With the first semester well underway, first-year MBAs have now gotten a feel for the ins and outs, the benefits and challenges of business school. After many weeks — and some trial and error — students have largely found their…
As the oldest child of immigrant parents, growing up, Fanta Kaba found herself pulled between parental expectations and her desire to help others. “I really wanted to be a social worker because I wanted to give back, but my parents…
For Eric Goytia Nummedal, a first-year MBA and Consortium fellow at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, all it took was 13 months and thousands of miles wandering across South America to find his direction in life….
Another academic year is underway, and that means many new MBA candidates have recently begun their journey toward career development and advancement, or a total career pivot. Despite a global pandemic, these students have chosen to move forward with their…
This article was originally written and published on LinkedIn on August 17, 2020, by Consortium member Brittany Floyd, a 2022 MBA candidate at the University of Rochester’s Simon Business School. Before this year, starting a full-time MBA was a rite…