ZGTS presents: WTAS information Session
by Emily McMillen, MBA, Accounting, 2012 Monday afternoon, WTAS joined Zicklin students for an information session about their firm courtesy of the Zicklin Graduate Tax Society. WTAS is a large independent firm that provides a wide range of tax, valuation, and advisory services to individuals and corporations across the country. Beyond tax and wealth issues within the United … Continue reading
Can Business Schools Really Teach Ethics?
Photo via cc by Flick user malec slomas I can’t remember which class I was in (I think it may have been finance or maybe microeconomics) when our professor finished going over the exact lapses in moral judgments on the part of many fine, intelligent, successful business people (most of whom have MBA degrees) that largely contributed … 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
5 Job Interview Mistakes to Avoid – Career Advice from a Big 4 Recruiter
As an amateur blogger and self-proclaimed “journalist”, few things bring me as much excitement as the prospect of conducting a high profile interview. And in the world of accounting students, very few people are as high profile as a recruiter from one of the Big 4 Accounting firms. It’s for these reasons that I was … Continue reading
GSA Newsletter Sept 19th
Your weekly GSA newsletter. Open Forum with Dean Elliott about the Academic Excellence Fee Wed 9/21 Header image courtesy of Lem Morrison News . . . Vote on important Baruch College Issues. Through formal committees, represent students and make an impact on how the college determines fees, curricula, the hiring and dismissing of Faculty. More … Continue reading
GSA Social: A Cold Front Blows In
by Lemuel Morrison, MBA 2012 Yesterday mother nature brought Autumn to New York. Graduate students at Baruch got more than cool weather. Picture the scene of an event last night: Sweeping views of Manhattan; Vintage wine, import beer, hand-crafted sandwiches and classic nosh; Smart, polite, and professional men and women queued up to get into … 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
The Graduate Baruchian 