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every day of the week, is among the finest to be found at any
business school. It features state-of-the-art Windows PCs,
multimedia production facilities such as color printers, scanners
and OCR software and the same software used in the
business world – for more than 128 different applications.
Instructional Facilities
The faculty here chal-
Major classrooms are permanently
lenges the students
equipped with PCs and overhead
to reach outside their
comfort zone to achieve video projectors for displaying
and learn things they never computer and video output plus
thought they could. This
direct links to the campus satellite
attitude extends beyond the
classroom. Michigan’s network. Group study rooms are
professors make them- each equipped with a permanent
selves available to you
PC or physical or wireless connec-
outside of class and are
tions for your laptop. In addition,
interested in your wellbeing
as a student and as a many faculty are using
person.
the web for instructional purposes.
Departmental websites, which
include course content, syllabi,
assignments, reading material and
faculty profiles are used by the vast
majority of the faculty.
Priya Franklin
Trading Floor
M.B.A. 2000
B.S. in Business In addition to the e-lab (described
University of Minnesota,
1995
earlier), the Business School also
maintains a Trading Floor to train
students in the latest financial technology used by Wall Street
professionals. Here students have access to the latest financial
data and analysis, with high-end financial software and hardware,
including trading simulation software, real-time data
feeds and financial analysis and risk management applications.
The Trading Room also serves as an online classroom,
allowing students registered for certain courses to act as portfolio
managers, running a real investment fund using the latest
financial and investment management software and hardware.
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Global Learning Facilities
The Business School operates a state-of-the-art video teleconferencing
facility on the fourth floor of the library for remote
teaching programs. Here, faculty and staff use the latest interactive
video and computer technology to teach classes
throughout the world. Consider the possibilities this technology
offers: you can sit in on a broadcast from Paris, Hong Kong
or just about anywhere. You can confer with your MAP client.
You can participate in conferences at other campuses. You can
even conduct job interviews.
M-Track
M-Track is the Business School’s web-based, virtual community
that brings together diverse academic, career and personal
resources. Information services available on M-Track include
career planning tools, lifetime e-mail, an up-to-the-minute
School events calendar, information on course requirements
and materials, company information including presentation
schedules, online resume preparation and links to software
downloads, tutorials and reference materials. Contact and selfreported
background information on alumni, companies,
students and organizations are on tap – along with instant e-mail
access. Students can access M-Track from any location with
Internet access.
The Electronic Library
Thousands of books and business journals…Subscriptions to
electronic services that provide in-depth information on every
topic imaginable…Online databases with the latest information
on everything from stock tips to corporate profiles…
Online course management system.
In many ways, the Business School’s Kresge Library is a
model for the academic library of the future. Whether you
need annual reports or full-text articles, reference books or
excerpts from business journals, you’ll find it here – with the
assistance of library staff. The library home page will connect
you to a Web version of the library’s online catalog, Mentor,
and a wide array of business resources on the Internet. As
you’d expect, the library also offers quiet study spaces.
And as a Michigan student, you’ll have user privileges at
all campus libraries, giving you access to more than six million
books, journals and additional electronic databases.