By Andrew Simpson, MBA Class of 2019
The 11th Annual MBA Veterans Career Conference Expo kicked off this year in Chicago, IL and Smeal was well represented! A record 400 veterans attended the conference to find their place among over 50 prestigious recruiting companies. The MBA Veterans Career Conference and Expo is a unique Continue reading
By Liz Kennedy, MBA Class of 2019
For people who care a lot about healthy foods and sustainability and want to work for a company that does too, attending the Natural Products Expo East Conference was a dream come true. What made the experience even better was attending as part of the MBArk program. MBArk was started by a Yale School of Management graduate named Joe Dobrow. Continue reading
Last week, I spent my spring break in Germany participating in the INTERNATIONAL HARDWARE FAIR COLOGNE. I was amazed by the scale of the expo where literally thousands of hardware manufacturers from across the globe gathered inside a massive concrete structure called Koelnmesse. Participants were proud to display their latest and best innovations for Continue reading
By Ezra Nanes, MBA Class of 2012
I took a risk in committing the time and money to attend the Net Impact Conference at the end of October, and the payoff was immediate. I feared that being cooped up in a car for the 7-hour drive to Ann Arbor had the potential to suck, but the road trip was actually one of the best parts of the experience. Being “stuck” in a car with my classmates was both fun and really quite liberating. All we could do was talk and joke and listen to music – a precious luxury in the life of an MBA. I rode out with Susan Slopek, Matt Jones and Alex Rosenthal and rode back with Ryan Mallet, Rangarajan TC and Alex. We all share an interest in and a passion for sustainability in business, Continue reading