Orientation wrap-up

Hey everyone. My name is Joe Fahrendorf and I’m a 1st year MBA student at the Fisher College of Business (FCOB). As the second week of orientation officially comes to a close, I finally have a moment to reflect on the previous 12 days and write my first blog entry.
The FCOB faculty have kept us incredibly busy throughout orientation. A few of my activities included:

· A case study with Professor Jay Dial.
· Team building activities at Summit Vision. (I was blown away at how well my core team operated as one. Hopefully this is a sign of more good things to come.)
· A Myers-Briggs typology test. (According to the results I am an Extraversion, Sensing, Thinking, Perceiving “ESTP” personality. I was almost an ESTJ.)
· A practice job interview with the career development office.
· Networking events with companies such as AEP, Eli Lilly & Company, Kimberly-Clark, Limited Brands, Nationwide, NetJets, P&G, Target, The Scotts Company, Whirlpool and several others.
· A boot camp focused on careers in consulting. (For a day and a half, we listened to several industry experts discuss the pros and cons of the industry and we were given the opportunity to network with representatives from Accenture, Deloitte, McKinsey and other top consulting firms.)
· Golfing. (This has been a great way to meet classmates. The talent level ranges from scratch golfers to pure novices. Yesterday I shot an 85 on the Grey Course, but still lost to a classmate by several strokes. Hopefully I’ll find the time to play the Scarlet Course before the cold weather arrives.)

Overall, I would say that orientation has been a huge success. I’m excited that classes are about to begin and I look forward to meeting more classmates. Twelve days ago I literally knew 3 people in the area and now I know roughly a hundred.

Keep checking my blog for new posts. My goal is to submit 2 or 3 entries per week. If you have any questions or comments, let me know.

-Joseph Fahrendorf

(this blog entry was reposted from https://fisher.osu.edu/blogs/gradlife/author/fahrendorf_3/ )