Two-Year MBA

by Thomas Bishop, MBA ’16 and Environmental Finance & Impact Investing Fellow The Sustainable Global Enterprise (SGE) Immersion and its career trek to Washington, DC were instrumental in making a career transition to social impact and finance and landing an internship with Calvert. I had the opportunity to intern with CalvertInvestments, a socially responsible investment […]

by Shiril Sunil Nikhar, MBA ‘17 The beginning of Johnson’s Corporate Finance Immersion (CFI)for the Class of 2017 MBA candidates was a boot camp led by Matthew Holaves, co-founder and managing director of Pillars of Wall Street, in conjunction with Jack Ferrer, MBA ’07, visiting lecturer of Finance. Ferrer, a well-known industry figure, brings real-life […]

by Alessandra Kroeff, MBA ’16   About a year ago, I was faced with the important decision of selecting an immersion; a unique Johnson experience that involves an intense, hands-on semester of integrated course- and field-work in a specific industry or career interest. Possessing a corporate finance background, I was unsure whether I should explore […]

by Claudio V. C. Macedo, MBA ‘16 Have you ever had the feeling that you are studying something that you will never need to use? After working for seven years in real estate in Brazil and transitioning to a summer internship in the petrochemical industry in Houston, I realized the importance of all types of […]

by Mei Poon, MBA ‘16 and Environmental Finance and Impact Investing Fellow Candidate Mei Poon shares her experience working at a startup within a multinational organization. The sun fuels all life on earth. It takes exactly 8.3minutes for sunlight to reach earth at the speed of light. One hour of sunlight is enough to power […]

by Ace Stryker, MBA ‘16 Applying in-class MBA frameworks to ambiguous business situations which result in meaningful recommendations can be much like drawing an owl. The first-year MBA core and immersion experience at Johnson can feel a little like this: The professors in your classes are tremendously helpful atgetting you through step one. You spend […]

by Schuyler Woods, MBA ‘16 An investor by training, Schuyler Woods steps outside of her comfort zone and into a general manager role at MetLife. Mymother has worked in the insurance industry for as long as I can rememberreading Peanuts cartoons on Sunday mornings. And while my mother is burstingwith energy and insurance expertise, the […]

by Alexandra H. Jostrom, MBA ‘16 Developing investor engagement in the global sustainable seafood industry. Did you know that over half of global seafood for consumption comes from aquaculture, also known as fish farming, a near $150 billion industry? Or, how about that 90% of seafood consumed in the US is imported; yet, only 1-2% […]

by Jeremy Kuhre, MBA ‘16 Jeremy Kuhre, MBA ’16 uses his newly acquired MBA skills to do things that matter, deliver value, and tackle complex problems. “Get DOWN!”shouted our river guide. We had just entered the Tunnel Chute, a class IV+rapid on the Middle Fork American River near Tahoe, California. I was in thefront of […]