Tag: Online MBA

  • The 2013 Kelley Connect Week Takes MBA Students into the Emerging African Market

    I just got back from my second Kelley Connect Week, the week-long experience that Kelley Direct MBA students get to share with their classmates and professors each year. I did not expect to learn about Africa much less Swahili from my MBA program, but that’s exactly what I got this week.

    The Kelley Connect Week Experience

    Before I go into the details of this Connect Week, I want to describe what this experience is like for the uninitiated. During these Connect weeks, we attend classes with some of the same professors who teach our MBA classes and get to spend a lot of time with other students. As online MBA students, this is something we cherish and really take advantage of. Part of the reason you get your Nick's on IU CampusMBA is to meet and build relationships with other motivated people. Kelley Connect Week not only gives us the chance to do this, but really encourages it. Something new that KD tried this year was giving us open meal vouchers to spend at any Bloomington restaurant. That was a great way for us to go explore Kirkland Ave on our own – although I should note our team just decided to go back to Nick’s (IU’s most popular campus bar) because we were craving good pizza.

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