Tried and True Career Success
By Danielle V Hemsley MS Statistics Candidate “We are different students. We are practical.” Director of Infrastructure at BHR Capital LLC & Baruch MBA Alumni, Jacqueline Gleason said when referring to how Baruch students stand out from private school MBAs. Gleason followed up with an example of Baruch students winning a competition, full of competitors … Continue reading
Spring 2012 Mixer
by Danielle V Hemsley MS Statistics Candidate On February 16th, 2012 Zicklin Women in Business (ZWIB) hosted a Spring Mixer co-sponsored by the Operations Management Club (OMC) & HCM I/O club. Students gathered in room 2-125 of the Newman Vertical Campus to enjoy conversation, laughter, relaxation, coffee, tea, cookies, and other snacks in between classes. … Continue reading
Gaming Sustainability
by Helen Serebin, MBA Operations Management & Sustainability 2012 A day after everything was red for Valentine’s Day, on February 15th a panel talked about greening the world through ‘gamification.’ Green Gamification: Combining Social Media & Game Mechanics to Promote Sustainability presented by the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity and co-sponsored by one of … Continue reading
What is your status this Feb 14?
By Nisha Shrestha, MS Quantitative Methods & Modeling Valentine’s Day is finally here. There is no way you missed its pompous arrival. Bright red hearts and fat, cute cupid seem omnipresent. And you definitely got that mail with a “great” valentine deal. To me it was most evident by the big bold sign at the … Continue reading
Zicklin Leadership Series — Owh Kian Ong
The first series of the semester borough Owh Kian Ohn to the 7th floor. Mr. Ong serves as the Vic President for Marketing and Refining. He earned his MBA from the Harvard Business School and his bachelor’s degree from Baruch College in accounting. Mr. Ong introduced himself though a secret story from his undergrad days … Continue reading
Dan Choi: “Do You Have What It Takes?”
by Danielle V Hemsley, MS Statistics How do you set yourself apart from all the other MBAs and land the job that gives you the best opportunity in the future? This is a big question on the minds of many students. Dan Choi, Managing Director of Credit Suisse, helps you discover your personal answer to … Continue reading
SEC Climate Change Disclosure Requirements: What You Need to Know
by Helen Serebin How do you know a company is taking carbon disclosure seriously? How do you know if their compliance goes beyond the perfunctory and is driving their business strategy? According to Karoline Barwinski (ClearBridge Advisors), Adam Kanzer, Domini Funds, Jim Coburn (Ceres) who discussed the issue on November 29, 2011 some things to look … Continue reading
Lessons in Operational Sustainability from Cracking the Glass Ceiling
by Helen Serebin, MBA Operations/Sustainability 2012 Last Monday, September 26, four women who breached the glass ceiling: Jessica Bibliowicz, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, NFP; Marietta Bottero, Senior Vice President HR, BMO Capital; Anne Izzillo, Financial Planning Specialist, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney; and Laura Cirello, Senior Vice President, Bank of America gathered to address … Continue reading
The Auditing Dilemma of Chinese Companies
The Auditing Dilemma of Chinese Companies by: Michael Wander Seizure of property through physical threats!? No, it’s not a street mugging! It’s a $2.4 billion publicly traded company on the NYSE having a spat with their auditor, Deloitte, who happens to have 182,000 employees and revenue of almost $30 billion[1]. Whoever said audit was boring … Continue reading
The Graduate Baruchian 