It has been eight weeks since the 14 of us in the new MBA Sustainability (sMBA) cohort started the program, and it seems we are all taking advantage of the opportunities that the program has to offer. Whether it be participating in Net Impact, volunteering with fellow classmates at Global Links, or taking on Graduate Assistant and Research Fellowships with our program instructors, everyone is fully immersed in the sMBA experience. With students from Pittsburgh to Oman, to some fresh from undergrad and others with 10+ years if work experience, our cohort is made up of students from a broad range of experiences and backgrounds. The first eight weeks have offered nothing short of a full workload, with assignments coming faster and faster and our first consulting project with Cisco approaching. Yet with such a rigorous program, we have still found it both fun and fulfilling. We have already had the opportunity to hone our case study analysis and presentation skills with Dr. Sroufe, as we have been learning of the different sustainability strategies and models. We are also learning how to look at the world in a different way through our time in Systems Thinking with Dr. Sivasubramaniam and Applied Business Ethics with Dr. Wasieleski.
As our cohort goes through the rest of the program I will be keeping the followers of the blog updated on our progress through our various projects and the other activities we do, such as our trip to Denmark and Estonia in May. Until our consulting project begins to pick up I will be doing a student spotlight on one or two of the new and returning students to the program so that you can get a better idea about why each of us chose this program and what we hope to accomplish with the sMBA.
