LinkedIn is the leading professional networking website for those looking to connect with other colleagues and search for jobs but do you know how to make the most of your profile? Kim Brown, director of strategic comms/digital engagement at Syracuse University…
Get Prepared for Whitman’s Spring Career Fair
Whitman’s Spring Career Fair is coming quickly- check out the Career Center’s five tips to get students prepared. Details for the Career Fair are on my Whitman. It will be held in Schine Student Center at the Panasci Lounge from 4…
Students Help Bring Innovative Research to the Forefront of the B2B Manufacturing Industry
Siteworx, a leading digital experience agency based in Washington, D.C., teamed up with Whitman students Margot Dileno ’15, Peggy Kanterman ’16, Alexandria Lee ’15 and Joseph Simek ’15 to study customer engagement among businessto-business (B2B) manufacturers as part of a Consurtio pilot project. Siteworx…
Whitman Student Team Impresses SU Chancellor with Strategies to Bring Minnowbrook Back in the Black
Whitman faculty and staff brought together four high-achieving students—Brian Becker, a second-year J.D./MBA, Sandra Carruitero ’16, Kelley Long ’15 and Isaac Signorelli ’15—for a Consurtio pilot project. The challenge would be to make strategic operational recommendations to improve the struggling University-owned Minnowbrook Conference Center and…
Goldman Sachs Challenges Students to Make Change Recommendations for Madison Square Garden
Whitman finance students David Kern ’15, Scott Rebhun ’15, Dylan Weinberger ’16 and Austin Wentworth ’15 were selected for a Consurtio pilot project sponsored by Goldman Sachs. The charge was to make a recommendation on a real-world business scenario involving Madison Square Garden (MSG),…
Toyota Representative Visits Whitman To Dispel Stigma Of Women In the Automotive Industry
The automotive industry is making a comeback and with that comes more job opportunities for young professionals. There is a plethora of young professionals that are bright, qualified, and would make a truly valuable addition to a team within the…
American Marketing Association Executive Board Leads Major Remodeling
The American Marketing Association (AMA) chapter at Whitman School of Management has recently gone through a remodeling phase this semester spearheaded by co-presidents Joey Howard and Josh Fyffe. As active AMA members, they understand the impact this organization has on its current…
IVMF Program Offers Civilian Career Training Services for Military Members and Spouses
Syracuse University is consistently ranked highly among schools best for veterans. The Whitman School of Management specifically creates programs and initiatives to help veterans and their families transition out of the lifestyle an active member of the military holds. One…
Lezlie Labbe on Choosing MBA@Syracuse as a Veteran
A former member of the military, MBA@Syracuse student Lezlie Labbe is the Director of Strategic Initiatives for Usherwood Office Technology in Syracuse, NY. At a recent residency held on campus at Syracuse University, we spoke to Lezlie about her experience with the MBA@Syracuse…
The Highest Honor – Beta Gamma Sigma
Joining Beta Gamma Sigma is one of the highest accolades that can be bestowed upon a Whitman School of Management undergraduate student. Beta Gamma Sigma is the only AACSB accredited honors business society. Their mission is to encourage and honor…
AMA hosts Whitman rising stars internship panel
Following the Marketing Day events at Syracuse University‘s Whitman School of Management on Oct. 23, the local chapter of the American Marketing Association hosted a student panel discussing internship experiences. The panel included five students bringing a range of experiences…
Whitman MBA Program Ranks #67
Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management full-time MBA program took the #67 spot in Bloomberg Bussinessweek’s annual ranking of top programs across the world. Bloomberg collected data from 177 schools, including Whitman’s MBA program, which is among more than 700 business…
IMPRESS SUccess Week Prepares Students for Business World
Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management hosted an IMPRESS SUccess week to prepare students for different business situations including networking tips, a professional dress workshop and an etiquette dinner. The week began with a networking session that gave students a few tips…
4 Tips for Creating a Stand-out LinkedIn Profile
Last Friday we welcomed the multi-talented Kim Brown, director of communications and digital engagement for Syracuse University alumni to the Whitman School of Management to talk to the students in our Goodman IMPRESS program about LinkedIn. She gave us several tips…
Zubin Jhambani: NASCAR Internship
Zubin Jhambani is an international Whitman student from India in the second year of his MBA. Before attending the Whitman School, Jhambani worked at Accenture as a business analyst for three years. Once he arrived to the United States, he…
4 Tips To Master: The Remote Internship
Internships. Some Whitman students may shudder at the mention of the word. It may bring back memories of endless resume and cover letter edits and a continuous saga of applications and interviews. Now it’s summer and for a few of…
Career Center Tips: Rethink Your Network
Regardless of their academic majors, students are constantly reminded of the “importance of networking” and that “networking is the key to success.” While this may be true, when a singular word is constantly tossed our way without much clarification, we…
Summer Internship: Kara Ross
When I first came to Whitman, I was sure that I wanted to work in the jewelry industry. I applied to many jewelry companies around the New York area and after two rounds of interviews, I was accepted as a…
Danielle Shields Receives AWESOME Scholarship
Danielle Shields a senior Whitman/Newhouse dual, majoring in supply chain management and advertising. Born in Southern California, Shields now resides in Saratoga Springs, where she works at the distribution center at Target for the summer. Shields is a recipient of the…
Honoring the Future of Business: Beta Gamma Sigma
Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS) is the honor society for undergraduate and graduate scholars in business programs accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Every year, the crème de la crème (top 10 per cent) of Whitman’s…
Whitman Supply Chain Management Students Helping Syracuse University “Fast Forward”
More than a dozen Whitman supply chain management graduate students are working on projects designed to help Syracuse University improve its sourcing processes, which could generate cost savings and create more effective purchasing processes for campus users. The projects engage…
#WhitmanWatch: Kelsey Lord
Class of 2015 Major: Marketing Minor: Child and Family Studies Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelseylord Arriving for her first visit to Syracuse University on a sunny spring day, Kelsey Lord immediately knew that she had found the place where she…
Following her passions for tech: Krista Canfield ’03
If you have a passion, the fire never really dies out. A Syracuse native now living and working in California is making headway in making new connections and following her passion. Krista Canfield, Newhouse and Whitman dual ’03, is the…
Four Ways I Became a Competitive Candidate over Spring Break
Ahh…spring break, a time for relaxation! Finally! I did relax over spring break, but I found some ways to make myself a more competitive job candidate as well. It’s that time of year when business students everywhere are hunting for…
The Importance of Networking
Whenever anyone asks me the most important thing I learned in my four years of college, I tell them the importance of networking. Networking can range from small things like building relationships with your professors to bigger things like emailing…
Whitman Alum to Appear on ABC’s Shark Tank
A Whitman alum, Evan Watson ’11, will appear on this Friday’s episode of ABC’s Shark Tank, along with his co-founders, Pete Kistler ’10 BS (iSchool) and Patrick Ambron ’09 BS (Newhouse), as they pitch BrandYourself, a personal online branding company,…
Whitman School Named #2 in Military Times’ “Best for Vets” Business School Ranking
The Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University has been ranked #2 by Military Times in its 2015 list of Best for Vets: Business Schools, the publication announced Mar. 9. The organization, comprising Army Times, Navy Times, Air…
Whitman Hosts First Graduate Student Stock Pitch Competition
The Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University hosted its first graduate student stock pitch competition Feb. 26, in Lender Auditorium. Organized by the Whitman finance department, the event featured three graduate student teams pitching three different stocks. Nearly 50 people attended.…
Whitman School Collaborates with Staples to Analyze Supply Chain Management Opportunities
The H.H. Franklin Center for Supply Chain Management at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University is collaborating with Staples, Inc., in the first of its kind relationship to bring innovation and new research to the supply chain field. The collaboration will allow Whitman School…
Real Estate Symposium Held
The Whitman School hosted a real estate symposium Feb. 18, featuring five Syracuse University alumni who are recognized experts in affordable multifamily housing. Co-sponsored by the Real Estate Club at the Whitman School’s James D. Kuhn Real Estate Center, the event…
Experiential Learning Yields Mutual Benefits for Students and Businesses
The objective of EEE420/621 “Corporate Entrepreneurship” is for students to understand the entrepreneurial behavior of corporations. Student teams are assigned to local companies and examine growth, organizational structure, culture, employee compensation, knowledge management and human resource issues. The teams are…
Duneier Named 2014 Whitman Young Alumnus
Jake Duneier ’10 was named the 2014 Whitman Young Alumnus of the Year. A dual EEE and Management major at Whitman, Duneier is now director of business development at Clyde Duneier, Inc., a NYC-based fourth-generation family business internationally recognized as…
EEE Read All About It!
EEE students won $1,000 at an IDEA juicer event! An IDEA juicer is a Shark Tank type of presentation open to students from all across campus. Earlier this semester four teams were invited to be finalists at the juicer competitions.…
Mambo, Malbec & Mentoring — The Many Pursuits of Burak Kazaz
Editor’s note: The following article first appeared in Whitman Magazine in the fall, 2014. It was written by George Bain. Students in Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management Burak Kazaz’s class learn their subject by reading a book about people…
Guest Post: 2014 Frankel Scholar
Today we have another guest post! If you remember from Tuesday’s #WhitmanWatch, Tatiana Turner is one to look out for! Today she is back with some insight into her time as a 2014 Frankel Scholar: During the summer, I was…
You Know You’re a 2nd-Year Whitman MBA Student When…
– There’s no more core classes at 8 a.m. on Monday mornings – You no longer shudder at the thought of networking – your “pitch” has been perfected over the course of a year – You go from seeking advice…
A New Spin on Networking
Good morning! Today we have a guest piece from Taylor Farris, our #WhitmanWatch student from Tuesday!Hi Everyone! This is Taylor Farris and I feel honored to have been asked to write a guest piece for the Whitman Blog. I am…
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
Ever since a young age, teamwork is implemented into your lives if you like it or not. From the recreational soccer league that every four year old participated in to a group presentation in front of the biggest client your…
Proactive
This week marks the third week honoring of my New York City internship with Deloitte with their tax and audit functions. How it has already been 21 days since my start date is beyond me. The six o’clock wake up…
A Handwritten Letter
Facebook. Twitter. LinkedIn. Instagram. Foursquare. Pinterest. Do you use them? I do not “use” these sites, instead the more appropriate term would be: consume, refresh, or obsessively check them every day. Not to mention that with these sites I have…
#WhitmanWatch Sean Fernandez
Name: Sean Fernandez Hometown: Shelton, Connecticut Grade: Senior Major/Minor: Finance/Public Communications GPA: 3.53 Clubs&Organizations: Otto’s Army (President), Delta Sigma Pi (President), Peer Facilitator/Mentor LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanfernandez Growing up as a Syracuse fan in Connecticut was not easy for Sean Fernandez. Despite being heavily outnumbered by UConn Huskies fans, Sean held…
Believe to Achieve
First off, if you don’t do so already, follow the Whitman School of Management on Twitter at @WhitmanatSU for the latest news to keep you updated with what is happening in Whitman, as well as great tips to help you…
What Companies can Learn from Detroit
***First, Whitman is part of the 21st century! If you have a social media account follow Whitman to keep up to date with articles and the happenings of the school. For example the online MBA program has recently partnered with…
Change
To begin, I would just like to say how grateful and appreciative I am to be given the opportunity to upload blog posts throughout the summer for the Whitman School of Management. I am truly blessed and hope my readers…
The Whitman Freshmen Experience
Before beginning I want to congratulate the Whitman School of Management Class of 2014! Please keep in touch with Whitman, email/tweet/message us with updates or any information! Now onto the freshman experience, it is unique at Whitman. You begin with…