UIC Liautaud Loop

Know Europe Information Session

(MBA CANDIDATES ONLY)

Friday, November 6, 2009 from 12:30-1:30pm

UIC Liautaud Programs Office
815 W. Van Buren St, Suite 220

 

The Executive Director of the Know Europe program will be visiting our institution from a partner institution, Ecole de Management de Normandie, in Le Havre, France to discuss the Know Europe program. For more information, please email askLGSB@uic.edu or check out www.know-europe.com.

Jim Liautaud Featured in Wall Street Journal

 
Jim Liautaud, benefactor of UIC’s Liautaud Graduate School of Business was featured in a Wall Street Journal article entitled “Profiles in Retirement”.

Liautaud Graduates Win Young Innovators Award

MBA graduates Dr. Amir Bastawrous, Michael McCoy and Matthew Norris were awarded the 2009 Young Innovator Award at the Chicago Innovation Awards for their start-up medical device company, Heartsounds, which they started in Liautaud’s Tech Ventures Program. Read more about their win here.

November Information Sessions

The information sessions for the month of November 2009 are:

• MBA Information Session
  Tuesday, November 3 at 5:30pm
  UIC Student Center East Building, Room 302, 750 S. Halsted
  Click Here to Register
  
  
• MBA Information Session
  Saturday, November 14 at 9:30am
  UIC Student Center East Building, Room 302, 750 S. Halsted
  Click Here to Register
  

Please be sure to register if you plan to attend. Visit this page regularly for information sessions held in upcoming months. For more information regarding our information sessions, contact the UIC Liautaud Graduate School of Business Admissions Office at 312.996.4573 or email asklgsb@uic.edu.

Valuable words from a Liautaud Professor

Tom Bothen, associate director of the Center for Urban Real Estate, was quoted in a Wall Street Journal story about property tax assessments during a recession.

Hoobler Recipient of Best Paper Award

Jenny Hoobler, assistant professor of managerial studies, with her coauthor Dr. James Burton at NIU, received the Best Paper Award at the Southern Management Association annual meeting in Asheville, NC, for her paper “Aggressive Reactions to Abusive Supervision: The Role of Interactional Justice and Fragile Self-Esteem.” For more information on Professor Hoobler, visit her faculty profile.

Out For Business

Attention all Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered students and their allies! A new student organization for this group is forming in the Liautaud Graduate School of Business. Out For Business is aimed at providing professional, academic, and social networking opportunities.

If you would like to join this organization, or simply would like more information, please contact Thor Perplies at tperpl2@uic.edu.

Doctorate in Business Recruiting Forum

Thinking about getting your PhD?

Join us for our Doctorate in Business Recruiting Forum and discover how your degree in Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, or the Social or Natural sciences could lead to an academic career in business. Gain insights into a career in business academia and hear from business school faculty and current PhD students. Meet representatives from over 20 doctoral business programs and learn about admissions criteria, financial aid, and student life.

For a list of participating universities and other information click here.

• Doctorate in Business Recruiting Forum
  Wednesday, November 18th at 5:30
  UIC Forum, 725 W. Roosevelt Road
  Click Here for Prospective Student Registration

If you represent a university that would like to participate, please click here.

WIN Wine and Cheese Event

Please join us for the Annual Wine and Cheese event sponsored by WIN at the Mars Gallery. The event will take place Saturday, November 14 from 6:00-8:30pm. All LGSB students, faculty and staff are encouraged to come. It will be a great night to mingle with friends before final exams in an awesome gallery setting. If you plan to attend, please RSVP.
 
Location: Mars Gallery, 1139 W Fulton Market, Chicago, IL 60607

October Information Sessions

The information sessions for the month of October 2009 are:

• MBA Information Session
  Wednesday, October 7 at 5:30pm
  UIC Student Center East Building, Room 302, 750 S. Halsted
  

• Chartered Financial Analyst Society of Chicago (CFA) Guest Panel and MBA Information Session
  Tuesday, October 20 at 4:30pm
  (Panel begins at 4:30pm/Information Session begins at 6:15pm)
  UIC Student Center East Building, Room 302, 750 S. Halsted

• MBA Information Session
  Saturday, October 24 at 9:30am
  UIC Student Center East Building, Room 302, 750 S. Halsted

Please be sure to register if you plan to attend. Visit this page regularly for information sessions held in upcoming months.  

For more information regarding our information sessions, contact the UIC Liautaud Graduate School of Business Admissions Office at 312.996.4573 or email asklgsb@uic.edu.