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Kimberly Boynton ’13 MBA: Hospital CEO Never Imagined Leading Through a Pandemic
Kimberly Boynton ’13 MBA: Hospital CEO Never Imagined Leading Through a Pandemic When Kimberly Boynton ’13 MBA was studying at the Whitman School, she never imagined that a few years later she would be using some of the skills she…
Dominique Visser ’20 MBA: Online MBA Program Was “Business as Usual” During Belgian Lockdown
Dominique Visser ’20 MBA: Online MBA Program Was “Business as Usual” During Belgian Lockdown Completing the online MBA program in Belgium while COVID-19 had the country locked down was “business as usual for me,” says Dominique Visser ’20 MBA. “I…
Whitman at Work: Entrepreneur Makes Anything But Beer Nothing But Successful
Whitman at Work: Entrepreneur Makes Anything But Beer Nothing But Successful One month after completing his master’s degree in entrepreneurship at the Whitman School, Logan Bonney ’17 M.S. was already putting his education into practice by incorporating Anything But Beer…
Alumni Step Up to Place Real Estate Interns from Boca to Buffalo
Alumni Step Up to Place Real Estate Interns from Boca to Buffalo When Liam Pierce ’21 interned in New York City in the summer of 2019 through the Fetner Architecture and Real Estate Collaborative Summer Program, he couldn’t believe he…
Whitman Alumni Network Supercharged Students with Opportunities During Challenging Summer
Whitman Alumni Network Supercharged Students with Opportunities During Challenging Summer The year 2020 will long be remembered for unimaginable challenges that came with living through a global pandemic. For students at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, it will…
Whitman NYC Intern Persevered Through the Pandemic
Whitman NYC Intern Persevered Through the Pandemic In the last issue of Whitman magazine, we profiled students who were taking part in the inaugural semester of the Whitman School’s NYC Abroad program, an experience that allows students to intern and…
In the News and Trending: Are You Better Off Now Than Four Years Ago? It May Be More Complicated Than You Think
In the News and Trending: Are You Better Off Now Than Four Years Ago? It May Be More Complicated Than You Think Politics and the Perception of Economic Well-being So, are you better off today? It’s a quintessential question that…
Faculty Stay Connected to Whitman Community by Sharing Expertise, Collaborating Through Virtual Formats
Faculty Stay Connected to Whitman Community by Sharing Expertise, Collaborating Through Virtual Formats When the 2020 spring semester transitioned online, the School began bringing instruction online but also wanted to find ways to ensure that faculty, students, alumni, staff and…
Student Profile: Ying Zhang ’21
Student Spotlight: Ying Zhang ’21 Hometown: Xi’an, China Degree: Ph.D. in Accounting Before deciding to earn her Ph.D., Ying Zhang ’21 already knew she had a keen interest in financial research. After completing a bachelor’s degree in China, Zhang continued…
Student Profile: Marie-Jose Michel Sanchez ’21
Student Spotlight: Marie-Jose Michel Sanchez ’21 Hometown: Miami, Flordia Degree: Online M.S. in Professional Accounting Marie-Jose Michel Sanchez ’21 M.S. is an individual who exemplifies the term “life-long learner.” Earning a bachelor’s degree in accounting in 1993 from the University…
Student Profile: Manpreet Singh Saini ’21
Student Spotlight: Manpreet Singh Saini ’21 Hometown: Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India Degree: MBA Specializations: Finance and Business Analytics Manpreet Singh Saini ’21 MBA earned a bachelor’s degree in information technology in 2015 from Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University in…
Student Profile: Salvatore Pepe ’22
Student Spotlight: Salvatore Pepe ’22 Hometown: Yorktown Heights, New York Major: Entrepreneurship & Emerging Enterprises and Supply Chain Management (WHIT); Information Management & Technology (iSchool) Minor: Environment & Society (A&S) Salvatore Pepe’s ’22 (WHIT/iSchool) initial introduction to Syracuse University was…
Wise Women’s Business Center and South Side Innovation Center Help Small Businesses
Meghan Florkowski (left) and Carolyn Tucker. Please note, this image was taken prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and does not reflect current public health guidelines. Wise Women’s Business Center and South Side Innovation Center Help Small Businesses Two entrepreneurship programs,…
Young Whitman Advisory Council Announces Leadership Change, Welcomes New Members
Joshua Fishman and Kelly Ryan Jaffe Young Whitman Advisory Council Announces Leadership Change, Welcomes New Members The Young Whitman Advisory Council (YWAC) has a new leadership team and eight new members. Founded in 2014, the YWAC is a diverse group…
Jeff Grasso ’09: Funding the Making of Stand-Out Job Applicants
Jeff Grasso ’09: Funding the Making of Stand-Out Job Applicants Building a successful career in real estate is all about forming relationships. It’s a lesson Jeff Grasso ’09 learned during his days as a double major in finance and accounting…
Challenging Assumptions About Entrepreneurship
Challenging Assumptions About Entrepreneurship The undergraduate and master’s level elective course, Minority and Woman’s Entrepreneurship: Race, Gender and Entrepreneurial Opportunity, is a hidden gem that presents perspectives on entrepreneurship not often studied. “Readings, assignments and guest speakers cover practical and…
Recent Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Efforts Reflect School’s Commitment
Recent Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Efforts Reflect School’s Commitment Throughout the summer and fall semester, the Martin J. Whitman School School of Management has not only continued to prioritize its commitment to critical issues related to diversity, equity and inclusion…
Women Business Leaders Share “Infinitely Useable” Information
Tracy Barash and Amy McHale Women Business Leaders Share “Infinitely Useable” Information While many of the summer residency programs focused on issues related to the pandemic, a more universally relevant track, Women as Business Leaders, proved to be extremely popular.…
Canceling MBA Residencies was Never an Option
Canceling MBA Residencies was Never an Option When Syracuse University made the necessary decision to pivot to online learning in March 2020, Amy McHale, assistant dean for master’s programs at the Whitman School, and her team suddenly had a big…
Whitman School Makes Firm Commitment to Lead Business Schools in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Efforts
Whitman School Makes Firm Commitment to Lead Business Schools in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Efforts 2020 is certain to stand out as a year when issues surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion consumed the country – and the Syracuse University Campus…
Five Under Five with Steven Pincus ’15
Five Under Five with Steven Pincus ’15 Our Five Under Five column features a Q&A with a Whitman School alumna/alumnus who graduated within the last five years. In this issue, meet Steven Pincus ’15 from Los Angeles. Pincus triple majored…
Collaboration is Key for Yvette Hollingsworth Clark ’94 MBA
Collaboration is Key for Yvette Hollingsworth Clark ’94 MBA The night the federal CARES Act was signed into law on March 27, 2020, 60 people from financial institutions and fintech companies gathered virtually for a TechSprint to offer technology solutions…
Syracuse University 2020 Panasci Business Plan Competition Winners
Syracuse University 2020 Panasci Business Plan Competition Winners Each year, the Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises Program at Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management hosts the campus-wide Panasci Business Plan Competition. This event encourages students to think entrepreneurially and…
Whitman Announces a New Major in Business Analytics
Whitman Announces a New Major in Business Analytics A distinctive characteristic of conducting business in the 21st century is collecting and utilizing vast amounts of data in decision making. The Whitman School has launched a new undergraduate major in business…
Supply Chain Professor Uses Innovative Spirit to Help Community
Supply Chain Professor Uses Innovative Spirit to Help Community Over the past several months, Julie Niederhoff, associate professor of supply chain management, spoke to multiple major media outlets, including CNN, NBC Nightly News and The New York Times about supply…
Preparing for a Fall Semester Like Never Before
Preparing for a Fall Semester Like Never Before While the spring 2020 semester abruptly moved to online learning due to the pandemic, the Whitman School, along with the entire University, had the opportunity to learn from and improve upon that…
Student Innovators Created Positive Opportunities in Hard Times
Student Innovators Created Positive Opportunities in Hard Times COVID-19 has certainly had a negative impact on the Syracuse University community, but some Whitman students were able to find a small piece of the positive in recent months. And while there…
Whitman Adapts Quickly to Address Army Training Needs
DCP class of 2020. Please note, this image was taken prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and does not reflect current public health guidelines. Whitman Adapts Quickly to Address Army Training Needs In March, the 27 military and civilian students in…
Whitman Takes Competitions Virtual
Whitman Takes Competitions Virtual The pandemic has hindered many students from traveling to business competitions. However, at the Whitman School, undergraduate seniors were able to complete their spring 2020 capstone with a virtual pitch competition. Graduate students were also able…
Ph.D. Students Pursue Research Remotely
Haiying Yang, Kurian George and Devin Stein Ph.D. Students Pursue Research Remotely While the pandemic impacted all students at the Whitman School as they transitioned to online instruction in March 2020, doctoral students had other obstacles to overcome. Some, including…
In Memoriam: Professor Sherman Chottiner
In Memoriam: Professor Sherman Chottiner Sherman “Sherm” Chottiner, retired professor in the Department of Quantitative Methods at the Whitman School, died May 20, 2020, at the age of 81. Chottiner attended college at Carnegie Tech, now Carnegie Mellon University, in…
Recruitment Teams Adapt to Pandemic Restrictions
Recruitment Teams Adapt to Pandemic Restrictions So how does college recruitment work during such an uncertain and unusual time? While there’s been plenty of talk about the impact of COVID-19 on current students at Syracuse University and the Whitman School,…