Immersions

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How Johnson Provides a Unique Platform for the Development of Passionate, Skilled Investors

by Christoper Kissane, MBA ’13 Chris explains why matriculating at Johnson has been the best investment he’s made to date I applied to business school to begin a transition. I would enter as an accountant and hope to emerge just two years later as an investor. I started the process by enrolling in Johnson, and […]

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How the SSO Immersion Helped Prepare Me to Run My Family Business

by Alex Kyung-Yul Yang, MBA ’13 Alex learned how to ask the right questions through various performance learning experiences Before Johnson, I worked for Samyang System Group in South Korea. My grandfather founded the company in 1960, and I am part of the third generation involved in our family business. We manufacture control valves and […]

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An Unlikely Banker

by P.J. Kemerer, MBA ’13 As a former music teacher, P.J. Kemerer explains how he’s made the career switch to finance Shortly before beginning my coursework at Johnson, I had the opportunity to have lunch with MFI Director Steve Calk. As we discussed my future and what companies might be a good fit for me, […]

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How SGE Prepared Me for an Internship in the High-Tech Industry

by Stephanie Kwok, MBA ’13 The SGE Immersion project gave Stephanie the rare opportunity to work on a real business venture with a client. She leveraged this experience in her summer internship. The 2012 Summer Olympics was the most electronically connected games in history. The information network controlled 30 percent more digital data than the […]

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Applying Key Learnings from the Strategic Marketing Immersion to My Internship

by William Degroot, MBA ’13 Bill spent the summer engaged in competitive analysis and market research, among other strategic marketing projects, for a prominent consumer brand. I am excited to be back in Ithaca for the second year of my MBA after a very enjoyable summer. I was able to intern at a large, leading […]