Teaching & Learning

With the approach of the Scholars in Business dinner on November 8, Isaiah Straub, BSBA '22, sent this letter to the sponsors of the Hochberg Scholarship on October 16. The scholarship has provided funding to three students since it was established in nine years ago.

Every business student isn’t necessarily interested in a traditional business career. Even further still, every student seeking better business savvy is not destined for a business degree.

Hundreds of students, business leaders, and alumni assembled at Olin for the school's first "Data for Good" workshop, which shined a spotlight on WashU Olin's focused approach toward values-based, data-driven decision-making.

Olin adjunct lecturer Anthony Sardella, founder of predictive analytics firm evolve24, will be among the featured speakers at the inaugural Data for Good conference, presented jointly by the Center for Analytics and Business Insights and the Bauer Leadership Center.

Some of these new faculty members joined Olin over the summer. Others have been on board for longer, but haven't been highlighted previously on the Olin Blog.

The idea for the course emerged when members of the newly formed Olin Africa Business Club—and, more specifically, OABC President Ony Mgbeahurike—noticed something missing from the curriculum: Africa.