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Happy New Year!
As we launch another new and exciting year, we reflect and celebrate the many accomplishments of our Manning School of Business community. In this edition of the Manning Experience newsletter, you will find a collection of quick reads that update you on our research, academic programs, co-curricular activities, and new initiatives we have implemented or expanded over the past year. We are excited about our continued growth in experiential learning, interdisciplinary collaborations, scholarship, thought leadership, alumni participation, and corporate engagement.
I hope you find inspiration in the collaborative efforts of our alumni, faculty, staff, and partners. Working together, we help our students build solid foundations and give them a platform to launch their careers.
I wish you and your loved ones a healthy and peaceful start to 2023!
Best regards,
Sandra B. Richtermeyer
Rist Family Endowed Dean
Manning School of Business
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Career Connected Work & Experiential Learning |
Manning School of Business students have many opportunities to connect what they learn in the classroom to the workplace. Through co-ops, internships, student employment, and entrepreneurial competitions, our students explore their interests, learn how to find solutions to real world problems, and prepare for successful careers. |
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Finalist student teams pitched their cutting-edge financial and banking ideas at the 10th annual DCU/Manning School of Business Innovation Contest. The top team was Solar Crowdfund, a platform that would enable people to invest in large-scale solar projects to help combat climate change.
12/9/22
Manning School of Business students Joe Dunn, Alex Condes de Bethencourt Lopez, Jose Munoz and Jack Weafer, along with Visiting Faculty Lecturer Jeremy Ramsey (Marketing, Entrepreneurship & Innovation) attended the Northeast Intercollegiate Sales Competition (NISC) at Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island. This was the first year a UMass Lowell team attended the two-day event, which brought together more than 250 students from 27 colleges and universities from across the country.
12/1/22
Accounting faculty in the Manning School of Business are finding new ways to attract students to the field, from incorporating data analytics into the curriculum to teaching fundamentals through a game of “Monopoly Accounting.”
11/17/2022
Four Manning School of Business students attended the annual Student Managed Investment Fund Consortium Conference in Chicago, where they learned about portfolio management and investment strategies from industry experts and networked with peers from across the country. Adjunct faculty member Daniele Parravano (Marketing, Entrepreneurship & Innovation) accompanied Manning School of Business students Matthew Almeida, and Anirban Dasgupta, Olivia Hebert and Wilton Ortega.
10/26/2022
Five accounting students from the Manning School of Business attended the Institute of Management Accountants’ recent annual conference in Austin, Texas with Dean Sandra Richtermeyer.
7/12/2022
A dozen Manning School of Business students shared their entrepreneurial ideas and networked with students from across the region at the Harvard Innovation Labs’ Cross-University Mixer.
5/6/2022
Accounting students Amy Bu, Ervin Caushi, Eunice Clifton and Gillian Inglis worked as interns last spring with the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) grant program, an Internal Revenue Service initiative that supports free tax preparation services for the underserved.
3/15/22
Students in the New Product Development course taught by Dr. Denise Dunlap, Associate Professor (Marketing, Entrepreneurship & Innovation) received first-hand experience in product pitches at this mock trade show event.
1/25/22
A Manning School of Business team made up of students Matt Conte, Anirban Dasgupta, Yeaharne Hout, Tooney Benny and Thomas Stranberg finished in top 8% of the 2021 Bloomberg Trading Challenge. Student teams from around the globe participated in the seven-week university investment competition, using Bloomberg terminals to define market assumptions, develop a return-generating strategy, and execute trades. The team's faculty advisor was Carolyn Kedersha, Visiting Faculty Lecturer (Finance).
1/24/22
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Alumni and Corporate Engagement |
The Manning School of Business alumni network is a highly engaged community, from recent graduates just starting out in their careers, to industry leaders who serve as mentors and advisors. We are grateful to our many alumni who share their expertise and career journeys with our students, as well as our corporate partners who hold recruitment events. |
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Adam Klionsky, director of communications for Major League Soccer’s New England Revolution, shared advice for breaking into the professional sports industry to more than 100 Manning School of Business students during a recent visit to Alumni Memorial Library Center.
11/23/22
The Manning School of Business Accounting Department celebrated 11 recent scholarship recipients during a networking luncheon, where students met with alumni from the accounting profession.
10/19/2022
Responding to industry needs for more analytics talent, the university added the data-driven field to this year’s Accounting, Finance and Analytics Career Fair at University Crossing. Recent Manning School of Business alumni from Dell Technologies, quality engineer Jack McDonough ’20 and senior analyst Christie Phelan ’20, were two of the many alumni employers who participated in the career fair. Jack met with Manning business analytics students earlier in the day for a special workshop on supply chain issues.
9/29/2022
The Donahue Center for Business Ethics & Social Responsibility welcomed Cindi Bigelow, President and CEO of Bigelow Tea, for a discussion on leadership and insights from her career journey. The event was co-sponsored by the Manning School of Business, Joy Tong Women in Business, and the Office of Alumni Relations.
1/31/22
Five Manning School of Business students credit their fall co-op experience at MFS Investment Management with giving them new perspectives on the finance industry while building skills that will give them a solid foundation as they embark on their careers. Lena Astarjian, Zachary Mizioch, Nicole Resendes, Christopher Sheng and Philecia Smith-Rise worked in a wide range of roles at MFS, including generating requests for proposals, compliance education, ensuring data integrity, and social media marketing.
1/19/22
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College Collaborations and Growth |
Our alumni and intra-university collaborations continue to help us grow our programs, increase interdisciplinary initiatives, and advise us in new ways to extend our reach for optimal student impact. |
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Riva Chatsman, a third-year accounting student, was one of three UMass Lowell students across various disciplines chosen to attend the United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP27) climate summit in Egypt in November. The trip was sponsored by the Rist Institute for Sustainability and Energy.
12/6/22
This River Hawk Scholars Academy (RHSA) initiative supports job-minded juniors. Manning School of Business College-Based Advisor Carol Towle '22 helped develop the program for first-generation students with Associate Director of Career Services Serwa Addae-Adoo and RHSA Director Matthew Hurwitz.
9/23/22
To keep up with the rising demand for data scientists, the Manning School of Business’ Master of Science in Business Analytics program continues to grow, adding a sixth track in health care business analytics.
8/25/2022
The Manning School of Business’ Global Entrepreneurship Exchange (GE2) virtual summer workshop drew 530 students from 20 countries, culminating in a 13-team venture pitch competition.
8/9/2022
A record 479 students received MBAs from the Manning School of Business this spring, including longtime UMass Lowell philanthropist Brian Rist ’77, '22 (H).
5/25/2022
Brian Rist ’77, and his wife Kim, donated $3 million to the Manning School of Business to create UMass Lowell's first endowed deanship. Dean Sandra Richtermeyer was named the inaugural dean for the endowment, which helps students struggling with financial hardship to stay in school. The endowment also connects Manning School of Business students with a vast array of industry services and opportunities.
4/21/22
The Manning School of Business hosted an Honors College mixer this spring to introduce students to faculty mentors for research opportunities. Current Honors College students also attended the event to share their academic research journeys.
4/12/22
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Expertise and Thought Leadership from Manning Faculty |
The Manning School of Business faculty are actively engaged in generating high quality, impactful research that helps influence business leadership, policies, processes, best practices, and the future of business education. Their expertise is shared in media outlets, at academic conferences, and most importantly, with their students. |
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Research by Dr. Ann Kronrod, Associate Professor (Marketing, Entrepreneurship & Innovation), on how episodic and semantic memory affects the language of authentic and fictitious reviews online. was recently published in the Journal of Consumer Research.
12/22/22
Dr. William Johnson, Associate Professor (Finance) and Dr. Jack M. Wilson, President-Emeritus and Distinguished Professor at University of Massachusetts, engaged in a respectful debate on the pros and cons of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology during an event hosted by the Global Entrepreneurship Exchange (GE2) and the Jack M. Wilson Center for Entrepreneurship.
11/4/2022
Dr. Michael Ciuchta, Associate Professor (Marketing, Entrepreneurship & Innovation) received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to research the Spanish entrepreneurial ecosystem while teaching at a university in Madrid.
10/31/2022
As guest editor for the MIT Sloan Management Review “Future of the Workforce” Big Ideas research initiative, Dr. Elizabeth Altman, Associate Professor (Management) explores workforce ecosystems. The research has led to a forthcoming book, “Workforce Ecosystems: Reaching Strategic Goals with People, Partners and Technologies.”
10/24/22
Manning School of Business doctoral student and adjunct faculty William Zhou (Entrepreneurship concentration) received a $12,000 graduate fellowship from the Rist Institute for Sustainability and Energy for his research study on how a company’s transition to a more sustainable way of doing business, known as the corporate green transition, affects its innovation.
9/29/2022
Numerous Manning School of Business faculty and alumni were featured speakers and presenters at UMass Lowell Women’s Leadership Conference. Dr. Elizabeth Altman, Associate Professor of Management, co-chaired the conference and moderated the keynote discussion with outgoing UMass Lowell Chancellor Jacqueline Moloney, who founded the event seven years ago.
6/24/2022
The Manning School of Business recognized three retiring faculty members — Stuart Freedman, Deborah Finch and Jack Wilson — who have impacted countless lives in their combined 70 years at UMass Lowell.
5/11/2022
Dr. Lei Jia, Assistant Professor (Marketing, Entrepreneurship & Innovation) shares his research on how consumer behaviors are influenced by the pets we own, including the impact the type of pet may have on consumers’ judgment and decision-making in a marketing context.
4/13/22
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Manning School of Business students pride themselves on their academic achievement, community service, and campus leadership roles. We applaud the achievements and activities highlighted below, and celebrate all our hardworking students who are the next generation of global business leaders. |
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Three members of the same extended family from Washington, D.C. - Tyson Minor, Ayinde Hikim and De’Andre Gore - are all pursuing degrees from the Manning School of Business, thanks in part to UMass Lowell’s DC-College Access Program.
11/22/2022
A dozen accounting and finance students represented the Manning School of Business at the Institute of Management Accounts Student Leadership Conference, held recently in Pittsburgh.
11/21/2022
Six Manning School of Business graduate students participated in a new 12-week Accelerating Women Leaders Coaching Program hosted by Women Accelerators, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting gender equity and the advancement of women.
7/20/2022
Identical twin business majors, Angelina and Alexandra Kam, were given the responsibility of updating the university’s diversity peer education curriculum for students as part of their summer co-op jobs with the Office of Multicultural Affairs.
8/11/2022
Mill City Consulting, a student-run venture created last fall in the Internship in Entrepreneurship course, helped two Lowell restaurants as they continue to recover from the pandemic.
5/12/2022
The Manning School of Business inducted a record 119 undergraduate, graduate and Ph.D. students into the Beta Gamma Sigma international business honor society at an induction ceremony at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center.
4/29/22
Manning School of Business student athlete Will Benoit (Finance, Accounting), a distance runner on the men’s cross country and track and field teams, is interviewed about the NCAA waiving its rules prohibiting student-athletes from profiting off their name, image and likeness.
3/22/22
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Manning School of Business
Mary Lou Kelly, Business Manager and Newsletter Editor
Dr. Sandra B. Richtermeyer
Rist Family Endowed Dean
Manning School of Business
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