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Connecting Whitman grad students: WGSO

The Whitman Graduate Student Organization (WGSO) is the student body of Whitman that represents all graduate students studying and working under the school’s umbrella. Elected by their cohort at the end of their first year, five second-year MBA candidates comprise…

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Leen Nsouli

Leen Nsouli ’12: Discovering passions through diverse experiences

Leen Nsouli, a ’12 Whitman MBA alumnus, has been working as a marketing analyst for NPD Group, a leading global market research company, since graduation. During her time at Whitman, Leen incorporated different learning experiences to carve a unique career path…

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MBA@Syracuse Ranking

Whitman School’s MBA@Syracuse Ranked #8 in the U.S.

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University’s online MBA program, MBA@Syracuse, has been ranked #8 in the U.S. and #16 globally, in the QS Distance Online MBA Ranking, improving from #25 globally in 2014. The full QS…

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Internship Insights: Kayla Beauduy at PwC

In the summer of 2014, Kayla M. Beauduy, a JD/MBA candidate, interned at PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York City, specifically in the state and local department of tax. Her experiences in the internship ranged from networking with senior level partners to navigating the hustle and bustle of The…

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Making a career switch

After a thorough self-assessment of my career goals and values, I realized that the time for me to make a career switch was now. The decision to leave the workforce and enroll in graduate school was one of the toughest…

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A Very Special Syracuse Valentine’s Day

When you think Valentine’s Day, what comes to mind? For most people, this day brings visions of chocolates, roses, candlelight dinners, and potentially sharing some jewelry. Though this is true, my February 14th was a bit different this year. Instead…

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Timothy O’Connell: Top 5 Bloomberg Aptitude Test Scorer

Timothy O’Connell, a first-year MBA candidate at Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management, recently secured a position in the Bloomberg Hall of Fame by being one of the top 5 scorers in the country in the Bloomberg Aptitude Test. As a long distance…

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Finding the Time

One of the biggest struggles of grad school, in my opinion, is trying to find time for yourself. When I first started school, I was very worried that I would be constantly studying and never have any time to do…

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Meet our Faculty: Dr. Aaron Skewes

Dr. Aaron Skewes Assistant professor of statistical practice Ph.D., University of Houston askewes@syr.edu MAS362, MBC638, MAS766 Dr. Aaron Skewes recently joined the Whitman team to teach management statistics at the undergraduate and graduate level. He brings with him more than 15…

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#WhitmanWatch: Ashley Thombs

Ashley Thombs Class of 2014 undergrad, Class of 2015 grad Majors: Finance and Accounting (undergrad); Master of Science in Accounting (grad) Hometown: Tarrytown, N.Y. For Ashley Thombs, busy isn’t just a word she uses to describe her day—it’s how she…

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Todd Moss

Professor Todd Moss to Lead the Sustainable Enterprise Partnership

Todd Moss has joined Whitman as an assistant professor of entrepreneurship and faculty director of the Sustainable Enterprise Partnership. Moss’ research is focused on the intersections of entrepreneurship, social responsibility and innovation and has appeared in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice,…

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Experiential Learning Yields Mutual Benefits for Students and Businesses

The objective of EEE420/621 “Corporate Entrepreneurship” is for students to understand the entrepreneurial behavior of corporations. Student teams are assigned to local companies and examine growth, organizational structure, culture, employee compensation, knowledge management and human resource issues. The teams are…

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My Fall Semester Consulting for Syracuse University

This Fall Semester, through the Whitman Consulting Club, I was given the opportunity to work on a consulting project for a client that’s very close to my heart – Syracuse University! The ‘Fast Forward Syracuse’ initiative at SU, kick started…

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A Semester with Side Hill Farmers

This past semester, Whitman graduate students taking a core marketing class had a very unique and rewarding opportunity. Side Hill Farmers, a local butcher and grocery shop providing food grown only within about a 20-mile radius of Syracuse, came to…

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Fun run with Chancellor Syverud through campus

This morning, we were able to participate in the first ever inauguration run through campus with Syracuse University’s 12th Chancellor Kent Syverud. Amy McHale, Angela Nikolaus and I were on hand to represent the Masters Programs office in addition to…

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An Opportunity to Experience

-Content by Jack Weigle ’14 MBA- I completed an experiential learning project this past semester for my Corporate Financial Policy & Strategy class with Professor Barkley. We worked with Driver’s Village to determine whether or not the company should enter…

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Can’t be thrifty for Macklemore…

-Content by Aishik Barua ’15 MBA- …But we SU students did not need to think twice about it. Being an SU student got us tickets for only $15 to see Macklemore and Ryan Lewis (as opposed to a $100 for…

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Thanksgiving in Alaska

-Content by Jinbin Ma ’14 MBA- When my friends heard of my Thanksgiving break would be in Alaska, their first reaction was “you don’t feel cold enough in Syracuse?” After a ten hour flight from Syracuse to Anchorage, along with…

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The city that beckons

Content by Aishik Barua ’15 MBA Up until a few months back, New York City was a dream. However, this Thanksgiving was the fifth time I visited the city (that’s what we call the city that never sleeps, here in…

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Whitman Graduate Students Celebrate International Week 2013

Content by: Aayushi Chiripal ’14 MBA From November 12th through November 15th the Whitman School of Management was all about fun, food and fiesta as we celebrated the Whitman International Festival 2013 in association with Whitman Graduate Student Organization and…

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Whitman MBAs win annual Duke MBA games for second year in a row

Fifteen MBA students from the Whitman School of Management took first place at the annual Duke MBA Games this past weekend at Duke University in Durham, N.C., repeating their 2012 victory. The annual competition, which raises money for Special Olympics,…

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Lara Marto: MBA PepsiCo Intern

Hello everyone! I have a very dear friend in the MBA program who wanted to share her internship experience with all of you, and hopefully you will enjoy her perspective from an international internship! So without further ado, I introduce you to…

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Let the journey begin…

Greetings Everyone! My name is Porsche Nichols. I am originally from Los Angeles, California and began my journey to obtain a Master’s degree at Syracuse University last summer to pursue my MBA in Marketing and MS in New Media Management.…

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Real Work for MBAs

A recent interview/article from the Wall Street Journal discussed how MBA programs are engaging students in increasingly larger projects for companies. Dr. Pepper/Snapple recently turned over its Yoo-hoo chocolate milk drink brand to be managed by two students from UT…

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Syracuse Wins Duke MBA Games

Over the weekend of March 30-April 1 I had the amazing opportunity to compete in the Duke MBA games. The Duke MBA games is an event for MBA programs to network, compete in events (such as crabwalk, brief case toss,…

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What Makes the Whitman MBA Experiential Learning Program Unique?

Last month I had the opportunity to present on the topic of “Measuring Experiential Learning Outcomes” at the GMAC/MBA Roundtable Leadership Conference. Following my presentation, the subsequent discussions confirmed that our program is unique in at least a couple of…

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MSE Social – Emily Bolton ’12 MSE

Last week the MS Entrepreneurship faculty threw a social for the MSE students at Chuck’s – a local University bar. It was so much fun to interact with our professors in a casual atmosphere! It’s really nice to have these socials…

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WGSO- Emily Bolton ’12 MSE

At Whitman, we have a great resource for students- the WGSO, Whitman Graduate Student Organization! This is essentially the student government that helps bring together MBA, M.S. Finance, M.S. Accounting and M.S. Entrepreneurship students socially, academically and professionally. I’m the…

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Internship Season – Davis Hull ’13 MBA

Class in the morning, group projects in the afternoon and filling out internship applications/calling contacts in the evening, sleep, shower, and repeat. This has been my life since late December when I started applying for internships. While I only started…

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To Learn From Experience: Whitman Experiential Learning

One of the unique elements to the Whitman MBA curriculum is the Experiential Learning component, which I would like to take a minute to highlight. For those unfamiliar, it’s an opportunity to marry the teachings of the classroom with applicable…

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Meet Josh LaFave, Director of Graduate Enrollment

My experience for the past seven years has included a wide range of higher education disciplines. I have experience in most facets of graduate enrollment management including recruitment, admissions, yield and retention. I have researched and developed models for more efficient…

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Get to Know Rebecca Schied

My name is Rebecca Schied, I am 22 years old, and from a tiny town called Bradford, NY. I have always been into sports and have played tennis, basketball, softball, and rugby. I am also a huge fan of football…

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