If anyone needs proof that Winter Carnival brings the Husky family together, they need look no further than the College of Business. Students had a career-forward chance to kick off their Carnival weekend with an alumni panel on Friday. And on Saturday, a pair of management information systems scholarship recipients and the donors who made it possible met up at the MTU Huskies hockey game.
Students brought groundbreaking ideas that spanned technology, sustainability, and social impact to the 2024 Husky Innovate Pitch Competition.
As a part of our Professional Blueprint Program, the College of Business offers workshops by some of our student organizations and clubs, as well as staff from the College of Business.
Join us this semester for a workshop (or two!) designed to enhance your professional skills and prepare you for your career after graduation. From resume prep and a pre-Career Fair meetup with potential employers to portfolio reviews and how-tos on perfecting your personal pitch, these activities are designed to enhance your confidence and increase your success. There’s also some fun in store, including our annual Winter Carnival All-Nighter statue building.
No RSVPs to the workshops are required unless indicated on the schedule (you do need to make reservations for the Etiquette Dinners). If you have ideas for future workshops or wish to host a workshop please email us business@mtu.edu
Case studies in operations management are better in person. For the fifth year, Roger Woods has taken his students to Northern Hardwoods in nearby Atlantic Mine as a way to bring what they’re learning into real-world application.
Woods, a teaching professor in operations management, makes the opportunity available to his Fundamentals of Six Sigma course. He said the tour was particularly helpful for the fall 2024 class.
“Their final case study was based on a lumber mill, so having some firsthand knowledge could be helpful as they worked through it and analyzed the data,” he said.
Nearly 50 College of Business (COB) students marked a major milestone in their lives on Saturday as Michigan Tech staged its 2024 Midyear Commencement ceremony. In the lineup section reserved for graduating business students, four accounting majors were the first to arrive—a fact that surprised none of them.
“I mean, we are accountants,” said Jason Pleau. For Pleau and his fellow accounting graduates, the job opportunities are as predictable as their purported tendency to arrive prepared and on time. The accounting program has a 92 percent job placement rate.
“Once you have your degree, what you can do is pretty broad. You can choose your niche,” said Pleau, who will begin his career at Schneider National, working in internal audit.