By Carrie Hoefer, MBA’19 When starting an online MBA program there are a lot of personality tests you take. I personally love these tests and I take them for fun. Some of my top traits are “Woo” and “Competition.” In fact, there is always the joke that I woo people in, just to beat them… Read more »
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My online MBA experience with Kelley Direct
By Jeremy Zurawski, MBA’18, MS’19 In July of 2016, I received an exciting package in a big red box: my Kelley School of Business acceptance letter and a new branded backpack to mark the occasion! The Kelley Direct (KD) Online MBA program through Indiana University was the ideal fit for me. I had originally… Read more »
Building Personal Connections with Global Connect Night
Joseph Hwalek, MBA’19 One of the most rewarding aspects of any MBA program is the opportunity to network with your peers. While the Kelley Direct program is taught online, there are an abundance of opportunities for students to build personal connections with both current students and alumni through organized events such as Kelley Direct Week, AGILE,… Read more »
Summer Academy in Germany with Daniel Laisi
Daniel grew up in Southern New Jersey outside of Philadelphia and graduated from Rutgers University with a BA in Political Science. He lives in Washington DC and works as a Senior Strategy and Operations Consultant for Deloitte Consulting. School and work occupy most of his time these days, but he always makes room for travel,… Read more »
Kelley Entrepreneurship and Innovation student, Chris Hanahan, turned his passion into a company
Chris grew up in Wisconsin and moved to San Diego in 1998 with about $400 in his wallet and without a car. He started his business on an idea that he could sell two extra tickets to pay for his own, and over 10 years later it has grown into a wild success. His passion… Read more »
Kelley MBA Students Put Their Skin in the Game as Healthcare Consultants for the Moffitt Cancer Center
Four online MBA student teams from all over the U.S. lead by Professor Shannon Threlked from the Kelley School’s Bloomington campus just returned to their homes after spending a weekend together in Tampa, Florida. Two Kelley faculty coaches, Sam Misar and John York, joined them at the Moffitt Cancer Center where they met the center’s… Read more »
7 Insights About Using Analytics to Better Understand and Improve Your Marketing
The Institute for Business Analytics at the Kelley School organized the Kelley Forum on Marketing Analytics to bring MBA and MS in Business Analytics students – such as my Kelley Direct classmates and myself – together with Kelley faculty and marketing analytics experts from all over the country in Bloomington, Indiana to share ideas and… Read more »
Gaining a Competitive Edge in China: An On-the-Ground Perspective
In October 2015, I traveled to Beijing along with thirteen fellow online MBA students from Kelley Direct to gain a better appreciation of how to successfully do business in China. This in-person portion of the Global and Domestic Immersions program represented the final module for a nine-week course focused on international business strategy; the lessons from… Read more »
The Best Part of Getting My Online MBA was Learning How to KISS
I know what you’re probably thinking: you’re about to read a juicy story about how an online MBA student learned to kiss in grad school. Sorry to disappoint, but this post focuses on the more academic side of things. KISS, a common acronym in business, is short for Keep it Short & Simple. In other… Read more »
How an Online MBA Strategy Course Helped Student Kash Faheem Land a Job with Apple
Developing Strategic Capabilities (C562) is one of our online MBA students’ final courses. This business strategy course brings together the concepts from all the previous classes and enables the students to apply what they learned in a practical way. Students form groups of four or five and pick a strategic business unit (SBU) of a… Read more »