Center for Experiential Learning
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CEL Connect: August 2024 Newsletter
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The Center for Experiential Learning is an educational center located in the Olin Business School. We match top-tier students with organizations seeking objective insights and applied critical thinking. With faculty support and guidance, student consulting teams apply leading-edge practices and management solutions to their respective client's business challenges.
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Upcoming Applications & Events
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WashU Olin Entrepreneurship Program invites WashU-founded and/or St. Louis-based startups to apply for a chance to secure a $25,000 non-dilutive grant for their ventures. Applications close October 1st.
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Involved@Olin Activities Fair
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August 28, 2024, 4:30-6:00 pm
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Knight/Bauer Hall, Frick Forum
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Interested in learning more about the CEL? We'll be at the Olin Undergraduate Fall Activities Fair TODAY! Lean more about our programming and check out the other resources available to Olin students.
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Cheerio, London! Rian Edwards and Doug Villhard recently returned from taking 25 students to London, England as part of our CELect course. Students will now spend the next six weeks collaborating closely with five London startups on a variety of consulting projects.
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"The CEL has been an incredible way for me to experience working with a client on a team - from consulting for a local St. Louis business to flying across the world to work with a fintech startup in Israel, I have grown so much as a student through the hands-on learning." |
BSBA, Scholar for Small Business Initiative
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The CFAR Finance Consulting program provides the opportunity for you to collaborate as a team with financial organizations and use a variety of analytic tools to solve complex and dynamic challenges organizations are facing.
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Eligibility: Olin MBA and Specialized Masters Students
- Timing: Fall & Spring Semester Course (14 weeks)
- Past clients have included: First Bank, Barry-Wehmiller, Mastercard, SixThirty and Wells Fargo
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Non-Olin students can participate in CEL programs! |
Of our seven programs, five are open to non-Olin students: CELect, Olin/United Way Board Fellows, Practicum, Small Business Initiative and Taylor Community Consulting Program.
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Which CEL Program is right for me? |
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We're so glad you asked! We have multiple options each semester, but we realize it may be confusing to figure out which program is right for you. Click on the link below to answer a few questions to find out! You can also check out our program offerings here.
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"It was refreshing to watch the students progress in their analysis and conclusions throughout the semester. Subtext extended internship offers to two project team leads which were both accepted."
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- Jim Brueggeman, CFO, Subtext
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Subtext Living was a CFAR Practicum client in the spring, and will be returning as a client this fall. Subtext develops student housing in top university markets across the country and innovative multifamily projects in high-growth cities.
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Global Client Relations Director
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- Celebrating her one year anniversary with the CEL next week!
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World traveler; lived in Malawi, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
- Bagel Maker and St. Louis Foodie
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Washington University in St. Louis
1 Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130
washu.edu
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