MIU Achievements
MUM Student Government Aims to Improve Student Experience with New Procedures
When Karen Ballinger joined MUM Student Government five years ago, she embarked on several projects to sustain Student Government for years to come. First she organized a weeklong annual leadership training for Student Government representatives,...
Daniel Ayalew Belay—SAP Finance and Personal Growth
MUM student Daniel Ayalew Belay had already earned an MBA from Edinburgh Business School. However, he wanted to become an expert in SAP enterprise software, so he joined MUM’s MBA in SAP Finance Program. Daniel, who is from Ethiopia, worked for the...
Shawn Brogan Diddy–Miss Iowa Pursues PhD at MUM
Born in Waterloo, Iowa, Shawn Brogan Diddy has been a performer since age 14. She became Miss Iowa USA in 1997 and has enjoyed a productive career in the music and television industries. Shawn is currently pursuing a PhD in management at MUM.Shawn...
Pia Fritsch Publishes Paper on National Environmental Responsibility
MUM alumna Pia Fritsch recently published a paper in World Futures: The Journal of New Paradigm Research. In her article, titled 1.5 Degrees Celsius: The Metamorphosis of the AMERICAN Way of Life, A Transition in Collective Maturation, Pia argues that...
Julie Hope Graduates with Two Outstanding Student Awards
Julie Hope graduated Magna Cum Laude with a double major in physiology and health and Maharishi Vedic ScienceSM and received the Outstanding Student Award from both departments at the 2019 awards ceremony.Julie hails from Nebraska, where she raised two...
MBA Team Performs in 94th Percentile on International Business Simulation
Three student teams from MUM’s MBA program recently participated in the Capsim Capstone online business simulation, a leading Chicago-based provider of business games. One of the teams achieved results better than 94 percent of the 1150 graduate-level...
Daniel Bramlett – Integrating Maharishi Vedic Science and Human Services
Daniel Bramlett came to MUM already following his path of self-development. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he had earned two associate degrees and considered entering the field of drug and alcohol addiction counseling.He was searching for a Vedic...
Peter Ocsody Writes Doctoral Thesis on Serial Tech Venturing
Peter Ocsody was one of MUM’s five PhD graduates this year, and he received the Outstanding Student Award in business administration for his dissertation on the qualities of serial tech startup founders.Peter learned the Transcendental Meditation® technique in...
Mirah Dumasia Finds Valuable Learning Opportunities
Mirah Dumasia hails from the city of Auckland, New Zealand. She learned the Transcendental Meditation® technique when she was 11, along with her family. Growing up with an entrepreneur father, she has always had a fascination with finance and business...
Educational Innovator Nakisha Hobbs Delivers Commencement Address
606 students graduated from 53 countries during MUM’s 2019 commencement ceremony on June 22, the largest class in university history. These included 389 computer science master’s students, and 50 students from the Maharishi Institute in Johannesburg....
Third ChangeMakers Event Highlights Entrepreneurship
On June 8 MUM held another successful ChangeMakers event, this time focusing on “How to Manifest Your Great Ideas.”The morning event, “Becoming a Transformative Entrepreneur,” opened with Kevin Harrington sharing secrets of his success via Skype. He is...
Donna Cleveland—Magazine Editor and Feminist Podcaster
MUM graduate Donna Cleveland divides her time between creating multimedia content for Fairfield-based iPhone Lifemagazine and producing a feminist podcast for women.Donna grew up in Fairfield, attended Maharishi School, and graduated from MUM in 2008...
