Special Opportunities
Elmhurst’s Department of Business and Economics offers a wealth of opportunities to test your ideas and yourself in the world outside the classroom.
Making connections to businesses and corporations—and especially to the men and women in the working world who serve as mentors and advisers—is a large part of what the Department of Business and Economics is all about.
A knowledgeable guide can play a vital role in helping students navigate the business world.
The business department’s Mentoring Program brings small groups of juniors and seniors into regular contact with area executives who introduce students to the business world as they experience it. Each student group meets informally with its mentor, usually someone in their major area, at least six times during the academic year to discuss business-related topics such as workplace politics, business ethics, resume preparation, or what to expect in a first job.
Students often have the opportunity to tour their mentor’s workplace and meet others in the office. The course may be taken for .25 credit and count toward the experiential learning tag.
Nearly every company today is touched by global business issues, making an international perspective ever more important.
To gain that crucial perspective, Elmhurst students may work or study abroad to observe first-hand how business is conducted. In doing so, they get a better sense of the many ties that bind business and industry together around the world.
Programs in Costa Rica, Morocco, Turkey, Russia, South America, Europe, and the Pacific Rim broaden the scope of an Elmhurst business education. Students meet with local and American businesspeople to observe and experience the cultural complexities of working in another country – everything from dealing with a foreign currency to studying the Turkish version of “marketing.”
Students may go abroad for a summer, a January Term, a week-long short course, or a full term.
Students learn the latest developments in marketing by participating in Elmhurst’s campus chapter of the American Marketing Association.
Elmhurst’s AMA has been honored by the national organization with the following national awards: Top 8 Chapter in the United States, Top 16 Case Study Competition and Top 5 Website.
The Department of Business and Economics has instituted a series of workshops for credit that help prepare Elmhurst University students of any major for the many key financial decisions they make in college and will have to make in the future.
The workshops are staffed by specialists in specific areas of finance. Fall seminars are generally geared to freshmen and sophomores and include budgeting, financial aid and credit cards.
Spring topics are designed for juniors and seniors and cover employee benefits, life insurance, taxes and investments.
The goal of Elmhurst’s Logistics & Supply Chain Research Institute is to enhance understanding and push the edge of knowledge in the field.
To that end, the institute conducts research on relevant logistics and supply chain management concerns, interests, and problems.
Specifically, the institute’s research aims to:
- Develop teaching theory and application and allow students to enter the work force with “leading edge” knowledge
- Increase the value of knowledge to the logistics profession provided by academe
- Involve students to enhance their knowledge and skills beyond the classroom
- Focus on the application of information technology for better decision-making skills in the supply chain
The purpose of HR club is to bring together students interested in the field of Human Resources Management, help them develop the interpersonal skills needed, and to encourage them to meet professionals who work in the field.
This club is designed to help students learn more about Human Resources and what Human Resource professionals do.
As an organization, our goals are to:
- Offer our members a variety of opportunities to network with business professionals, peers and Elmhurst University alumni.
- Enhance our members’ ability to secure internship positions and post-college job opportunities by developing the leadership, interpersonal, critical thinking and professional skills necessary for the workplace.
- Improve our members’ understanding of occupations, industries and current business trends by hosting an assortment of discussions, forums and seminars led by professionals.
- Provide our members with a medium through which they can enrich the Elmhurst University community.