Charging Ahead in India
The COVID-19 pandemic was a blessing in disguise for Akshay Goliya (EE ’10) in a single, significant way. He’d married his wife the year before the outbreak. For 10 years he’d been working for his...
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Prepared for the Courtroom: Chicago-Kent Alum Begins Serving as Federal Judge
“Chicago-Kent College of Law quite literally put me in a courtroom, and because of Chicago-Kent alums such as the Hon. Ralph E. Meczyk, I never left,” says Robert J. White ’10. White was recently...
Tech-Focused Courses and Internship Are Keys to Launching Career
High-quality faculty, a tech-savvy curriculum, and the downtown Chicago location drew Rucha Dhopeshwar to Stuart School of Business for the Master of Science in Finance program. “The fact that a lot...
Not Your Typical Lawyer
Monica Whitten ’23 was not the typical Chicago-Kent College of Law student. “I was the oldest person in my graduating class, definitely in my section by a lot of years,” she says. “Initially that was...
For the People
“I like to be collaborative. I like to work with people,” says Brian Warens ’11. “I want them to be happy and understand the legal work.” Warens has been at Lavelle Law in Schaumburg, Illinois, in...
Anything but Boring
“I love conducting hearings. Then I get to take time and write an opinion that’s going to be considered by the professional board,” says Laura Forester ’91. “Few judicial positions have both of those...
Exploring Problems Without Obvious Answers
Declan Mulroy joined Illinois Institute of Technology as an undergraduate student, transferring from Oakton Community College. As an undergraduate student, Mulroy joined a research project developing...
Creating a Global Approach to Leadership Development
Though she’s a relative newcomer to the world of industrial-organizational psychology, it’s safe to say Ashley Aguilar (PSYC ’21, M.S. IPSY ’23) has already made a name for herself as a leadership...
Excellence in Cybersecurity
David Arnold joined Illinois Institute of Technology as an undergraduate student. Now, eight years later, he has completed his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees. As a student in the...
Off the Bench and Into Science Tech Management
With more than a decade of experience as a laboratory research chemist and a master’s degree in analytical chemistry from Illinois Tech, Elliott Rice enrolled part-time in the Master of Business...