Under the guidance of a faculty member, each student participates on a team that is assigned to work with a real organization on a 12-week comprehensive project.
Each team works together to provide actionable recommendations, including a proposal, industry/market research, a presentation and recommendations in the form of a report.
“My Capstone experience was an incredible culmination of my time at the University
of Dallas and gave me the ability to apply what I learned in my courses to a real-world
setting. Overall, my MBA at UD gave me the skills, confidence and connections to launch
my own global apparel brand and thriving e-commerce business, Compete Every Day.” -Jake Thompson, MBA '08
“As a student, this will be the fastest 12 weeks of your academic career because of the communication,
coordination, research, development and recommendations you'll need to complete on
behalf of the client.” -Sandra Blanke, Associate Professor| Term | Organization | Challenge |
|---|---|---|
| Spring 2015 | Renlita Doors | Growth plan study |
| Spring 2015 | P.I. McLain Legal | Organizational audit |
| Summer 2015 | Healthaxis | Perfecting performance review structure |
| Summer 2015 | Royal Bath | Transfer of manufacturing site |
| Fall 2015 | PDS Tech | Develop applicant tracking system |
| Fall 2015 | Southern Dock | CRM investment strategy expansion |
UD students not only read St. Augustine's Confessions in Rome, traveling to Ostia to marvel at the place in which, according to Book IX, St. Augustine and his mother, St. Monica, had a joint mystical vision of God -- they also travel 4.4 miles from the Irving campus to read the text with residents of South Irving.
+ Read MoreAs you know if you’ve read even some of our first UD Reads book, "All the Light We Cannot See," it’s possible to build a radio from random, scavenged parts, as long as you can find the necessary random, scavenged parts, as Werner does in the book. This is also essentially what Assistant Professor and Department Chair of Physics Jacob Moldenhauer did as well: He scavenged parts from the Physics Department, and built a radio.
+ Read MoreThe University of Dallas Board of Trustees announced today that it has unanimously selected Thomas S. Hibbs, Ph.D., BA '82 MA '83, to serve as the university's ninth president. The first alumnus of UD to be president, Hibbs has served as dean of the Honors College and distinguished professor of ethics and culture at Baylor University since 2003.
+ Read More
