LEARNING WITH LEADERS
EAGLES GET DOWN TO BUSINESS WITH BOEING A group of business students from all three Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University campuses recently got a unique opportunity, thanks to the university’s longstanding relationship with The Boeing Company. The students took part in a six-week virtual course called Boeing Business Fundamentals, which featured representatives from different divisions within the aerospace giant discussing how Boeing does business every day. “Each week, the class showcased key areas that ranged from procurement to contract negotiations and included projects that students needed to complete,” said Dr. Jules Yimga, department chair for the School of Business at the Prescott Campus. The course ended with the students, comprised of about 20 juniors and seniors from the Daytona Beach, Prescott and Worldwide campuses, making presentations on different key business topics directly to the Boeing representatives. At least two students left the course with full-time job offers. The students who attended were selected internally by faculty members, and Yimga said that an interest in the business of aviation — an Embry-Riddle specialty — was among the criteria used when choosing class members. “We went through a process of coming up with a short list of students that would be heading into the job market soon,” Yimga said. “The class ended up being a huge success.” Boeing and Embry-Riddle are now looking to build on that success, and plans are in the works to hold the course again in the Spring 2023 term.
DID YOU KNOW?
The Business Fundamentals class is another aspect of Embry-Riddle’s ongoing partnership with Boeing, which also includes the Boeing Scholars program and a multiyear research project aimed at enhancing aviation cybersecurity.
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