Holly Kilburn

Holly Kilburn: 2023 Early Career Alumni Achievement Award Recipient

Holly earned a Bachelor Business Administration degree with a major in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management in 2016. She was recognized UM-Flint as a Maize and Blue Award winner. With her continued high academic achievement, she was also recognized as a James B. Angell Scholar. Speaking during the spring 2016 commencement ceremony, Holly offered […]

Steve Whitener

2024 Outstanding Alumni Award Recipient, Steve Whitener, BBA 1977

Steve Whitener hasn’t forgotten the support he received as a college student at UM-Flint. He was slated to graduate with a bachelor’s degree in business. He worked 32 to 40 hours a week at Kroger to help pay for school, but as a senior, he struggled to pay for college, along with basics like groceries, […]

Accomplished Alumna, Anna Church, Takes Leadership Role at Hagerman Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation: February aMAIZEing Alumni

In April 2023, Anna Church, a distinguished graduate of the School of Management with a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, transitioned seamlessly into the position of Program Manager at the Hagerman Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation upon completing her academic journey. During her tenure as a student at UM-Flint, Anna actively […]

Navigating the Maze: From Coaching High School Football to Financial Business Systems Analyst. Alex Okopien is our January aMaizing alumni. 

Alex Okopien, a 2020 graduate, is a Financial Business Systems Analyst at MillerKnoll, with a year and a half of experience specializing in collaboration with the Accounts Payable team. During college at UM-Flint, Alex balanced two jobs while pursuing an affordable and flexible degree, choosing UM-Flint for its flexibility and cost-effectiveness. The career path included […]

Alum Rachel Middleton shares her career journey with Amazon: April’s aMaizeing Alumni

 Rachel Middleton graduated in 2016 with a BBA in International Business. She shares her career path through Amazon and her future goals. As our alumni spotlight, Rachel talks about the unorthodox class lessons that helped her years later in her career, her travels, her advice to students to always seek feedback, and her many unique […]

Jania Torreblanca shares her unique career path and her skills at adapting to change: March aMaizeing Alumni

Jania Torreblanca graduated in 2021 & 2022 in the dual degree master’s program receiving MBA and MSLOD degrees. Her college career started in high school which led her to the US Navy allowing her the opportunity to learn a trade, travel, and be independent. Jania explains her education took a longer path but that she […]

From a BBA to a CFO, Robert shares his passion and investment in Flint: February aMaizeing Alumni

Robert Widigan graduated from UM-Flint School of Management in 2014 with a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) with a concentration in Accounting. He has been the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the city of Flint, Michigan for over a year and explains that some of the most important things he learned while at UM-Flint were […]

Felicee Murchison

Persevering Through the Pandemic – One Grad’s MBA Journey: May’s aMaizeing Alumni

Alumna, Felicee Murchison, graduated this past April from UM-Flint’s School of Management with a Master of Business Administration (MBA). She was also awarded the Most Outstanding MBA Student from her graduating cohort. During her time as a student, Felicee was engaged with campus events and cross-campus learning opportunities such as earning a certificate from the Sexual […]

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SOM Alumna Estimates with Confidence in New Career: April’s aMaizeing Alumni

Angela O’Rourke earned her Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Operations Management and Finance from the University of Michigan-Flint in 2020. Currently, she works at Mid Michigan Pride (MMP) Painting as an estimator. Every day she’s doing something different from looking at blueprints, working with customers, or on-site to evaluate the conditions of a project. As our […]

Flint Native Focused on Fashion Startup and GM Career: February’s aMaizeing Alumni

Alumnus, Lee Allen, earned his Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from the University of Michigan-Flint in 2014. During his time as a student, he was involved with Greek Life, Black Student Union, and studied abroad in China. Lee is the owner of Bau-house located in Downtown Flint and a business analyst at General Motors. Through entrepreneurship, […]