Two-Year MBA

by Rob Brink, MBA ’16 and Environmental Finance and Impact Investing Fellow Rob Brink, MBA ’16 talks about walking the career tightrope between knowledge and practice, passion and process, old business models and innovation, and work-life and personal-life. My internship this summer with GE has been all aboutbalance. How to balance knowledge with practice, passion […]

by Rizwan Ahmed Quraishi, MBA’16 Rizwan Quraishi reflects on how Johnson’s MBA has prepared him for his summer internship as he transitions into a new industry. Onboard Sri Lankan Airlines flight UL184 headed to Colombo, Sri Lanka, I had the first real opportunity to reflect on just how intense the last few months had been […]

by Erin Popelka, MBA ‘16 Drumming, brainstorming, and business strategy are all part of a regular day for Erin Popelka during her summer internship in Japan. I am about half way through my summer internship with Kodo Foundation on Sado Island, a hauntingly beautiful isolated island off the west coast of Japan. Kodo Foundation is […]

by Amador Zuazua, MBA ‘10 We all have different answers to that question. Maybe it is because the industry we are in requires an MBA to advance, we want to change careers, we want to become leaders, or better leaders, in our current jobs. Regardless of how you came to this decision, I’m pretty sure […]

In the Field: Saving Cheetahs One Bushblok at a Time by SGE Immersion Team (06/16/2015) Working with the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia to improve their Bushblok business, one of several businesses established to complement their holistic approach to saving cheetahs. Written by Claudio Macedo (MBA ’16), Arran Bardige (MBA ’16), Enrique Questell (MEng ’15) […]

by John Y. Kwalk, MBA ‘15 An internship or full-time job offer from a technology company might be one of the reasons you have decided to pursue an MBA. For me, the decision to attend business school originated when I realized that an MBA represented my best chance to pull off a triple career pivot […]

by Michael Sean Hendrix, MBA ‘13 My pursuit of tech and startups is deeply rooted in the desire to build businesses that benefit consumers. My pursuit of strategic marketing, when I first arrived at Johnson, was rooted in the same concept. Marketing, at its core, is centered on how companies drive their business through various […]

by Nicolas Teboul, MBA ‘13 The Strategic Marketing Immersion (SMI) was a unique experience for me since I was one of two One-year MBA in Ithaca students enrolled. To all one-year students, in particular those looking for a specialization, I strongly recommend participating in the optional Immersion. SMI provides great preparation for the MBA job […]

by Sierra Stewart, MBA ‘15 Sierra Stewart reflects on her summer internship with Deloitte’s consulting practice, life in the Bay Area and the importance of staying true to who you are – no matter what career you pursue. When I arrived at Johnson I had everything figured out: I was sure that a career in […]