Here’s some updates on the MBA program at UIC from the dean Stefanie Lenway:
The following are a sampling of some of the CBA’s outstanding achievements from the past few months.
• Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review named our graduate entrepreneurship program sixth in the nation.
• Crain’s Chicago Business ranked the Liautaud MBA program fourth on its annual list of the area’s AACSB-accredited MBA programs.
• Liautaud MBA alumna Caralynn Nowinski-Chenoweth, the co-founder and acting CEO of Sanogene Therapeutics Inc., was named to the 2008 Crain’s Chicago Business “40 under 40” list, which is an annual snapshot “of the area’s up-and-comers from a wide range of industries.” In addition to this honor, Sanogene obtained the exclusive license to the worldwide patent for its core technology, received a strategic equity investment from Cato BioVentures, and entered into a partnership with Cato Research Ltd.
• Alter EatGo, founded by Eric Meredith ‘94, won the 2008 City Treasurer’s Business Plan Competition. This is the second consecutive year a business founded by a CBA alumnus took first place in the competition. (Sanogene Therapeutics won in 2007).
• The Crain’s Chicago Business list of Who’s Who in the Chicago business community featured several CBA alumni.
• The College of Business Administration received an “Above and Beyond” award from Junior Achievement in recognition of its efforts to assist the organization in providing important economic educational programs to young people in grades K-12. Last year, CBA student volunteers reached more than 8,600 students throughout the Chicagoland area, which represented a 277 percent increase in JA volunteer support from the previous year’s commitment.
It’s nice to see that the many people in the program are doing more than just classwork. I’d like to get involved with more organizations, community services, and competitions in the new year.
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This post was written by Jay on December 8, 2008
