Joseph Fahrendorf's blog - MBA basketball injuries

It’s official… MBA students are not meant to play basketball. Tonight I drove a classmate to the ER after he had a bad fall during a basketball game. Initially we thought he broke his ankle, but it turns out that it’s just severely sprained. Obviously an injury such as this is bound to happen; however, this incident is the 4th Fisher 2011 basketball injury since school began.

Earlier in the year a group of Fisher MBAs were playing basketball in the ARC and during a wild loose ball scramble, one of our classmates tore his Achilles tendon. Four days later, another MBA student went down with a nasty high ankle sprain. Roughly a month later, a third classmate broke his foot in a pick-up game. These are troubling stats, especially since the Fisher MBA intramural basketball team starts our season next week.

Feel better Greg. We need you back next week.

- Joe

This blog is reposted from Joseph Fahrendorf's Fisher Grad Life Blog.

A day at Nestle

Today I traveled to Solon, OH with several Fisher MBA classmates to take a tour of the Nestlé campus and learn more about brand management opportunities at the company. After the tour, it was clear that Nestlé is a unique place with remarkable brands. I thought the most interesting part of the day was when two Marketing Associates spoke to us about their experience in the Toll House Cookie Dough Group during the E. coli recall several months ago. I can’t think of a larger obstacle to overcome than a product recall, but this group never panicked. After several weeks with the product off store shelves, the baking division re-launched the cookie dough in a slightly modified package highlighting that the product was safe. Their initiatives were a major success and the Toll House brand suffered no major brand damage. In fact, their sales this month are slightly higher than they were a year ago.

Tomorrow is the big game against Michigan. I’ll be at the Buckeye Hall of Fame Cafe talking to prospective students about Fisher and all that it has to offer. So if you'll be there, please hold any questions until non-critical moments of the game. Thanks.


(This post was reposted from the Max M. Fisher College of Business Student Blog by Joseph Fahrendorf.)

FGSA Elections

I have good news to report... I recently discovered that I was one of five individuals elected to the Fisher Graduate Student Association (FGSA). I was honored when I heard the news because the competition was steep and the results were close. The other four individuals representing the class of 2011 with me will be Sam Adams, Emily Bae, Nick Fischer (fellow blogger), and Mike Thompson. My involvement with this group will allow me to work closely with the administration and faculty to ensure that my classmates have the best experience possible at Fisher College. If anyone has any ideas on how to make this program even better, please let me know.

Thanks to everyone who voted.
Joe

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