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Tale of an internship: Michelle Ciesielska at the New York Fed

Accounting, Areas of Study, Business Economics, Personal & Professional Development, Stories, Students | Dec 06, 2012 |

by Elizabeth Anderson (FCRH ’13) The success Michelle Ciesielska (GSB ’14) has had with internships yields an important lesson for younger Gabelli School of Business students: Don’t wait. There’s no need to sit back until junior year to find an …

Deloitte competition teams meet (and beat!) last year’s performance

Accounting, Areas of Study, Stories, Students | Dec 05, 2012 |

Last year, one of Fordham’s two teams edged out its competitors from several other regional universities to earn a ticket to the national round of Deloitte’s FanTAXtic tax case-study competition. A Fordham team repeated that feat this year, vanquishing seven …

Give your marketing skills a quantitative edge

Areas of Study, Coursework, Marketing, Stories | Dec 04, 2012 |

If you’re interested in marketing and still have room — or room to change — in your spring 2013 course schedule, consider this class from Professor Mohammad Nejad. Data-Driven Marketing Decisions (MKBU 4451) is a brand-new elective that offers hands-on …

Five GSB juniors are Fordham’s PwC xTAX winners

Accounting, Areas of Study, Event Recaps, Stories, Students | Dec 04, 2012 |

by Balt Heldring (GSB ’14) Is accounting exciting? Depends on whom you ask. For five Gabelli School juniors, the answer is yes — especially now that they’ve won the Fordham University round of PwC’s “xTAX” competition. PwC, one of the …

Fordham SWS inducts 36 new members

Event Recaps, Smart Woman Securities, Stories, Student Organizations & Clubs, Students | Dec 03, 2012 |

by Claire Smith (GSB ’12) Fordham’s chapter of Smart Woman Securities is most definitely a growth operation. Last week, the group inducted 36 new associates — the organization’s title for new members — at an official ceremony. This was one …

GSB alumna lands on Broadway … in advertising, of course

Alumni, Areas of Study, Marketing, Stories | Nov 30, 2012 |

by Balt Heldring (GSB ’14) For years, people from all over the world have come to bask in the streetlights of theater’s biggest stage: Broadway. From the TKTS ticket booth to the New York Times building stand hundreds of advertisements …

Can you negotiate? If not, you need one of these spring courses!

Coursework, Stories | Nov 28, 2012 |

Here you are. Across the table is a guy who has something you want. Are you leaving with what you came for? Negotiation skills are critical for business leaders. Fail to learn them, and you could find yourself stuck in …

Tale of an internship: Juvoni Beckford at S&P

AIS, Areas of Study, Finance, IT / Information Systems, Students | Nov 28, 2012 |

  by Juvoni Beckford (GSB ’13) This past summer, I got an internship with the ratings agency Standard & Poor’s as an application developer. The firm wanted me to create visualizations and 3D graphics that could be used as visual …

Kevin Dreyer in a prior radio appearance. Photo courtesy of World News Inc.

GAMCO Investors manager speaks to London students

Areas of Study, Event Recaps, Finance, Global, London, Stories, Stories from Abroad | Nov 27, 2012 |

by Rachel Seagrest (GSB ’14) After sitting in on a presentation made by one of Mario Gabelli’s top men in Europe, I could not be more proud to attend a business school that bears the Gabelli name. On November 12, …

New career handbook: A zillion bits of advice in one place

Coursework, Stories | Nov 26, 2012 |

You wake up at 6:45 a.m. to get ready for a job interview, and you realize you aren’t quite sure what to wear or what to bring. It’s too early to call your friends, who might not know anyway. The …

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