A new collaboration between the College of Business and a major corporate partner provides undergraduates with jobs, leadership training, and firm footing on their career paths.
Dr. Audrey Blume
Dr. Audrey Blume, chair of the Business Management Program, met with leaders in recruiting and career services at Bank of America’s Delaware office to review the details for the 16-month BOA Leader…
Business Analytics Intern Helps Urban Nonprofit
April 7, 2022
Jada Brinkley, a Wilmington University senior majoring in Business Analytics, is an intern at the Wilmington Alliance, a nonprofit organization focused on economic development and inclusion, promoting the collective good, and community-based interventions to halt violence in…
Formidable Business Experience for the Classroom
February 17, 2022
College of Business adjunct faculty bring real-life experience and expertise to the classroom and the community.
A new adjunct who teaches entrepreneurship, Dr. Jamiel Vadell is the former director of Millaway Institute for Entrepreneurship at Gulf Coast College in Florida.
The Gender Gap in Medical Specialties
December 16, 2021
In an article in the “Journal of Business Diversity,” WilmU D.B.A. alumni Drs. Jay Pickern and Helena Costakis found that stigma associated with women medical students discourages them from going into male-dominated specialties, even though female medical students typically get higher grades than their male classmates. “Medical specialties are missing out on talent,” they write.
Their…
The Power of Accounting: Dennis Clark
November 9, 2021
Dennis Clark | College of Business since 1988
Crunching numbers for Delmarva Power, where he managed the supply chain that kept the regional utility up and running, led Dennis Clark to teach accounting, auditing, and principles of management courses at the New Castle campus.
The Music Manager: Joseph Euculano
November 9, 2021
Joseph Euculano | College of Business since 1985
How did a music teacher end up explaining economics to generations of first-year students? In a word: entrepreneurship. As the owner of Instrumental Music Programs, among other small businesses, Joe Euculano provided…
Soul of a Teacher: Manubhai (Mike) Karia
November 9, 2021
Manubhai (Mike) Karia | College of Business since 1980
Fifty-one years ago, Mike Karia’s flight from India landed at Kennedy Airport on the day after a snowstorm. “I was coming from a place where it was 95 or 100 degrees every day,” he recalls. “There was snow in the Himalayas, but now I was walking on snow.” He survived the winter and a long job search to find accounting work in New…
Sport Management Student First to Win SBD scholarship
October 18, 2021
Justin Brooks, an undergraduate in Wilmington University’s Sports Management program and a member of Sigma Beta Delta, was selected by SBD as to receive a scholarship for the 2021/2022 academic year. This is the first time that a Wilmington University student has been…
WilmU students Nelly Munoz and Michelle Falcone, seniors in the Business Analytics bachelor’s degree program, teamed up with Grace Slate, a senior in the Marketing bachelor’s program, to put their learning to work in an innovative and hands-on summer…
From GED to DBA, Perseverance Pays Off
June 15, 2021
Debra Stevens recently earned a Doctor of Business Administration degree from Wilmington University. Thirty years earlier, she dropped out of high school.
Today, she teaches in the GED program at Cecil College, helping others to earn their high school diplomas and hopefully go on to college.
I believe education is the most important thing. If you have an education, you learn to see that things are…