Category: School Announcements

Guest Speaker

Students,

Michigan Tech's School of Business and Economics will host alumnus Dorthoy (Dot) Proux '86 on October 17 and 18 as part of the Scott Pattullo Visiting Executive Speaker Series. Proux will be the second speaker invited to campus this year following John Rockwell's visit . The series is designed to give students access to influential alumni in business and engineering fields. 

Dot will present to the community on Monday, October 17th in MUB Ballroom A from 6 - 7:30 pm her presentation is titled, "Making an impact in your first professional position: Keys to maximizing your personal brand and securing career opportunities in a globally diverse workplace." 

More info: http://blogs.mtu.edu/business/2011/10/11/dot-proux-discusses-workplace-professionalism/ 
Please see the attached poster also.

New Venture Comp. Meeting this Monday: $30,000 Prize Money!!

 

The New Venture Competition is the $30,000 business plan competition, that some of you may have heard of throughout the past couple of weeks.

Our current participants are looking to formulate teams for the competition, and we are looking for students that have experience, or an interest of obtaining experience in the following areas:

7 students for accounting
5 for marketing
7 for legal
5 for sales
3 for human resources
7 for financing
1 for IT

If you are interested in joining someones team for the competition, please consider attending our event on Monday, October 3rd at 6pm.

The event will be located in the Lakeshore Center, but we will provide busing from, and back to, the MUB at 5:50pm, and ~6:50pm respectfully.

The event will start off with current participants giving a 30 second pitch of the overall goal of their idea, and what kind of partners they are looking for.

If you have any questions, please email Travis at twbeauli@mtu.edu

Student Picnic Reminder

Hello students:

Here is a fun event with for next Wednesday, September 21st……takes place in front of our building…..or
inside the ROTC building, if the weather doesn’t cooperate…..fun begins at 3:30 and goes to 6:30…
hopefully your schedule will allow your attendance…….good way to meet people or re-connect…

Students of the School of Business and Economics! Join us for the 2012 Fall Picnic on Wednesday, September 21. We’ll have free food, games, tshirts, and prizes! Come mingle, meet faculty and staff, and enjoy the beautiful fall weather. See you there!

For undergraduate seniors (domestic) with 3.5 GPA or above

Michigan Tech’s Sponsored Program Enhancement office is offering a series of seminars/workshops to help domestic first year graduate students and senior undergraduate students understand: 1) what external graduate scholarship/fellowship opportunities are available, 2) who is eligible to apply, and 3) how to develop a competitive application. Please encourage students with a 3.5 or above, especially those who already receive University funding, to attend. 

9/8 4:00 – 5:00PM       Overview of Funding Opportunities                Peninsula Rm

9/15 12:00- 1:00PM    Writing the Personal Essay and References    Peninsula Rm

9/22 12:00- 1:00PM    TIPS from Real Panel Reviewers                    Ballrm B3

10/6 4:00- 5:00PM      Writing Research Essays                                 Peninsula Rm

10/13 4:00- 5:00PM    Peer Review Workshop                                   Peninsula Rm

10/20 12:00- 1:00PM Peer Review Workshop                                   Ballrm A-2

Students can register at: http://www.admin.mtu.edu/research/vpr/registration/

Please email Jodi Lehman (jglehman@mtu.edu) with any questions.

Fall 2011 Student Picnic

The fall student picnic will be on Wednesday, Sept 21st.  We’ll start the fun at 3:30 pm in front of the academic office building (or the ROTC gym, if the weather doesn’t cooperate).  The picnic will run until 6:30 pm.
Join students, faculty, and staff of the School of Business and Economics for a fall celebration! Brats, burgers, and games as well as a commemorative tshirt for the first 100 attendees! Can’t wait to see you there!

Orientation Student Picnic

Plan to attend our School of Business and Economics student pinic on August 25th.  All business and economics majors are invited. Our new in-coming first year students will be there and this is a good chance to meet them.  Faculty and staff will be on hand to welcome everybody back for another great academic year.  We’ll have to picnic on the front lawn of the Academic Office building.  The fun starts at around 12:30 pm!!!