Take chances, learn from your mistakes, and never forget the people who helped you along the way. Those are the driving principles that accomplished serial entrepreneur Kirk Galiani ʼ87 (Finance) learned from his grandfathers — one an Italian immigrant who came to this country during the Great Depression and worked… Continue reading…
Earlier this year, junior Owen Perrien landed a two-year internship with Edmonds, Hunt & Associates financial services in Greensboro. Not long before that, however, he was at home in Durham thinking about what a fresh start in higher education might look like. “After I transferred I had taken a year… Continue reading…
Earlier this year, Ricole Wicks ’20 found herself on the set of a commercial shoot in Nashville. She was the subject, an opportunity that she says seemed to come out of nowhere. While in Tennessee, she got an email from one of her Bryan School professors, informing her she’d finally… Continue reading…
Each semester, Bryan School students participate in an app-based challenge designed to strengthen career skills desired by employers. The program is called Bryan Gold, and it’s one of the best of its kind in higher education, according to Suitable. Bryan Gold earned a Best Incentive award at this year’s Pathways… Continue reading…
Dr. Nir Kshetri will tell you he was in the right place at the right time. About five years ago, the world began to realize blockchain could be used for more than cryptocurrency. Kshetri, a professor in the Department of Management at UNC Greensboro’s Bryan School of Business and Economics,… Continue reading…
Tasmin Farzana ’14 (MBA) has learned plenty of new things while working from home during quarantine. For one, there’s chess, a game she admits she hasn’t quite mastered. Another is chemistry. Farzana, Senior Procurement Manager of Global Operations at Hanesbrands Inc., oversaw the chemical component of the company’s agreement to… Continue reading…
They say hard work pays off. But, as Dr. Dora Gicheva explores in a recent paper, the return on that hard work could vary tremendously depending on a person’s occupation. Gicheva, associate professor with the Bryan School’s Department of Economics, began her career as a labor economist, completing dissertation work… Continue reading…
The UNC Greensboro Bryan School of Business and Economics is delighted to announce its new assistant dean of external affairs. Jaap-Jan van Duin, who has worked as Senior Director of Marketing and Business Development at UNCG Online since 2013, will begin his new role with the Bryan School July 1…. Continue reading…
Jonathan Norris ’18 PhD finds inspiration in opportunities to engage in research on topics we care about in everyday life. He currently works as a lecturer at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland where his time is split between research, teaching, and administrative duties. Right now, the bulk of his time… Continue reading…
To say Dr. Brianna Caza has an interest in workplace resilience would be an understatement. “I’ve been working on the topic since my dissertation,” says Caza, Associate Professor in the Bryan School’s Department of Management. Her work is about to take an exciting new turn, as she and two co-authors,… Continue reading…
