1/11/2024 0 Comments Seemingly insurmountable“Now that you have become the person you are today, reevaluate, sit down with yourself and honestly seek to understand who you have become.” Full-time MBA: The opportunity to “fail and learn” “The first ask (from me) is to pause, really pause, and see the space that school used to take up and protect it,” she said. Lee asked students to pause for a moment and savor, after spending the last three years on a sprint. “Joy, anxiety relief, excitement to move on to the next thing, get on with it, but perhaps we shouldn’t. “What Haas has afforded us is the opportunity to redefine ourselves, to explore the edges of our comfort zone, and that’s why as we end this chapter and start our new paths to our own definitions of success we are faced with so many different emotions,” she said. Photo: Natasha PayesĮvening & Weekend program student speaker Paulina Lee, a marketing director at Procter & Gamble, told graduates to stop and consider how much they’ve changed at Haas. Noting how many life events happened for the EWMBA class during the program, Harrison said that 32% of the class was promoted, 41% of the students changed jobs, 13% got married, and 30 babies were born. Power is the ability to make a difference-one day at a time one project at a time one function at a time.”Įvening & Weekend grads: “Pause and savor” “Power is not always about how many people report to you or whether you have the CEO’s ear or whether you are the CEO. “Because of who you are-your fierce intelligence and your deep understanding of the forces that drive business– you will have power,” she said. Harrison praised the students for their resilience during their program, noting that those experiences will serve them well throughout their careers. “This felt like the best closure for a two-year process that has been life changing,” said Ignacio Solis, MBA 22, an international student from Chile. She acknowledged how special it was to be together for the first in-person MBA commencement in two years. Photo: Jim Blockĭean Ann Harrison welcomed Singh, an entrepreneur who in 2010 co-founded battery technology company QuantumScape. You don’t need to settle.” Jagdeep Singh, EWMBA 90, speaks at MBA commencement. “Pick one that you have passion for, that you can’t help but want to spend all your time day and night on even if others think it’s too idealistic, too big, or too unsolvable. “The world right now has lots of huge unsolved problems-from political polarization to climate change to artificial general intelligence to augmented humanity to disease to inequality-so you have lots of big problems to choose from,” commencement speaker Jagdeep Singh, EWMBA 90, told about 600 graduates, who gathered under blue skies and sunshine. It was a moment of unfettered joy, as speakers rallied the graduates for the challenges ahead. (Photo: Natasha Payes)Įxuberant grads tossed beach balls and danced salsa in the aisles of the Greek Theatre at Saturday’s commencement ceremony for the Berkeley Haas Full-time and Evening and Weekend MBA Class of 2022. MBA students gather behind stage at the Greek Saturday before commencement.
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