Page 2 - Spring 2019

DEAN’S UPD A TE

Welcome to 2019! We are delighted to bring you the third issue of our
LSBE newsletter, True North, in which you’ll hear about LSBE’s focus on
entrepreneurship.

As our commitment to educating students is continually expanding, we share
with you an article about the entrepreneur mindset and what that means;
we also share with you our Entrepreneurship Center vision. With the region’s
commitment to entrepreneurship, forming a center to help cultivate our
students’ dreams is a valuable next step for their education. Please consider
how you might be a part of that dream; see the back page.

As you know, our faculty are extremely knowledgeable in their fields and keep abreast of the changing business
landscape. We have faculty who are both teachers as well as successful entrepreneurs. An interview with LSBE faculty
member Nicole Wilde, who owns and operates her own ice cream business, Love Creamery, is featured in this issue.
In case you haven’t tasted it, her ice cream is amazing! Nicole also is the faculty advisor for LSBE’s student-run fall
Entrepreneurship Conference. We had a busy fall, as it also was the time of our Creativity Conference. Highlights from
both of these conferences can be found on page 5.

This issue features the socially responsible student entrepreneurs who own Soks Co. They have a mission to donate one
pair of socks to the Duluth Damiano Center for every pair sold. We also share with you the story about an international
MBA student working on a project with the Duluth Coffee Company. We hope you enjoy these stories about our very
talented students.

The Labovitz School of Business and Economics continues to flourish and make a significant difference in the lives of
our students, our community, and the region. Support from alumni and organizations is critical to our ongoing success;
we are deeply appreciative of your generosity.

As this issue demonstrates, exemplary programming and
people continue to drive excellence and future initiatives
in our School. With your involvement, commitment, and
ongoing support, we will continue to seek innovative ways
to bring outstanding value to those we serve. We want to
dream with you. Thank you for all that you do.

Yours in gratitude,

Amy B. Hietapelto, Dean
Dean Amy B. Hietapelto (back center) with the fall 2018 BizDog Labovitz School of Business and Economics
students and faculty/staff advisors. Bizdogs is a living learning University of Minnesota Duluth
community for first-year LSBE students who live and take
classes together. Details at lsbe.d.umn.edu/bizdogs.

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