Professional Development

August 2023

Planet Money Podcast, Week 6

“It’s difficult to control everything,” says our guest professor for this week, Santiago Gallino. Today we venture into the sphere of business that masters the planning, and backup planning: operations […]

8.17.2023

Planet Money Podcast, Week 5

For anyone running a business, technology is both threat and opportunity. In this episode, we run through techniques entrepreneurs can use to take advantage of technology or defend against the […]

8.10.2023

July 2023

Planet Money Summer School Podcast

Every Summer, NPR’s Planet Money podcast has a Summer School series.  Think of it as a free economics class you can take from anywhere… for anyone! This Summer, they’re going […]

7.14.2023

November 2022

Hack-A-Thon

“Manage-A-Hack” is ECU’s first-ever mini hackathon that brings business and computer science students together to collaborate on creating and presenting a startup MVP (Minimum Viable Product). “Manage-A-Hack” is a 5-hour […]

11.9.2022

October 2022

Voyages of Discovery speaker Vijay Vaitheeswaran

As a part of ECU’s 2022-2023 event schedule for Voyages of Discovery, the planning team has set aside time for students to meet with Vijay Vaitheeswaran, Gobal Energy and Climate Innovation Editor of The […]

10.17.2022

September 2022

2022 Business Leadership Conference

You are invited to the 2022 Business Leadership Conference which is Thursday, 10/20/2022 from 8:45am–1:45pm in the Main Student Center. Our keynote speaker is our own ECU COB alum, John […]

9.21.2022

SAM Hosting Guest Speaker

On Tuesday September 20 from 5-6pm, the Society for the Advancement of Management (SAM) is hosting a guest speaker in the Main Campus Student Center Ballrooms. All COB graduate students […]

9.16.2022

Suit Up!

JC Penney and the College of Business are hosting a Suit Up event on Sunday September 11 from 5-8pm at the Greenville JCP location. Students will receive an extra 30% […]

9.7.2022

April 2022

Criminal Justice Talk Tomorrow

Dr. Gregg Barak will be giving a presentation tomorrow entitled “Beyond Criminal Justice Reform: Social Injustice, the Crimes of the Powerful, and the Harms of Institutional Corruption.”  It will take […]

4.6.2022

March 2022

Book Club Date Changed

The COB Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee is organizing a virtual book club discussion on Monday March 28 from 12:30 to 2:00pm in Teams. This event is open to all […]

3.8.2022