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Undergraduate Programs
Internship Success Story: Emily Vasington
Emily Vasington is a marketing senior who had a summer internship with Whirlpool Corporation. She received this internship by attending the Fall Career Fair and learned more through her business fraternity, Pi Sigma Epsilon. At Whirlpool, she created a holistic assessment of the company’s in-store marketing materials and developed strategic recommendations to maximize the effect of its in-store marketing investments.Continue Reading
Four Internships, Three Research Jobs, and Two Majors
Scholarship Allows Student to Stretch Academically
Katie Cavanaugh ’17 only just started her junior year, but she has already done four internships and held three research positions. Oh, and she’s double majoring in political science and management information systems.
Cavanaugh has never held back academically. She is grateful for the scholarships she has gotten from UConn because they have allowed her to stretch.
“What the scholarships say to me is ‘we want you to focus 100 percent on yourself as a student and, really, as a professional,'” she says.
Interns Sample Tech World
Startups Give Students Experience
Hartford Courant – When Eric Sirois was looking for an intern to handle marketing this summer at his heart-valve startup company, he combed through a list of MBA candidates to find the right one. But it was UConn freshman Chia-Yi Jean, one of the only undergraduates to apply, who secured the position.
2015 Move-in Day
Students Move in to Business Connections House
Fran Graham, Nathan Ives, and Tina Pierce assisted business students as they returned to campus on Friday, August 28.
(Nathan Oldham/UConn School of Business)
Broadening Their Horizons
Students Give High Grades to Summer Business Certificate Program
When she graduates from UConn next year, senior Nicole McDonald ’16 wants to use her communication-design major to make the world a more beautiful place.
But she also wants to be able to negotiate a fair contract with clients and have knowledge that will help her if she decides to start her own company.
“If you want to have a career in art, you really have to understand business,” said McDonald. But because her art classes are offered in three-hour blocks, she had trouble squeezing in the business courses she wanted.Continue Reading
Nobel Prize Winner Shares Business Wisdom at Commencement
Nobel Prize Winner Shares Business Wisdom at Commencement
Working in business is a noble profession, and its success should be measured not exclusively by profit but in helping others meet their goals.
That was the wisdom shared by undergraduate Commencement speaker Robert J. Shiller, a Yale University professor and the winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.
Shiller discussed the perceived contradiction between profit and corporate benevolence. But that need not be the case, he said, urging the new graduates to conduct themselves with personal and professional integrity and to never lose sight of the communities they serve.Continue Reading
Brand Ambassador Experience
Marketing Society Members Act as Brand Ambassadors for US POLO ASSN.
by Robert O’Gara, Chief Organization Officer, UConn Marketing Society
This academic year the UConn Marketing Society involved its members through guest speakers, meetings, and community involvement. The Marketing Society brings together students who are interested in marketing and want to learn more about the “real world” experiences from professionals in the field opening up opportunities for learning, networking, internships, and careers.Continue Reading
Pi Sigma Epsilon Happenings
Pi Sigma Epsilon Places in National Level Competitions
by Emily Vasington, Co-president of Pi Sigma Epsilon
During the 2014-2015 academic year, Pi Sigma Epsilon (PSE) involved itself with the local and national community. Pi Sigma Epsilon is a professional, co-ed business fraternity with over 65 chapters at different schools across the country. Locally, members participated in Huskython for the first time, organized a golf tournament with local marketing and sales professionals, and volunteered at elementary schools in the Storrs area.Continue Reading
A Day of Celebration
Nobel-Prize Winning Professor Tells Business Graduates to Do Well, Do Good
The business world can sometimes seem like a vicious place, but as UConn School of Business graduates begin their professional careers, they should stay faithful to their moral compass and never lose sight of the well-being of the communities they serve.
That was the advice offered by graduation speaker Robert J. Shiller, the winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. He is also the Sterling Professor of Economics and a professor and fellow in finance at Yale University.
Shiller spoke Sunday May 10 to an enthusiastic crowd of undergraduates, parents and friends under the dome of Gampel Pavilion. UConn President Susan Herbst and members of the Board of Trustees were also present. This year nearly 700 undergraduates received their bachelors’ degrees in business.Continue Reading