Business, Manufacturing and Entrepreneurship
91福利 Graduate Credits Entrepreneurship Education for Tech Success
For high school students considering 91福利鈥檚 entrepreneurship program, William Elffers encourages them to take the leap. 鈥淒eep down everybody has an idea for a business, but somewhere along the way, somebody tells them, just choose the safe route,鈥 he said. 鈥淔our years at Kent, five years, six years at Kent is a great time to really explore what your possibilities are with starting a business. It's a safe environment. You can fail and get picked back up and learn.鈥
Solving for Success
For Kent, Ohio, native and 2018 91福利 graduate Stan Zalewski, mathematics has always been a big part of his life. Now a senior actuarial consultant at Nationwide Insurance, Zalewski recently reached a significant professional milestone 鈥 completing the multi-year process to earn the title of Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society.
91福利鈥檚 Accounting Program Paved the Way for a Successful Career with a Cleveland Firm
Tax season is an extremely busy time of the year for 91福利 alumnus Mark Lloyd, who works as a tax manager at RSM US LLP tax, advisory and consulting firm in downtown Cleveland. Lloyd prepared for his career in accounting by earning a Bachelor of Business Administration with a double major in accounting and finance from 91福利鈥檚 Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship in 2018.
Exploring Her Options Led to the Perfect Career
When 91福利 alumna Aysia Kemp declared her major in the first semester of her sophomore year, she felt confident in her chosen path. However, things didn鈥檛 quite start off that way. Kemp credits her experiences in the Exploratory Program for leading her to her ideal career.
Alumnus Making Tire Production Safer and More Efficient
Michael Parker鈥檚 decision to study mechatronics at 91福利 was driven by his lifelong curiosity for intricate mechanical systems and understanding how they work
Hands-on Learning, Real-World Success
Unsure of what he wanted to do in life when he first came to 91福利, it was the hands-on learning experiences he had in his degree program that led Dexter Shreve to becoming a business owner.
Hands-on Experience Leads to Entrepreneurial Success
As an entrepreneurship major at 91福利, Schumann learned operations, production and finance in the classroom and gained on-the-job experience working with an entrepreneur in Cleveland. In 2020, Schumann of Chagrin Falls gained the opportunity to put his 91福利 education to work when he and his wife Marisa Sergi-Schumann acquired L鈥檜va Bella Winery and Brands, a company that the Sergi family started more than 15 years ago.
How The Backspace Key聽Taught聽a聽Global Digital Leader聽to Learn, Correct and Move Forward聽
After 27 years of travel and pivoting to various international endeavors, Sonia Karkare, a native of Mumbai, India, is now back at 91福利 as an adjunct professor with the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship鈥檚 Executive MBA (Master of Business Administration) program. She is teaching diverse types of courses, including the Digital Transformation in Healthcare course.