Archive Posts
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Minnesota Tourism: A Summer of Growth
Travel and tourism have a significant impact on the local economy, affecting every county in the state. While the 2013 summer travel season may have started slow due to a never-ending winter, Minnesota lodging businesses are having a very good year.
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Full-time MBA Profile: Sheng Lee Tomar
Sheng Lee Tomar, a Full-time UST MBA student set to graduate in 2014, has arrived where she is because of her “work hard, play hard” attitude, as well as her unfailing positivity in the face of continuous challenges. -
Simple tips for networking at the Alphabet Bash
The Alphabet Bash delivers great food, a fun atmosphere and, most assuredly, the best networking on the professional marketing communication community calendar. Mike Porter provides some networking tips for attendees. -
Why Wasting Time Is Still Important
Some contributor Howard Pines' biggest clients over the years came about because of what some people might label as his “wasting time.” -
Career Link: Dating your Boss
Online dating services claim to match an individual with whom they should be with for the rest of their lives. Yet the average person will have at least 10 different occupations prior to retirement. So why are they no compatibility tests for employees and their companies? -
Career Link: 10 Apps for your Job Search
The days of job searching with newspapers and we’re hiring notices have long since passed. Today a job seeker can find a job and apply from a mobile device. To make that process easier, here are the best applications for your handheld devices. -
August Marks First-Ever OCB Alumni Month
As we look at our growing graduate business alumni network, which now numbers more than 17,000, we understand the importance of offering a wide range of events and opportunities to reach and engage this diverse audience. We want our alumni to continue to find value in all that the Opus College of Business has to offer. -
Mankato Kasota Stone Closes - Helped Define the UST Brand
If you’re walking around in downtown Minneapolis it would be hard to miss the St. Thomas campus. Not because we have the biggest, or the tallest building downtown, but because each building has a distinctive look, thanks to their Kasota Limestone exterior. Sadly, it was reported last week in the Mankato Free Press that one of that city’s oldest businesses, Mankato Kasota Stone, “has closed as the recession-driven slowdown in construction hurt the market for local limestone.” -
Learn the 12 Steps to Mastering Communication at Master's Connection
Communication is a part of every aspect of business and comes in all forms including email, text and of course tweets of 140 characters or less. During our July Masters Connection, our speaker Molly K. Olson will share twelve steps to assist with effective communication and most likely give your career that extra boost.