GROSSMAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
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At UVM, we’re innovators and gamechangers, always looking to build a better future. With our tradition as one of New England’s first universities and the entrepreneurial and forward-thinking spirit of Vermont, we’re focused on sustainability and success—both yours and the world’s.
BUSINESS AS USUAL?
FINAL GRADE:
wall street presentation
It’s an equity analysis lesson that’s hard to forget. A semester-long seminar and weeks of late nights at the Bloomberg Terminals prepare students for this keystone experience: a presentation to engaged alumni who are investment professionals at leading financial institutions. Each year, Grossman Business School students go through this rite of passage, one that’s led more than a few on their career path post-college.
KYLE HUBSCHMITT ’18 WALL STREET SEMINAR FINANCIAL DISTRICT, NYC
around the world on the case
Our students cross the globe putting into practice all they learn in the classroom. With travel funding for competitions covered, students can focus on honing their skills in quick thinking, analysis, problemsolving, teamwork, and public speaking to bring home trophies. The biggest reward: practical experience that builds confidence and a resume for success after UVM.
Want a deeper global business experience? Consider a semester abroad at one of Grossman’s numerous partner schools, including:
NANCY, FRANCE
ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA
ZWOLLE, THE NETHERLANDS VIENNA, AUSTRIA
CARLY CASWELL ’18
ROTTERDAM CASE COMPETITION
Grossman students complete internships at employers like:
BURTON
CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL POLICY
ESPN RADIO
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS
GENERAL ELECTRIC
INTERNATIONAL
CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY
KEURIG GREEN MOUNTAIN
MORGAN STANLEY
PFIZER
STATE STREET
USA HOCKEY
WALT DISNEY WORLD
global experts
bringing the world into focus
Growing up in the Indian city of Chennai, “poverty is something that you see all around,” says Srinivas Venugopal, assistant professor of marketing. And yet, entrepreneurship is booming in this environment, where more than a billion poverty-stricken entrepreneurs run microenterprises to meet basic consumption needs. Venugopal’s award-winning research explores the duality of the consumer-entrepreneur relationship and how enterprises can bring about positive social change. “The marketing world has done a tremendous job of meeting needs in the context of affluence,” he says, “but to me, the ultimate marketing challenge is to be able to meet important needs like health care, education, and food and nutrition.”
Family business contributes an estimated 70-90 percent of global gross domestic product. And Pramodita Sharma, the Daniel Clarke Sanders Chair in Entrepreneurship & Family Business, is one of the world’s leading scholars in the subject, having earned international honors for her work on governance, succession, innovation, and entrepreneurial leadership. Her book Entrepreneurs in Every Generation has been hailed as “the Magna Carta of transgenerational entrepreneurship that should be made compulsory reading for all members of family businesses.”
How can technology and research organizations become more entrepreneurial and add value to society? That question is the driving force behind Erik Monsen’s mission.
The Steven Grossman Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship, Monsen comes to UVM with a background as an aircraft engineer, and has worked and taught in countries around the globe. With a dual appointment in Grossman and the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, Monsen helps build UVM’s cross-disciplinary culture of innovation
As big data continues to change our world and our ability to understand it, professors like Marilyn Lucas, associate professor of business analytics, are teaching Grossman students the power of business analytics and datainformed decision making. Her expertise revolves around strategic issues in operations management, drawing on modeling and simulation to understand everything from the management of perishable inventories to the impact of environmental initiatives on a firm’s financial performance.
a powerful network
As thousands of UVM business graduates build their careers, many make it a priority to help the next generation of alumni find their own paths. By sponsoring internships, hosting course fieldtrips to the financial hubs of Boston or New York City, and frequently returning for guest lectures at UVM, our alumni are generous with their time and expertise. Coupled with the lessons of the classroom, these insights and connections are often a critical advantage for our new grads as they launch their careers.
JODI GOLDSTEIN ’89
Twenty years of experience as a startup executive, co-founder, and investor informs Goldstein’s work as managing director of the Harvard Innovation Labs.
ROBERT CLARKSON ’88
PayPal’s general manager for North America, Clarkson was previously an executive with American Express, where he was vice president of global business development.
CLAIRE NEATON ’12
Named a Forbes “30 Under 30” Social Entrepreneur for her company Salmon Sisters, a successful clothing line to raise awareness of the role of wild, sustainable seafood.
ALUMNI ENDEAVORS
93% of UVM students are employed or continuing their education within six months of graduating
RINO CARUCCIO ‘84
Vice president at Amazon, he oversees the financial analysis team for Amazon Devices, developing metrics and processes that scale with the rapid growth of creations like Kindle and Alexa.
EMILY BATES ‘15
As a program manager on a cloud engineering strategy & operations team at Google Cloud in Sunnyvale, California, Emily has already held several roles in technical and program management fields.
UVM GRADUATES have become leaders at
AMAZON
THE NEW YORK TIMES
OLIVIA’S ORGANICS
CHRYSLER GROUP LLC
DISNEY
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS
MERRILL LYNCH
CITIZENS BANK
PwC
VANITY FAIR
MASSACHUSETTS
GENERAL HOSPITAL
LONG TRAIL BREWING
THOMSON REUTERS
RALPH LAUREN
RSM
GOPRO
BURTON
UTC AEROSPACE
AND CEOs OR PRESIDENTS OF
SOTHEBY’S
HUBSPOT
GE HEALTHCARE
MASSMUTUAL
LUNA DNA
ABC
NASCAR
CHILDREN’S HEALTH
UNDERGRADUATE
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, B.S.
Students choose one of three interdisciplinary, strategic themes by the end of their sophomore year in:
GLOBAL BUSINESS • SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS • ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Additionally, all students must complete five courses in a selected concentration. Choices include:
ACCOUNTING • FINANCE • MARKETING • BUSINESS ANALYTICS
MINORS:
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION • ACCOUNTING • SPORTS MANAGEMENT
GRADUATE
THE SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION MBA MASTER OF ACCOUNTANCY
CERTIFICATES
CERTIFICATE OF GRADUATE STUDY IN SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE
THE GROSSMAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS provides a demanding curriculum, both undergraduate and graduate, to develop strong quantitative, conceptual analysis, and technology skills. Students expand their classroom experiences working together and with faculty on applied projects in real business settings. THE ASSOCIATION TO ADVANCE COLLEGIATE SCHOOLS OF BUSINESS
Ifshin Hall, opened in 2018, provides classrooms, group study and project rooms, and event space for activities like UVM’s annual global case competition in family business.
