Employment is becoming increasingly skills-focused. Indeed, the abilities to communicate effectively, problem-solve and quickly learn and apply new technologies, for instance, are proving to be of the utmost importance for landing jobs and nurturing early careers.
Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) and NJIT are now partners in education. The institutions signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), as well as two other agreements involving NJIT’s Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSM), Oct. 25 in Beijing. Joel S. Bloom, NJIT president, and Jianyong Qiao, BUPT president, represented their respective universities, along with faculty and staff, at the signing.
As the state of our economy receives greater and greater attention, last week a group of Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSM) business students were given the opportunity to leave their classrooms and see things for themselves at the New York Federal Reserve in New York City. Organized by Zhipeng Yan, corporate finance professor and associate dean, and accompanied by Oya I. Tukel, MTSM dean, the trip brought business students to the financial capital of the world, where they enjoyed an inside look at the gold vaults hidden some 80 feet beneath its busy streets.
Twenty faculty members from Shanghai LIXIN University of Accounting and Finance (LIXIN) visited Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSM) this past August and attended a two-week executive training program, “Training on Integrating Blockchain Education and Flipped Courses Into Teaching in the Areas of Finance and Accounting.” During their visit, LIXIN professors were able to engage in Blockchain and design thinking as part of the IBM Skills Academy program.
It was a surprise to outgoing Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSM) dean, Reggie Caudill. But for those behind the scenes collecting donations and making arrangements, the establishment of a fellowship bearing his name was undoubtedly the most appropriate way to recognize him for his dedication to the school over the past few years.
As president and CEO of Actors Federal Credit Union (ActorsFCU), Daniel Czerniawski oversees strategic direction and management of the cooperatively run, nonprofit institution to ensure it’s achieving its primary goal: assisting its members who belong to Actors’ Equity, SAG-AFTRA, Local 802 and more than 150 other entertainment-related organizations with their financial needs.
She’s scored on the basketball court as a Highlander guard and now Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSM) graduating senior Jordan Ireland has realized her college-best achievement: completing MTSM’s B.S./M.S five-year program in just four years.
Priya Ravi’s bent toward business made itself evident long before she arrived at NJIT. The soon-to-be finance graduate shares a story from her childhood that proved telling.
This week, nearly 50 of the year’s most promising NJIT student-researchers gathered to present their work to the campus community at the university’s annual year-end research competition — the 2019 Dana Knox Showcase “A Glimpse Into the Future.”
This past spring break, six undergrads from the MRKT485 course and two graduate students from MGMT699 ventured to Germany for the first Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSM) undergraduate faculty-led study-abroad experience. Accompanied by MTSM Senior University Lecturer Melodi Guilbault, they visited both prominent companies and locations of historical and cultural significance, and attended lectures at Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt (THI) University, a partner institution of NJIT that helped plan the excursion.
