Students Attend Business Professionals of America Regional Leadership Conference at Walsh College High school students from local Business Professionals of America (BPA) chapters attended their 2023 BPA Regional Leadership Conference at Walsh College in Troy, Michigan on Friday January 13, 2023. 262 high school students, led by 19 teachers, from high schools in Macomb…
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FOLLOWING THE PROCESS: REACHING MY FORTUNE 500 GOAL Walsh alumna, Kimberly Busby (BBA ’14), set a specific goal for herself and wasn’t going to stop until she achieved it. The goal? To work for a Fortune 500 Company in the industry of Strategic Supply Chain. Kimberly knew that the first step in achieving her goal…
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An Inside Look at Walsh College’s Study Abroad London Experience By: Caroline St. Clair, MSMKT This past August I had the pleasure of attending the inaugural session of Walsh’s MGT 595 Study Abroad class in London. The class was originally supposed to run in 2020, then in 2021, but with the COVID pandemic it was…
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Lessons From the Court: Making a Team Work By: Jen O’Meara, Ph.D. Let’s talk today about teams: how to think about them, how to create them, and how to make them work. Many racquetball players prefer to play singles (ie. one on one against an opponent) rather than doubles (ie. with a partner against a…
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(TROY, MI – January 3, 2023) Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO-Detroit) and Walsh College are teaming up for an exciting and innovative collaboration in this new year! This year’s Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA), sponsored by Fenner, Melstrom & Dooling, PLC, will be hosted on Walsh College’s Troy Campus on January 19, 2023. The winner of the…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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