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The official Eastern Illinois University (EIU) MBA page. EIU MBA is designed for the real world. EIU MBA is all the things you are looking for.

Beyond the required quantitative and analytical training, EIU MBA empowers its students with management and leadership skills that are essential to efficiently work with others, through others and make effective decisions. It is flexible, offering students part-time and full-time, and on-campus and online flexibility. Its flexibility extends further to include programming, which offers two types o

f capstone experience: a traditional academic thesis and a creative thesis. Networking and professional development is an important aspect to consider when looking at an MBA program and EIU understands that well. The MBA program at EIU puts students in contact with accomplished professionals who can pass along information and knowledge that will help them succeed in the work force. All that and EIU MBA is still affordable. At EIU, we take pride in making a quality education affordable, and the MBA program is no exception. In addition to our competitive tuition rates, students have the chance to compete for a number of program-specific scholarships as well as numerous other financial aid opportunities.

05/02/2023

Congratulations to the undergraduate students Makenzie Balcerak, Elizaveta Bukrava-Ulanova, Ryan Escudero, Megan Higgins, and Cameron Krager for each winning an excellence award in their respective majors. We hope to see you in the EIU MBA program sometime in the future!

A special thank you to Dr. David Martin, Dr. Nic Robinson, Dean Austin Cheney, Ms. Patty Watson, faculty, staff, students, parents, families and friends for making this a successful and enjoyable awards event. Your presence and participation helped to make it a memorable and engaging experience!

05/02/2023

Congratulations to MBA students Rebecca Burton, Dennis Cristina, Md. Ziad Haidar, Julia Hess, Jennifer Wisner, and Okewa Owoeye.

Rebecca is an online MBA student and received the 2023 Distinguished Online MBA Student Award.

Dennis Cristina is an on-campus MBA student who received the 2023 Distinguished On-Campus MBA Student Award.

Md. Ziad Haidar is a research option MBA student who recently presented at the MBAA conference. He received the 2023 Distinguished International MBA Student Award.

Julia Hess is a research option MBA student at Eastern and received the 2023 Distinguished Research Option MBA Student Award.

Jennifer Wisner is an accounting option MBA student who is planning to complete the CPA exam this summer. She received the 2023 Distinguished MBA with Accounting Concentration Student Award.

Okewa Owoeye is an applied management MBA student at Eastern, and she received the John & Mary Kensil Delta Chi Scholarship.

04/21/2023

Last weekend School of Business Chair, Dr. David Martin, hosted Eastern's MBA graduate assistants and their faculty supervisors at a social gathering held at the Charleston Country Club. It was a beautiful day and venue. Thanks to all who attended and thanks, Dr. Martin, for hosting the event. Enjoy the photos (and apologies to those who attended but didn't end up in the photos, such as Dr. Grunhagen, Sriyas, Yousef, etc.)

04/18/2023

Congratulations to graduating MBA students Dennis Christina and Rebecca Burton, who received Graduate School awards last week for distinguished on-campus and off-campus MBA student, respectively. MBA alumnus Nate Atkinson, Eastern's lead web developer, also was awarded the Graduate School Award of Excellence for his professional contributions to improving the Graduate School. Other MBA awardees this year (not recognized at the Graduate School Awards Ceremony but selected by the EIU Graduate Committee) are Ziad Haidar, Distinguished MBA International Student, Julia Hess, Distinguished MBA Research Option Student, and Jennifer Wisner, Distinguished MBA Accounting Concentration Student. Pictured are Graduate School Dean, Ryan Hendrickson, Dennis Christina, MBA Coordinator, David J. Boggs, and Nate Atkinson.

04/07/2023

Greetings from the EIU MBA program! Today we are excited to highlight EIU MBA alumnus, Cesar Pina, originally from Angola. Cesar is a recent graduate of the EIU MBA Program with Applied Management Option. He is currently working as a Human Resource Specialist/Recruiter at Express Employment Professionals in Champaign, IL. He says that his time at Eastern was 'great'. He was a graduate assistant for the international office for two years and says 'he got an opportunity to connect with many people and make a lot of friends. ' During his time at Eastern, he hosted international student orientations, on-campus events, and EIU international office social media. He says that he enjoyed his time at Eastern.

Cesar has an undergraduate degree in Strategy and Organizational Management from Purdue University, and pursuing an MBA was always a priority. He always wanted to do something related to business and believes that the EIU MBA program helped him improve his understanding of business. When asked what is special about Eastern, he says that "Eastern has the best people, and I was able to connect with everyone very quickly". When not working, Cesar loved to attend games when he was a student at Eastern. He also has been and remains very fond of swimming. When asked if he wants to share about Eastern, he says, 'Take me back!'

Best wishes as you continue your next chapter, Cesar!

04/04/2023

Congratulations to EIU MBA Research Option students Md Ziad Haidar and Yousef Nour for presenting their research at the March 2023 MBAA International Conference in Chicago, Illinois. Ziad presented on the topic "CSR and SME Resilience: A Post-Pandemic Analysis of Illinois' Fastest Growing Companies" with MBA coordinator, Dr. David J. Boggs. Yousef presented on the topic "Exploring Group Creativity in Organizations: A Literature Review" with MBA faculty member, Dr. Mark A. Bayer. Next year Ziad plans to start a PhD program, while Yousef plans to be back at EIU to complete his MBA.

03/28/2023

Greetings from the EIU MBA Program and congratulations to all EIU students who have applied for graduation in May!

Summer and Fall 2023 registration is open and ongoing. If you have not yet registered for classes and want help with advising or registration, email [email protected] to contact the MBA Coordinator, David J. Boggs, or call 217-581-3028. On-campus students can login to PAWS to register for section 001 or section 600 classes but will need help for 630 sections. Online MBA program students can login to PAWS to register for 630 sections but will need help to register for on-campus sections. If you need a course section (001, 600, 630) for which PAWS will not let you register, contact Dr. David J. Boggs, the MBA Program Coordinator, and he may help you register for course sections (001, 600, 630), online or in-person. You can also also visit:

https://www.eiu.edu/mba/ for program information
https://www.eiu.edu/pawslogin for the class schedule and registration.

03/10/2023

Greetings from the Eastern Illinois University MBA Program! EIU Career Services is hosting a Dining, Networking, and Professionalism event on March 28, 2023, at the Brick House restaurant from 6 PM to 8 PM. Students will have the opportunity to sit with professionals at dining tables to encourage and guide conversations. Students should register if they want to attend and dress appropriately for this business-casual event.

The link to register for the event through Handshake is https://eiu.joinhandshake.com/stu/events/1193512

If you need to cancel the registration, please call Career Services at 217-581-2412 and personally speak with John, Diana, or Bobby before March 21, 2023. Failure to cancel by this time will result in a $20 cancellation charge on your student account.

03/03/2023

Happy Friday from the EIU MBA program! This week we are excited to highlight an MBA (with a GIS Option) student, and our newest graduate assistant, Ayomide Akinyemi. Ayomide grew up in Lagos, Nigeria, a large metropolitan area in west Africa of close to 20 million people, similar in size to other large metros Cairo, Egypt and Kinshasa, DRC.

Ayo has an educational background in urban planning and professional background that includes five years of experience working with GIS technologies. He enrolled at Eastern with a strong desire to achieve his career goals. Along with his MBA, he is pursuing a Master of Science in Sustainability. He desires to attain and develop sustainable real estate and is channeled by his drive for commercial and residential development.

Ayo says he enjoys working with professors to collect data and assisting them with their research. During his undergraduate studies, he interned with Vista Research and Data Services, a Lagos-based company. While working as an IT support trainee, Ayo and his team members designed open data kit forms in Microsoft Excel. The local state government used the data kit to develop a model city plan for the Oshodi-Isolo government area. Following the internship, Ayo worked as a GIS technician for Faith Surveys, a surveying and geo-informatics company, where he was involved in various small and large-scale projects.

Ayo says his previous experience culminated in his work with Ottoman Turks, a financial institution in charge of land use charges in Lagos State. He worked as a GIS analyst with involvement in various projects, including creating a map that identified properties in the relevant district, using digitized georeferenced satellite imagery, and more. He worked as a project manager for the last nine months at the firm, collaborating with the finance department to develop strategies and policies, saving the company over five million naira ($10,800) per year. In addition to his primary role in the organization, he represented his company at stakeholder meetings with government officials and delivered a monthly report to the board of directors.

We are glad to have you at Eastern, Ayo!

02/21/2023

Happy Tuesday from the EIU MBA program! Today we highlight an exciting event for all the business students.

EIU Career Services is hosting a 2023 Spring Job Fair tomorrow, February 22, 2023, from 1-4 PM in the MLK Jr Union Grand Ballroom. EIU Career fairs provide students with jobs, internships, and career opportunities in various occupational fields. There will be opportunities to create connections with employers and gain potential employment. The fair is available to graduate and undergraduate students.

Check these links for more information:
https://app.joinhandshake.com/stu/career_fairs/36931?ref=events-search
Or contact Career Services by calling 217-581-2412 or email at [email protected].

02/10/2023

Happy Friday from the EIU MBA program! This week we are excited to highlight Eastern Illinois University School of Business professor, Dr. Candra Chahyadi.

Dr. Chahyadi was born and raised in Indonesia, the fourth most populous country in the world. He came to the United States in 1999 to pursue his master's degree in international business at the University of South Carolina. During his master's program, he received an opportunity to spend 18 months studying and working in Beijing, China. After finishing his master's degree, he continued his study at the University of Oklahoma as he realized his passion is teaching and research. He completed his Ph.D. in Finance in 2007 and joined the EIU faculty. He has been a Panther ever since.

Dr. Chahyadi says, "I truly enjoy my experiences teaching and interacting with students at EIU, and I am very thankful for the opportunity to meet and influence young people in the School of Business." When asked why he chose to be a professor, he says, "the ability and opportunity to serve and influence young people. Life is too short to focus only on my own life and agenda." He always believed that serving people is a great way of having a meaningful and impactful life. He loves teaching MBA classes because Eastern's MBA is student-centric, which is very "special" for him.

He adds, "I am teaching personal financial transformation holistically, meaning that to improve your finances and have a fulfilling life, you must align your goals with things that matter." He believes that understanding who you are and knowing why you do things is a great start to finding your true financial freedom. Dr. Chahyadi has also taught refugees, human trafficking survivors, farmers, migrant workers, and some marginalized people about personal finance. When they start learning about and dealing with their past hurts and pains that negatively affect their financial decision-making ability, they start improving their finances significantly (despite their limited financial knowledge). Isn't that amazing?

When not at work, Dr. Chahyadi loves creating financial content (videos and podcast recordings).

Thank you for being a part of EIU MBA program, Dr. Chahyadi!

02/03/2023

Greetings from the EIU MBA program! This week we are excited to highlight EIU MBA Research Option student, Fatin Faruky.

Fatin is from Bangladesh, a South Asian country that is one of the largest exporters of ready-made garments in the world. Fatin started her MBA program in the fall of 2022, and this is her second semester at Eastern. When asked why she chose EIU, she said, 'I applied to EIU because it is an AACSB-accredited business school that offers an excellent business education.'

Fatin completed her bachelor’s and first master's degree with a major in banking and finance from the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh. She is interested in building a career in academia. So, after graduating, she worked in a school for two years to familiarize herself with the world of academia. Fatin is currently a graduate assistant at the School of Business. She says she enjoys her work here as a Graduate Assistant, adding that "I like the interactions with the professors. I enjoy collecting data and assisting professors in their research work."

After graduating from the EIU MBA Program, Fatin wants to pursue Ph.D. in finance. She chose to study the MBA because it is building a strong foundation for her academic career. She says that she finds the faculty at Eastern to be highly qualified and extremely helpful, and working with them on research will help improve her research skills.

When Fatin is not working or studying, she likes to travel and explore new places. She enjoys painting and specifically oil paintings and acrylic paintings. One of her paintings of a park scene is posted here. She also likes to cook and spend time with her family during her leisure time.

We appreciate having Fatin in the MBA program!

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