By Joe Giovannetti
Finance is the language of business.
This is the phrase MSLCE Professor Cory Sandrock championed over his 9-week winter class, Introduction to the Creative Enterprises. In this short time, Sandrock aimed to teach students the principles of economics, accounting, and corporate finance to aid them in their creative careers. (more…)
By John Hounihan
Startups have been around as long as businesses have. In every industry, innovation and new ideas are cultivated and tested in the form of young, up and coming business. (more…)
By Jacob Nelson
Mary Sherman does not like the word “no.” The artist, teacher, writer, and director of the TransCultural Exchange has made a career out of pursuing opportunities out of curiosity, only to learn new skills in the process.
“People say, ‘No, you can’t do that,’ and it makes me want to do it more,” Sherman said. She will be speaking at the upcoming MSLCE Speaker Series event on April 6 at 5:15 p.m. (more…)
By Jacob Nelson
When Glendon Palmer graduated from Northwestern, he knew he wanted to work behind the scenes of either television or film. “Whichever took me first,” he explained. “Nowadays, the wall has fallen between those fields.”
Palmer discussed his career, and his current role as the Senior Vice President of Development & Production at the renowned entertainment company IM Global, during MSLCE’s most recent speaker series event. The talk took the form of a conversation between Palmer and Northwestern Assistant Professor Aymar Jean Christian, who asked Palmer about his trajectory since graduating from Northwestern and what he has learned during his time working in Hollywood. (more…)
By John Hounihan
When it comes to the theatre industry – it doesn’t get much bigger than the smash hit musical Hamilton.
Currently playing on three stages worldwide, with another in the works, it has revolutionized the current state of commercial theatre. So, naturally, getting a chance to see the inner workings of the Chicago production would be an incredible experience for any aspiring performing arts professional. (more…)
By Leslie Zhu
Nothing in the Museum is ordinary. On Feb. 24, the MSLCE students were blown away by all the unconventional business strategies of the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) at a panel held at Rubloff Fellows Lounge in the museum. (more…)
By Lauren Vernea
During a recent Entrepreneurship seminar, MSLCE students participated in an all day workshop with Northwestern Professor David Schonthal.
Schonthal teaches in Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, focusing on new venture creation, design thinking, innovation and creativity. The workshop for the MSLCE cohort was a detailed crash course in the foundations of entrepreneurship. (more…)
By Jacob Nelson
Before Jeff “Jake” Jacobs began working at Creative Artists Agency — where he’s been for nearly 30 years and now serves as the company’s Television Co-Head — he spent a few months on a bus with John Madden.
As he recently explained at an MSLCE Speaker Series event, after getting his undergraduate degree from Northwestern and his master’s degree from Medill in the ’80s, Jacobs tried pursuing a career in broadcast journalism. Part of that process included spending a season traveling by bus with the legendary former NFL coach and broadcaster. (more…)
By Lauren Vernea
Mara Brock Akil, a Northwestern alumna, successful writer, and TV showrunner, recently returned to campus for the EPICS Speaker Series to discuss her luminous career.
Akil, who has always been a role model for me, created iconic TV comedies and dramas such as Girlfriends, The Game, and BET’s first scripted drama Being Mary Jane.
Akil got her degree in Journalism from Northwestern’s Medill School. With a strong determination to be a print journalist, Akil was constantly advised by peers to be in front of the camera as an actress or model. It was at Northwestern, first in a writing class, then in a student drama group, that she began to see her calling as a screenwriter. When she was ready to move to LA to pursue a screenwriting career, she was sure to make connections with Northwestern alumni to secure her first job. (more…)
By Joe Giovannetti
On Tuesday, February 8th, Betsy Steinberg paid a visit to Professor Daniel Gruber’s elective course, Business Models in Creative Enterprises. Steinberg came to speak with the MSCLE cohort about her experience at Kartemquin Films, a film company with the mantra “Democracy through Documentary.” Betsy has spent her entire career in the realm of film and television. (more…)
