Meet a Mentor, Build Your Network
On November 6, 2013 Zicklin Women in Business hosted the third annual mentorship event. This year, we were pleased to have professionals from Barclays, EY, KPMG, Moody’s and PwC join us for this early morning mentoring program at Baruch College. Many students had the opportunity to meet with three or even four mentors of their … Continue reading
The Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity: A Q & A with Associate Director Matt LePere
by Dan Boardman ’14, Zicklin School of Business After eight years at the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity, Associate Director Matt LePere answers questions and shares his thoughts on American debate and special programs at Baruch. Matthew, thank you so much for taking the time to talk about your work and that of the Center. For those … Continue reading
Connect or Disappear
Whether you attend full-time or part-time, we tend to find themselves in a rush just taking care of the basics. Registration, tuition, career development, readings, reports, presentations… The bureaucracy helps us accommodate our large, diverse student body, but it might leave you feeling more like a product than a person. You might be forgiven for … Continue reading
Back to School
Wednesday, August 28th will be the first day of fall classes at Baruch College. Passing by the 25th street plaza, you might think we had started already. Such is our urban 24/7/365 campus, where the transition between summer and fall takes only a weekend. The special centers are busy opening their very special programs. New students … Continue reading
The Ultimate Zicklin School of Business Survival Guide
By Emily McMillen, MBA, Accounting 2012 It’s time for another semester here at good ole Baruch and from the looks of it, it’s going to be a doozy. For those of you who have just joined us, I welcome you. For the past four semesters of my career here at Baruch I have picked a … Continue reading
ICSC: Conversation with Glenn Rufrano
The Oak Room in the Newman building welcomed Glen Rufrano, the President & CEO of Cushman Wakefield and Erika Miller, correspondent of PBS’s “nightly Business Report” for a discussion about commercial real estate. ICSC sponsored the event. Professor Ko Wang, Newman Chair in Real Estate Finance, welcomed everyone and introduced the program. Ms. Miller started … Continue reading
Sustainability Evolved: ESG & Valuations
April 17, 2012. 14-220 Newman Vertical Campus The Sustainability Practice Network and the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Responsibility sponsored a panel discussion about environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance in corporate valuations. Robert Solomon, Associate Professor, NYU, Introduced the program and commented on the size of the audience and how it’s grown over the … Continue reading
GDay -4 Weeks
Only a month away! Everyone, your correspondent included, has got that end-of-semester hang dog look. The big capstone presentation is done and only one presentation remains. What does remain are the woulda, coulda, should haves and a fair amount of grumpiness. Hurts that a little sunshine and my garden spade can’t heal. Of course, it’s … Continue reading
Heeding the SOS: Sustainable Operations Summit 2012
by Helen Serebin, MBA Candidate 2012, Sustainability Last week, between April 18-20, sustainists of all varieties (credit goes to Scott Seydel, chairman of Global Green for this neologism) met to discuss operationalizing sustainability. In the spirit of continuous improvement in operations management and sustainability, I offer the following observations. 1) Sustainability = COST EFFICIENCY Energy … Continue reading
Caswell Holloway — Deputy Mayor of ‘What Exactly Is it That You Do?’
Helen Serebin, MBA Candidate 2012 Operations & Sustainability I knew I liked Cas Holloway from the very beginning, when he said to the Crain’s Business Breakfast Forum crowd on Monday 3/20 that he’s used to people asking him “so what exactly is it that you do?” As Cas pointed out, we operations folks encounter this … Continue reading
The Graduate Baruchian 