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Celebrating Business

By Lindsay Anderson ‘04

Business student-led organizations collaborated during Foster Week to celebrate business, students, and community.

“Foster Week is the latest initiative created by the Dean’s Student Advisory Council,” Foster College of Business Undergraduate Recruiting Coordinator, Amy Fairfield, said. “The various student-led business organizations hosted events throughout the week, and a good time was had by all. It will be an annual event, and this first year is marked as a legacy for the team that kicked it off.”

Events during Foster Week ranged from industry-related guest speakers and networking opportunities to fun activities and social philanthropy.

Events included:

  • Dean’s Student Advisory Council (DSAC) Barbecue Lunch
  • Recruitment – The Inside Story, hosted by the Smith Career Center
  • Business Trivia Contest, hosted by Beta Alpha Psi
  • 40 Leaders Under Forty Lunch & Learn, hosted by the American Marketing Association (AMA)
  • Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Bake Sale
  • Ice Cream Social with Supply Chain Professionals, presented by Bradley APICS
  • Are You Smarter Than A Professor trivia game, co-hosted by Gamma Iota Sigma and Women in Business
  • Film viewing of Poverty Inc., co-hosted by Enactus and the Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO)
  • Business Olympics, hosted by Phi Chi Theta

Additionally, the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) hosted a week-long Can War philanthropy. At the end of the week, the Peoria Area Food Bank received 185 pounds of canned goods.

Business students truly enjoyed the many events of Foster Week.

“I thought that Foster Week embodied the spirit of the college,” MIS major Kailyn Bates ’18 from Chicago, Illinois, said.  

The event was also covered by the Bradley Scout newspaper. In that article, Dean’s Student Advisory Council President Sharon Mozes ’16, a Marketing and Management and Leadership double major from Skokie, Illinois, remarked on the impact Foster Week had on Bradley Business students.

“It’s a lot more rewarding when you feel like you are a part of the College, and when you feel like your College cares about you and you care about it,” Mozes said. “This week offered students an opportunity to build a relationship with their College. I think it went well, and the tradition will continue for years to come.”