Student Diaries
"1st Semester Journey"
I simply cannot believe how much time has already passed. The professors and career services staff have kept us busy in the best way possible. When we get out of class, there is always something else ...
"B2B" (Breakthrough to Broad).
My journey in “Broad” began with the orientation program aptly named as "B2B" (Breakthrough to Broad). The setting was professional yet the program was designed to include fun. As the students assem ...
"My Experience"
My experience at Broad has been amazing. I enjoy being around my fellow students very much and learn a great deal from them and their varied experiences and ways of looking at situations. The same goe ...
Broad Consulting Club
The Broad program is truly about taking initiative and making things happen. Coming in to the program a lot of us wanted to pursue consulting. We had people who were passionate about a career in consu ...
"Time will fly and you won't even know"
This was what some of my seniors told me when I joined the Broad Family in August last year. Today as I stand in the brink of finishing my first year, it just seems like yesterday that I was sitting a ...
Graduation Sentiments
I still remember it like it was yesterday - riding the CATA bus on that rainy and humid morning to the first day of MBA Orientation where I would be meeting 100 new classmates, who most likely were ex ...
Are you LinkedIn?
Professional networking, I would argue, is the most important part of an MBA student's life. I had always believed in networking, but only after I started at the Broad school that I became a (fanatic) ...
From 8 to 5...now at 9 to 9
This is my new work clock. But I am so happy with spending almost 12 hours in school because I feel that we at Broad are like a big family. The day is made up of reading the Wall Street Journal in the ...
Winning BvB
Winning Broad vs Broad case competition has been, by far, my best experience in the MBA program. At the end of two days of hard work I realized what teamwork, knowledge and practice have not only made ...
Broad: Small Class Size, Vast Learning Field
Broad: Small Class Size, Vast Learning Field It is true that time flies...more than half of my Broad journey has already passed. With hectic days as a Broad student, it was difficult to tell how mu ...
Hindsight is 20-20
Hindsight is 20-20 I have read a couple of the diary entries that my classmates have composed over the last several months and I must say they have hit it right on target. Upon my first few days ...
The Broad MBA Experience: Team Projects
The Broad MBA Experience: Team Projects This semester, I will have worked on team projects in all 5 of my classes - that is 3 marketing and 2 strategy classes. Therefore, the topics our team proje ...
"the last 3 months at the Broad Graduate School of Management"
Here I want to share one of my most incredible moments in life "the last 3 months at the Broad Graduate School of Management", an experience which has been a balance of the cut-throat competition, whe ...
Selling for Spartan Consulting, Inc.
Selling for Spartan Consulting, Inc. Being part of Spartan Consulting, Inc. is one of the best hands-on business experiences a Broad MBA can have during their time in the program. Since the busines ...
Big Ten and Broad
Big Ten and Broad Broad's marketing majors have always been linked with great companies... Look at the list of interns last year and the companies they worked for and it's just going to get bett ...
The Marketing Brand Boot Camp
Coping up with Dr. Simonds finance class, updating Dr. Omura's marketing readings, football tailgates, playing pool at the Roadhouse Pub, wine tasting at Beggar's and trying to get an internship...Wel ...
"My summer internship at Stryker Medical"
My summer internship at Stryker Medical was an amazing experience with a diverse breadth of projects in product marketing, business development and service innovation. Also, being an international stu ...
"Multitask with reckless abandon."
"Multitask with reckless abandon." That is a slogan for one of Intel's top consumer PC microprocessors, and a phrase I would need to live up to in order to be successful as a strategic finance intern ...
"Summer Sun"
"Summer Sun" I was very excited on my first day at my Human Resources internship at Sun Microsystems, Inc. in Menlo Park, California. I had just spent three grueling days in the car traveling from ...
BANG!
BANG! The starting gun has fired. That is the best way to sum up our first week as Broad MBAs. I'd like to take a short trip down memory lane, back to the first few days of my undergrad experienc ...
Orientation...the Broad Way...
Orientation ... the Broad Way... Michigan State's MBA orientation started the year off with a bang. The class of 2010 was the first to experience a case competition during orientation week. The dem ...
Orientation week-Class of 2010: An International student's perspective
"A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step." Lao Tzu As the sun dawned on the fateful day of 18th of Aug ...
Summer of 08 !!!!
Summer of 08 !!!! I am so excited to be back to school and see new faces and meet my classmates as another great learning journey starts this fall. I had a great experience interning with Cummins ...
Hello China!
Hello China! It's hard to believe that we were just in East Lansing about a week ago, let alone being in the heat of a very hectic finals week just two weeks ago. Along with 35 classmates, I had si ...
Tailgating - Broad MBA style
Tailgating - Broad MBA style I admit, I'm probably not the biggest drinker, and I don't think I had been to more than 2-3 tailgates before I came to the Broad MBA Program. Even though Football is s ...
"real world learning"
The Broad MBA program has offered me many challenging opportunities where I've learned to contribute successfully. Our Learning has been in many forms - theoretical frameworks, cases, both of which we ...
Big Ten Case Competition
Big Ten Case Competition While the preparation is pretty intense, we all agreed that the learning process was invaluable to our MBA experience. We were able to take the knowledge and lessons from ...
Broad vs. Broad.
I think the highlight for me last month was the Broad vs. Broad case competition. I had the same team as the Net Impact case competition and we were pretty much ready for the stressful situation, but ...
"as a Broad MBA student we do have lives outside of the classroom"
Well, I'm sure that I could sit here and wow you with all of my fun stories about the MBA program, but instead I'm going to write about something bold, confident and exciting – The Kansas City Royals ...
Change is good
Change is good So again...Why did I come back for an MBA? This is the one singular question that I have been asked by innumerable friends, family, acquaintances and oh yes- recruiters. After having ...
The Holiday Break
The Holiday Break The first semester really moved quickly. Classes, career search, networking, social events, exams, papers and presentations all add up for a tremendously fast paced experience. B ...
"put business school into perspective"
Sometimes things happen that really help you to put business school into perspective. This week one of those happened to me. As a member of the Christian Business Association I was recently approach ...
ARE YOU MARRIED??
ARE YOU MARRIED?? For those individuals who are married, are you or your spouse considering a full-time MBA degree? Here are a few things to be mindful of and/or be prepared for: 1) The schedule ...
Weather, new years, and other things.
Weather, new years, and other things. Michigan weather is crazy, but it's fun. I grew up around here, but was away from Michigan for several years. Since getting back from vacation it has been over ...
Taking a break from break
Taking a break from break Happy Holidays and Merry belated Christmas, everybody! So here I am, taking my time off back in Texas. I'm going to split my blog entry into a few different sections, so ...
Pre-crisis evolution
Pre-crisis evolution So yes, it's the weekend before finals, and for some reason, my procrastination has either continued, or I have become the master at being unproductive. That's exactly how it w ...
Sanity Check at 5 AM
Sanity Check at 5 AM Time: 4:48 AM That's right, baby. 4:48 AM. Stats team project, check. Finance take-home exam, check. E-mails, check. Sanity? Umm.. I'm so very tired, but yet I'm not real ...
"How are things going for you?"
I have a friend who is currently getting his PHD in mathematics at Vanderbilt University. One day I asked him how things were going and he replied "just less than more than I can handle". After thinki ...
International Student Orientation
It is always challenging for an international student to acclimatize to a new community and culture. I am still trying to be more comfortable in the new settings. Thanks to the proactive one week Bro ...
"Finals"
I am almost half of the way through the second year of the Broad MBA program at Michigan State University. The whole first year was a blur and this year is going even faster. Friends are interviewin ...
"I am younger than most of the other MBA students"
I am younger than most of the other MBA students, but they have always made me feel comfortable and I rarely feel that they look down upon me because of my relative lack of age, experience, or marital ...
Day in the life of... : Tuesday, November 27
DAY IN THE LIFE: Tuesday, November 27 This is my first posting, and I promise it will be my longest. 6:00 a.m. Wake up, get ready for school. This is my normal rising time, and today my hus ...
Internship # 2
Well, this was a big week for me. I elected to take an offer to return to John Deere for a second internship. A second internship is an option available to me because I am a joint degree student, pu ...
