As the 2020 Olympic Games draw nearer, the Warsaw Sports Marketing Center is focusing its efforts on developing experiential learning experiences tied to the festivities.
For Monika Graf ’11, the industry connections she made thanks to the Warsaw Sport Marketing Center’s network were and continue to be its most important resource.
The 14th Annual Women In Business Gala held April 11 at the Ford Alumni Center paired students with professionals for a night of networking, an industry panel, and dinner.
"I had all these ideas for starting my own business, but I didn’t know how to make it happen. On the very first day I walked into the Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship, they said, 'You need to run with this and we have all these people here that can help you.'"
"The Lundquist College of Business gave me hands-on experience working with a professional client outside of schoolwork. That really made my résumé stand out."
"It’s that encouragement to go out and try new things and to really build that foundation for lifelong learning and lifelong relationships. I think that’s very hard to find. I found it at the Lundquist College of Business."
"The combination of classes, connections to people in the business community, and the opportunity to participate in internships set me up for success when I graduated."
"If I was to go back to my freshman self and say, 'You’re going to work at events like the Super Bowl, winter and summer Olympic Trials, the NBA All-Star game, the World Series...' I would have laughed at myself."
Emily Darchuk, MBA ’18, is one of only 40 entrepreneurs selected and the first profiled in Inc. Magazine as part of the publication’s 40-year anniversary Founders Project.
