Seizing the Moment to Offer Real Value to the Syracuse Community Melanie Littlejohn ’97 MBA was six months pregnant when her boss at National Grid suggested she pursue an MBA at Syracuse University. She liked the idea but assumed she’d…
Young Alumnus Syracuse Business Owner Has Gilded Dreams
Young Alumnus Syracuse Business Owner Has Gilded Dreams Scott Friedberg ’14 started his first business in middle school, building a snow removal company in his northern New Jersey hometown. As a seventh-grader, he hired a team of friends and matched…
From Malls to Microchips, Alumna Helps Put Syracuse on the Map
From Malls to Microchips, Alumna Helps Put Syracuse on the Map When Barbara Ashkin ’74 (A&S), ’77 M.S. was studying accounting at Syracuse University in the mid-’70s, there weren’t many women accountants in the workplace. That didn’t stop her, however,…
Sharing Her Expertise and Showing Her Generosity to Benefit the Whitman School
Sharing Her Expertise and Showing Her Generosity to Benefit the Whitman School Deb Leone ’86, ’87 MBA didn’t think twice about attending Syracuse University. Following in her older sister’s footsteps, the Long Island native loved the school from the first…
Five Under Five: Yuhong (Ellee) Chen ’18 (WHIT/iSchool)
Five Under Five: Yuhong “Ellee” Chen ’18 (WHIT/iSchool) Our Five Under Five column features a Q&A with a Whitman School graduate of the last five years. In this issue, meet Yuhong “Ellee” Chen ’18 (WHIT/iSchool), a native of Guangzhou, China,…
Whitman at Work: Dual Degree Program Helps Recent Grad Carve Out Career Opportunities Combining Business, Engineering
Whitman at Work: Dual Degree Program Helps Recent Grad Carve Out Career Opportunities Combining Business, Engineering Patrick Riolo ’20 (ECS), ’21 MBA always had an interest in health care, and a desire to create things that “would give value to people.”…
Scott W. Klein ’79 and Family Share Their Orange Legacy from Coast to Coast
Scott W. Klein ’79 and Family Share Their Orange Legacy from Coast to Coast Scott W. Klein ’79 was only 11 years old when he visited his older brother, Dennis Klein ’72, over Parents Weekend at Syracuse University in 1968.…
Kreischer Family Fondly Recalls Three Generations of Orange Traditions
Passing along traditions—from supporting Orange basketball to supporting Syracuse University—is a way of life for the Kreischer family, a three-generation University family with deep roots in the Whitman School. Siblings Jennifer Kreischer ’88 and Brian Kreischer ’91—both accounting majors at…
Alumnus Helps Guide the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs
Looking back on his time at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, Gregory Lettieri ’04 shares his appreciation for the opportunities he was given as a student-athlete and future business professional. A recruit for the Syracuse University Men’s Track…
From Intern to Manager, Alumna Builds Career at Unilever
Emily Fishman ’12 from Langhorne, Pennsylvania had her life changed by Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management. Not only did she gain skills she needed to be successful working for Unilever, but she also made lifelong memories, close friends and…
Whitman’s Earliest Ph.D. Graduate Reflects on Experience Over 50 Years Later
Eli Seggev ’69 recalls one of his best days at Syracuse University, a story that he claims will forever be imprinted on his brain. Seggev reminisces, “The office of the business school was called Lubin Hall and it was across…
Empow-her: Alumna Works to Build Stronger, More Connected Communities
From a young age, Alexis Drickel ’17 MBA has been a go-getter. She was always one of the first to raise her hand in class or try new things, purely because of her passion for learning. Early on, Drickel realized that…
California Alumnus Aims to Connect Whitman Entrepreneurs to West Coast Resources
HomeOur Second CenturyClass of 2020Student SpotlightsAlumni & FriendsFocus on Faculty California Alumnus Aims to Connect Whitman Entrepreneurs to West Coast Resources Jim Keene ’79 was born in Connecticut and spent his college years in Upstate New York, but he’s lived…
Trustee Lisa Fontenelli Makes $1 Million Gift Focused on Experiential Learning Opportunities in NYC
HomeOur Second CenturyClass of 2020Student SpotlightsAlumni & FriendsFocus on Faculty Trustee Lisa Fontenelli Makes $1 Million Gift Focused on Experiential Learning Opportunities in NYC Elisabeth “Lisa” Fontenelli ’86 well remembers a summer internship with a media company that introduced her…
5 Under 5: Kora-Lynah Abelard ’15
HomeOur Second CenturyClass of 2020Student SpotlightsAlumni & FriendsFocus on Faculty 5 Under 5: Kora-Lynah Abelard ’15 Our Five Under Five column features a Q&A with a Whitman School alumna/alumnus who graduated within the last five years. For this issue, meet…
Former Football Player and Wife Give $1 Million to Establish Undergraduate Scholarship
HomeOur Second CenturyClass of 2020Student SpotlightsAlumni & FriendsFocus on Faculty Former Football Player and Wife Give $1 Million to Establish Undergraduate Scholarship A $1 million gift has established a four-year scholarship at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management for…
Whitman at Work: Alumnus Gives the Green Light to Superheroes and Disney Princesses
HomeOur Second CenturyClass of 2020Student SpotlightsAlumni & FriendsFocus on Faculty Whitman at Work: Alumnus Gives the Green Light to Superheroes and Disney Princesses Seth Weinger ’97 has gone from the halls of the Whitman School to a magical place where…
From Reader to Writer, Alumna Finds Her Passion Through Books
Reading is Deedi Brown’s ’16 MBA superpower. Last year, she read 120 books — dystopian fiction, memoirs, Malcolm Gladwell-type nonfiction and everything in between. She organized international book giveaways and met authors at local bookstores. She also documented all her…
Love at First Bite, A Whitman Valentine’s Day Story
The holiday season filled with flowers, heart-shaped candies and sweet chocolates is right around the corner, but for Ryan ’11 and Christie Novak ’11, Valentine’s Day means much more than one day out of the year for a few reasons. …
From New Delhi to Syracuse, Shubhankar Goel’s ’13 Passion Led Him to Amazon
Even before applying to Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management, Shubhankar Goel `13 knew he was passionate about marketing and meeting new people — and the reason he made the trek to snowy Syracuse, New York from New…