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SKIDMORE-SARATOGA CONSULTING PARTNERSHIP: A SECRET TREASURE

For more than 20 years, the Skidmore-Saratoga Consulting Partnership has generated fresh, impactful ideas for local nonprofit, for-profit, and arts organizations, an important example of how Skidmore courses are making a difference in the local community.  READ More

 

JOB MARKET TRENDS FOR RECENT GRADS

Zankel Chair in Management for Liberal Arts Students, participated on a panel analyzing current job market trends and offering advice to recent graduates entering the job market. READ More

 

Rooney Partners Introduces Medical Communications to Growing Global Healthcare Practice

RooneyPartners, a New York-based integrated communications agency, today announced that Jeffrey Freedman has joined the firm to lead its newly created Medical Communications practice. READ More

 

Shaping the next generation of business leaders

What will tomorrow’s business leaders be like? Thanks to conscious teaching practices and honest conversations, first-year students taking the Scribner Seminar, Industry and Innovation, have learned how to balance economics and business principles with ethics and inclusion. READ More

 

Investment Club wins Adirondack Cup

How would you invest $1 million? That was the challenge the Skidmore College Investment Club faced in the 2019 Adirondack Cup, a stock-picking contest for college students interested in the investment field. READ More

 

Matt Kavet ’94 Knows What's Cool — and How to Sell It

As founder and president of novelty designer and wholesaler Boston America, Matt Kavet makes his living predicting what will tickle the curiosity (and the funny bones) of pop culture fans. Boston America, he proudly states, is purveyor of "the world’s most creative impulse items." READ More

 

Raiza Nazareth ’12

Raiza Nazareth ’12 is an investor relations manager at Conti Organization, a real estate investment firm based in Dallas, Texas. She launched her career in financial services at IMG Capital, staffing its offices in Los Angeles, New York City, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. READ More

 

Full throttle: Students pitch Harley tuneup

Each semester, Skidmore College students, many early in their academic careers, don business formal attire and tell a boardroom filled with real executives how they would improve a well-known business. This time, they’re revving up for Harley-Davidson, Inc. READ More

 

Scoop dreams 

How Ben Van Leeuwen '07 launched an artisanal ice cream company on creative thought and exceptional ingredients READ More

 

All on the table

How Kenneth Zankel '82 built a successful restaurant brand by letting his personality shine through READ More

 

Shoot, Study, Score

Skidmore men's basketball's Edvinas Rupkus '19 has enough accolades from the court and the classroom to awe any athlete. But his roles as a student, leader and friend are what left marks on Skidmore hearts. READ More

 

Recipe For Success

How Seth McEachron '04 joined the local food movement and started producing top-rated milk in New York state READ More

 

Family Style

How Susan Law Dake '71 and the Stewart's Foundation help nourish upstate communities READ More

 

Business specialist and generalist

Sociology and math have helped Deb Kelly '68 suceed as a corporate executive in practically every area of business READ More

 

An Internship Focused on the Marketing of Cuisine

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