The Magelli Office of Experiential Learning gives students access to real-world, client-based projects. And through the Diverse Supplier Development Program, students are making an impact for small businesses from diverse backgrounds.
Gies Professor William Ocasio has been chosen as the 2023 OMT Distinguished Scholar by the Academy of Management’s Organization and Management Division. The award recognizes a scholar whose contributions have been central to the intellectual development of the field of organization studies.
Gies alumnus Steve Wymer, who is now a portfolio manager in the Equity and High-Income division at Fidelity Investments in Boston, jumped at the chance to give back to a College that gave him so much. In return, the College's new building will be named Steven S. Wymer Hall.
"I do think some work will be replaced by generative AI, but that doesn’t mean there will be mass layoffs anytime soon," said Gies' Chief Disruption Officer Robert Brunner.
Zach Zoloto and Diego Acosta have moved on from their goal of playing in the major leagues; instead, they’re using their Gies master’s degrees to add value in other areas of their organizations.
An increasingly hybrid workforce calls for a more nuanced approach to employee evaluations, according to new research from Gies professor Oscar Ybarra. To address the problem, he has developed a new employee evaluation framework called C+MAC (Cognition + Motivation, Action and Connection).
“The Royal Family is a complex brand to manage, especially true now that its more revered member, the Queen, is no longer its stalwart pillar," says Gies Professor Emerita Cele Otnes.
Giving people the choice of whether to wear a mask, Gies professor Anton Ivanov says, is oftentimes more effective than simply imposing mandates. It’s basically the difference between encouraging kids to eat healthy snacks and ramming them down their throat.
At the 2023 Leighton Lecture on Ethics and Leadership, Sylvia Puente (‘80) shared her strategies for improving the influence of the Latino community based on their economic power.
Three Gies College of Business faculty members - Aimee Barbeau, Timothy Johnson, and Michael Yip - have been honored with Excellence in Teaching Awards from the Gies Business Alumni Association.
The list is the result of a questionnaire students from across the university fill out each semester about their courses and instructors, and the strong Gies Business presence on the list is just one of many examples of how the College emphasizes the student learning experience.
What should you make sure to do - and NOT to do - when applying for an online MBA program? Myranda Crist, senior assistant director of recruiting and admissions for Gies' award-winning iMBA, shared her thoughts with FindMBA.com.