Last week I was able to escape school long enough to attend a Braves game with Net Impact members from Emory, Georgia Tech and UGA, as well as a dozen or more working professionals who are members of the Net Impact Atlanta Professional Chapter. We met with one of the...
So now we are on to Block 2. Finals took place last week, though it is hard to even call them finals when it feels like you’ve only begun, and what followed was a 4 day break for America’s Independence Day (which coincidentally felt like MBA14’s day of independence as...
It’s no surprise to me that teamwork is an integral part of the business school experience. After all, half of the questions in my admissions interviews centered around those teaming aspects of my professional experiences – “describe a time when you’ve worked in a team environment”, “tell me about a...
When I made my decision to attend the accelerated One-Year program at Goizueta, I knew that I was signing up for an intense experience. As May drew closer, I had the good fortune to meet a few Goizueta alumni, current students, and staff – and one conversation topic popped up...
It is hard to believe that a month of classes has elapsed, and that we are nearing the end of Summer Block 1! It seemed like just yesterday I was buying school supplies and sharpening my pencils. The past few weeks have certainly been a challenge, even a struggle at...
Before I start discussing everything we did in the first official week as Goizueta Business School students, I wanted to provide you with a brief introduction of myself and my background. I am a lifelong Georgia resident who grew up in Duluth, GA, a suburb of Atlanta about 30 minutes...
Week one of classes – check. At first, I was nervous about Foundations Week; then I was nervous about Orientation Week. At that point, most of my classmates and I were wondering what we had gotten ourselves into. I mean, we were paying (a hefty fee, even) to learn an...
We asked a few of our One-Year MBA current students to blog regularly in order to provide a snapshot of their Goizueta experience over the course of one year. Meet Chris Luders 14MBA. Name: Chris Luders Class Year: 2014 Concentration: Strategy and Marketing Previous Employer & Position: Strategy and Operations Consultant, Deloitte Consulting Undergraduate Institution & Major: Georgia Tech,...