Last month, dozens of Northeastern students joined the Women in Business Club (WIB) and others from around Boston to raise money and participate in a walk to fight breast cancer on behalf of the the American Cancer Society.

 

Held along the Charles River esplanade, the 5K walk included 40,000 supporters in total who joined the WIB in their fight against breast cancer.

 

To learn more about how you can help support breast cancer research by participating in one of their many events, visit their Making Strides website here.

Northeastern's Huntington Management Consulting team

Held annually by Northeastern, the competition took place from October 31-November 2nd and featured 16 schools from across the United States and Canada. The teams were given their case on Friday morning, and had until Saturday morning to come up with a business plan and presentation. The four final teams were announced at the conclusion of lunch on Saturday, and presented during the final round that afternoon. Winners were announced at the tailgate dinner that night in Dodge Hall, followed by the Northeastern vs. BC hockey game.

Led by Associate Professor of International Business and Strategy Ray Kinnunen, the Northeastern team included the following undergraduate D'Amore-McKim School of Business students: Matthew Saitta, Rose Bleakley, Jake Kugler, and Tori Farley.

In first place was Washington University of St. Louis with the University of Oklahoma coming in third and American University placing fourth.

 

Congratulations to all of the winners and we look forward to more great competition next year!

 

A team of Northeastern students took first place at the Bowersox Undergraduate Supply Chain Challenge. This year's competition took place at Michigan State's East Lansing, Michigan campus on November 7th and 8th.

 

The winning Northeastern team

Professor Cuneyt Eroglu and his team of supply chain students included Hochiang Wang, Elliot Lowe and Gautam Mahtani.

 

The Challenge consisted of 15 university teams who were competing in a computer-based supply chain game. Each team was expected to design and implement plans for a global supply chain network over a 13 week planning horizon. The first day consisted of training while the second day was reserved for the actual competition. The teams were rated on four criteria: revenue, supply chain cost savings, customer service and inventory turns. The Northeastern team had the overall best performance and won the $2,000 prize!

 

Congratulations to the Northeastern team on a job well done!

Northeastern Places Fourth at Wharton

Last month, Northeastern's Huntington Management Consulting team placed fourth at Wharton's Undergraduate Consulting Conference.

 

The third annual event is a full-day featuring representatives from the top consulting firms hosting panels, workshops, networking sessions and ends with a case competition.

 

Led by Professor Ray Kinnunen, the Northeastern team members were Matthew Saitta, Rose Bleakley, Jake Kugler, and Tori Farley.  

 

Wharton came in first place followed by the University of Toronto and Villanova University. The theme for this year's competition focused on "Conquering Consulting" which aims to educate, prepare, and connect students for a future career in consulting. 

 

Congratulation to Northeastern's Huntington Management Consulting team!

Northestern is looking for YOUR help! Following @Northeastern on Twitter and use the hasthtag #NameTheNewDorm to submit your vote for what the dorm (located behind the YMCA on Huntington Avenue) should 

be called.

There is no deadline for your submissions, but the sooner the better! To enter, just visit Northeastern's Twitter page here and #NameTheNewDorm.

Dean Courtney's open office hours continue into November and December. His open office hours for the next month and a half include the following date and time for any students, faculty or staff member:

 

Friday, November 15, November 22 and December 6.

 

All open hours are from 3:30-5pm in 101 Hayden Hall.

 

For questions on Dean Courtney's open office hours, please contact Teresa Fong by emailing Y.Fong@neu.edu.

Each semester, IDEA hosts NEXPO, a trade show of IDEA's top ventures from all industries and stages. Attendees will be able to meet the entrepreneurs,

learn about their services and demo their products as well as meet the IDEA Management Team. 

 

Whether you're a student who is curious about starting your own company or an industry professional looking to share your experience with others, all are welcome.

 

To register for this event, please click here.

By Olivia Allen, senior Northeastern student

More than 350 Northeastern students and community members gathered on Octo�ber 21st for the Social Enterprise Institute's Octo�ber Lec�ture Series to hear John Wood, founder of Room to Read, speak about impetus for leaving behind a career as a Microsoft Executive to start an international non-profit organization, and the lessons he learned as an early stage social entrepreneur.

 

Mr. Wood pro�vided stu�dents with an analy�sis of ten business-driven prin�ci�ples that drive Room to Read's stag�ger�ing impact and sus�tain�abil�ity. Room to Read

's sharp focus on fis�cal effi�ciency, an unre�lent�ing com�mit�ment to co-investment from the com�mu�ni�ties where libraries are estab�lished through chal�lenge grants, strin�gent impact mea�sure�ment, and close atten�tion to mar�ket feedback.

Under his lead�er�ship, Room to Read has evolved from an English-language book dona�tions for chil�dren in Nepal to a global orga�ni�za�tion that has reached 7.8 mil�lion chil�dren in order to pro�mote life�long lit�er�acy and an improved liveli�hood that edu�ca�tion can provide.

 

Mr. Wood's lec�ture not only coin�cided with the social entre�pre�neur�ship stu�dents' analy�sis of Room to Read, but also with the estab�lish�ment of a Room to Read Chap�ter at North�east�ern, led by stu�dents in Pro�fes�sor Den�nis Shaughnessy's fresh�man Hon�ors Sem�i�nar. Their work will be sup�ported with a gen�er�ous $5,000 seed grant. Thus far, the Social Enter�prise Insti�tute has estab�lished three libraries with Room to Read and looks for�ward to cre�at�ing more.

 

For more information or to become involved with Room to Read, please click here.