MEM / PriSim Football Tailgate Date Set!
Register now for the September 21 tailgate and football game against Big Ten rival Michigan State
Kick-off the fall by networking with MEM students, alumni, and faculty at the annual football tailgate party! This family-friend
ly pre-game tailgate event will be hosted by MEM and
PriSim Business War Games.
There will be food, drinks, and games! The tailgate is free to attend. MEM faculty, alumni, and guests interested in going to the game can also request game tickets through the registration link for $20 per person. Current students will receive a special discount code in a separate email. Wear purple, b
ring your game face, and we hope to see you there!
Saturday, September 21, 2019
Northwestern Wildcats vs. Michigan State Spartans
2100 Campus Drive
Deadline to Register is August 31
Please note
: The game time is yet to be announced by Northwestern Athletics. We will confirm the tailgate start time once the football schedule is finalized.
A special thanks to PriSim Business War Games, including Professors Jeff Lefebvre and Dave Semb, for sponsoring the event!
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MEM Celebrates Graduation for 30 Students
One recent grad reflects on earning the "MBA of the Future"
Northwestern MEM celebrated graduation with nearly 700 other master's students on Saturday, June 22, 2019. Dean Ottino remarked during the ceremony, "As alumni, you are the source of our value - we are only as good as the people that we produce. I am eager to see what you will accomplish."
Recent graduate Michael Abusabal shared the impact of his MEM journey on both his professional and personal life in his blog article "
Getting my MBA of the Future". After graduating this June, Michael will be joining the Banking & Corporate Finance team of Santander's Corporate & Investment Banking in New York. Congratulations to Michael and all 30 recent MEM graduates!
Congratulations to the MEM graduates!
Michael Maurice Abusabal, Daniel Carroll, Varun Checker, Shihan Chen,
Arthur Andrew Childs, Douglas James Dow, Alexa Nicole Fisher, Radhika Goel,
Pedro José Hurtado Burr, Akshay Jain, Dheeraj Kapur, Sree Venkata Teja Kethineni,
Muhammad Asad Khan, Catherine Kollhoff, Michael Morris, Otto Nitschmann III,
Benjamin Panfil, John Parizek, Sivarama Raman, Tulsi Srikanth Ramanujam,
Andrew James Scheffel, Matthew Corey Sewell, Ramu Siddineni, Akhan Turmagambetov, Sridhar Vashist, Linus Waltenberger, Ian Zachary Hoopes Wiese, Lifei Xu
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MEM Sponsoring AI Leadership Summit by IEEE
Registration open for September 20 event in Naperville
Northwestern MEM is sponsoring the IEEE Women in Engineering AI Leadership Summit, taking place Friday, September 20 in Naperville. The summit is a forum for leaders in Artificial Intelligence to share real-life projects and experiences, and to collaborate in efforts to advance the industry. Women and men are welcome to attend.
Registration is now open. See the
program schedule for the full lineup of exciting speakers and discussions!
IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity, and the mission of IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) is to facilitate the recruitment and retention of women in technical disciplines globally.
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Student Advisory Board Invites You to "Adler After Dark"
Get a Taste of Space with MEM on August 15th
MEM's Student Advisory Board is planning August's networking event to attend Adler After Dark at Chicago's Adler Planetarium. But don't buy tickets through Adler -
register here - and MEM will cover the $20 ticket cost for the first 20 students or alumni that register! This monthly party at the planetarium features a Taste of Space theme and promises space food, hydroponic food production, and astronomy trivia. Tickets also include full access to the museum exhibits, sky shows in the the state of the art theaters, live entertainment, and the best view of the Chicago skyline!
Thursday, August 15
6:30pm - 10:30pm
Adler Planetarium
Deadline to RSVP is August 8
MEM will be covering the ticket cost for the first 20 registrants, so please be sure you can attend before registering.
Contact SAB Chair
Gabrielle D'Anna with questions.
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MEM Student & Alumni Spotlight
Monthly feature recognizing our amazing students and alumni
Fizza Jaffer is a current MEM student working as a Product Manager Intern at T-Mobile US. She says MEM has been a turning point in her career, introducing her to "the fascinating world of Product Management", as well as offering unimaginable opportunities for collaboration. She advises future MEM students to "do what resonates with you and do it well."
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Fizza Jaffer
Full-time MEM Student
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 Michael Morris
MEM Alum
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Recent graduate
Michael Morris has already seen the impact of MEM on his career as an electrical engineer and technical lead with Greeley and Hansen. In advice to current students, he says, "Try
NUvention - there isn't a better way to learn creatively applying strategy, networking, and marketing than creating a tech company."
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