Welcome to the Stuart School of Business What's Next newsletter. Some of you may be familiar with what you can find within this newsletter, but we want to welcome all of our new recipient.
As Illinois Tech members we understand that the Academic Transfomation Plan changed many things and we are all working towards improving our community. The Stuart School of Business is now part of the College of Professional Futures, alongside the Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Our mission at the Stuart School of Business is to "bridges business and technology by combining rigorous, practical, and interdisciplinary research and education.” Our vision is to "approach results in thought leadership and advances students’ careers in technologically oriented private and public sector industries worldwide.”
Our hope is that the What's Next weekly newsletter provides all of our community with important updates, deadlines, announcements, and enriching information to drive our mission and vision.
Our What's Next weekly newsletter will go out every Sunday at 5pm. We welcome our community to share resources and events with us; all entries should be sent to me, Yesenia Alarcon (yalarcon@illinoistech.edu), by Wednesday 9 a.m. with the Subject line: Newsletter.
Students are strongly encouraged to review the newsletter weekly.
Email: Students should email stuartadvising@illinoistech.edu with any advising questions or to book appointments if they cannot make the hours listed below (always include your full name and A number in your email). This email is checked by all Advisors so we can assist students more quickly. Sending questions to Advisors individually can delay response time.
Walk-in Advising Hours: When you arrive, please "check-in" at the downtown campus reception desk by Room 401C. Priority will be given to the students assigned to the advisor(s) available at that time, however, any student can meet with any advisor for general questions and guidance. Review your assigned Academic Advisor’s times below. Students will be seen on a first-come, first-served basis, and no appointments are taken or required.
Week of September 20th at Conviser Law Center (Downtown Campus): Tuesday, September 22nd, 4:00 pm- 6:00 pm (Justine, Yumiko), 4:45 pm- 6:00 pm (Yesenia)
PhD Academic Advising:
Email: Students should email Dr. Curt Allee at stuartadvising@illinoistech.edu with any advising questions or to book appointments (always include your full name and A number in your email).
Career Management Center
Competitions & Leadership
2026 CME Group University Trading Challenge is a month-long competition (Oct 4-Oct 30). The CME Group University Trading Challenge is a complimentary electronic trading competition that allows students to experience the excitement, energy and decision-making environment of real-time trading. Teams of undergraduate and graduate students are provided an opportunity to trade a variety of CME Group products from multiple asset classes in a simulated, professional trading platform provided by CQG.
If you’re interested in participating, please email Yesenia Alarcon (yalarcon@illinoistech.edu) by September 25th with the following information:
Subject: 2026 CME Group University Trading Challenge
Team Name
Team Members (3-5 members)
(First Name, Last Name, Email, Graduation Year)
If you do not have a team but are interested, email me and we will attempt to match you with other interested students but due to time limitations we highly recommend forming your own team. We do have a limit of teams we can support, our faculty advisors will select student teams for participation.
2026 Bloomberg Global Trading Challenge
2026 Bloomberg Global Trading Challenge is a month-long competition (Oct 11- Nov 12) against other top students around the world to experience firsthand what real-world investing looks and feels like. Teams will use the Terminal to define market assumptions, develop a return-generating strategy, and execute trades within a closed network. The winning team will have the highest time weighted relative return, relative to the Bloomberg World Large, Mid & Small Cap Price Return Index (WLS Index)
If you’re interested in participating, please email Yesenia Alarcon (yalarcon@illinoistech.edu) by September 25th with the following information:
Subject: 2026 Bloomberg Global Trading Challenge
Team Name
Team Members (3-5 members)
(First Name, Last Name, Email, Graduation Year)
If you do not have a team but are interested, email me and we will attempt to match you with other interested students but due to time limitations we highly recommend forming your own team. We do have a limit of teams we can register and support, our faculty advisors will select student teams for participation.
The Stuart Investments (SI) organization meets on Tuesdays from 4:30pm-5:30pm in room 403 at the downtown campus. SI is a student run organization that manages over $1.9 million in stocks (real money) encompassing 11 industry sectors. Students that join SI will be exposed to portfolio management and will prepare and present team buy or sell stock presentations to the member audience.
Both undergraduate and graduate students of Illinois Tech are welcome to attend this meeting and join SI. It is strongly encouraged that you attend the live in-person meeting as the executive student team and Professor Rybak will be there to answer any student questions
