For more than 80 years, the Wizard of Oz movie–in its technicolor splendor—has mesmerized audiences while becoming a fundamental element of American pop culture. It has generated spot-on metaphors to describe everything from things being not as they initially appear (what’s really “behind the curtain”) to people who either wittingly or unwittingly do the evil bidding of others. (“Flying monkeys” is actually a widely recognized term used in popular psychology, usually in the context of narcissism.)

Face-to-Face Job Opportunities: Leveraging Rutgers Professional Science Master’s Program

On January 28, 2020, the Rutgers MBS program held a career development workshop about how to prepare for the Career & Internship Mega Fair, which is taking place at the Louis Brown Athletic Center (RAC) tomorrow, February 4, and Wednesday, February 5, from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. both days.

On January 8, 2020, Rutgers MBS and Honors College students displayed their collective ingenuity, problem-solving skills, and tech savvy via a collaborative Externship Exchange presentation to members of Citi Ventures’ CUPID (Citi University Partnerships in Innovation & Discovery) program.

Each year, the Rutgers MBS family rings in the holiday season in style with a department holiday party—the MBS Holiday Mingle! This year’s mingle, held on December 17 at the Rutgers Club, provided a fun and much-needed celebration as we wrapped up the semester and prepared for winter break.

An event where you receive great pharmaceutical industry career advice, a colloquium credit, and pizza is surely a win, win, win by all measures! The Pharmaceutical Industry Career Panel event held on Thursday, December 5, 2019, featured four panelists, three of whom were recent MBS program graduates (extra win!), and was moderated seamlessly by Abbe Rosenthal, the Rutgers MBS assistant director, executive coach, and head of corporate partnerships, student employment, alumni engagement & professional development.

First, a bit about the panelists:

October 1, 2019, marked the start of National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), a joint effort of the National Cyber Security Alliance and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) since 2004. This year’s campaign focused on drawing attention to careers in cybersecurity—an industry that is growing exponentially and evolving at a rapid pace. As technology becomes more sophisticated, so do the hacking techniques that have resulted in hundreds of thousands of data breaches (theft of sensitive data).

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.”  - Albert Einstein

MBS students had a chance to hear Einstein’s sentiments echoed in full at the Analytics Panel held on October 24, 2019, at the CoRE Building, where three distinguished alumni came to share their experiences working in the field of analytics. The panelists—Bethany Hyde, Eric Sobolewski, and Craig Moran—shared the challenges they faced, details about their present roles, and gave advice to students for our future.

Each semester, Professor Mark Burgess leads his Market Assessment and Analysis class to IKEA, where students get a day-long, in-person look at the global retailer’s successful approach to customer experience from both a marketing and management standpoint.

On October 31, 2019, the Professional Science Master’s program hosted the MBS Fall Gathering / Ice Cream Social for students. The semester started to pick up again after midterms, and a social gathering was much needed!

Students networking and enjoying their time at the MBS Fall Gathering/ Ice Cream Social.