Ep. 1: MBA Student Panel Q&A

Join Matt McCormick, associate director of MS admissions, as he chats with Missy Keesler and Ashfaq Rahman, members of Simon’s MBA Class of 2024, about their time in Rochester. They reflect on their journeys to Simon, what it was like adjusting to full-time study, favorite classes, co-curricular involvement, engagement with the Ainslie Office of Student Engagement and the Benet Career Management Center, and more! 

Learn more about Simon’s Full-Time MBA.

Join Trista Kukucka, director of MS admissions, as she chats with current students Diana Castro Millan (MBA) and Tony El Ghandour Maalouf (MS in Finance), about their involvement with clubs at Simon, including:

• Master’s Advisory Council
• Simon Finance & Investment Club
• Meliora Fund
• Simon Gaming Club
• Net Impact
• Simon Pricing Club
• Simon Volunteers

With more than 30 clubs and organizations to get involved in at Simon, there is something for everyone. Tune in to learn more!

Join April Marroquin, senior associate director of recruitment for Simon’s executive and part-time programs, for a conversation with current Professional MBA student Jenny Timinieri. Jenny reflects on her experience playing—and winning!—the PMBA Simon Games player group in Fall 2023 and offers advice to those playing the Spring Games. She also reflects on her first few months in the PMBA program and how she hopes her Simon degree will elevate her career. 

Learn more about Simon’s Professional MBA program.

Join April Marroquin, senior associate director of recruitment for Simon’s executive and part-time programs, for a conversation with current Executive MBA student Jesus Castro Ojeda. Jesus shares his journey to Simon—including moving from Venezuela to Canada, and eventually to Rochester—and what motivated him to pursue an MBA. He also shares what he enjoys doing in his free time and his best advice for prospective students.

Learn more about Simon’s Executive MBA program.

Join Trista Kukucka, director of MS admissions, for a chat with four MS alumni as they reflect on their Simon experience, including favorite classes, support from the Benet Career Management Center, living in Rochester, and more!

Alumni panelists:

• GeeGee Pressley ’22 (MS in Accountancy), Senior Assistant Auditor, Deloitte
• Auraib Naveed ’23 (MS in Accountancy) Tax Associate, KPMG
• Ulf Grosseloh ’23 (MS in Business Analytics), Associate, EY–Parthenon
• Swarnima Radhakrishnan ’23 (MS in Marketing Analytics), Senior Associate Consultant, Ducker Carlisle

Join Trista Kukucka, director of MS admissions, as she chats with current students Meredith Shewell (MBA) and Sofia Troshina (MS in Marketing Analytics), about their involvement with clubs at Simon, including:

• Simon Women in Business (SWIB)
• Forté
• Simon Volunteers
• Simon Sports
• Product Management Club
• Vision Consulting
• Simon Marketing Association
• Uncorked

With more than 30 clubs and organizations to get involved in at Simon, there is something for everyone. Tune in to learn more!

Join Dylan George and Sharise Kent, assistant directors of recruitment, as they discuss STEM at Simon. Building on its decades long analytical foundation, Simon became the first school in the US to offer STEM designation for every MBA specialization. In addition, all four full-time MS programs (Accountancy, Business Analytics, Finance, and Marketing Analytics) are STEM-designated, as well Simon’s Executive MBA, Professional MBA, and Online MS in Business Analytics & Applied AI programs. Sharise and Dylan share the primary benefits of STEM for students, what it can mean for your future career, and much more.

Ready to start your Simon journey? Learn more at simon.rochester.edu.

Join host Trista Kukucka, director of MS admissions, and Luis de Armas, Rudjy Ponceja, and Meredith Shewell—three members of Simon’s MBA Class of 2024—to learn more about Simon’s partnerships with The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management, Forté, and Reaching out MBA (ROMBA). You can explore additional organizations we partner with on our website.

On this episode, three of our first-year MBA students share their experiences attending pre-MBA conferences. Tune in to learn why they chose to attend, what they got out of the experience, how it has served them now that they have officially started their MBA, unexpected takeaways, and more.

Host: Trista Kukucka, associate director of MS admissions

Student panelists: Anthony Flores Kuffo; Oluwatoberu “Toberu” Oluwasanmi; and Nonna Titulauri from Simon’s MBA Class of 2025

Join Nicole Guzski, associate director of MBA admissions, as she moderates this panel discussion from our on-campus Women's Conference in November 2021. Alumnae reflect on their Simon experience, share advice for prospective students, and more! Please note that because this is a recording from a live event, we did experience some audio difficulties and you may need to adjust your volume at times. We apologize for the inconvenience!

Alumnae panelists:

Shay Freeman '15S (MBA)
Marketing Leader, Medtronic

Neha Kher '13S (MBA)
Manager, PwC

Ashley Ready '14S (MBA)
Chief Financial Officer, Indium

Hua Wang '15S (MBA)
Lead Finance Officer - Global LMS and North America TTS, Citigroup