Student and Alumni Stories

M.P.A. Adds Up to Career in City Budget Office

(M.P.A. ’16)

In his position at the City of Chicago’s Office of Budget and Management, Scott Greene oversees capital infrastructure budgeting for the city of Chicago. This wasn’t the career Greene anticipated when...

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Real-World Policy Projects Spark Career Plans

(M.P.A. ’17)

“The academic experience at IIT Stuart School of Business laid the foundation for my future career plans and inspired me to pursue a doctoral program,” says Xi Chen, who is a Ph.D. student in public...

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Capstone Project Is a Solid Investment

(M.B.A./M.S. FIN ’19)

With his sights set on a career in private equity, Trevor Wheeler chose to pursue dual degrees—a Master of Business Administration and Master of Science in Finance. “The great reputation was the #1...

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Focusing on Sustainability at Navy Pier

(M.B.A. ’15)

As someone with a lifelong interest in environmental issues, Savitha Chelladurai decided a few years ago to pursue a career path in which she could make a larger contribution to improving the...

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Learn in Class and Apply It in Your Internship

(BA/M.S. FIN '19)

Ahsan Lodhika’s interest in business was sparked in high school, first when he took an accounting class and then as he dove into finance through activities with the school’s business club. When it...

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Analyzing Customer Data to See What Works, What Doesn’t

(M.S. MANL ’20)

When he was a graduate student at Stuart School of Business, Karan Tupe’s summer internship at BMW Technology Corporation—which turned into a part-time job the following semester—enabled him to take...

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Putting Lessons to Work

(BA/M.S. FIN ’19)

On the first day of the first finance course she took at Illinois Tech, Aiman Moizuddin learned a lesson that has stuck with her ever since. Stuart School of Business Clinical Professor John Twombly...

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Finding Success From an Uncertain Beginning

(BA/M.S. FIN ’18)

As an Illinois Tech student, Oscar Cazalez had the opportunity to get involved in many student programs, including Latinos Involved in Further Education, Undocumented Students and Allies, men’s...

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Dialing Back the Calls to 911

(M.P.A. ’17)

A veteran Chicago police officer, Catherine Sanchez went back to school part-time at Stuart School of Business for a Master of Public Policy and Administration degree. Her job and studies aligned when...

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