. These kids come to us with almost no social capital.” An immigrant from Trinidad, graduate business student Bevon Joseph has forged his own path in tech, finance and nonprofit management since coming to the United States at 18 years old. Joseph is…
A Leader on Campus
I love building excitement among people and bringing them together to do more than they would have been able to do individually. I am a big believer that together we can succeed even more than on our own.” Marketing, chess and salsa dancing are disparate talents Olena Cruz pursues with the diligence and boundless curiosity…
A Leader in the Community
That’s what inspires me and drives me—not just to be a leader, but to work with people and support them. That’s what we’re called to do as humans— support each other, love each other and be better people.” MBA student Kevin Felisme has been living in Chicago for just four years, but his passion for…
A Leader on the Court
By being a leader, you really have more avenues to help people. As long as it’s reflected in helping others and making an impact in the community, I think really that’s what inspires me.” When Rebeca Mitrea moved to the United States to play on DePaul University’s women’s Division I tennis team, she was thousands…
From Student to Scholar of Work-Life Balance
I try to make students see how my research is relevant to their own lives. I advise students, if you have a particular vision of what work-life balance should be, that absolutely needs to be part of the conversation when you are interviewing for a job to make sure there’s a good fit.” It…
