Immersions

by Adam R. Beane, MBA ‘10 Like many of my Johnson colleagues, I pursued an MBA not to advance my current career, but to put myself on a new path altogether. I spent three years moving sideways at a well-known hotel chain, but when the long-awaited promotion opportunity finally arrived, I found myself hesitating to […]

by Jackie Longner, MBA ’14 SGE immersion student, Jackie Longner (MBA ’14) discusses GE’s plans to increase the productivity and reliability of wind energy. As the world population grows and becomes more affluent, the demand for power to operate homes, businesses, and public infrastructure will undoubtedly increase. The question that remains is how to meet […]

by Carlos R. I. Yoneda, MBA ‘14 and Environmental Finance and Impact Investing Fellow This summer Carlos Yoneda (MBA ’14) travelled home to San Paulo, Brazil, where he worked in Google’s Brazil office for the AdWords Channel Sales team. His internship was focused on market research in Latin American and the Caribbean as well as […]

by Michael Ditter, MBA ’14 SGE immersion helps prepare student for the ambiguity of a consulting project. Accenture estimates that by 2017 public exchanges will expand in order to provide access to standardize healthcare coverage for an estimated 30 million Americans. Over the summer I had the privilege of working to help make this a […]

by Jerry Petit-Frere, MBA ‘14 A summer in Africa changes the perspective of an American MBA. The continent of Africa is plagued by a number of socio-economic issues. Sustainable infrastructure, nourishment and education lag behind the world average. However, according to Heirs Holdings, an investment firm in Nigeria, Africaptialism is the solution that will propel […]

by Patrick Starr, MBA ’14 and Environmental Finance and Impact Investing Fellow SSG Advisors, a boutique international development consulting firm based in Burlington, VT, was looking to evolve as a company, and they hired me to help them figure out where to go. My path to business school was anything but traditional, so I knew […]

Sasa from Nairobi by Kimberley Mark, MBA ‘14 (08/19/2013) Navigating my way through a developing country, on a mission to create a sustainable impact in some of Africa’s poorest communities. I had yellow fever. Less than three days after receiving my yellow fever vaccination I developed the debilitating sickness. My brother even started calling me […]

by Hanson Boyd, MBA ‘14 Energy makes the world turn. I’ve been fascinated with the energy industry from an early age and worked in traditional power generation before coming to Johnson. This summer I was able to experience another dimension of the industry with an internship with GE’s Renewable Energy Leadership Program. There is an […]

by Lori McMahon MBA ’10, Program Manager – Intel for Change Now the Program Manager for Intel for Change, Lori McMahon (MBA ’10) discusses the influential role that SGE played in shaping her passion for social action and the value that sustainability holds as both a mindset and framework for industry. I participated in the […]