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By Uzo Ukaegbu, MBA Class of 2021
We had the opportunity to compete in the Donald J. Bowersox Graduate Supply Chain Challenge a two-day event involving a three-hour supply chain simulation. The experience allowed us to exercise our supply chain knowledge and Continue reading
By Bobby Ettorre, MBA Class of 2020
One of the greatest challenges facing Veterans who transition from the military service into the private sector is a lack of business acumen. Speaking from personal experience, when I left the service, I didn’t know how to communicate my work experience to recruiters and was unfamiliar with the professional recruitment cycle. I remember being completely lost at my first career fair; figuring it out as I went along. Continue reading
By James Mitsos and Jack DeBoef, MBA Class of 2020
We are grateful to have had the opportunity to attend the SINC conference at George Washington University. It was a fantastic occasion to learn from some of the brightest and most influential minds in the business of professional sports. With a wide variety of speakers, ranging from the general council of the Washington Redskins to the Human Resources Director of UNICEF, there were talks and information sessions for any avenue of sports that students were interested in. Continue reading
By Thomas Fiki, MBA Class of 2019
Lights, camera, action! When you hear those words you think of film, movies, glamour and of coarse Hollywood. When the idea of this conference arose, four members from the Class of 2020, along with myself, decided to jump on this opportunity. The Pulse Entertainment and Sports Conference is held annually by UCLA and gives great exposure to that industry. Being in central Pennsylvania we don’t necessarily get to be front and center of the entertainment. This year it was hosted by Paramount Pictures and simply we had to consider: where do we go from here?
Awards were presented by each class to our Faculty and Staff. Continue reading
By Amelia Torgerson, MBA Class of 2020
This fall, five of us from the MBA Class 2020 had an amazing opportunity of traveling to New York and exploring careers with Pfizer. Strengthening the strong connection Penn State has with Pfizer, we represented Penn State at Pfizer’s flagship career information event, Continue reading
By Karan Jain, MBA Class of 2020
There are case competitions, and then there are case competitions. The Deloitte Supply Chain Challenge is one such event where you know and understand the scope of the task at hand by the sheer amount of commitment that the organization has towards it. Not only is Deloitte one of the most reputed Continue reading