By Rahul Ramteke, MBA Class of 2016
It’s only apt that I am writing a blog on this topic to bring closure to my earlier blogs. I started my blog series with my MBA induction followed by a summary of my first year and takeaways from my internship. The last one and a half years of my MBA has gone by in a flash. Continue reading
By Yufei Han, MBA Class of 2016
As a diverse program, Smeal MBAs celebrate holidays and new years for many countries. Especially between the two calendar years, we have a busy holiday season. Soon after the Diwali festival, we celebrated Christmas and enjoyed winter break. After everyone coming back from winter break, we started to prepare for Lunar New Year celebration.
USMC Leadership Immersion Program
By Varun Tiwari, MBA Class of 2016
Getting my MBA seemed like a long journey of two years when I started more than a year and a half back. Now with only one module to go, frankly, it feels like time flew by during the program. As I enter into the final module (mod), my excitement to graduate has increased a lot. Continue reading
Thanksgiving Dinner 2015
By Rahul Ramteke, MBA Class of 2016
I am writing this blog during our Thanksgiving break in 2015. Feels like it was just yesterday that we completed our internships and started our 2nd year but it is hard to believe that it has actually been 3 months since we started this semester. Now when I look back at the year gone by, it actually Continue reading
By Yufei Han, MBA Class of 2016
Once the new semester begins, so does the festival season! The first two festivals are very exotic. In September, we had the Mid-Autumn festival which is celebrated by the Chinese, followed by Diwali which is celebrated by the Indians.
By Varun Tiwari, MBA Class of 2016
The second year of the MBA program, I feel, is more fun than the first year of the program. The start of the year is exciting as we get to reunite with our classmates, whom we did not see during the summer internship. We also get to meet a bunch of new program candidates. The classes in the second year are more focused towards each student’s area of interest so the courses are more interesting.
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.
By Rahul Ramteke, MBA Class of 2016
It’s really hard to believe that we are second years now. Most of us spent the past summer interning at different companies. I spent my summer interning at AccuWeather, Inc. as a Product Management Graduate Intern in their Digital Media Department and focused primarily on setting up the end-to-end processes for partner product implementations. Below are the key takeaways that I would like to share from my internship at AccuWeather. Continue reading
By Naveen Raj, MBA Class of 2016
For a school that produces many consultants every year, it is only normal to conclude the first year of studies by organizing a case competition. The Executive Panel case competition is first-year capstone case competition, which is organized at the end of first academic year. The competition is an opportunity for the MBA students to utilize the skills that they have gained and honed in the first year of studies to solve a business case.
By Rahul Ramteke, MBA Class of 2016
The MBA program is often so rigorous that at times you don’t realize the first year is going by in a flash. It is rightly said that the first MBA year is like a roller-coaster ride. There is no time for contemplation or any other type of thing. You are so busy doing assignments, taking classes or looking for an internship opportunity that when you get some time to breathe, you realize that the first year is almost over. I want to give a small snapshot of how the first year has progressed so far. It all started with an orientation that set the tone for the next two years of MBA life. Then suddenly we were all taking Continue reading