Jenny Kwan, MBA '09

EOY1

This academic year has just flown by.  This Spring semester has been especially intense.  I've written about some already experiences but here are a couple more...

Teamwork - this semester I've been really privileged to work with some truly amazing teams, notably for E-Lab doing a project for a biofuels company and New Enterprises writing a business plan for a student information system for schools.

Piloting - I've been selected to be a pilot for the class of 2010 - I'm really looking forward to meeting the incoming class, getting to know them, make friends and share whatever I know that could be helpful for them!  I'll be back on campus to start the prep 23 August :-)

House - finding a nice house with great flatmates (and classmates) to live in next year, I'm so looking forward to having a living room and kitchen (and a big patio!) and be able to have friends over for dinner and random socialising!

There's loads more but that's just a taste of what I've been up to and experienced on this MBA journey!  Now I'm at the airport heading off to San Francisco for the summer to do an internship with the Climate Change and Energy group of Google.org - check it out, I'm really excited about the potential this initiative holds!  Have a great summer everybody!!

New Orleans Jazz Fest

It's getting close to the end of the semester and projects are heating up but it's still nice to take time out with friends and do something fun.  Last weekend was Spring Gala in Newport - so nice to see everyone and their SO's dressed up and partying in a huge old mansion!

This weekend was even more fun!  One of my good friends and classmates is a native of New Orleans (pronounced: n'awlins) organised a trip to the New Orleans Jazz Festival - in a word: AWESOME!  Great music, fantastic food (crawfish everything and loads of other great stuff as well) and fun company.  Pretty good weather too (at least on Saturday and Sunday and especially compared to the rainy reports from Boston!)

Definitely take the time to hang out with classmates - there is a great diverse and interesting mix of people and many people proud of their background and wanting to share.

Pictures to follow!