Student News B.I.T.S.

Official Student Newsletter of Purdue University Global’s School of Business and Information Technology

July 2022 Issue

Purdue University Global awards Purdue Day of Giving student scholarships

Purdue Day of Giving Scholarships Have Been Awarded

Each of the 21 Purdue Day of Giving Completion Scholarship recipients boast a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.0 and are within 30 credits of graduating from one of Purdue University Global’s eligible programs.

The most recent Purdue Day of Giving – the one-day, Purdue University systemwide fundraising effort – raised $63,341 from 1,904 gifts for Purdue University Global students on April 28.

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Get Your ACES Award

for Volunteering!

Dear Students,

Purdue Global's Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning is excited to introduce you to our service-learning program that recognizes our students' volunteer work in their communities and with Purdue Global. Students have the opportunity to earn Achievement of Community Engagement and Service (ACES) awards by completing an application process that documents volunteer work they are doing while students at Purdue Global.

Please visit our Community Engagement Service Learning Google site to learn more about the ACES recognition program. The site includes a Google doc for students to complete if they wish to be enrolled in PG190 to learn more about the ACES initiative. We hope you will take this opportunity to be recognized for your volunteer work!

Please direct any questions to the Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning - servicelearning@purdueglobal.edu.

NEW Education Abroad opportunity - GB602: MBA Capstone-Global Option

Purdue Global MBA students now have a NEW option to participate in an Education Abroad opportunity!

Developing knowledge of international business strategy, building intercultural fluency, and interacting with other cultures are all vital skills that employers are looking for, and PG's Education Abroad offerings cover these areas and more.

GB602: MBA Capstone-Global Option is a new course that can be taken in place of the standard capstone course (GB601). GB602 is a globally-focused culmination of the MBA program, enabling you to demonstrate leadership competencies and apply your knowledge of business systems in international contexts. As part of this course, you will participate in either a virtual or in-person field experience, visiting an international location to interact with local business and social culture. Upon satisfactory completion of all coursework requirements, you will also be eligible to receive the AFS Global Competence Certificate (GCC), an internationally recognized mark of the ability to employ principles of intercultural awareness in professional and social settings.

MBA students who would like to delve deeper into the study of Global Business may instead enroll in the Global Business concentration. There are limited annual entry points into the concentration, with the next cohort beginning with GB525: Global Business Environment in October (2207E) or November (2208E). This cohort’s virtual or travel field experience will take place in April in Berlin during the final concentration course, GB528: Global Strategy (2302E).

Check out the Purdue Global Education Abroad Handbook for more details, including upcoming locations, dates, pricing, and policies. Contact Purdue Global Education Abroad with any questions about these opportunities.

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Google - Purdue Global Program Highlight in Project Management

The Purdue University Global School of Business and IT has rolled out its new undergraduate Certificate in Project Management Program in July, 2022. This new program not only awards the students completing the three (3) course, 15 credit program with transferable college credit, it also includes the Google Certificate in Project Management. The program covers the major areas of Project Management including Project Origination, Project Planning and Project Execution. In addition, Agile and Scrum Methodologies are introduced. The instructors for the courses all earned the Certificate themselves, in addition to Doctoral Degrees, and Project Management Professional Certifications. As equally if not more important, they all have significant work experience in Project Management projects.

Students may opt to add the PG-Google Project Certificate Program to a Professional Focus (micro-credential) area along with a culminating Project Management in Action course to earn an additional Google Project Management Career Certificate.

PG-Google Certificate Program in Project Management Courses

MT245 – Project Fundamentals and Project Initiation

MT246 – Project Planning and Project Execution

MT247 – Agile and Scrum Methodologies

PG-Google Project Management Career Certificate Courses

Micro-Credential Courses (See the PG Catalog)

PG-Google Certificate in Project Management

BU311, BU312, BU313, or BU314 – Project Management in Action (Only 1 required – Depends on length of the micro-credential program – total credits for all three sections = 46 Hours (See the PG Catalog)

Project Management is listed as one of the top 50 jobs in the US (https://www.glassdoor.com/List/Best-Jobs-in-America-LST_KQ0,20.htm). Entry-level salaries for jobs in the Project Management field run in the mid $60,000’s with the median salary for all positions in the field coming in at $94,500 (https://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/13-1082.00). Job growth in the Project Management field is expected to grow at a rate of 5-10% over the next 10 years.

Written by:

Jack Deem, DBA

Academic Department Chair

Strategic Management & Marketing

School of Business & Information Technology

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Read more about Karin's Story

Prior to obtaining her masters, Karin Oceguera worked in an Accounting position for a for-profit company. Although she was successful and comfortable in this position she realized her career may have plateaued. She decided a masters degree would be a great way to advance her value and career opportunities. Karin chose an online program due to the flexibility that it gave her as a parent of 5, who often traveled internationally.

Karin initially valued PG’s name recognition, but she found more value from her academic experience. She found that her Master of Science in Accounting program was structured enough to prepare her for each coming unit, yet it still allowed flexibility in discussion. With her masters in accounting and emphasis in finance, auditing, and forensic accountancy, she was able to obtain a position as a CFO for a for-profit company, rescue this company from bankruptcy - then pursue her true passion to make a difference by leading a non-profit organization specializing in family education and support services.

She still utilizes resources that she found during her program at Purdue University Global, mentioning that she even recently utilized a supplementary textbook from Adu Boateng’s class in Fraud Examination in a training class. Karin gave this quote about her educational experience at PG, “This is real world education. It’s not just a college to attend to get a piece of paper.'. Purdue gives you real life experience that will actually help you. It’s something you will use and reference back to. It helps with real life skills such as communication and professionalism, which are skills that you don’t get from a book.”