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June seminar will have a truly ‘captive’ audience

April 03, 2013

In the last few years, South Carolina has consistently ranked among the top five states in an emerging business category: the onshore captive insurance market.

Top Shell H.R. executive spends two days at the Moore School as guest lecturer

April 03, 2013

Hugh Mitchell, chief human resources and corporate officer at Royal Dutch Shell, discussed some of the ongoing and future challenges Shell faces with regard to the company’s recruitment efforts, as well as his perspective on the best methods for approaching those challenges, during his visit as a guest lecturer at the Darla Moore School of Business.

LinkedIn: To Connect or Not to Connect? And How to Do It.

April 01, 2013

If you’re not on LinkedIn, you’re missing opportunities. It’s become a universal force, with 93 percent of over 1,000 HR staff and recruiters polled in a 2012 Jobvite survey reporting they use the network to source candidates.

Moore School holds 'Topping Out'

February 05, 2013

A 28-foot beam weighing more than 1,000 pounds was raised into place on the new Darla Moore School of Business Monday (Feb. 4), signifying that the apex of the University of South Carolina’s most ambitious construction project has been reached.

Moore School Entrepreneurship and Finance Lessons Put to Use Saving Lives

February 04, 2013

The Watsi website describes IMBA student Howard Glenn as someone who “knows his way around a spreadsheet and has a knack for turning dreams into numbers.” Those skills are tested every day in his job as co-founder and Chief Financial Officer of this start-up charity. Watsi, the brainchild of co-founder Chase Adam, provides critical medical treatments for people living in poverty in the third world.

Holiday Career Moves: Why It Matters, How to Craft the Perfect Introduction in Under 10 Minutes

December 11, 2012

Want to ring in the New Year with more business, new clients or a new job? The holidays can be an optimal time to find new opportunities and make the most of them. Discover how.

Trio of ventures win big in The Proving Ground

November 15, 2012

International MBA student Howard Glenn presented Watsi—a nonprofit venture that tells the stories of people living in poverty who need low-cost medical treatment. Watsi provides a way for people to help pay for those treatments. He pitched his team’s concept in a five-minute format before a panel of judges and capacity crowd at the Darla Moore School of Business.

Boeing CSO: Putting out fires is just one part of the job

October 25, 2012

Dave Komendat oversees the largest private fire department in the world. As vice president and chief security officer (CSO) for The Boeing Company, he heads up a 2,000-person unit of security and fire professionals that tackles the increasingly complex task of providing risk management services to a vast company with customers in 150 countries.

Wright named to Moore School endowed chair

October 11, 2012

In an Oct. 4 investiture ceremony at Rutledge Chapel on the Columbia campus of the University of South Carolina, Patrick Wright was invested as the Thomas C. Vandiver Bicentennial Chair in Business.

Wright among HR’s ‘Top 20 Influential International Thinkers’

October 11, 2012

HR Magazine has named Darla Moore School of Business professor Patrick Wright one of the “Top 20 Most Influential International Thinkers” for 2012.