By Meredith Carroll The first thing that Julia Ariel-Rohr (BUS ’12) wants the Driehaus community to know is how thrilled she is to be back at DePaul. “I wake up every day feeling so grateful to be here,” she said. Ariel-Rohr doesn’t just bring extensive experience with financial reporting and auditing to her new role…
For James Bort, Research and Experience Go Hand in Hand
By Jamie Merchant “We always study entrepreneurs, you know? Looking at the employees of a startup is a little different.” James Bort has a slightly unconventional outlook for a scholar of modern business. “My dad was a line-level employee in a factory, and he had a very adversarial relationship with work,” he candidly shared in…
Message from the Dean
Driehaus entrepreneurship program ranked #10 in the nation; curricular innovations honored; and more good news from the Loop. As the fall quarter draws to a close, we have much to celebrate here at DePaul’s Driehaus College of Business. Two of our very own initiatives, the Driehaus Cup pitch competition and the Coleman Entrepreneurship Center, received…
Reflecting on 20 Years of Innovation and Vision at the Coleman Entrepreneurship Center
From mentorship to venture funds, learn how the Coleman Entrepreneurship Center has served as a hub of entrepreneurial community in Chicago. Over the 20-year history of the Coleman Entrepreneurship Center (CEC), one definition of entrepreneurship has risen above the rest. Entrepreneurship at its best is about meeting a need in your community. As CEC Executive…
For Gretchen Shuler, Entrepreneurship Is Joy in Action
Gretchen Shuler, a junior entrepreneurship student at DePaul, has taken a whirlwind journey from ordinary student to student and entrepreneur. One emotion stands out above the rest. For Shuler, entrepreneurship is joy. “Entrepreneurship is enjoying what you do,” she reflects. “Entrepreneurs create companies because they want to do things in a different way. They want…
Where the Classroom and Careers Meet
To take a class with Andy Clark (MBA ’87) is to get a “master class” in networking – one that launches you straight into your career. Andy Clark is the director of the sports business program at DePaul’s Driehaus College of Business. In 2023, he was one of two faculty selected by graduating seniors in…
Researcher in Residence Program Builds Bridges Between Theory and Practice
In the Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) program, industry insights and research acumen meet. A new program in the marketing department amplifies the impact of DBA research. When industry experience and academic research join forces, both fields benefit. This is a core tenet of the Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) program at DePaul’s Kellstadt Graduate…
“Getting the job done in a human way”: William E. Hay Leadership Accelerator Convenes
By Meredith Carroll What does leadership look like? Not just in general, or for people in positions of power, but for you, right now? These are the kinds of questions that the inaugural cohort of the William E. Hay Leadership Accelerator will work together to answer. The cohort met for the first time on Friday,…
New Initiatives and Collaborations Support Student Success
Next month I will have the honor of presenting diplomas to our Class of 2023 business graduates, the culmination of a whirlwind academic year in which our college community made great progress in addressing what must be done to advance the DePaul mission. We started the year by setting three primary college objectives: strengthen our…
Reimagining the Business Major
DePaul’s refreshed bachelor’s in business curriculum is energizing and engaging career-minded students This spring, a temporary thrift store will pop up on DePaul’s Lincoln Park campus. Called Drift, the store will be filled with clothing and accessories donated by students, for students, in an effort to support pocketbook-friendly, repurposed fashion. Fittingly, students designed and…
