Undergraduate Experience
John Petosa L’95 jokes that he is “a kind of Swiss army knife” of teaching at the Whitman School. Indeed, since 2003 the professor of practice has led classes in business law, banking, entrepreneurship, as well as financial, managerial and tax accounting. Read full story>
The 2022 Orange Tank business pitch competition will be held at Whitman on Sept. 30, 2022. Whitman students and alumni are invited to participate and compete for a total of $42,000 in cash prizes. Application deadline is Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. Read all about the competition and how to apply>
Melanie Littlejohn ’97 MBA was six months pregnant when her boss at National Grid suggested she pursue an MBA at Syracuse University. She liked the idea but assumed she’d have to put it off until after the birth of her son. Instead, her boss told her to “seize the moment.” So, just a few weeks later, Littlejohn found herself a member of one of the first cohorts of the Executive MBA Program. Read full story>
When Barbara Ashkin ’74 (A&S), ’77 M.S. was studying accounting at Syracuse University in the mid-’70s, there weren’t many women accountants in the workplace. That didn’t stop her, however, as Ashkin built on her business education and her natural leadership abilities to leave her mark on the greater Syracuse landscape. Read full story>
