Allison Lawler, MBA 2020 During my first week at Kelley, my Me Inc. facilitator noted that our most valuable resource during the next two years would be our time. She was candid that we would need to be selective in deciding what to become involved in, balance the demands of a full-time MBA with personal… Read more »
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Embrace What You Don’t See Coming
Bill Murphy, MBA’20 When I made the decision to go to business school, I knew what I wanted out of it; a career shift that would bring me more job satisfaction and more money. I’m fairly certain that I’m not the first person to attend B-school with those simple goals in mind. I’m also pretty… Read more »
Alumni Spotlight: Paul Alfaro Valle, MBA’2019, our first MBA/MSIS joint degree recipient
Can you tell us a bit about yourself and your background and what brought you to Kelley? I am from Lima, Peru and have a degree in computer science from PUCP University (Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru). Before enrolling in the Kelley MBA program, I worked for several international organizations in their subsidiaries in Lima,… Read more »
Program Update for Kelley MBA Alumni
It has been my pleasure to have been teaching in the Kelley Full-Time MBA Program since 2005, with many of those years in the core teaching Operations Management. From Benihana, to Timbuk2, to The Goal, I’ve enjoyed sharing my passion for OM with smart, engaging students. For the last few years—ever since the retirement of… Read more »
Honor Outstanding Kelley MBA with Kelley Coin
Challenge coins, or coins to honor acts of duty, have been used for centuries, all the way back to ancient Rome as a formal means of recognition. The first examples of these coins in the United States date back to World War I, as a bronze medallion that had had the flying squadron’s insignia stamped… Read more »
The Consortium and Kelley: Enhancing Diversity in Business Starts Here
by Ruby Jones, MBA’18 Consortium Fellow Winner of the Wallace L. Jones Fellowship On Tuesday, March 8, I received a beautiful cream and crimson box announcing my acceptance to the Kelley School of Business as a Consortium Fellow. Four hours later, I quit my job. Quitting was not on my “To Do” list for the day,… Read more »
Congratulations, Class of 2016!
You’ve come so far in two years. All of the faculty and staff at the Kelley Full-Time MBA Program are so very proud of your tenacity, talent and perseverance. Congratulations, and good luck in all of your future endeavors. Watch the video to relive our MBA graduation festivities, held May 6, 2016 in Bloomington. Congratulations,… Read more »
Take the Plunge
by Rhea Mahato, MBA’16 Rhea Mahato Great leadership includes the ability to write in a way that inspires and fosters teamwork. In collaboration with the Gotham Writers Workshop, students in the Kelley MBA Leadership Academy have produced a series of blog posts to demonstrate these skills. “Go make us proud,” I heard my mom… Read more »
Why Kelley School Is Great Place to Get A Finance MBA
Rebecca Cook Rebecca Cook, MBA’96, is the Director of Coaching and Development for Kelley School’s Graduate Career Services. Prior to joining IU in 2009, Rebecca Cook was a portfolio manager and senior equity analyst with Voyageur Asset Management. She has over 13 years of investment management and non-profit experience. Sometimes we spend too much… Read more »
Everything I Needed to Get through My MBA, I Learned from Yoga
Jordan Leopold By Jordan Leopold, MBA’16 I started mentoring a group of first year students through the leadership academy as a part of my growth and development as I continue on my MBA journey. Last week in one of my coaching meetings, I caught myself saying, “Take inventory of yourself and what you need and… Read more »