Immersions

by Colin Shengbo Gu, MBA ‘15 “We are all really impressed by your final presentation, Colin. Congratulations!” This final comment concluded my 11-week summer internship at Corning Inc. as a strategy intern. I chose to attend the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management seeking a transformational experience, and the Strategic Marketing Immersion (SMI) is […]

by Ace Stryker, MBA ‘16 On a trip to NYC SGE students heard from startups and Fortune 50 companies, from entrepreneurs and investment bankers, from real estate developers and ice cream makers, all of whom shared a passion for finding opportunity at the intersection of financial return and social/environmental impact. Milton Friedman famously argued in […]

by Brennan Duty, MBA ‘15 Cornell MBA students describe their experience working with the Zambian social enterprise, COMACO as part of the SGE immersion in the spring of 2014. Anna Glaab (MBA ’15), Johann Tritthardt (MBA ’14), Helen Schnoes (MRP ’14) and I share a passion for impact investing, sub-Saharan Africa, equitable food systems and […]

by Damian Kearney, MBA ‘15 Interning with Accenture Development Partnerships in the Philippines, Damian Kearney worked with clients trying to improve the disaster preparedness and recovery sectors. The Philippines is no stranger to natural disasters. The country sits precariously in the notorious Ring of Fire. Dozens of typhoons hit the nation’s 7,100+ islands annually. Experts […]

by Claude Rosen, MBA ‘15 Claude Rosen describes his deep dive into the sustainability challenges of the aquarium fish industry this summer as a Packard Environment Fellow. Coming into business school, I knew that my target industry was food and my target job function was operations and supply chains. This somewhat niche and non-traditional focus […]

by Mark A. Ramos, MBA’15 SGE Immersion team learns about Chinese manufacturing and culture firsthand while working on supply chain optimization with Team Planet. As part of the Sustainable Global Enterprise (SGE) Immersion, Ihad the privilege of working with Team Planet, a start-up that sells small-scale solar panels in Malawi. The student team consisted of […]

by Trevor Wirsig, MBA ‘15 Using what I learned at Johnson to make an impact during my consulting internship. My project as a summer intern in Deloitte Consulting’s mergers andacquisitions (M&A) practice was to assist a consumer packaged goods (CPG) companyas they split into two. People say that a merger of two companies is like […]

by Brendan Condit, MBA ‘15 Though his unconventional experience at Patagonia included surf lessons and flip flops at work, Brendan Condit’s (MBA ’15) biggest takeaway was the attitude of employees and the overall character of the culture. My MBAinternship at Patagonia has beenan eye-opening experience. Before joining, I wondered if the company could possiblylive up […]

by Samuel Kessler Swenson, MBA ‘15 Students interested in global markets can benefit greatly from hearing the perspectives of people that have risen to the top of their respective financial firms. The Capital Markets and Asset Management (CMAM) Immersion has been particularly rewarding in that we’ve had the opportunity to listen to some of the […]