MIB
MIB pre-session, and a return to the office
Today is a doubly-special occasion, readers, as it marks not only the arrival of the first students of the new academic year, but also a big step in Fletcher’s transition back to in-person administrative operations.
Read MoreMIB pre-session
MIB pre-session begins this week. In a change from the normal routine (a now-standard qualifier, that), it’s not the only game in town. Pre-session is usually a herald of the academic year to come, but with this year’s expanded Orientation, it’s just one of several student activities getting underway currently.
Read MoreDropping in on the new MIB class
Last week I had the good fortune to drop in on a session welcoming the newest MIB students to Fletcher. Although we’re just moving into mid-July, it’s only a handful of weeks until these folks will formally begin their studies with the mandatory Strategic Management pre-session.
Read MoreCareer planning and the Master of International Business (MIB) program
Longtime readers will know Lucas from past blog contributions. Over the past few years, Lucas has become our primary in-house application process and information systems expert (and we continue to turn to him to teach us things we may have forgotten, whether he likes it or not). He’s also taken on a new role working with our international business degree program. Lucas will drop in on the blog periodically to highlight the various goings-on within the program, as well as with the Institute for Business in the Global Context (IBGC), the Fletcher research center that houses it.
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Kristen and I chat about our news
Friday’s post described all the changes coming to the Admissions team. (SO MANY changes after so many years of little movement!) In preparation for moving along, Kristen and I chatted about what’s ahead for each of us. We’ve never been shy about keeping ourselves/each other entertained at work, so we opened up a shared document and started sharing.
JD: A year ago, we never would have predicted it, but here we are — both of us planning a transition from Fletcher Admissions. In your case, you’re not going too far. Would you like to describe the work that will soon be taking up your days full-time?
Read MoreNearing the end of summer quiet
It’s always the same. The summer plods along: slow slow slow slow, and then FAST! One minute, the big highlight for the week was a newly refurbished restroom down the hall from our office, and the next minute THE PRE-SESSION IS NEARLY HERE! Students will return to campus and we’ll be getting our heads in gear for the new academic year.
The truth is that the students arriving on Monday to attend the pre-session (MIBs and others interested in Strategic Management) make only a ripple in the Hall of Flags. They spend most of their time together in one classroom — but it’s still a big change from the situation this week when, as likely as not, students are rarely sighted day-to-day. And the start of the pre-session will be the push we need to get mentally ready for Orientation, which is just over two weeks away. Soon we we won’t be finding the building quiet at all anymore.
Read MoreFirst-Year Alumni: McKenzie joins the impact investing field
Today’s alumni update also serves as a conclusion to the story shared from 2015-17 by McKenzie Smith, who completed the MIB program. While still in her final semester, about a year ago, McKenzie hadn’t nailed down her post-Fletcher job securely enough to write about it and her story remained unfinished on the blog. Today’s post w
Read MoreAdi’s closing reflections on two years at Fletcher
Let’s continue hearing from our newly-minted Fletcher alumni. Today, Adi will give us his reflections on his two years in
Read MoreAdi’s Annotated Curriculum
I’m having trouble believing it, but this is the last full week of classes for the spring semester, which wraps
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