Celebrating Business
Foster Week unifies °®¶¹´«Ã½ÊÓƵ business students
04/28/2016 11:15 AM
By Lindsay Anderson ‘04
Business student-led organizations collaborated during Foster Week to celebrate business, students, and community.
“Foster Week is the latest initiative created by the Dean’s Student Advisory Council,” Undergraduate Recruiting Coordinator, , said. “The various student-led business organizations hosted events throughout the week, and a good time was had by all. It will be an annual event, and this first year is marked as a legacy for the team that kicked it off.”
Events during Foster Week ranged from industry-related guest speakers and networking opportunities to fun activities and social philanthropy.
Events included:
- Dean’s Student Advisory Council (DSAC) Barbecue Lunch
- Recruitment – The Inside Story, hosted by the
- Business Trivia Contest, hosted by
- 40 Leaders Under Forty Lunch & Learn, hosted by the American Marketing Association ()
- Society for Human Resource Management () Bake Sale
- Ice Cream Social with Supply Chain Professionals, presented by
- Are You Smarter Than A Professor trivia game, co-hosted by and
- Film viewing of Poverty Inc., co-hosted by and the Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization ()
- Business Olympics, hosted by
Additionally, the Association of Information Technology Professionals () hosted a week-long Can War philanthropy. At the end of the week, the Peoria Area Food Bank received 185 pounds of canned goods.
Business students truly enjoyed the many events of Foster Week.
“I thought that Foster Week embodied the spirit of the college,” major Kailyn Bates ’18 from Chicago, Illinois, said.
The event was also covered by the newspaper. In that , Dean’s Student Advisory Council President Sharon Mozes ’16, a and double major from Skokie, Illinois, remarked on the impact Foster Week had on Business students.
“It’s a lot more rewarding when you feel like you are a part of the College, and when you feel like your College cares about you and you care about it,” Mozes said. “This week offered students an opportunity to build a relationship with their College. I think it went well, and the tradition will continue for years to come.”