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WOW! | Tuesday, October 7th, 2014

 

The game of 'ob_h_unting:
Internationa edition

Zaira Ortiz
TECHNEWS WRITER

Last week I left you with an answer
and a question. The answer, which was an-
swered by Kayla Portillo, was that the reason
the Stuart School of Business undergradu-
ate program is not ranked is because the data
required for qualifying for a ranking has only
recently been collected. Now that it has been
collected, IIT will be striving for an undergrad—
uate business ranking. But that leaves us with
the question, “Why is a ranking important?”

I found it interesting that, during our
interview, Kayla asked me the same question.
She asked, “Why is a ranking so important for
you?” That was a great question! I answered
the question by saying a ranking is important,
because if it wasn’t for what I saw on paper
about IIT, I would have never applied, and
then I would have never visited. The reason I
applied to IIT in the first place was because of
what I had researched about the school. Once
I Visited IIT, I knew it was the university for
me.

After the interview, I reflected some
more on Kayla’s question. I started thinking
of concepts I’m regularly exposed to in my
classes, concepts such as branding, imaging,

and marketing. I then tied the ideas together,
and I realized that a ranking is an important
tool for IIT to maintain a brand, an image, and
a market.

In my first article, I mentioned a sto-
ry that Professor Twombly had told me about a
young high school boy he ran into while cross-
ing the street, and the young boy told him that
he did not know IIT had a business school.
Later, Professor Twombly Googled him, and
that boy was the President of the senior class.
This is Stuart’s market. Rankings help reaching
out to that market. In addition, ranking helps
with our image after graduation. Employers
will look at us and say, “Hey, this candidate
graduated from a school that is ranked high
in the qualities and skills we are looking for!”
That is a great advantage for IIT graduates.

During our interview, Helen men—
tioned an event held for Stuart graduates who
were not able to find a job after graduation.
The event was held on campus and connected
students, employers, and immigration attor-
neys. Immigration attorneys? International
students are a huge part of the student body,
and they’re a huge part of IIT’s market, and yes,
international students will also have guidance
tools to finding a job after graduation. Since
my first year at IIT—I am now in my 4th—I

have encountered international students who
are worried about finding a job after gradua-
tion. They’re not sure where to start, or how to
begin. Helen offers the answers! This event is
the answer.

Employers who come to IIT care
about talent, and Helen finds those employers
and connects them to students with that talent.
This is a great opportunity for business stu-
dents, but what about other majors? I highly
encourage every college to jump on board with
events like the one Helen began. It benefits the
student, IIT’s brand, IIT’s image, and keeps
IIT’s market happy.

So, with this international edition, I
am ending my series of articles on the game of
job hunting. I hope all the readers out there
found this information and investigation in-
formative, helpful, and enlightening.

I would like to end my article by ex—
tending out an invitation to the readers about
participating in a challenge I’m going to start
for myself. If there is any question, issue, or
concern you have on-campus, email me at zor-
tiz@hawk.iit.edu, and I will personally begin
an investigation to find the answers for you.
I will publish the answers in the TechNews.
Thank you for reading, and I hope you enjoyed
my “The Game of Job Hunting” series. .

 

ARC Tutor Spotlight: Dylan Boliske

Khaleela Zaman
DISTRIBUTION MANAGER

At the Academic Resource Center
(ARC)’s math table, and sometimes even the
computer science table, you might find Dylan
Boliske. Currently a fifth—year student at IIT,
he is in the final stages of earning an under-
graduate degree in applied math as well as a
co-terminal graduate degree in computer sci-
ence. He really enjoys working at the ARC,
being able to help people and seeing that look
on someone’s face when the light bulb turns
on. Dylan also finds that tutoring helps him
remember all the important concepts from the
classes he took earlier: tutoring “keeps it fresh
in my mind,” he said.

Dylan Boliske says that students
have nothing to lose by going to the ARC. He
feels that students should take advantage of ev-
erything the ARC has to offer: it provides a nice
study environment, equipped with resources
like computers in addition to the tutors. Even
if the tutor whose table you sat down at cannot
help you, there are always plenty of other tu-
tors around to help. Boliske also knows that he
and the other tutors have taken the classes you
are taking and probably understand your pro-
fessors, so they can show you a different way
to look at the concepts and give you a way to
understand it better.

This math and computer science tu-
tor also has a life outside the academic world.
In case you did not know, he swam on his high

school varsity swim team and he still swims
now. Additionally, he enjoys watching lots
of movies and television shows. Dylan occa-
sionally will even quote a line from a movie or
television show while tutoring, lightening the
mood and getting a laugh out of the student he
is tutoring.

As a word of advice to all students
on campus, Boliske highly recommends pay-
ing attention in those foundation classes dur-
ing your first and second years. While tutor-
ing, he has had third and fourth years come to
him asking for help with basic concepts taught
during the first half of their college career. In
the words of Dylan Boliske: just because you
got through those basic courses “doesn’t mean
it won’t come back to haunt (or help) you later.”

 

Photo by Khaleela Zaman
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