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
Mea Culpa and Risktakes
Originally published on Dec 6th, 2010 My head has always been in the clouds. “Lots of intelligence, ” comforted my avuncular figures. “Dufus, ” quipped my classmates. Either way this trait has a some big problems in day-to-day life. In my first job in New York City, I awoke at 4:30 am to catch the … Continue reading
The New Image of Baruch?
November 28th, 2011. We were warned in our first class of b-school that would come to pass. Cynicism. The bright-eyed eager students in MKT 9703 couldn’t believe it would happen to them. Well, as I walked out the library today into a phlanx of 50+ (yes I counted) of New York’s finest, it dawned on … Continue reading
Veteran’s Day 2011
The Graduate Baruchian salutes those who have served our country, defended our values and made sacrifices to honor this country. CUNY and Baruch are honored to have you studying amongst us. May you know that with your stoicism you are appreciated and remembered. Be well and live long.
Three Study Skills They Don’t Teach You In College
by Emily McMillen, MBA, Accounting, 2012 Midterm season is in full swing and students everywhere are slaving over books, churning out endless papers, and in general stressing out. While I don’t know if this applies to other graduate students out there, now that I’m in grad school I study WAY more than I ever did … Continue reading
Week 4 — Who by Fire?
by Lemuel Morrison, MBA 2012 The shine has worn off the semester and the reality of uninspiring coursework and petty politics has set in. Porter’s 5 forces, 4 Ps of Marketing, and Sayre’s law are basics any B-schooler will have under their belt. Haven’t heard of Sayre’s law? Oh but you have, you have lived … Continue reading
Successful Summer Internship. Now What?
by Emily McMillen, MBA, Accounting 2012 Ahh, Fall! The air is crisp and cool, school has just started getting into full swing, and your backpack is just starting to smell of textbooks and freshly sharpened pencils. For those of you who took this summer off for a summer internship like I did you should feel revitalized … Continue reading
Graduate Insanity: Work/School/Life Balance
Originally posted on February 16th, 2011 by Emily McMillen, MBA Accounting 2012 Graduate school is a very stressful experience. Be it going for your MD, JD, or MBA there is a fine line between sanity and insanity. The balance between work, school, and a social life is a hard one to find. The majority of … Continue reading
Ten Years On
by Lemuel Morrison, MBA 2012 The Spiegelman-Mouly black- on-black ghost cover still sits on my bookshelf. It still sums up how I feel this time of year and especially this go around. My recollections of the day are pedestrian and luckily I had no meetings in Tower 1 that day. Mercifully, all of the colleagues … Continue reading
A Conversation With Dean Elliott About the Academic Excellence Fee
More Info Condensed Takeaway Need Financial Help Make Comments on GSA FB Page Perspective Post NYS Compact f/HigherEd by Lemuel Morrison, MBA 2012 Dean Elliott met with me on August 22nd to discuss the recently announced Academic Excellence Fee (AEF). The issue is very contentious and caught graduate students uninformed and ill-prepared for the fall … Continue reading
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