Jenni Dinger is a clinical assistant professor in Management and Entrepreneurship who joined Kelley in the Fall of 2020. She teaches U701, a strategy elective that focuses on the role of the competitive environment on corporate and business-level strategic decisions. She is looking forward to digging into topics like sustainability and corporate venture capital… Read more »
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Preparing classes in the top online Graduate Business Program in the US
The pandemic made many people in academia realize how challenging it is to teach online effectively. Most college instructors did not understand the amount of preparation that goes into every week of online classes. It all starts with the topic selection for the course. If you are teaching technology topics like I do, renewing… Read more »
Kelley Direct Faculty Q&A Series: Alex Lopes
Alex Lopes is the Clinical Professor and Grant Thornton Scholar. He currently teaches S596 (Digital Technology and Innovation) in the Kelley Direct MBA core. As well as T514 (Business Capabilities for the Digital Future) and T501 (Big Data Technologies) as electives. What is the most rewarding aspect of your job? There are two things that… Read more »
Kelley Direct Faculty Q&A Series: Ernest O’Boyle
Ernest O’Boyle is the Dale. M. Coleman Chair of Management and an associate professor in the Management and Entrepreneurship Department, teaching Leading Organizations, Leadership and People Management, and co-teaching Designing High-Performance Organizations. What is the most rewarding aspect of your job? Seeing course concepts applied to someone’s career. I love that in Kelley Direct, students… Read more »
An Immersive Experience to Help Solve the Unemployment Crisis
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 »
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 »