Donald Ephaim (BUS ’52) established the Donald M. Ephraim Family Endowed Excellence Awards to provide monetary prizes that encourage DePaul business students to achieve. “The awardees with whom I’ve spoken are terrific students who really apply themselves and have great futures,” he says. Those awardees include Catherine Conrad (BUS ’19), who received assistance from the…
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Driehaus Alumni Teach Kids to be Code Ninjas
Nawroz Pirani (BUS ’07) and Zeeshan Bhimji (BUS ’09) may not be coders, but they’re using their business smarts to teach kids how to code at their Code Ninjas learning center, which they opened last May in Long Grove, Ill. The center teaches children ages seven to 14 how to build video games using computer…
DePaul Offers Entrepreneur Lessons at South Side Youth Center
DePaul University’s Coleman Entrepreneurship Center (CEC) summarizes its mission in four words: do good, do well. It’s a message teenagers embraced last spring at the Gary Comer Youth Center on the South Side of Chicago, where the CEC taught them how to develop their entrepreneurial skills to do good and do well. A series of CEC faculty…
Housing Boom or Bubble Ahead? Renowned Real Estate Scholar James Shilling Weighs In
A decade has passed since a massive U.S. housing bubble triggered the 2008 financial crisis. Could another housing bubble be brewing? We asked James D. Shilling, the George L. Ruff Endowed Chair in Real Estate Studies at DePaul University, who researches housing and real estate investment trends. A prolific scholar and sought-after speaker at academic and…
Tips on Negotiating Job Offers and Raises from a Professor Who Wrote a Book About It
Whether you are a recent graduate about to enter the job market or an alumnus looking for a raise or new employment opportunities, one of the most important skills you need to master is negotiation. We asked Driehaus College of Business Associate Professor of Management Charles E. Naquin, an organizational behaviorist and co-author of “The Essentials…
A Q&A with Dean Johanson
Serving Students as a “Concierge of Education” July marked the one-year anniversary of Misty M. Johanson’s tenure as leader of the Driehaus College of Business. She was recently named a “Notable Woman in Chicago Education” by Crain’s Chicago Business, which highlighted her role in promoting strategic enrollment growth, student success and industry-college engagement. An award-winning…
Multidisciplinary Backgrounds Great for Business World
Erica Thewis is taking a nontraditional route to land her dream job. The one-time culinary creationist sifted through both tasty and unappetizing career choices before she realized that her true passion was helping people and organizations excel. Now, studying for her master’s degree in human resources (MSHR) at DePaul’s Kellstadt Graduate School of Business, Thewis hopes to find her…
Alumnus at Founder Institute Partners with DePaul to Help Students Launch Startups
With guidance from alumni and professionals from a wide range of industries, 19 DePaul University students spent the spring quarter of 2018 developing businesses during a startup launch program hosted by the Coleman Entrepreneurship Center and the Founder Institute. Students worked on various aspects of their business plans with the help of 50 mentors. Jason…
Alumnus and Mentor at EMC2 Hotel Discuss What Millennials Seek in Lodging
Millennials are predicted to become 50 percent of all travelers in the Unites States by 2025, according to study by the Cornell Center for Hospitality Research. When they do travel, members of this generation are increasingly staying at boutique hotels in their quest for personalized, authentic and technology-driven experiences. To find out more about this…
Professors Answer Questions about Economic Issues in the Headlines
Mike Miller and Tom Mondschean are two long-time DePaul economics professors who are often interviewed by the media about current economic debates. Last fall, they teamed up to share their varying perspectives on economic issues shaping the 2016 Presidential Election as guest lecturers in a DePaul political science class. Business Exchange checked in with them…
