Student Voices & Experiences

A Journey Through Italy: Lessons and Landscapes
MBA student Olivia Johnson shares her experience in and insights from the 2025 Family Businesses in Italy Trek.

Merrill Scholars Honor Mentors Who Inspired Their Success
Dyson School student Nneoma Udoyeh ’25 honored her high school principal for teaching the value of work routines that lead to success.

Commencement 2025: Stories From Our Graduating Class
Our seniors share their most memorable experiences from their time at @SCJohnsonCollege and how they will carry them into the future.

Delicious Innovation: Students Aim to Shake Up the Food System
SC Johnson students have created business ventures ranging from AI nutrition tracking to new exotic dried fruit products.

How a Semiconductor Boom Can Help Malaysia Escape ‘Middle-Income Trap’
Can global tech giants help the nation reach high-income status? A business analytics student explains.

Park Perspective: Embracing the Value of Unconventional Backgrounds
Battle of the Brands brings out intrepid MBA student’s superpower—narrative—and vanquishes a classic nemesis: imposter syndrome.

Cruising Toward a Sustainable Future: Lessons from Havila Voyages
On Cornell’s trek to Norway, a cruise company stood out for embedding sustainability into strategy, offering lessons for emerging market economies.

Data Centers, Energy, and the Emerging Market Equation: A Sustainability Challenge
Data centers are expanding rapidly in emerging markets, raising urgent questions about energy, equity, and sustainability.

Innovation Keeps Centuries-Old Family Business on the Leading Edge
On an Italy trek, an MBA student explores how a company blends tradition with consumer trends and modern marketing to thrive in Italy and beyond.