Resources and Discounts

As an alumnus of the Kellogg Executive MBA Program, you will have access to a wide range of events and opportunities for broadening your professional network, sharpening your skills or socializing with other business leaders. You’ll receive ongoing career support and coaching through the Career Management Center. You will also have access to exclusive perks, such as auditing electives - pending space, as well as 30% off all Kellogg Executive Education 3-5 day programs.

Click to view: Kellogg EMBA Alumni Benefits

With world-class exhibitions and performances, the Northwestern Arts Circle welcomes patrons, students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the larger community alike. It’s easier than ever to take in many wonderful and diverse experiences, all on the Evanston campus.

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Northwestern provides a paid membership to Care.com’s online search tool for:

• Childcare (babysitters and nannies)
• Adult & senior companion care
• Pet care
• Light housekeeping
• Homework helpers
  

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Northwestern participates in eduroam (education roaming), a secure federated wireless network for the international research and education community. The service allows Northwestern students, staff, and faculty to use their NetID credentials to access wireless network services while visiting eduroam-participating institutions located throughout the world. With hundreds of thousands of wireless access points sharing a common SSID, eduroam acts as one large, world-wide, wireless hotspot.

Before leaving campus to travel in the U.S. or abroad for education, conferences, and collaborative work, University students, faculty, and staff should set up eduroam on their laptops and other wireless devices to ensure that wireless access at any other eduroam-affiliated institution will be automatic and will not require extra configuration.

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Students have access to fitness facilities at the Omni Chicago Hotel and Hyatt Regency Coral Gables during class weekends.

When visiting Evanston, Kellogg students have full access to Northwestern University fitness centers in Evanston, including the Henry Crown Fitness Center (sometimes called SPAC). Bring your Wildcard for access. 

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All Northwestern faculty, staff, and students have access to LinkedIn Learning, an online library of thousands of courses and videos covering business, creative, and technical skills for learners at all levels. (LinkedIn Learning was formerly known as Lynda.com.)

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EMBA students who are without active insurance coverage, are encouraged to contact the Northwestern Student Insurance office – student.insurance@northwestern.edu or 847.491.3621 – to review available options through the marketplace, or to add coverage under the Northwestern University Student Health Insurance Plan (NU-SHIP). Students can obtain more information about NU-SHIP plan benefits, rates, and coverage periods from the Student Health Insurance website.

EMBA students are exempt from Northwestern’s annual online insurance selection process in CAESAR.

Click here to download Kellogg PowerPoint templates, logos, email signatures and more. These templates are pre-approved and ready to use for students.

Located on the Evanston campus, the Norris Student Center is home to the Northwestern bookstore, various fast food restaurants (including Starbucks), and hosts programming. Check out their mini courses, get creative at ARTica Studios, or rent equipment from Norris Outdoors.

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Northwestern University is Chicago's Big Ten School!

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Note: some events offer free or discounted tickets to students, and some do not (such as football).

Northwestern University operates several shuttles for students, faculty, and staff on the Evanston and Chicago campuses. Show your Wildcard for access.

The intercampus shuttle runs Monday-Friday and is a good way to get between the Evanston campus and the Magnificent Mile area in downtown Chicago.

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As a student you are entitled to free access to certain publications.

Financial Times
Click here and follow instructions for free access.

Wall Street Journal
For free access to the WSJ while you are a student, go to wsj.com/activateschool and enter “Northwestern University,” (not Kellogg).

Follow the instructions to activate.

To read on any device just download the wsj.com app. Users must confirm registration every three months.

Additional Databases
Find a complete list of databases and publications at the Career Resources Library. 

Find the A-Z database here.

If you need to purchase a new laptop, check out discounts at the following links:

Apple
CDW-G / Lenovo
Dell

Also, visit the Wildcard Discounts page and search the "Electronics, Computers and Communications" category for discounts available for Kellogg students.

Microsoft Office and Windows
Click here to explore about free and discounted software available to you as a student, including Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus.

Qualtrics Survey Builder
Click here to access a free account

New student? Click here to get started!

Use your Wildcard to earn discounts on a wide range of products and services in Evanston, downtown Chicago, and online.

Click here for a list of participating businesses.

The Graduate Writing Place serves graduate students from all across Northwestern’s many schools, departments, and programs, as well as postdoctoral students and Northwestern faculty. Clients may book appointments for individual writing consultations with Graduate Writing Fellows (PhD candidates at Northwestern) to review a variety of writing, including papers for coursework; conference papers and presentations; journal articles and manuscripts for publication; dissertation proposals and chapters; and materials pertaining to the academic and non-academic job markets.

Click here for more information or to set up a virtual or in-person appointment.