By Tyler Dean Muirhead, MBA’24 I completed my undergraduate studies at the Kelley School of Business in 2019. My undergraduate studies were untraditional, in that I worked throughout the weekday and would drive to campus for evening classes. Having an untraditional college experience hindered me from fully experiencing the benefit of student associations and events…. Read more »
By Mary Thomason-Smith Gary Tong, MBA’24, spent his early career in engineering and manufacturing but wanted to earn an MBA. A first-generation college graduate, Gary kept his MBA ambitions on hold to support his family and build a career at Boeing—until he discovered the #1-ranked Kelley Direct Online MBA program. Now Gary works in consulting… Read more »
Kelley Direct students begin their MBA for various reasons; they want to advance in their career, switch careers, or want more knowledge and fulfillment. Guru Lakshmi Narsimhan, a Production Manager and Missiles Systems Ensign at Bickford Aerospace and Defense, wants to transition from engineer work to a management role. What are your career highlights? “My… Read more »
What started last year as an effort to solve COVID-19 challenges transformed into a fast-paced virtual entrepreneurship competition for Kelley Direct Online MBA students. Held over a weekend in April 2021, the Idea Blitz introduced students to the process of business idea development, testing, and validation. Kelley Direct offered the intensive experience in lieu of… Read more »
Cristiano Guarana is an assistant professor in the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, teaching Leading Organizations in the Integrated Core 1—Understanding Markets and Institutions. What is the most rewarding aspect of your job? My personal life mission is to “help people improve their lives via education.” I set this personal mission years before pursuing… Read more »
Markus Vodosek is a clinical associate professor in Management and Entrepreneurship who joined Kelley in the Fall of 2019. He teaches Navigating the Global Business Environment, a new elective on managing in an era where success means balancing globalization with de-globalization. What is the most rewarding aspect of your job? Without question, the most rewarding… Read more »
Earning an MBA creates powerful career opportunities for women—for advancement, for increased earning potential, and for executive positions. A common concern of prospective students is how to balance MBA coursework with a full-time career and personal commitments. The Kelley Direct Online MBA provides the flexibility and customization to make it possible. “The Kelley Direct… Read more »
Bill Gates once said, “A great lathe operator commands several times the wage of an average lathe operator, but a great writer of software code is worth 10,000 times the price of an average software writer.” We live in the age of the superstar because one’s production is no longer (or at least less) tethered… Read more »
By Damien Potocnik, MBA’20 My first experience in the Kelley Direct Online MBA program—one of two on-campus Kelley Connect Weeks—was both eye-opening and exhilarating. I was out of my comfort zone, realizing how much I leaned on my technical knowledge to be effective in my current role, with little to fall back on when preparing… Read more »
By: Stephanie Gray, Associate Director of Graduate Career Services, Kelley Direct The Top 5 questions you should be asking when narrowing down your online MBA search Planning for your future career and how to make yourself the most marketable in your industry has never been more important. During times of economic uncertainty, we often… Read more »