Two-Year MBA

by Luna Guo, MBA ‘17 What does SGE have to do with marketing and animals? A lot, as it turns out. When I first decided to quit my job as a businessanalyst and pursue my MBA, I had a very clear direction I wanted to go in:marketing, and something related to my one true love—animals. […]

by Alexa Ing Stern, MBA ‘17 Gaining exposure to diverse ideas and frameworks, as well as classmates and practitioners with extremely varied functional expertise. Throughout the Sustainable Global Enterprise (SGE) immersion we are exposed to diverse ideas and frameworks, as well as classmates and practitioners with extremely varied functional expertise. During the immersion,we make two […]

by Georgia Maloney, MBA ‘16 How the SGE Immersion and Cornell MBA core curriculum provided the foundation for a successful internship assessing corporate sustainability practices. When I started, I never could have predicted how valuable thetwo weeks of the Sustainable Global Enterprise (SGE) immersion “boot camp” withProfessor Mark Milstein would be. During that time, we […]

by Aidan Renaghan, MBA ’17 and Environmental Finance and Impact Investing Fellow The SGE immersion trek was an informative and inspiring experience in meeting people working on the front lines to create a more sustainable future. In April 2016, students from the Sustainable GlobalEnterprise (SGE) immersion traveled to Washington, D.C. for three days ofnetworking and […]

by Joshua Jefferies, MBA ‘17 Figuring out how to expand the organic dried fruit snacks market. As we begin the final stretch of our Sustainable GlobalEnterprise (SGE) immersion projects, I realize that I’ve learned a lot overthis past semester. My team has had the privilege of working directly the CEOof Made in Nature, Doug Brent, […]

by By Michael Aiyetan, MBA ’16 and Environmental Finance and Impact Investing Fellow A conversation about green bonds underscored the need for defining and setting general standards for the green bond market. The course, ‘Strategies for Sustainability,’ taught byProfessor Glen Dowell which is part of the Sustainable Global EnterpriseImmersion, gave me the opportunity to gain […]

by Sheffin Joseph, MRP ‘15 Stepping out of my comfort zone and immersing myself in a different field of study. One of my favorite things about Cornell is the opportunity itprovides students to go outside their department and “immerse” themselves in differentfields of study. One such opportunity is the Sustainable Global EnterpriseImmersion (SGE) at the […]

by David Michael Estrine, MBA ’17 When beginning the Capital Markets and Asset Management (CMAM) immersion, there were a few common terms on our minds: equities, fixed income, commodities, currencies, and derivatives. We all agreed that it doesn’t take an MBA to know that bankruptcy is something to avoid. That opinion changed during our first […]

by Mark Geskermann, MBA ’16 Deciding on an immersion is what I imagine choosing a favorite child is like for parents. Alright, I admit that’s a bit exaggerated, but it was still a tough choice. Second semester proved to be critical in preparing me for my summer internship at the Boston Consulting Group. As I […]