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PREPARING STUDENTS FOR THE JOB SEARCH

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT. The same is true for job interviews. The more experience a student develops in

“selling” himself or herself in front of a live interviewer, the better the chances that student has of landing a job that will lead to a

personally and professionally rewarding career.

The College of Business and the Career Development Center bring in alumni and regional professionals to conduct workshops on interviewing.

Recently, the College invited Anne Marie Peters of Interview Savvy, who spent more than 18 years in the banking and financial services industry,

to meet with students.

These job workshops focus on how to make a great first impression, how to research the company with which one interviews, how to answer traditional and behavioral interview questions, how to best express one’s personal goals, how to close the deal and follow up, and mock interviews.

“Our students have been tremendously successful applying the techniques they learn at these workshops when they enter the job market following graduation,” said Melissa Mouhelis, assistant director of the Career Development Center.

The Investment Club turns a tidy profit while outperforming Standard & Poor’s 500.

MEMBERS OF THE INVESTMENT CLUB at Benedictine have honed their investment skills using a special fund set aside by the University. Students, who initially were given $100,000 of the University’s money to invest in 1997, have consistently outperformed the S&P 500. Today, the fund’s value stands at approximately $225,000.

“This portfolio is real money, and while it is not the students’ money, it is students’ responsibility to invest wisely,” said Alexander Huba, C13, Finance, former president of the Investment Club. “Investing is more than just

throwing your money in a stock and walking away. It takes a lot of discipline to be a good investor. Anyone can pick a winning stock, but it takes a disciplined investor to make money.”

Students who participate in the Investment Club gain experience selecting suitable investments in stocks and bonds, and learn how to manage risks against rewards. They also learn

how current events and external factors such as political, economic and even weather conditions can affect a portfolio's return.

Benedictine students make the grade while interning in the business world, too.

BY THE TIME TYLER ZACHARY GRADUATED MAGNA CUM LAUDE WITH A BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IN FINANCE FROM BENEDICTINE, his resume was already filled with remarkable achievements. One of those was serving a one-month summer internship through J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.’s Finance Analyst Development Program.

Chase’s Finance Analyst Development Program is open to sophomores and juniors in college who are highly motivated, demonstrate strong leadership and analytical qualities, have the proven ability to synthesize information and reach logical conclusions, can collaborate in a fast-paced environment, who are working toward a bachelor’s degree and who have a minimum 3.500 GPA.

“It is amazing how competitive this program has become,” said J.P. Morgan Chase’s Mike Berezewski, a finance manager who graduated from Benedictine University with a bachelor’s degree in Finance and has been with Chase for 11 years.

“We receive a large number of resumes from different universities and the Benedictine candidates stack up pretty well.”

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Five of the top 10 most sought-after majors by employers are in business, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE).

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Discussing how to

market businesses and organizations is great, but talk cannot replace hands-on

experience. The students of Nona Jones, Ph.D., associate professor of Undergraduate Business at

Benedictine University, get plenty of the latter.

Thanks to partnerships that Jones develops with local businesses, students who are enrolled in her “Promotional Strategy” and "Marketing

Strategy" classes craft marketing and promotional plans that these organizations can implement. Recently, students developed plans for a dental

practice, a veterinarian, a food service business and a local bowling alley. Promotional plans have also been completed by the members of the University chapter of the American Marketing Association (AMA), which Jones advises.

Jones, who has been teaching at Benedictine University since 2001, earned a Ph.D. in Applied Management and Decision Sciences at Walden University. She is a member of the AMA, Marketing Management Association and the Society for Case Research.

The opportunities presented to Jones’ students to work with real companies evolve in a variety of ways, but the “how” is not as important as the work itself.

“Students are able to act as semi-professional consultants to the clients,” she said. “That means they do everything from holding an initial meeting with the client, to

making sure they have a clear understanding of the client’s needs, to delivering the final marketing plan in both oral and written formats.

“The experiences gained by the students are invaluable,” Jones said.

“When I got to Benedictine, winning was the only thing that was important to me. Four years at Benedictine taught me to value so much more not only as an athlete, but also a student,

teammate and friend. My success as a professional would not have been possible without the guidance of professors like (Associate) Professor Jones.”

PREPARING STUDENTS FOR THE JOB SEARCH

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT. The same is true for job interviews. The more experience a student develops in

“selling” himself or herself in front of a live interviewer, the better the chances that student has of landing a job that will lead to a

personally and professionally rewarding career.

The College of Business and the Career Development Center bring in alumni and regional professionals to conduct workshops on interviewing.

Recently, the College invited Anne Marie Peters of Interview Savvy, who spent more than 18 years in the banking and financial services industry,

to meet with students.

These job workshops focus on how to make a great first impression, how to research the company with which one interviews, how to answer traditional and behavioral interview questions, how to best express one’s personal goals, how to close the deal and follow up, and mock interviews.

“Our students have been tremendously successful applying the techniques they learn at these workshops when they enter the job market following graduation,” said Melissa Mouhelis, assistant director of the Career Development Center.

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Business Analytics is for an environment that’s anything but static.

There is a growing demand in the corporate world for employees with analytical skills who have strong backgrounds in business fundamentals. THE BUSINESS ANALYTICS MAJOR at Benedictine University is designed to address this demand.

Courses such as “Data and Text Mining,” “Visualization Techniques and Dashboarding,” and “Web Intelligence and Analytics” provide students with a thorough exposure to analytics-related principles and the hands-on tools used in today’s business.

The program prepares students for careers in corporate management across most business

functions, management and data analysis, analytical consulting, financial planning, project management and investment banking.

The Business Analytics program has also given rise to the Institute for Business Analytics and Visualization. Through experiential learning projects, students can earn college credit by working to solve problems faced by participating organizations. The institute also serves as a venue for the exchange of ideas with these organizations on using data analysis and predictive modeling in decision-making.

“The smaller student-to-professor ratio made it much easier for me to get to know each of my professors better than I would have at another university. They become a much bigger part of your life—especially outside of the classroom—and they help you grow as both a student and as a person.”

Srividya Ranganathan, C12, Assistant Account Executive at FCB Worldwide, Chicago, Ill.

New business building provides an innovative learning experience.

The extraordinary growth of the College of Business created the need for a new academic

building that offers students a technologically advanced level of learning, enhances Benedictine’s partnerships with universities and corporations around the world, and attracts top-tier students and business leaders.

The innovative, four-story Daniel L. Goodwin Hall of Business – the largest classroom building on campus at 125,000 square feet – houses the college’s undergraduate and graduate business programs and internationally-recognized doctoral programs in Organization Development and Values-Driven Leadership.

The building also features classrooms, study areas, seminar rooms, offices, a 600-seat auditorium to facilitate lectures by leading business thinkers, a real-time trading lab that provides hands-on investing experience, a Starbucks Café, and a 6,000-square- foot Global Hall that includes an etched glass globe, digital stock ticker and high-definition media wall.

Bobby Sanchez, C06, Marketing, a former football player at Benedictine who is now a National Account Manager at

Flo -Tech in Middletown, Conn.

• Students have access to weekly job and internship opportunities and career development events.

• Classes and academic clubs develop career competence in real-world projects.

• New majors in Entrepreneurship and Human Resource Management meet growing workplace needs.

• The Bloomberg Assessment Test is free for students, with their results

used by more than 25,000 companies to select interns and new hires.

• Faculty members bring real-world experience to the classroom.

• Graduate business students consistently rank in the top 100

of more than 400 schools and 12,000 students that participate in the global Business Strategy Game™.

• More than 10,000 alumni worldwide.

• Daniel L. Goodwin Hall of Business opened in Fall 2015.

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undergraduate degrees:Bachelor of Arts in Economics

Bachelor of Arts in International Business and EconomicsBachelor of Business Administration in Accounting

Bachelor of Business Administration in Business AnalyticsBachelor of Business Administration in Business and Economics

Bachelor of Business Administration in Business with Science ApplicationsBachelor of Business Administration in Entrepreneurship

Bachelor of Business Administration in FinanceBachelor of Business Administration in Human Resource Management

Bachelor of Business Administration in Management and Organizational BehaviorBachelor of Business Administration in Marketing

For the sports-minded student who wants a career in professional sports, various majors in the College of Business offer concentrations in Sports Management and Sports Marketing.

graduate degrees:Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)*

Master of Science in AccountancyMaster of Science in Business Analytics

Master of Science in Finance Master of Science in Management Information Systems

Master of Science in Management and Organizational Behavior Master of Science in Taxation

Twelve dual degree programs add a valuable second degree with only 32 more quarter credit hours, usually eight courses.

doctoral degrees:Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Organization Development

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)/Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.) in Values-Driven Leadership

Benedictine’s 4+1 program means you can earn an undergraduate and graduate degree in just five years.

*Crain’s Chicago Business ranked Benedictine’s M.B.A. program

the fifth largest in the Chicago area for 2015.

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Benedictine University is located in Lisle, Illinois, just 25 miles west of Chicago, and has branch campuses in Springfield, Illinois, and Mesa, Arizona. Founded as a Catholic university in 1887, Benedictine enrolls nearly 10,000 students in 56 undergraduate and 19 graduate programs. Forbes magazine named Benedictine among “America’s Top Colleges” for the fifth consecutive year in 2015. A 2016 PayScale Inc. report ranked BenU one of the top 10 colleges in Illinois for return on investment and in the top 20 percent nationally. Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (hlcommission.org). For more information, contact (630) 829-6300, admissions@ben.edu or visit ben.edu.

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