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Mendoza alumnus opens restaurant in Duncan Student Center
Rob McColgan, a 2002 Mendoza College of Business graduate, and his business partner Anthony Pigliacampo won the McCloskey Business Plan Competition in 2009 and opened their restaurant, Modern Market. Last month, the chain debuted inside Notre Dame’s new Duncan Student Center. This is Modern Market’s first campus location.…
The South Bend Tribune -
Speaker examines connection between service, passion in business
Mendoza College of Business alumnus Bob Burke spoke at an Ethics Week event on Feb. 12 (Monday) in the Stayer Center. Shortly after graduating in 1994 and taking a job as a business analyst for Arthur Andersen, he founded a nonprofit that provides free tax preparation assistance to low-income families. He pitched the idea as a way to help young employees at the firm develop professionally as they learned to work with a different demographic. The program, now called Ladder Up, also includes other financial programs to help people climb out of poverty and has expanded to other cities in the U.S. In Chicago alone it has provided more than $529 million in economic benefits to more than 297,000 residents. He encouraged students to take a chance and do something different and to consider taking a year and working at a nonprofit after graduation.…
The Observer -
Involved Alumni – Patricia Bravo MBA ’00
In this new feature, each month Mendoza will highlight an alumnus/a who is not just doing great things in their career, but is also staying involved with the College of Business. In this first piece, we spoke with Patricia Bravo, member of the MBA class of '00, and learned about her consulting company and her work with Mendoza's Admissions department.…
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Like, Share & Talk With Us! – Mendoza’s Social Media Sites
Do you want to hear more about Mendoza news than just from the newsletter? Make sure to follow Mendoza's various social media accounts. This is a great way to not just get your news, but to also see more about student life! Here are some of the key sites to follow: …
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MSBA Student David Diaz on How the MSBA Program Complements his Undergrad Experience
The Notre Dame MSBA program has done a great job complimenting my undergrad education. I first graduated from Notre Dame in 2014 with a double major in marketing and FTT, […]
Angela Sienko -
Study: Men may avoid being green because they find it unmanly
Marketing professor James Wilkie discusses his research on gender and environmentalism.
CBS News -
Conversation Starters – My most valuable class
Almost every alum can look back on his or her time at Notre Dame and think, "that Finance (or perhaps Marketing, Accounting or Consulting) class is still valuable to me today." There were certain classes each student took which had a profound impact on one's career or personal growth. We want to hear from you, what one class did you love during your time at Notre Dame?…
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Notre Dame receives first-of-its-kind $100 million unrestricted commitment from entrepreneur Kenn Ricci
Ricci is a 1978 accountancy graduate.
University of Notre Dame -
Detroit Startup Ash & Erie Win $100K Investment at ‘Shark Tank’
Billionaire Mark Cuban backs clothing startup cofounded by Mendoza alum Eric Huang (MGTE '13).
Michipreneur.com -
‘Shark Tank’ passed on his company. Now John Tabis is trying to disrupt the flower industry, one bouquet at a time
Bouqs founders John Tabis (FIN '00) and Juan Pablo Montufar (MBA '07) are changing the way we buy flowers.
Los Angeles Times