By Joe Giovannetti Just one day after orientation, 35 eager students arrived on campus for their first full-day professional seminar. None expected the diverse challenges that the day would bring. On Oct. 2, Gail Berger, Assistant Professor of Instruction from the McCormick School of Engineering, led the MSLCE cohort in a Professional Teamwork Seminar. The workshop was designed
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By Jacob Nelson Mandi Glowen, the new assistant director of EPICS to support the MSLCE program, is no stranger to helping students succeed in careers. She’s spent about five years working in career counseling for students in a variety of roles. She began in Northwestern’s Career Advancement, where she worked for four years before
By Jacob Nelson Jonah Zeiger is a fitting choice for the new Associate Director of EPICS to support the MSLCE program: as a filmmaker, director, and producer who has been in the industry for almost 20 years, he knows his way around the creative world, from both the artistic and business perspectives. What’s more, as
By Jacob Nelson The term “big data” is everywhere these days, including the creative enterprises. Agnes Horvat’s Culture and Art Analytics course introduces MSLCE students to big data, and equips them with the skills to use big data in cultural markets. “Big data is basically a buzzword and there is so much of it available
Today, we continue our feature where we ask an MSLCE professor three questions about the creative field they work in. Below is a conversation with Gail Berger, Assistant Professor of Instruction at Kellogg, McCormick, and the School of Education and Social Policy, about building apps, giving and getting feedback, and becoming an effective team leader. Can you briefly describe
By Scotty Stieber When discussing globalization, often the idea of cultures crossing borders and oceans comes to mind. Claudio Benzecry’s “Culture and Globalization” course took that basic framework and extended it far beyond traditional modes of thinking to discuss how to globalize the creative class. How are cities, both large and small, changing as a
By Laura Hess “Who were you, before you were told who you are?” Our fellow MSLCE classmate looked up at us and then back down at the little reed of paper. “Who were you, before you were told who you are,” she repeated quietly. Silence. This was our first class together in Laverne McKinnon’s “Pitching
By John Matthew Simon “Perfection is pointless if you can’t share,” said Charles Adler, co-founder of Kickstarter and founder of the Center for Lost Arts, as he spoke with our NUvention: Arts course earlier this spring. The course, led by Gregg Latterman an alum of the Kellogg School of Management
By Dan Li At the end of spring quarter, MSLCE students presented marketing plans for potential businesses and organizations as part of the final project for the Marketing Strategies for Creative Enterprises course, taught by Northwestern Professor Richard Kolsky.
By Zach Hyman The MSLCE program came to a close for the year on June 6th with the final Leadership and Teamwork class, an elective taught by Kellogg professor Gail Berger. In honor of the occasion, every student had the opportunity to present their “vision of leadership.” The results perfectly reflected the unique road we’ve