A Beautiful Place to Live

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Stone Valley

By Hao Wang, MBA Class of 2016

Entering into the second year of my MBA journey, I now have some flexibility and time in my schedule to enjoy the beauty of State College along with the surrounding area. In my opinion, State College is one of the most beautiful college towns in the United States. The American Institute for Economic Research ranks State College #5 for Top 20 College Towns.

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The Intentionality of Success

By Bisola Taiwo, MBA Class of 2017

As obscure as it may sound, I believe this is knowing what success should be in the most definitive way, creating the most deliberative path towards achieving it, and then using the best of resources available to you towards those ends. The intentionality of success—put in other terms—is knowing what you want, going for what you want, all while having the unrelenting support and faith of a dedicated personnel behind you. It will be a lot of hard work still getting to the success, but it should or might feel effortless.

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From CA to PA for MBA

By Karina Santos, MBA Class of 2017

Nine days, eight hours, and 24 minutes. That’s how long it took for me to relocate my family from Los Angeles, CA to State College, PA during the peak of summer 2015. Having lived within a 30 mile radius of my high school in Los Angeles my entire life, the journey was particularly momentous for me. As my husband packed our life in a black SUV that felt like we were playing a real life version of Tetris, I couldn’t help but wonder if I had made a mistake. Space saver bags stacked five high filled our car- that before that moment felt big enough for our small family of three. As the last bag went in the car, the feeling of anticipation quickly began filling my body manifesting by way of shivers Continue reading