Student Work


We encourage our students to put their liberal arts education into practice by pursuing experiential learning opportunities, especially challenging internships.

These experiences are aimed to help our students become effective practitioners of economic concepts and have a clearer vision of their career path after college.

Stories

Students gather in the School of Business hub to listen to James McQuaid ’11.

James McQuaid ’11: A creative writer’s path to the Supreme Court

James McQuaid ’11 spoke to students about the meaning of the Supreme Court ruling that deemed the Trump Administration’s imposed tariffs illegal, and shared his career path from creative writing major to a law degree from the University of Notre Dame to his current position as managing staff attorney at the Liberty Justice Center in Austin, Texas.

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Diep Phan, economics and business professor, teaches in the finance lab.

Beloit College launches three new majors

Beloit College announces three new undergraduate majors: Health Sciences , Marketing , and Finance . Students can declare these majors immediately, and start on their path to fulfilling lives marked by high achievement, personal responsibility, and public contribution in a diverse society.

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Ken Conrad

Thinking outside the book: Executive-in-Residence Ken Conrad

The Beloit College Executives-in-Residence Program is a powerful career development resource for students. Executives-in-Residence with significant experience in the for-profit, professional world, share their experience with students, faculty, and staff. This semester, Ken Conrad brings his connections and lived professional experience in the finance community to campus.

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David Staats ’27

Summer Side Hustle: A unique coaching experience

Summer Side Hustle is a personalized mentorship program designed to help Beloit College student-athletes start a business, specifically a summer soccer camp. The partnership that developed between Jeff Mitchell, co-owner of Lane Two Learning, and David Staats ’27 , quantitative economics and philosophy major, finance minor, and soccer player, demonstrates how…

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From Beloit to Silicon Valley: Katie Phan and Julie Bach at the Viet Career Conference

Graduating seniors Katie Phan ’26 and Julie Bach ’26 spent part of their summer in Silicon Valley volunteering at the 2025 Viet Career Conference, a two-day national event supporting Vietnamese students and young professionals across the United States.

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Innovation in action: students take on real-world challenges during Beloit College’s 48 Hour Innovation Challenge

Beloit College recently hosted the 48 Hour Innovation Challenge (Season 2), an intensive weekend event organized by the Marketing Club in collaboration with the School of Business , with support from the Center for Entrepreneurship ( CELEB) . The challenge brought together students from across campus to tackle a real-world business problem through collaboration, creativity,…

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Brett Gabrielatos

Beloit executive practices design thinking with students

Since 2013, Brett Gabrielatos has been practicing design thinking, an approach that builds empathy, breaks silos, and reframes failure so that multiple visions can work together. She brought her experience to Intro to Design Thinking Innovation, a unique course in which Beloit College students engage with content she has used in workshops for Fortune 500 companies, small businesses,…

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