STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

Liautaud students have the opportunity to put their learning into practice, expand their professional networks and develop their leadership capabilities through becoming involved in student organiztions.

MBA Association (MBAA) – Membership in the MBAA allows students to engage in new opportunities for leadership, socializing, career networking, community service, and first-rate exposure to the Chicago business community. Throughout the course of the school year, MBAA provides a number of professional workshops and social outings to balance and integrate students academic, business, and social agendas.

To learn more about the UIC Liautaud MBAA, please email LGSBMBAA@uic.edu.

Accounting Club – The Accounting Club is a professional and social club for students interested in the field of accounting. The club helps foster relationships between students and firms and provides the necessary resources to improve this relationship. Active participation in the Accounting Club contributes to the academic, professional, and social success of the accounting student.

To learn more about the Accounting Club, please visit the Accounting Club website.

Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO) – The Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization provides its members with the opportunity to gain entrepreneurial experience through networking and resource exchanges with the business community.

To learn more about the Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization, please contact Bretagne Lenox, UIC CEO Chapter President, at blenox2@uic.edu.

Graduate Finance Interest Network (GFIN) – The Graduate Finance Interest Network is an academic student organization dedicated to providing a codified framework to align career objectives with academic studies by offering guidance and mentorship to students so they can more easily work through the MBA curriculum. GFIN also strives to facilitate networking between upper level MBA students and incoming students, understanding that the learning process improves when we learn from one another.

To learn more about the Graduate Finance Interest Network, please email GFIN@uic.edu or visit:  http://www.go.uic.edu/gfin.

Graduate Marketing Association (GMARK) – The Graduate Marketing Associate is dedicated to developing the skills and knowledge of students interested in studying marketing at UIC through professional networking, industry connections, and events.

To learn more about the Graduate Marketing Association, please email GMARK@uic.edu.

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) – The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) serves the scientific and professional needs of OR/MS investigators, scientists, students, educators, and managers. It provides rational bases for decision making by seeking to understand and structure complex situations to predict and improve system behavior and performance. INFORMS is dedicated to advancing the development and dissemination of all aspects of Operations Research and the Management Sciences.

To learn more about INFORMS, please visit the INFORMS website.

Liautaud Student Ambassador Program – The UIC Liautaud Student Ambassador Program is a volunteer leadership program that offers business students an opportunity to become directly involved with other students, faculty, and staff through various campus-held activities and events. Ambassadors share their perspectives regarding admission, classes, faculty, and life as a graduate business student to prospective student candidates.

To learn more about the Liautaud Student Ambassador Program, please contact LGSBGA@uic.edu.

Master of Science in Accounting Association (MSAA) – The MSAA is a social and scholastic student organization with the aim of providing business students interested in accounting opportunities to develop their professional networks, to produce accounting-related programs, to advocate for the interests of MSA students, and to work with the administration to help enact policies that further those interests.

To learn more about the MSAA, please contact the MSAA President, Congling Wen.

Net Impact – Net Impact is a non-profit organization comprised of graduate business students and professionals dedicated to social responsibility in business. Social Entrepreneurship, Where Theory Meets GOOD Practice.

To learn more about Net Impact, please email NETIMPCT@uic.edu.

Out for Business – Out for Business is an organization for all gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered students and their allies. This organization is aimed at providing professional, academic, and social networking opportunities.

To learn more about Out for Business, please email OFB@uic.edu.

Real Estate Group (REG) – The Real Estate Group is an organization designed to enhance the educational experience of students interested in the varying fields of real estate through networking, social, and professional events. REG provides its members with supplemental educational opportunities such as specialized training in real estate skills, speaker events from respected industry professionals, and the prospect to create long-lasting relationships with real estate companies and service providers.

To learn more about the Real Estate Group, please email REGROUP@uic.edu.

Women's Interest Network (WIN) – The Women's Interest Network was founded on the concept of empowering women in business through service, professional development, and networking. WIN is dedicated to supporting women MBAs in order to propel more women into leadership positions in corporate America and to enhance the diversity of the nation's workforce. The Women's Interest Network is a member of NAWMBA, the National Association of Women MBAs, an organization focused on encouragement and support for women.

To learn more about the Women's Interest Network, please email LGSBWIN@uic.edu.