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<div class="sfContentBlock sf-Long-text" ><h2>Bringing technology and business together</h2></div> </div><div class="flex-row" data-sf-element="Row"> <div id="bodyText_C004_Col00" class="sf_colsIn flex-column one-third first" data-sf-element="Column 1" data-placeholder-label="Column 1"> <div > <div class="sfContentBlock sf-Long-text" ><div class="statistic" data-name="hoeft-job placement" data-style="inline-bars"></div></div> </div> </div> <div id="bodyText_C004_Col01" class="sf_colsIn flex-column two-third last" data-sf-element="Column 2" data-placeholder-label="Column 2"> <div > <div class="sfContentBlock sf-Long-text" ><p>The Hoeft Technology & Management Program is a joint university minor within <a href="https://giesbusiness.illinois.edu/">Gies College of Business</a> and <a href="https://grainger.illinois.edu/">The Grainger College of Engineering</a>. Your experience in the Program will bring together traditional engineering and business education. Here, you will work with other undergraduate engineering and business students to develop comprehensive solutions to real-world problems. <br></p><p>This minor will prepare you to function effectively in a technical, interdisciplinary, team-based industry environment and it will distinguish you as a promising problem solver and future business leader.</p></div> </div><section class="updates_buttons"> <nav role="navigation" aria-label="Body Navigation"> <a class="button inline white lnk_Apply" href="https://techmgmt.illinois.edu/admissions">Apply &rsaquo;</a> <a class="button inline white lnk_Read_the_Story" href="https://grainger.illinois.edu/news/features/hoeft-tm">Read the Story &rsaquo;</a> </nav> </section> </div> </div> <div > <div class="sfContentBlock sf-Long-text" ><h3>Build your career</h3><p>T&M Program graduates have been trained to work in cross-functional teams, which is a highly prized skill in today’s competitive business environment. That opens doors to a wide variety of career paths, especially those where problem solving and project management skills are in high demand.</p></div> </div> <div > <div class="sfContentBlock sf-Long-text" ><h3>Develop your professional brand </h3></div> </div><div class="flex-row" data-sf-element="Row"> <div id="bodyText_C028_Col00" class="sf_colsIn flex-column one-half first" data-sf-element="Column 1" data-placeholder-label="Column 1"> <div > <div class="sfContentBlock sf-Long-text" ><p>The T&M Program provides students with numerous professional development and networking opportunities with leaders from <a href="/corporate-affiliates">corporate affiliates</a> and professionals from our vast alumni network. Programming includes both on-campus and virtual events. T&M students develop their professional brand with input from leaders in the industries and companies they seek to gain employment from upon graduation.</p></div> </div> </div> <div id="bodyText_C028_Col01" class="sf_colsIn flex-column one-half last" data-sf-element="Column 2" data-placeholder-label="Column 2"> <div style='position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 25px; height: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;'><iframe title='Kaltura Video Frame' id='kaltura_player_1_vy76ccyt' class='kmsembed' style='position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;' src='https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/embed/secure/iframe/entryId/1_vy76ccyt/uiConfId/26883701' style='float: left; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0;' allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozAllowFullScreen allow='autoplay *; fullscreen *; encrypted-media *' frameborder='0'></iframe></div> </div> </div> <div > <div class="sfContentBlock sf-Long-text" ><h3>Become a proven problem solver</h3><p>Through a <a href="/curriculum">T&M capstone project</a>, multidisciplinary teams address significant technical and managerial issues of a specific real-world problem posed by one of the program’s corporate affiliates. It’s an experience that mirrors the project team approach used by today’s companies. This type of experience is unique to the T&M Program.</p></div> </div> <div > <div class="sfContentBlock sf-Long-text" ><h3>Apply yourself</h3></div> </div><div class="flex-row" data-sf-element="Row"> <div id="bodyText_C014_Col00" class="sf_colsIn flex-column one-half first" data-sf-element="Column 1" data-placeholder-label="Column 1"> <div > <div class="sfContentBlock sf-Long-text" ><p>T&M Program students are chosen through a selective <a href="https://giesgroups.illinois.edu/tandm/apply/"></a><a href="/admissions">admissions process</a> that includes an application and three interviews. Students apply for this highly competitive minor late during winter break of their sophomore year and then enter the program junior year. Successful applicants must demonstrate knowledge of and commitment to the T&M program, an ability to work effectively in teams, and excellent interpersonal skills.</p></div> </div> </div> <div id="bodyText_C014_Col01" class="sf_colsIn flex-column one-half last" data-sf-element="Column 2" data-placeholder-label="Column 2"> <img loading="lazy" src="/images/librariesprovider4/pages/hoeft-copy-pic.jpg?sfvrsn=31f26bca_2" title="hoeft-copy-pic" alt="hoeft-copy-pic" /> </div> </div> <div > <div class="sfContentBlock sf-Long-text" ><h2>About the Hoeft gift</h2><p>In 1995, Leonard C. (BS ’47) and Mary Lou Hoeft have made a generous gift to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to establish and endow The Hoeft Technology & Management Program. Since that initial gift, they have made other gifts to help support the Program’s work with engineering and business students.</p></div> </div> </section> <section id="feature-inset-full"> </section> <section id="news-events"> <h2>News and Events</h2> <div class="news-area-vertical"> <article class="news-container"> <a href="https://techmgmt.illinois.edu/news/2024/12/02/2024-hurricane-season-highlights-number-at-risk--opportunities-for-change" class="updates-link"><img src="https://techmgmt.illinois.edu/images/default-source/annual-report/tatyana_deryugina_news2.jpg?sfvrsn=e4819eba_1&size=350" alt="" /></a> <h3> <a href="https://techmgmt.illinois.edu/news/2024/12/02/2024-hurricane-season-highlights-number-at-risk--opportunities-for-change" class="updates-link">2024 Hurricane Season highlights number at risk, opportunities for change</a> </h3> <p class="news-description">With nearly 400 deaths and $190 billion in damages, the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season underscored the increasing risks posed by climate change. 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