Hartford Business Journal – The Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) awarded a total of $11,000 to four students from UConn’s School of Business, all majoring in real estate and urban economics.
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Internship Success Story: Kendra Andrada
Kendra Andrada had an internship this past summer with Lincoln Financial Group, a Fortune 250 American life insurance company who provides advice and solutions to help customers with their financial futures. She heard about this internship by talking to a Lincoln employee at the Spring Career Fair. She did not hear anything from them until she sent in her updated resume to the HR contact. Kendra applied for a position in Radnor, Pennsylvania. After two phone interviews, she received an offer right away!Continue Reading
UConn Alum Preps Students on Starting an International Business
The Daily Campus – Business students filed into Konover Auditorium to get advice about their industry from University of Connecticut alum Peter Broadbent, who is vice president of U.S. and European sales at Photronics, as part of the global business leadership seminar series Wednesday night.
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B-School Offers 10-Credit Summer Program for Non-Business Majors
For the second year in a row, the School of Business is offering a 10-credit summer business program for undergraduate, non-business majors who want to gain valuable business knowledge and expand their marketability.
The seven-week UConn Business Fundamentals Program includes the following three-credit courses: Legal and Ethical Environment of Business, Managerial and Interpersonal Behavior, and Business Information Systems, plus a one-credit course on Workplace Readiness.
The program runs from Continue Reading
Play Ball, Cancer Survivor!
UConn Baseball Pitcher/Grad Student Ryan Radue Didn’t Let Cancer Call the Play
On the baseball mound, UConn pitcher Ryan Radue can strike out his fiercest opponent with the combination of a steely gaze, a powerful right arm and a sizzling fastball.
If only cancer were that vulnerable.
Internship Success Story: Isabelle Hou
Isabelle Hou is a marketing major who completed an internship with Alibaba Group, a leading online and mobile marketplace for retail and other services in the world headquartered in Hangzhou, China. She heard about the internship from her cousin when she studied abroad in China last semester. After she completed her application and essay, which were done in English, she landed a group interview and an individual interview with HR. A month later, she was offered the internship position.Continue Reading
As UConn Career Ends, Goalie Elaine Chuli Sets Sights On Olympics
Hartford Courant – Elaine Chuli, 21, an accounting major, is nearing the end of her college career. A four-year starter, she has been a constant in a complicated and important time in UConn women’s hockey history. Her sprawling saves have made an imprint that will leave the program in a better place than where she found it.
Internship Success Story: Stacia Smart
Stacia Smart is a marketing senior who interned with Frito-Lay, a large corporation that markets and sells corn chips, potato chips and other snack foods. Over the course of the summer, Stacia worked as a Consumer Insights Marketing intern for the Oven Baked Lays brand. She was responsible for developing a comprehensive situation analysis of the Oven Baked business while collecting historical work, marketplace audits, organizing data and key stakeholders, looking at trends and identifying opportunities. After all this, she initiated a re-branding project and research for the brand.Continue Reading
Internship Success Story: Kendra Thomas
Kendra Thomas is a senior marketing major who interned with Apple, the multinational technology company, this past summer as part of the social strategy team in California. She interacted with all types of social media and participated in social listening to detect buzz generated about Apple. She miraculously got this internship by simply applying on their website. She received a phone and Skype interview before the company flew her out to begin her internship. She thought they’d never get to her application but they did!Continue Reading
Internship Success Story: Jacob Bond
Jacob Bond is a senior marketing major who completed an internship with Indeed.com, a job search engine that connects employers with job seekers. Employers can post their job listings on Indeed.com and job seekers can filter through all jobs to see which ones they want to apply to! It’s frequently called “Google for jobs.”Continue Reading