Lessons From the Court: Acknowledge the Success of Others By: Jen O’Meara, Ph.D. The score is close. One more point and the match is yours. You serve the ball and — the serve is terrible. Your opponent slams a return that zips right by you. At this point, you can either hang your head and…
Go Beyond the Numbers: The Benefits of An Accounting Degree Accounting is often called the language of business. Expense reports, tax documents, and balance sheets all can help tell the story of where a business has been, where it’s at, and where it’s going. In order for you to speak the language well, you need…
Bittersweet After getting fired, Aaron-Michael Eller dug deep and found a blessing in disguise Just moments before he was to coach his daughter’s softball game, Aaron-Michael Eller (BBA ’13; MBA/MSMKT ’21) received a phone call that blindsided him: He was fired from his promising role as a product manager for a global tooling supplier. Gutted…
Walsh College Announces the 2022 DeRoy Testamentary Foundation Scholars TROY, MICHIGAN – Walsh has announced the 2022 recipients of the DeRoy Testamentary Scholarship, India Piercefield and Devan Roy. The full undergraduate academic scholarship is funded by the DeRoy Testamentary Foundation, named for its founder, renowned philanthropist and community leader Helen L. DeRoy. Piercefield is a…
Lessons From the Court: Ethics By: Jen O’Meara, Ph.D. Fairness in racquetball requires good sportsmanship. We do use referees, but the referee is outside of the court, which means that the players are often the only ones in position to make correct calls. Good sportsmanship sometimes requires us to make tough calls against ourselves, even…
Emagine Entertainment and Walsh College Partner on Office Space and Entrepreneurial Educational Initiatives As part of this collaboration, Emagine Entertainment will relocate its corporate headquarters to the Walsh College campus in Troy. (TROY, MI – December 1, 2022) Emagine Entertainment, Inc., an innovator in luxury theaters and Walsh College, a top nationally and internationally ranked…
Suzy Siegle, President and CEO of Walsh College, joins the Troy Chamber Podcast, “Members on the Mic”, where she sits down to discuss the importance of leadership and team building. According to Suzy, attitude and mindset are the two main factors that create successful leadership in the world today. “It’s about what you believe about…
Problem Solver: Bob Waun Finance, real estate and community activism drive a career When Bob Waun (‘90 BBA and ‘92 MSF) was in search of a new focus for his real estate development work, he was challenged and motivated by the work that billionaire businessman and mortgage magnate Dan Gilbert was doing in relation to…
Degree Opens Doors Being a bridge between finance and IT Imelda Scott came to the United States in 1999 as part of a student exchange program, working as an au pair as she learned to speak English. A career opportunity prompted her to stay. The North American Free Trade Agreement had resulted in an increasing…
Human Interest How Walsh alumna Kristen Fowler landed an HR job at one of ‘the coolest’ places to work Kristen Fowler (MBA ’15) credits her master’s degree from Walsh with helping her score a really cool job. As Vice President at JMJ Phillip Group, she’s helped the executive search firm grow from 10 employees and…