Khanh G Nguyen never stops scouting the city of Milwaukee for the perfect picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m a photographer and Milwaukee is just beautiful,\u201d Nguyen said. \u201cI usually go out by myself with my camera to explore the city. It\u2019s also really nice to have Lake Michigan nearby for a refreshing walk.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nguyen is a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, a top-ranked American research university (Carnegie Classifications of Institutions of Higher Education) that the World University Rankings named among the top three percent of universities worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He picked UW-Milwaukee after talking to his cousin, who lives in the city. Milwaukee has a regional population of about 1 million. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe told me Milwaukee is one of the best cities for business because everything is growing,\u201d Nguyen said. \u201cIt\u2019s not like Chicago where it\u2019s difficult to get a job. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of opportunities to get a job here. It\u2019s very easy to get an internship in the summer and to get a job after you graduate.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nguyen, who is from northern Vietnam, was also attracted to UWM because of its size. He is one of about 1,300 international students at the university, which has a total student population of about 24,000. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He is majoring in marketing, one of 94 undergraduate programs at UWM. The university also has 104 graduate programs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere are more options for me to study at a big university,\u201d Nguyen said. \u201cBesides business, I can do any other classes I want to do. For example, my first year I chose guitar and my second year I chose a sports class.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nguyen has also taken advantage of a number of networking events hosted by the Lubar School of Business, one of 15 schools and colleges at UWM. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn business it\u2019s very important to go to networking events, so we have CEO\u2019s from the city come in to talk to us,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a good chance for you to go talk to them. I got my internship last year because I talked to a recruiter at a career fair. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nguyen plans to work for an agency or start-up business for the next few years to get experience before starting his own business. He said he will continue to receive support from his UWM instructors even after he has graduated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI took two entrepreneur classes at UWM and I\u2019ve been in contact with both my professors from those classes,\u201d Nguyen said. \u201cThey are advising me on how to start a business.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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