Graduate Business Clubs and Organizations

Black Business Student Association
The Black Business Student Association is focused on fostering opportunities for gradaute business students to encourage cultural diversity in the business world. The organization hosts student discussions with members and non-members covering daily aspirations and adverisities unique to black business students. The organization:
- Hosts seminars with guest speakers such as minority professionals and UM alumni for different industries to discuss topics including: in-demand skills, career advice, and networking.
- Faculty led workshops offering educaitonal and professional insights.
- Mentoring events for current students to connect with professionals and UM alumni.
Business Analytics Club
The mission of the Business Analytics Club is to develop strong relationships amongst students, faculty, and professionals from related industries. The goal of the club is to maximize the members' experience at the Miami Business School by creating networking opportunities, increasing their value as an applicant, and allowing them to gain confidence in their analytical skills. The club:
- Hosts seminars with guest speakers from different industries to discuss numerous topics, including: in-demand skills, career advice, and the analytics involved in their respective organizations.
- Host workshops with professors who provide educational and professional insights.
- Organizes mentorship opportunities between Business Analytics and non-Business Analytics students in technical subjects such as basic statistical programming or database management.
- Hosts case-study and predictive modeling competitions.
For more information on the Business Analytics Club, please visit their website.
Consulting Club
The Consulting Club is dedicated to supporting students hoping to continue or start a career in consulting. The club's activities focus on supporting members in preparation for interviews, case competitions, and with consulting engagements while in their graduate business program. The Consulting Club's mission is to help MBS produce the best consulting professionals through education, engagement, and support. The club:
- Facilitates 1:1 and group interview preparation for those members who are doing consulting interviews.
- Seeks opportunities for members to network with local businesses, consulting professionals in the area, and others who may be instrumental in finding consulting jobs or engaging new clients.
- Seeks out companies in the Miami area to engage in consulting projects.
Cryptocurrency Club
The Cryptocurrency Club strives to develop a strong community amongst its members, faculty, and professionals from related industries. Established in 2017 by Anthony Miclet, MBA '18, the Club creates an environment that provides its members with networking opportunities and allows them to acquire professional skills and strengthen existing ones. The Club's goals are carried out by hosting meetings and events that include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Seminars with guest speakers and professionals within the blockchain and crypto-space that discuss several topics such as providing career advice and the knowledge necessary to navigate through their industry.
- Students with a higher knowledge of blockchain and cryptocurrency guide members with little to no knowledge, so that they can have an easier understanding of the topics covered and critically participate to the growth of the Club.
- The Club hosts networking events in coordination with professors, members, and the Ziff Career Services Center.
- Due to the highly speculative nature of the crypto-market, the Club does not provide any financial advice to its members. The Club is not responsible for any investments or trade that its members might do. The President and the Board have the authority to remove members that engage in speculative behaviors or elicit others to do so.
Finance and Investments Club

The Finance and Investments Club is a collaboration of Miami Business School graduate students seeking to further their finance and investments knowledge and understanding while promoting other finance-related groups within the Miami Business School. The mission of the Club is to encourage members to learn about the academic and professional opportunities available in finance and to provide an understanding of finance as it applies to both personal and professional scopes.
Golf Club
Golf is a social game that can be played for a lifetime. It also presents a key venue for informal business interaction. The University of Miami Business School Golf Club provides an opportunity for all experience levels of golfers (novice to expert) to improve their skills, become more comfortable on the course, learn proper etiquette, and gain an understanding of how to conduct business in a golf setting. Golf and business intersect often in corporate America, making the sport a valuable skills for aspiring managers.

The MBS Golf Club is dedicated to three key goals:
1. Facilitating networking and business development in a golf context.
2. Educating players of all levels about skills, etiquette, and strategy.
3. Introducing new players to opportunities and fun afforded by golf.
Graduate Business Student Association
The Graduate Business Student Association (GBSA) represents graduate business students and their interests at the Miami Business School. GBSA facilitates community and professional involvement and exposure by providing an engaging social environment that encourages academic, professional, and personal development to better the graduate student experience and capitalize on the diversity of the school.

In addition, the GBSA is responsible for providing constructive feedback to strengthen the graduate programs. Elections for the GBSA occur in the Spring semester for Executive Board roles and in the Fall and Spring semesters for Representative roles. GBSA has hosted the following in the past:
- Welcome Back BBQs
- Listening and Feedback Sessions
- Football Tailgates
- Meet Ups at The Rathskeller
- Happy Hours Off-Campus
- Community service events, including the annual United Way Fundraiser
- End-of-the-Year Formal
Email: gbsa@miami.edu

2019-2020 Executive Board
President: Jack Shelgren
Vice President: Gaby Gallou
Secretary: Iman Jean-Jacques
Treasurer: Faneva Durandisse
Marketing Director: Denzell Turner
Networking Director: Alex Lazo
Community Service Director: Ivette Acevedo
Wellness & Athletics Director: Mikeco Desir
International Student Liaison: Stephanie Wehby

Program Representatives
Global Executive MBA: Gaston Browne
Master in Health Administration: Lucas Outcault
Professional MBA Section 60: Jessica Taylor
Professional MBA Section 61: Krystine Pereda
Marketing Club
The Marketing Club aims to develop a strong relationship amongst students, faculty, and professionals from related businesses and organizations. The goal of the Club is to introduce and maximize the members' experience at MBS by creating networking opportunities, teaching new skills, and allowing members to build their resume experience through club projects. The Club achieves this goal by hosting various events that may include:
- Seminars with guest speakers from local companies and professionals in the marketing industry.
- Workshops conducted by faculty to provide educational insight and teach club members how to utilize industry tools for research and execution.
- Networking events featuring members of specific industries, boards, or companies.
Email: marketingclub@miami.edu
MBS Peer Advisors
MBS Peer Advisors is a student organization facilitating a positive introduction and overall graduate business student experience for incoming full-time MBA students. The organization connects incoming full-time MBA students with a peer advisor (a current full-time MBA student closing their first year or beginning their second year), sponsors networking events, and holds monthly meetings to facilitate the relationships between the advisors and current students. The purpose of the MBA Peer Advisors organization is to:
- Develop a warm and welcoming culture at MBS for incoming full-time MBA students to increase the value of the graduate student experience.
- Promote communication, mentorship, and friendship between first year and second year full-time MBA students.
- Facilitate a lasting bond between yearly full-time MBA classes to develop a strong foundation for the alumni network.
Real Estate Club

The Real Estate Club is focused on facilitating exposure for graduate students to the real estate industry. In addition to development tours, industry experts, and external resources (like modeling software), the Club acts to disperse pertinent information to students interested in pursuing careers in the real estate industry.
Sustainability Club
The Sustainability Club's mission is to educate business students on how sustainability integrates environmental conservation and social well-being with the long-term health and purpose of leading companies. The club accomplishes its mission by:
- Hosting guest speakers
- Participating in sustainability projects driven by the faculty advisors
- Community outreach
- Group discussion-focused activities
- Field visits to businesses that have authentic sustainable practices
UTrade
UTrade provides Miami Business School graduate students with a life-like experience trading on financial markets, managing a portfolio, and implementing investment strategies. The organization uses the website Stock Trak Global Portfolio Simulations to create fictional portfolios. Members of UTrade benefit by gaining experience in:
- Portfolio management
- Financial instruments
- Market developments
- Market volatility
- Market terminology
- Trading and placing market orders
Women in Business Club
The Women in Business (WiB) Club promotes and supports women in business by providing a structure for connecting with current and future women leaders to support the diverse professional and personal aspirations of women within our community. The WiB Club sponsors social and professional activities as well as provides volunteer opportunities within the community.

The WiB Club has three overarching goals:
1. To encourage all its members to pursue leadership positions because the future is female.
2. To empower business women to have a successful work-life balance.
3. Enhance the diversity of the nation's workforce.
The WiB Club has three main tangible objectives:
1. Promote mentorship by connecting graduate business alumni, students, and potential students with each other.
2. To create a socially engaging atmosphere where students can unwind and build personal relationships outside of academia.
3. To provide personal counseling and academic and career guidance through the network.
Email: womeninbusiness@miami.edu

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