Jordan Shepherd ’21, marketing management major, does not like to be put into a box, but if he had to define himself it would be as a singer, dancer and student. Shepherd reflects back on how his passion for creating music began,…
Julia Fiedler ’21: Close to Home, Close to Opportunity
When it came time for Julia Fiedler ’21 to search for a college, she didn’t bother. She knew Syracuse University was the place for her. “Syracuse University and the Whitman School have always been close to home for me, both…
Whitman Student Helps Raise $100K with COVID-19 Relief Campaign
Jack Adler ’23 was excited to start his first-year experience at Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management. What he didn’t expect was having to cut his time on campus short because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Adler made the…
#WhitmanWatch: Lucas Krupkin ’20
Like many students, Lucas Krupkin ’20 did not perform as well as he had hoped to when taking standardized tests for college. For him, the exams were incredibly difficult, and for some colleges, only numbers determined a student’s eligibility for admission. …
#WhitmanWatch: Arianna Boyce ’23
Arianna Boyce ’23 chose to attend Syracuse University because of the welcoming atmosphere she felt in the campus community and the countless opportunities she saw for herself to grow personally, professionally and academically. In addition to pursuing a major in…
Student Spotlight: Tyler Newman ’20
Tyler Newman ’20, finance and marketing double major, always knew he wanted to be part of the Syracuse University community. From a young age he attended sporting events on campus and heard about the University from older friends. Newman has collected many…
Student Spotlight: Thomas NovoGradac ’20
If Thomas NovoGradac ’20 hadn’t interned at the Federal Reserve Board two summers ago, then they wouldn’t have the Veteran Employee Resource Group that they do today. As a student-veteran at Syracuse University, NovoGradac noticed a lack of veteran-focused resources…
#WhitmanWatch: Nicklaus Brincka ’20
Name: Nicklaus Brincka Graduation Year: May 2020 Majors: Accounting (CPA Track) Hometown: Sacramento, California Nicklaus Brincka ’20, a United States Army veteran, wants to continue serving his country in addition to pursuing a degree. “My grandfather had always pushed me…
#WhitmanWatch: Gina Giudice ’20
For Gina Giudice ’20, choosing to attend the Martin J. Whitman School of Management and Syracuse University was a no-brainer. When applying to schools, Syracuse University had everything she wanted in her college experience: school spirit and sports, a large…
#WhitmanWatch: Azarius Williams ’20
For Azarius Williams ’20, attending Syracuse University has been a dream come true. He explains, “I like to say that Syracuse University chose me. In high school, I honestly did not envision myself pursuing higher education because of my family’s financial…
#WhitmanWatch: Michael DiNardo ’20
Michael DiNardo ’20 first visited Syracuse University with his sister at thirteen years old when she was touring the school, and decided that Syracuse would be the place for him. “Five years and 15 college applications later, I rediscovered my…
#WhitmanWatch: Perri Vimadalal ’20
Name: Perri Vimadalal Graduation Year: 2020 Majors: Finance and Marketing Management Minor: Political Science Hometown: Weston, Massachusetts Perri Vimadalal ’20, like many university students, came into the Whitman School of Management unsure of what to pursue and what the future…
#WhitmanWatch: Katie Franc
Name: Katie Franc Graduation Year: 2019 Major(s): Marketing Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania In April of her senior year of college, Katie Franc ’19 jumped on a plane and flew across the country to Los Angeles to pursue her hopeful future in the…
Matt Keller ’18, ’19 M.S.
When Matt Keller ’19 isn’t crunching numbers, he spends his free time at the Ensley Athletic Center working on his snaps in preparation for a life where he can balance his knack for accounting and passion for football. Keller is…
#WhitmanWatch: Daniel Strauss
Name: Daniel Strauss Graduation Year: 2019 Major(s): Finance Hometown: Hillsborough, New Jersey If you’ve been to Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management, you’ve most likely had the pleasure of seeing Daniel Strauss ’19 in action. In his four-year tenure as…
#WhitmanWatch: Alex Straus
Name: Alex Straus Graduation Year: 2019 Major(s): Public Relations, Economics Minor: Finance Emphasis: Financial and Investor Communications Emphasis (FICE) Hometown: Doylestown, PA For Alex Straus, it was an enjoyable four years being a part of the Martin J. Whitman School…
#WhitmanWatch: Delaney Wehn
Walking through the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, it’s impossible to miss the impact that Delaney Wehn made on the school throughout her four years there and at Syracuse University. Seriously, a picture of her smiling face adorns the welcome…
#WhitmanWatch: Kenneth Mintz
One morning during his summer internship at General Motors (GM), Kenneth Mintz was walking toward the elevators when he heard a “ding” from the executive-only elevator shaft. The doors slid open to reveal a smiling Mary Barra, the company’s CEO,…
#WhitmanWatch: Faiz Khan
Around 4 p.m. on September 6, 2018 Faiz Khan walked out of an office building in New York City’s Tribeca neighborhood and into an Uber bound for LaGuardia Airport. As soon as he sat down in the Uber, he began…
#Whitman Watch: Matt Shumer
Entrepreneurship and innovation has driven Matt Shumer, a first-year student at Syracuse University‘s Martin J. Whitman School of Management, since childhood. According to Shumer, he would learn about a topic and become fascinated, spending all of his time thinking about or…
#WhitmanWatch: Cafui Awasu ’20
Name: Cafui Awasu Graduation Year: Spring 2020 Major(s): Management and Entrepreneurship & Emerging Enterprises Minor(s): Spanish Hometown: Loch Sheldrake, New York This past summer Cafui Awasu worked as an operations intern on the commercial product management team at Healthfirst, a…
Remembrance Scholar: Jacob Urban ’18
Name: Jacob Urban Graduation: December 2018 Hometown: West Chicago, Illinois Majors: Finance, Energy and Its Impacts Jacob Urban strives to make the most of his time at Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management by heavily involving himself on…
#WhitmanWatch: Steven Winschel Jr.
Name: Steven Winschel Jr. Graduation Year: 2018 Major(s)/Minor(s): Management and Finance Hometown: Manlius, N.Y. Steven Winschel ’18 was able to complete his degree at Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management in just three years; he is passionate about finance and…
#WhitmanWatch: Kristin Mascolo
Name: Kristin Mascolo Graduation Year: 2019 Major(s)/Minor(s): Marketing Management and Public Relations (Newhouse) Hometown: Staten Island, New York Kristin Mascolo’s four years at Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management have been one giant step out of her comfort zone.…
#WhitmanWatch: Nicole Kibler
Name: Nicole Kibler Graduation Year: 2018 Major(s)/Minor(s): Supply Chain Management & Retail Management Hometown: Bronx, New York Nicole Kibler ’18 chose Syracuse University‘s Martin J. Whitman School of Management because she felt she would be given a well-rounded business education. According…
#WhitmanWatch: Dylan Gans ’18
Name: Dylan Gans Graduation Year: 2018 Major(s)/Minor(s): Finance Major and Public Communications Minor Hometown: Hoboken, New Jersey Dylan Gans ’18 has used his experience at Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management to put his passion for tech and…
#WhitmanWatch: Ivana Bolfarini
Name: Ivana Bolfarini Graduation Year: Spring 2018 (M.S.), Spring 2017 (B.A.) Major(s)/Minor(s): M.S. in Professional Accounting B.A. in Accounting and Finance with a minor in Women and Gender Studies Hometown: Weston, Connecticut As an undergraduate student Ivana Bolfarini ’18 originally…
#WhitmanWatch: Lilibeth Wolfe
Name: Lilibeth Wolfe Graduation Year: May 2018 Major(s)/Minor(s): Marketing management and Advertising Hometown: Gurabo, Puerto Rico Lilibeth Wolfe ’18 has dedicated her time at Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management to exposing herself to a diverse set of experiences.…
#WhitmanWatch: Kruti Valia
Graduation: May 2019 Hometown: Mumbai, India Majors: MBA Marketing LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krutivalia Kruti Valia ’18 sought out Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management to get more out of the professional world with a world-class MBA. With an undergraduate degree in statistics, Kruti believes…
#WhitmanWatch: Endrinë Rafuna
After receiving a scholarship for her graduate studies through the Transformational Leadership Program funded by the United States and Kosovo governments, Endrinë Rafuna ’18 MBA had to pick a school at which she believed she could thrive. Researching schools recommended…
#WhitmanWatch: Brandon Renick
Name: Brandon Renick Graduation Year: 2018 Major(s)/Minor(s): Marketing Hometown: Pasadena, California Brandon Renick 18’ has taken what he has learned from the competitive business curriculum in Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management to break into the entertainment industry.…
#WhitmanWatch: Alexa Cloud
Name: Alexa Cloud Graduation Year: May 2018 Major(s)/Minor(s): Retail/ Supply Chain Management Hometown: San Diego, California Alexa Cloud’s passion for the fashion industry began when she was a child. However, that passion did not blossom into a potential career until she arrived…
#WhitmanWatch: Caitlin O’Hara
Name: Caitlin O’Hara Graduation Year: May 2018 Major(s)/Minor(s): Finance/Accounting Hometown: Merrick, New York According to Caitlin O’Hara, a finance and accounting double major at Syracuse University‘s Martin J. Whitman of Management, leadership has always come naturally to her. Growing up as a triplet, she…
#WhitmanWatch: Sudan Zhuang
Name: Sudan Zhuang Graduation Year: May 2018 Major(s)/Minor(s): Marketing Management/Information Management & Technology Hometown: Malden, Massachusetts Each year, Syracuse University hosts Remembrance Week in honor of the 270 people, including 35 SU students studying abroad, who lost their lives in…
#WhitmanWatch: Hendrik Hilpert
Name: Hendrik Hilpert Graduation Year: 2019 Majors: Finance & Economics Hometown: Eiterfeld, Germany When Hendrik Hilpert ’19 is not stopping shots at Syracuse University’s soccer stadium, he can often be found doing research in Ballentine Investment Center at the Martin…
#WhitmanWatch: Meghan Tomassetti
Name: Meghan Tomassetti Graduation Year: 2019 Hometown: Meriden, Connecticut Majors: Supply Chain and Finance Meghan Tomassetti ’19 was interested in business at an early age. As a youth, she would often visit the office of her family’s business, Tomassetti Distributors,…
#WhitmanWatch: Lindsay Swanson ’18
Name: Lindsay Swanson Graduation Year: 2018 Hometown: Burlington, Vermont Majors: Supply chain management and Marketing Management When Lindsay Swanson first visited Syracuse, she could tell the Martin J. Whitman School of Management was the small community on a big campus she…
#WhitmanWatch: Bharat Patil ’19
Name: Bharat Patil Graduation Year: 2019 Hometown: Nagpur, India Majors: Ph.D. in Finance Bharat Patil earned a master’s degree in applied economics at the University of Houston and a master’s in computer engineering from the College of Engineering Pune, India.…
#WhitmanWatch: Lauren Sullivan ’17
Name: Lauren Sullivan Graduation Year: 2017 Major(s)/Minor(s): Marketing and Public Relations Hometown: Chatham, New Jersey For the last four years, Lauren Sullivan ‘17 has made Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the Martin J. Whitman School of…
#WhitmanWatch: Quentin Rosso ’18
Name: Quentin Rosso Graduation Year: 2018 Hometown: Paris, France Majors: Finance and Political Philosophy (A&S) Of note: Three years ago, at age 16, he delivered his first public speech in English as a TEDx speaker. During the college application process, Quentin…
Internship Spotlight: Samantha Pupatelli ’17
For Samantha Pupatelli ’17, an accounting and retail double major, two separate internships at TJX Companies have helped gain a tremendous amount of insight and knowledge about how accounting impacts planning and buying. Pupatelli’s first internship was in buying, specifically…
#WhitmanWatch: Jennie Waterfall May ’17
Name: Jennie Waterfall May Graduation Year: 2017 Majors: Supply chain management, marketing, public relations Hometown: Jacksonville, Florida Jennie May ’17 is a Syracuse University triple-threat who has taken advantage of all the University has to offer and made a name…
#WhitmanWatch: Anthony Pegues ’17
Name: Anthony Pegues Graduation Year: 2017 Major(s)/Minor(s): Accounting Hometown: Montclair, California While studying accounting at a community college, Army veteran Anthony Pegues ’17 realized that in order to be successful in today’s competitive marketplace he would need to further his education. Pegues…
#WhitmanWatch: Angus Heaton
Name: Angus Heaton Graduation Year: 2017 Major(s)/Minor(s): Finance Hometown: London, England/Tokyo, Japan Angus Heaton ’17 has been trading his own money since he was in high school. Before coming to Syracuse, he was working at Deutsche Bank and the Royal…
#WhitmanWatch: Kristen Unangst
Name: Kristen Unangst Graduation Year: 2018 Major(s)/Minor(s): Finance and Supply Chain Management; minor in Global Political Economy Hometown: Lansdale, Pennsylvania As a senior in high school, Kristen Unangst ’18 knew that she wanted to study business, but also wanted to…
#WhitmanWatch: Daniela Lisa
Name: Daniela Lisa Graduation Year: 2017 Major(s)/ Minor: Marketing and Finance, (Minor) Political Science Hometown: Emerson, New Jersey LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielalisa When Daniela Lisa ’17 first visited Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management she fell in love with the campus…
#WhitmanWatch: Yang Ye
Class of 2018 Majors: Ph.D. in Management Hometown: Chongqing, China Yang Ye of Syracuse University‘s Martin J. Whitman School of Management earned a B.A. in economics from the University of International Business and Economics and an M.S. in economics…
#WhitmanWatch: Harrison “Harry” Dittrich
Class of 2018 Majors: Finance and Accounting Hometown: Blue Bell, Pennsylvania LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harrisondittrich Harry Dittrich’s father helped shape his interest in business from a young age. The decision to apply to Syracuse University‘s Martin J. Whitman School of Management came easy. “One of…
#WhitmanWatch: Logan Margolis
Name: Logan Margolis Graduation Year: May 2017 Majors: Marketing and management Minor: Music industry Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio When Logan Margolis chose to attend Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management the decision opened new opportunities for him to combine…
#WhitmanWatch: Kenneth Mintz
Name: Kenneth Mintz Graduation Year: 2019 Major(s)/Minor(s): Finance and public relations Hometown: Wantagh, New York As a Whitman-Newhouse dual, Kenneth Mintz has been pursuing an education jam-packed with experiences that have allowed him to combine his passion for business and public relations with his love of…