Driehaus College of Business faculty members are known for bringing real-world experiences to the classroom, but perhaps lesser known are some of the innovative ways they are weaving those experiences into learning opportunities for students. Take Associate Professor of Marketing Jim Mourey, for example, who integrates improvisation techniques into his classes. What does comedy improv…

The COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally shifted traditional views of how and where we work, forging a new path toward increased remote and hybrid working environments. New challenges and opportunities are presenting themselves as organizations and their people adjust to changing workplace norms, with some teams staying fully or partially remote and others re-imagining what it means…

My DePaul education, as both an undergraduate and through the graduate school of business, was an important factor in how my career and life have evolved. I commend the university for creating an environment that not only excels in education, but does so in a benevolent way.” — Richard H. Driehaus In 1970, Richard Driehaus…

DePaul helps business alumni stay career competitive Like many Class of 2020 graduates, Michael J. Smith had to pivot his career plans last spring because of the pandemic-driven economic downturn. Smith was looking forward to joining KPMG as a tax data and analytics associate in June. But on the eve of earning his master’s in…

  Emily Greenbaum (BUS ’16) lives in Chicago, but her career over the last four years has taken her to places where she never thought she’d have the opportunity to work. During one busy season, she traveled from Lisbon, Portugal, to Louisville, Kentucky, to Orange County, California, within a span of just three months. An…

It’s week seven of the new business accelerator program initiated by the Women in Entrepreneurship Institute (WEI) at DePaul. Eleven women business founders in the program’s inaugural cohort have gathered on this Friday morning in May to learn how to launch or grow their businesses. Their teachers and mentors are successful Chicago women entrepreneurs—including DePaul…

We’re going through the academic research that focuses on gender and entrepreneurship and trying to understand the key drivers of gender disparities in entrepreneurship. We are trying to use research evidence to uncover opportunities to level the playing field.” – Alyssa Westring Last spring Shelley Rosen, one of the 40 founding committee members of the…

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…

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…

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…