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.
Building on last year’s fruitful trip to Germany, NJIT’s Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSM), in collaboration with the university’s Office of Global Initiatives, is again offering a faculty-led study abroad trip during Spring Break — this time to Lyon, France, in March 2020. Students will learn about international marketing principles through visits with French companies, including JP Riviere Winery and Groupe SEB, and lectures at ESDES, the business school of UCLy — Lyon Catholic University.
They headed out at 8 a.m. on a Friday in September for a whirlwind excursion of Manhattan-based startups, accelerators, incubators and venture capital firms. And after traversing the city, between midtown and downtown, they returned to NJIT at day’s end with a firsthand view and better understanding of the world of entrepreneurship.
A contingent from NJIT’s Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSM), which included new dean Oya Tukel, crossed the country in June to attend the Avanade FUEL Innovation, Leadership, and Technology Conference in Pomona, Calif. Among those invited to the prestigious event were 30 Avanade Scholars from three North American universities.
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.
NJIT’s online MBA program in Management Information Systems (MIS) has been selected as one of the best nationwide for 2019 by TheBestSchools.org. The program is ranked seventh in the Top 20 and is one of only two New Jersey universities to be included.
Behind his back, on two fingertips or with arms and legs extended. These are just some of the “tricks” employed by Kwame Sarfo while doing what for many can be a daunting, challenging and often punishing activity: the pushup.
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.
