As we constantly tell our students, success in an MBA program is all about connecting - about networking. That has to be done by the student taking personal initiative to build their own network, those who network and build their own personal capital are the ones who will be successful – on so many dimensions. However, we do work to provide many opportunities for our students to “plug-in” to networks that we have as a school and as individual staff and faculty members. One great feature of our orientation and personal development program, called MBA Advantage, is the “Realistic Job Preview” sessions we run in January for first year students and again in September for second year students. That happens this year on Friday
, September 9. Here’s a list of the companies that will be represented at this one event: DTE Energy, Eric Mowe and Associates, Rich Products Corporation, Kaleida Health, First Niagara Bank, National Fuel Gas, Citigroup Global Markets, Harmac Medical Products and New Era Cap.
Meanwhile, our first year students are deep into their second week of classes and working in teams that are each linked with representatives from companies with a local, and often, global presence. In our Corporate Champions Program this year students are engaging with the following companies: Buffalo Games, The Buffalo News, Columbus McKinnon Corporation, Goodyear Dunlop Tires Corporation, Evans Bank, First Niagara, Harmac Medical Products, Hunt Real Estate, Independent Health, M&T Bank Corporation, People, Inc., Pepsi Bottling, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, The Mentholatum Company, TOPS Markets, United Way of Buffalo and Erie County, and VA Hospital.
Thanks to all our corporate partners who give of their time and effort to produce a stronger, smarter pool of MBAs for the region and the world to tap into.
Dave Frasier, Assistant Dean
