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Career Ready in Sport Management

August 11, 2022
Students who recently earned advanced degrees in Sport Management are living the dream, with 90% of grads landing jobs in the highly specialized industry. Positions filled by WilmU alums include athletic director for Carroll Community College; event supervisor at the Wells Fargo Center for the Philadelphia Union major league soccer team; merchandising manager for the Wilmington Blue Rocks minor…
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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…
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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. His professional experience includes serving as CEO of Paradigm Leaders, a business consulting firm. As a decorated major in…
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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…
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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.
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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 educational and instructional services to parochial elementary schools throughout Delaware, New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania from…
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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…
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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…
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Student Interns Develop Marketing Plans for College of Business

August 9, 2021
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 internship. During the first half of the summer, they’ve been developing a marketing program for the College of Business’s…
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