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Graduation Day!
OwenBloggers would like to say “Congratulations!” to everyone in the class of 2012 for a job well done completing their MBA. High fives all around! While we can all agree that it has gone by waaaay too fast, today also comes with a great sense of accomplishment and pride.
Best of luck to everyone in their future endeavours. Now let the celebrations begin!
This I Know: Alumni Insights from Ann Dominick ’82
Ann Dominick is an Owen alumnus from the Class of ’82. Her professional roles have included CFO and Vice President of Finance in small and large companies, domestic and international. She has consulted in government and industry. Ann spent ten years at MCI and started her career with PriceWaterhouse. Her MBA from Owen was in Finance and Accounting. She is a CPA, licensed in Virginia and originally in Louisiana. Her Bachelors in Economics was conferred by Smith College, Northampton Massachusetts.
Last week I attended an alumni meet and greet for prospective Owen students in Washington D.C. There was a ton of energy in the room as our alums spoke excitedly about their current endeavors. I came away with the desire to share some of the thoughts and experiences in the time since I graduated from Owen. My 30th reunion is this spring and since we’ll all be gathering soon, I’ve invited my fellow alumni to share their own insights in a new series of posts on OwenBloggers.
Taking a famous line from someone else, “This I know”:
Posted in Alumni Insights, Clark Bosslet '12, Job Search, Lifestyle
Tagged alumni, wisdom
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Parenting at Owen
Guest Blogger Ben Meek, MBA 2012, gives some insights into being a parent while pursuing his MBA. If you’re a parent (or soon-to-be parent) thinking about coming to Owen and want to ask Ben or his wife Katie more about parenting as a student send an e-mail to: benjamin.meek@owen.vanderbilt.edu or reach out to the Owen Partners Association: OPA@owen.vanderbilt.edu
Ben and one of his kiddos
My wife Katie and I took a leap and moved from San Diego to Nashville despite knowing very little about the city. From a family perspective, we could hardly have made a better choice. I can’t weigh in too much on day care and schooling, but here’s what I can tell you about.
Kids – When we arrived, Katie was 6 months pregnant with our second son. We thought we’d be the only couple crazy enough to have a child during business school, but at least a couple of other Owen families did it as well this past year. (Tell you one thing that made that easier—the hospital is about a 5 minute walk from campus.) Our kids have really thrived here. There are plenty of good outdoorsy things to do, including some great hiking trails in Brentwood and elsewhere, and my 3-year old loved his first camping trip. If that’s not your cup of tea, there are plenty of good places to take the kids, play groups and the like. We’ve found Nashville to be a stellar family environment with plenty of young families.
Posted in Graduate Life, Guest & Alumni Bloggers, Partners & Sig-O's
Tagged family, kids, parenting
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Owen Podcast Series: Jackalope Brewing Company
In this edition of the Owen Podcast Series, we welcome Jackalope Brewing Company co-founders Bailey Spaulding and Robyn Virball. The conversation touches on the inspiration behind the company, their current and future plans, and why, in spite of being the only female owned and operated brewery in Tennessee, they opted against calling it the Flowers and Unicorns Brewing Company.
- Visit JackalopeBrew.com
- Follow @JackalopeBrew on Twitter
- Connect with Jackalope Brew on Facebook
Owen Lost and Found (Now more awesome!!)
Losing one’s cell phone could be one of life’s harrowing experiences for most of us these days, but for Gianna DelliCarpini (MBA ’12) this was no less than losing a child in Disney World. Read on to find out about the emotional turmoil she went through on that fateful day and how the story inspired a group of her colleagues to work on a project to improve the Lost & Found system at Owen.
Something is lost and can’t be found… Something is lost and can’t be found…
That’s usually how it starts, as panic sets in and you come to the realization that whatever it is you are missing may actually be LOST. Owen seems to be a black-hole for missing objects. Sometimes those objects are found and make it to one of many Lost and Found locations. However, many missing treasures that disappear are never to be found again!
My most recent episode in the saga of missing things was when I lost my beloved Blackberry this fall. As I was leaving my 1PM meeting, (the last place I remember seeing or using my phone) I was distracted and chattering away. Minutes after, in the Owen lobby, I realized I was missing my phone. I quickly began retracing my steps…Checking the floor, the garbage, the tables near the classrooms, my mailbox, dark corners, and asking people (slightly frantically) if they had seen my phone… No Luck.