Issue date: 3/6/08 Section: Forum

Kellogg reaches out to undergrads

Wednesday evening, Kellogg School of Management Dean Dipak Jain spoke to undergraduate students for the first time in his seven years at Northwestern. He spoke about the world's emerging markets and the effect of globalization on students hoping to pursue a career in economics. The talk, followed by a networking reception, was another endeavor NU is taking to provide more trade-concentrated resources to students interested in entering the world of business.

This past year, Kellogg began offering its certificate program for undergraduates. The program, which focuses on developing critical thinking and business applications skills, is open to juniors and seniors with strengths in mathematics and analysis, regardless of their school or major. Outside of NU's professional schools (McCormick, Medill, SESP), the program is also the first time NU has offered any sort of grad school track in Weinberg, whether for pre-business, pre-med or pre-law.

More often than not, NU students find themselves needing to fulfill class requirements, from language to distribution requirements, electives to freshman seminars. While having Dean Jain speak to undergraduates does not change this fact, his talk, in addition to Kellogg's certificate program, is a step in the right direction - recognizing that undergraduate students who have already found their passions should have options available to them earlier on in their post-secondary education.

It is important for NU to bolster its pre-professional programs outside of the engineering, journalism and education arenas. Hopefully many undergraduates will take advantage of this new certificate opportunity.


Fiscal plans a must for students

The nationwide mortgage crisis has officially hit Evanston, as the owners of about 220 homes in the city are three or more months behind in mortgage payments. According to Wednesday's Daily, about 65 properties in Evanston are bank-owned and 35 are being sold at auction. This, in addition to the recent cuts in federal interest rates and the dropping value of the dollar, should pique Northwestern students' interests.

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