Marshall Offers MS in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
The USC Marshall School of Business is offering a new Master of Science in Entrepreneurship and Innovation through its Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies. The degree will expand opportunities for students interested in careers in entrepreneurship, corporate venturing and innovation or technology commercialization.
The MSEI is an accelerated and highly experiential program preparing students with the knowledge and skills to create new business ventures in a climate defined by rapid change, increasing competition, shortened product lifecycles and higher market volatility.
Students can complete the program over three terms, beginning coursework in a short session prior to the fall semester and graduating the following May.
Marshall to Offer Understanding Finance and Accounting Exec. Ed. Course
USC Marshall School of Business will be offering the executive education online course “Understanding Finance and Accounting” for Managers in marketing, sales, production, engineering, R&D, human resources and others who wish to know about more about accounting and finance.
The course will equip non-financial managers with the financial knowledge necessary to communicate more effectively with financial managers, analyze financial statements and understand how they relate, interpret a company’s profitability, solvency and liquidity, explore the sources and costs of capital and the factors of investment decisions and learn valuation principles and their impact on the value drivers of the firm.
Marshall Students March in LA Pride Parade
Fifty USC Trojans marched in the LA Pride Parade as part of a campus-wide initiative from Marshall‘s Gay & Lesbian Association, which sponsored registration costs for the event, in partnership with the USC LGBT Resource Center.
Participants walked as part of the LGBT Resource Center’s contingent during the annual gathering, one of the largest of the nationwide pride events taking place the first weekend in June. The L.A. parade on June 8, for which recording artist Demi Lovato served as grand marshall, drew around 400,000 attendees. Continue reading…
Marshall Alumnus Gives $15 Million For International Business Program
USC trustee and founder, chairman and CEO of Los Angeles-based Colony Capital LLC, one of the world’s largest private equity real estate firms, Thomas J. Barrack Jr. and his family have given a $15 million gift to the school. The Barrack’s gift will transform a USC Marshall School of Business building and significantly advance the school’s global mission. The new Barrack Hall will serve as a state-of-the-art home for all of USC Marshall’s international business programs.
First Master of Business For Veterans Class Graduates From Marshall
The first Master of Business for Veterans (MBV) graduating class has made the transition from military leaders to business professionals thanks to an accelerated one-year business program developed by the USC Marshall School of Business.
“There’s a recognition that leadership in the military is quite different culturally from leadership and management in the business world,” said James Bogle, who spent 23 years in the Army and is now MBV program director.
Professor and MBV Faculty Director Robert Turrill taught the MBV leadership class to identify and build on skills the students had already acquired from the military. The students also learned both professional and personal development, from quantitative finance skills to the nuances of networking, with a cohort of fellow veterans.
“My time at USC in the MBV has been, what I call, transition 2.0,” MBV graduate Mike Hall said. “Making the transition from military to civilian life can be challenging. I certainly experienced some setbacks. When I started the program, I knew this was going to be my shot to do the transition over again and do it with the support of the Marshall School and USC.”
The MBV program offers out-of-classroom support services, including career guidance, networking, getting students involved in professional organizations and USC Marshall activities.
Frankie Lugo, who is currently serving in the Air Force, said that the program opened his eyes to post-military career opportunities he hadn’t considered. After an in-class presentation from the Disney Co. that focused on their initiative to hire veterans, he reached out to them.
“I want to pursue a career at the Walt Disney Co.,” Lugo said. “I’ve got some mentors over there, and they’re hooking me up with all of the divisions trying to see where I could fit and where my skills could work.”
