NARRATOR: What does it mean to study business and economics
at a technological university like Michigan Tech?
It means spring break in Silicon Valley and internships with
Harley-Davidson, Ernst & Young , and DTE Energy.
It means managing information systems, product design,
and development and digital advertising campaigns.
It means working with people and technologies
to solve real world problems.
Not just students, entrepreneurs.
Not just professors, mentors.
Not just theory, doing.
At Michigan Technological University's School
of Business and Economics, you'll create the future.
THOMAS STROME: (Marketing and MIS) The size of the classrooms
here allows you the opportunity to really get
to know your teachers.
And a lot of them have connections
and are willing to really help you
if you put in the work and the effort
and make the time to reach out to them.
HANNAH BADGER: (Engineering Management) And the professors
are really good at helping out too.
They don't want to leave you in the dark.
They want you to succeed.
And they're going to give you every resource
they can to help you succeed, which is pretty awesome
SPEAKER 1: It starts with 7,268 crazy smart students
on Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula Innovation Shore,
10 hours from Detroit, 8 from Chicago.
Ski, snowboard, and tube 26 runs on our university-owned ski
area, just a mile from campus.
Hike, bike, or ski 35 kilometers of grassy parkways,
flowing single track, and technical challenges
on our tech trails.
MARI BUCHE: One of the things I was
looking for was an experience that would be an adventure.
THOMAS STROME: It's really a beautiful area
at all times of the year.
In the summer, the summers are amazing up here.
There's probably 20 beaches within a 10-mile radius
of where I live, which you can't necessarily say about.
A lot of other places in the water is fresh, it's clean.
And then in the winter, there's plenty
of options to go snowboarding, skiing, cross-country skiing.
HANNAH BADGER: I got involved with so many things
like broomball.
That was something totally new to me.
MARI BUCHE: (Associate Dean, College of Business)
Once I met the people here, that was everything.
So the sense of community, the sense of support
is very Midwest feel, but it also
has all the outdoor experiences, lots of opportunities.
And if you're bored, it's your own fault.
SPEAKER 1: Build a business plan one day,
create a 20-foot snow sculpture the next.
Learn about product life cycles in class,
then move that discussion to the slopes.
Classes are small, the focus is global.
Ask the Huskies who spend a week in Silicon Valley each year
visiting Facebook and Google and networking
with successful Huskies who live and work there.
(LSGI Trading Room) School of Business and Economics students
manage a real investment portfolio worth $1.5 million.
MARI BUCHE: Many of our students are employed by Ford and Dow
and also with many insurance companies like Sentry
Insurance or Jackson Life.
And some of the students can actually
do internships while still in school
and work with those companies down at the smart zone.
So it's great to work around their academic schedule,
as well as getting the firsthand work experience
and also being mentored and coached
into the professional world.
SPEAKER 1: At Michigan Tech, hands-on learning
is working for local businesses, doing real work
while you're a student. (Accounting, Construction Management, Economics, Engineering Managment)
It's winning elevator pitch in business competitions. (Accounting, Construction Management, Economics, Engineering Managment)
It's starting your own business before you get a diploma. (Finance, General Business, Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing)
A degree from Michigan Tech means it's fueled with STEM--
science, technology, engineering, and math.
Learn to think critically by working alongside engineers
to solve problems and build solutions.
HANNAH BADGER: Business Thursday is a day for business students
to come.
It's usually a few days before the actual career fair day.
And they get to come and talk to businesses that
really want business students.
And that's something you don't really see at career fair day.
They really enjoyed talking to our business students,
and that's something that we kind of promote to our business
students.
SPEAKER 1: Students in the School of Business
and Economics at Michigan Tech don't just learn, they do.
CECE BLEDSOE: (Business Management) You get connected with other people who
are involved with other clubs and used
to get involved in that club and also you meet people
that they know that's just connections
for maybe a scholarship, a job.
I met this guy from studying in the library.
And he was, like, come down to Chicago with us.
We're meeting some business, some companies.
So it's just a really big opportunity
because things lead to other things
you don't know where it'll go for sure,
but I think everybody here wants to help each other out.
(Michigan Technological University College of Business) SPEAKER 1: Apply for free at mtu.edu/business.
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