Well, the first cadre of students have finally arrived in San Francisco.
For us first year MBAs, we just completed nearly 10 hours of final exams, finished at 5pm yesterday evening, and woke up at 4:30AM (after a few drinks at Tonic) to take the red eye to SFO. Happy to finally be here, a few of us managed to trek through the airport and eco-consciously rode the BART to our temporary residence, the Good Hotel. The Good Hotel is where we will be sponsoring the Net Impact breakfast on Friday morning featuring founders of companies in sustainable businesses in the San Francisco area.
As our 21 students begin trickling in, we will kick off the 5th Annual San Francisco Career Trek with our first official event – the student-alumni dinners that begin at approximately 7pm. We are honored to be able to meet with prestigious GW alumni representing firms like Neil Baquiran of Walmart.com, Logan Coker of Del Monte, Malenie Warrick of Slalom Consulting, and Scott Beeber of Craford Benefit Consultants.
Gian Piero, Mark, Jake, Anand, and Artur ride the BART downtown.
Students have prepared for this trip for nearly three months, amidst internship searches, a 7-week module that accelerates six typical 14-week courses, preparing for the international residency, and case competitions. Tonight kicks off the next 48 hours to come: two in-office visits, and a series of informal lunch and dinner meetings throughout the city and as far away as San Jose. More to come…
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March 5, 2009 at 7:22 am
Chris
I just landed in SFO and can’t wait to get this trek started! It should be a great opportunity to meet companies and interact with senior executives. Go GWU!
March 5, 2009 at 11:59 pm
Eran
Good job on setting this up. I wish you all a successful trek!