It has been a while since I last posted, but only since the last month has been jam-packed with papers it seems. Spring Break just ended... which means we only have a month and a half left of school... which means I am graduating VERY soon.
Quick update on Spring Break: I went to Myrtle Beach, SC with a dear friend. The weather was great - 70 degrees and clear skies! So we layed on the beach for a day and got a little bit tan. We also hit up mini gold of course. How can you not do that when you are at the beach?
Now that I am back from Spring Break I realize my undergraduate career is almost over. Here are the things I am going to miss most about IU:
1) The connections I've made with people in the business school. I feel like I have started to build a strong networking of intelligent, cool individuals. I am going to miss them a lot! Since I am moving to Atlanta it will be a while since I see them again. If I do!
2) Women in Business. I have enjoyed emerging as a leader in the organization and mentoring younger students. My best friends have been members of WIB, and I will miss having a constant network of awesome people around me all the time.
3) Bloomington restaurants! I am trying to make sure I hit all my favorite places before I leave. Penn Station (though a chain, it is not in ATL), Mother Bear's, Laughing Planet, Bucceto's, YOGI'S, Upland, and many, many others will be very dearly missed.
4) Research. I have enjoyed to economic research in my major classes, and I know I won't be able to do as much in the corporate world where I can get feedback from well-known economists.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
Women in Business Conference 2010
The Women in Business Conference this weekend was amazing! Our speakers were really high quality this year and I learned something from every single presentation.
I found the diversity panel especially interesting. We had company representatives come in from Ernst & Young and Cummins to discuss the meaning of diversity in their company and in the broader workplace. It is a topic that is always interesting to me and it was cool to see their take on it.
The keynote speaker, Valerie Grubb, unfortunately was snowed in in New York with several feet of snow. Luckily enough we had another superstar speaker step up to take the spotlight. Author of the book "Lessons from the Trenches" Erin Wolf talked to our group about what it meant to be a woman in business in the changing workplace. I actually got to sit by her at lunch - I got a signed copy of her book!
Erin also had a connection with one of the group Presidents of the company I am going to be working for in May - Newell Rubbermaid. She gave me her contact information and a way to begin a connection with this senior leader - talk about networking!
This week school work is going to pick up a bit. I have to write 5 papers and take an Astronomy midterm on Thursday... next update will probably come next week!
I found the diversity panel especially interesting. We had company representatives come in from Ernst & Young and Cummins to discuss the meaning of diversity in their company and in the broader workplace. It is a topic that is always interesting to me and it was cool to see their take on it.
The keynote speaker, Valerie Grubb, unfortunately was snowed in in New York with several feet of snow. Luckily enough we had another superstar speaker step up to take the spotlight. Author of the book "Lessons from the Trenches" Erin Wolf talked to our group about what it meant to be a woman in business in the changing workplace. I actually got to sit by her at lunch - I got a signed copy of her book!
Erin also had a connection with one of the group Presidents of the company I am going to be working for in May - Newell Rubbermaid. She gave me her contact information and a way to begin a connection with this senior leader - talk about networking!
This week school work is going to pick up a bit. I have to write 5 papers and take an Astronomy midterm on Thursday... next update will probably come next week!
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