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G Day -11
This week marks graduation minus 11 weeks to go. And what a week it has been. For anyone hiding under a rock here are the biggies for the week: Dean Elliott announced his departure, Greg Smith quit Goldman with a thunderbolt, and TEDxGramercy held their event at BPAC. . . . and your correspondent jumped … Continue reading
TEDx Gramercy at Baruch
Saturday March 10th brought a special treat to the Engleman Recital Hall here at Baruch College. Costa Michailidis (a Baruch alumnus), Katie Tracy, and their team (TEDxGramercy), put together a morning of presentations to Upgrade Your World. Local communities of doers and thought-leaders independently organize TEDx events. TED simply lends the name and offers some … Continue reading
International Women’s Day 2012
By Maria Shpokayte Last week on Thursday, March 8th, 2012, graduate student club Zicklin Women in Business (ZWIB) hosted their 3rd annual International Women’s Day event at Baruch College. For the third time in the past three years, a panel of distinguished guests and a large group of graduate students gathered at Baruch College’s Newman … Continue reading
Your GSA Newsletter! Week 7 – 3/13
Your weekly GSA newsletter. Welcome to Week 7!! Header image courtesy of George Selinksy. News . . . Fast Pitch Competition! Pitch your best business concept for: Wealth (e-commerce, retailing business services, advertising), Education & Health (classroom collaboration, teaching aids, educational gamification, sports, diagnostics), Enjoyment (social networking, gaming, entertainment of all kinds). Pitch can … Continue reading
Behold! We Have Lift Off
Amid visions of value propositions, threats of entrants and forward integration, I emerged from Bus 9200 Wednesday to find my own value chain right before eyes — a working one no less. Confused? So was I. I couldn’t believe my eyes . . . working escalators. You read that correctly. Escalators that actually move people. … Continue reading
The Countdown
For those of keeping track at home, it’s almost time . . . for graduation that is. That’s right the end game is near. For those of us wrapping up our programs, the deadline to apply for graduation is this Friday, March 9th. Your weary correspondent turned his application in last week. ChecklistMeet with GCMC … Continue reading
Jim Pynn: The Anatomy of a Leader
by Helen Serebin MBA Operations & Sustainability 2012 Two weeks ago a group of students from the Operations Department had the rare pleasure of touring the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant with Jimmy Pynn, superintendent of the facility. A fellow operations major, Jeremy Larsen, who works at the DEP, arranged the visit, which spanned 2.5 … Continue reading
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
The Graduate Baruchian 