Grow Irish Experience
Grow Irish Week is a cornerstone of your MSM journey, designed to bridge classroom learning with real-world application. Taking place twice annually—mid-October after Mod 1 and early March after Mod 3—these immersive, one-week experiences will challenge you to develop the skills, mindset, and confidence needed for a meaningful career. Please mark your calendars for October 13-17, 2025 (after Mod 1) and March 2-6, 2026 (after Mod 3).
Fall Grow Irish focuses on career readiness, offering hands-on consulting experience with real clients. Sponsored by a regional Notre Dame Club, this experience also provides valuable networking opportunities as you explore diverse career paths. Spring Grow Irish builds on this foundation with programming such as an intensive on-campus workshop to further strengthen your professional skills.
Grow personally and professionally through hands-on experiences
Grow your circle by networking with the ND community
Grow the good in business by driving real-world impact
MID-OCTOBER
During Fall Grow Irish, MSM students put their burgeoning business knowledge into action and gain valuable professional experience through a weeklong real-world consulting project with diverse organizations in a variety of locations. Culminating with a Final Presentation to their project client, Fall Grow Irish projects challenge students to solidify their problem-solving and strategic communication skills. Leveraging the power of the Notre Dame alumni network, Fall Grow Irish also features company visits and networking events designed to hone students’ career readiness as they prepare for upcoming interviews throughout the program.
Early March
During Spring Grow Irish, students will further refine their readiness to jump into their new jobs post-graduation through relevant on-campus workshops.
My Grow Irish experience has been invaluable in helping me develop both hard and soft business skills in a real-world setting. Through hands-on collaboration with my team and project sponsor, I strengthened my ability to communicate effectively, coordinate tasks, and adapt to challenges in a professional environment.Carter Solomon, MSM '25
On Day One of Grow Irish Week, a team of MSM students arrive at BizStarts’ headquarters in Milwaukee for their week-long consulting project.
After meeting with organizational leadership to discuss their project goals, Team BizStarts gets to work knowing that their project outcomes will directly impact Milwaukee’s entrepreneurial community.
In addition to their project work, Team BizStarts participated in company visits facilitated by Notre Dame alumni.
Team BizStarts met with Baird leadership at their Milwaukee headquarters to learn more about the mission and operations of the international financial services firm.
MSM students on Team Bruisers crunch the numbers to develop a financial model to drive business expansion for Bruisers’ Auto Care.
Team Bruisers gets an inside look at Bruiser’s operations by touring partner facilities in Chicago.
In addition to their project work, Team Bruisers toured the Google offices in Chicago.
Grow Irish gives students incredible real-world opportunities as they discern a meaningful career path for their futures.