Working for the Weekend - #203 - The Michigan Ross Online MBA: A Chat with Some Pioneering Students

#203 - The Michigan Ross Online MBA: A Chat with Some Pioneering Students

02/24/20 • 48 min

The Michigan Ross Online MBA Program offers a unique experience in top-ranked business education. Most learning takes place at a distance, through a combination of self-guided modules and live, interactive class sessions. But the program also includes three multi-day residencies, when the student cohort comes together in person for focused, hands-on learning opportunities.

With the inaugural Online MBA cohort together in Ann Arbor for the first time, regular “Working for the Weekend” host Mawa sat down for dinner and a chat with three members of the first Online MBA class from around the country — Chris, Sam, and Marissa — as well as Professor Greg Miller, who taught the first online class. They discussed how they’re bonding as a cohort, what the live class sessions are really like, and their in-person experiences in the Leadership Crisis Challenge. Meanwhile, Professor Miller shared his thoughts on the unique opportunities offered by the online format, the caliber of the students, and more.

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Working for the Weekend is brought to you by the University of Michigan Ross School of Business.

Host: Mawa Mustafa.

Panel: Marissa Bialecki, Chris Li, Sam, and Professor Greg Miller.

Producers: Mawa Mustafa, Suraj Kandukuri, and Bob Needham.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We'd love to hear from you! Send us an email at [email protected] or leave a review on your podcast app of choice to let us know what you think of the show.

Watch for new episodes every other week.

Working for the Weekend is brought to you by the University of Michigan Ross School of Business.

Host: Mawa Mustafa.

Panel: Marissa Bialecki, Chris Li, Sam, and Professor Greg Miller.

Producers: Mawa Mustafa, Suraj Kandukuri, and Bob Needham.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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#202 - Our Immigrant Stories

In this episode, host Mawa welcomes four student panelists who all have one thing in common: They have immigrated to the U.S. from overseas (Argentina, England, Albania, and India). They reflect on the challenges and rewards of their experiences in the Ross Weekend and Evening MBA programs, and they offer some advice for prospective students -- and for visitors to their home countries.

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Watch for new episodes every other week.

Working for the Weekend is brought to you by the University of Michigan Ross School of Business.

Host: Mawa Mustafa.

Panel: Reinald Deda, James McAdam, Agustin Metz, Kaustubha Pachkhede.

Producers: Mawa Mustafa, Suraj Kandukuri, and Bob Needham.

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#204 - Student Debt: Tips, Tricks, and Survival Strategies

Paying for your part-time MBA education probably won’t be easy. But you can do it. In this episode, host Mawa and her fellow student panelists talk about the successful approaches they’ve taken to fund their education and still have a life outside of school and work, from saving ahead to making tax rules work for you.

We'd love to hear from you! Send us an email at [email protected] or leave a review on your podcast app of choice to let us know what you think of the show.

Watch for new episodes every other week.

Working for the Weekend is brought to you by the University of Michigan Ross School of Business.

Host: Mawa Mustafa.

Panel: Parmeshwar Barve, Andrew Campbell, Brittany Robbins, Symone Kumar

Producers: Mawa Mustafa, Suraj Kandukuri, and Bob Needham.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.