CEO: Improve from failures

The road to success is paved by failures and has many dead ends was part of the message shared by Jerry Ropelato, a local businessman and Weber State University graduate, to students and entrepreneur hopefuls Wednesday evening during a weekly meeting of the Weber Entrepreneurs Association. After a brief introduction, Ropelato led an hour-and-a-half long […]

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DECA

Weber State University’s Collegiate Distribution Educational Clubs of America organization is making quite a name for itself. Students may know it as Delta Epsilon Chi, its name prior to the 2010-2011 academic year. Collegiate DECA is an organization designed to get students ready for their career. “Collegiate DECA gives [students] the opportunity to show that […]

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Ralph Nye Executive Lecture Series

Class is back in session, and so is the Ralph Nye Executive Lecture series at the John B. Goddard School of Business and Economics. Speakers in the series are generally Weber State University graduates or closely tied to the university. Without a designated topic, they share from their personal experience. Business challenges, career foundation and development, and ethical dilemmas […]

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Pragmatic Perspective: How Wildcats drive the economy and the hope of tomorrow

I’ve commented on the economy in previous columns, but, in all honesty, my words, despite their genius, have no effect on the actual economic future of the United States. After all, I am just a measly, poor college-student nobody whose opinion means little to nothing in the ‘real world’. In fact, the next time I’m […]

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PBL places at nationals

Weber State University took home eight top-10 spots in the 2011 Phi Beta Lamdba National Tournament held in Orlando, Fla. The conference, themed “Gateway to Greatness,” took place at the Hilton Hotel in downtown Orlando, Fla., on June 22-27. “This leadership conference gave PBL members a unique opportunity to compete against other qualifying state winners […]

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