By Angela Shershin, MBA Class of 2014
During the last week in January, the Spring career fair season for Smeal MBAs officially started with the Supply Chain Career Fair. On January 31st, members of the MBA Supply Chain Association had the opportunity to attend a mixer Continue reading
By Neha Bareja, MBA Class of 2015
Being an engineer, I only had the experience of giving technical interviews before entering Smeal. They were very different from the typical behavioral or case interviews we had to prepare ourselves for. I feel fortunate to have the opportunity to experience many mock interviews conducted by Smeal from the very beginning of the MBA program. The most exciting part of the mock interviews at Smeal is that starting from second years to alumnus – Continue reading
By Neha Bareja, MBA Class of 2015
Diwali is undoubtedly the biggest and brightest of all Indian festivals. It is a festival of lights, and celebration of life and goodness. Smeal celebrated Diwali in a big way last year. It was a pleasure for me to be part of the organizing committee and also to participate in several events that were organized that day.
The events consisted of dance, music, scrumptious Indian food, fashion show and the sari tying contest. I was elated to see how people from different countries with diverse backgrounds and cultures all came together to celebrate the festival. Continue reading
By Effie Li, MBA Class of 2014
On Feb 6, a Smeal MBA team that consisted of two-second year students, Effie Li and Carrie Zhou, and two first year students, David DeFlice and Nancy Nie, went to Houston, TX for the National Marketing Case Competition. Since a snow storm just hit Pennsylvania, it took us 12 hours to get Houston from State College. We attended the reception ceremony held in Johns Business School and met 15 teams that came from all over the country. During the warm up session, we played the spaghetti challenge game, and learned more about team dynamic. Continue reading