So what was happening in the MBA Program Office over the past few months as our incoming first-year students were preparing to arrive on campus and while our second-year students were busy with internship activities?
One primary focus has been working on the launch of the newly redesigned MBA website, Student Exchange, http://mbastudents.smeal.psu.edu The Student Exchange is designed to be your one-stop website for the resources you need as an MBA student. As a matter of fact this very blog is on that site now. We think you will find the site to be quite beneficial and we solicit your feedback to ensure that the site is meeting your needs.
We said goodbye to some very good friends and colleagues who have moved on to new endeavors — Brooke, Kristin and Lauren will be greatly missed.
We welcome some new smiling faces to the 220 family, please be sure to stop by to meet them.
Stacey Dorang, Assistant Director, MBA Admissions
Sandy Simler, Staff Assistant, Primary Receptionist
Dulin Clark, Associate Director MBA Career & Executive Coaching
And, obviously, there has been a flurry of activity in planning and managing a variety of activities geared to benefitting our students such as company information sessions, tailgate sponsorship, MBA Alumni Advisory Board meetings and mentoring planning, Global Immersion preliminary negotiations, curriculum changes, career workshop planning, company visits, marketing and promotional planning – printed and web-based, ramping up for another successful admissions season, professional development conferences to attend and the list goes on and on.
Now the time is here to put many of these plans into action and to say:
“Welcome – Class of 2010” and “Welcome Back – Class of 2009”!
-Robin Brouse
Director of MBA Student Services