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14 Mar 2017, 12:39
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| FROM Haas Admissions Blog: Earning an MBA While Working, You Become a Time Management Rock Star |
 Think earning an MBA while working means sacrificing your family, friends, or current job? The best part-time MBA programs actually set you up to succeed on all fronts of your life. Here in the Evening & Weekend Berkeley MBA Program, we've helped students thrive in school and in their careers since 1972, all while they keep other elements of their lives in balance. But it's not just about how we support you (and we do), it's about how you grow stronger in the process, among other things, developing an astounding ability to prioritize. Becoming a time management rock star—just one way to find balance. For five more ways the Evening & Weekend MBA program at Berkeley-Haas can help, download our ebook Balancing Your MBA with Work & Life.  
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| FROM Haas Admissions Blog: Beyond Yourself EMBA Fellowship An Enduring Class Gift |
 How much do the members of the Berkeley MBA for Executives class of 2016 believe in the power of going Beyond Yourself? Enough to provide an EMBA fellowship to help “future alumni” participate in the program. “From the beginning, our class lived by the motto, ‘leave no one behind,’” according to Liz Lowry, vice president of Business Development at INgrooves Music Group and the class VP for Alumni Relations. “We support one another through everything from missed class sessions to marriages, deaths, and births,” she notes. “When it came time to discuss our class gift, we solicited our classmates for thoughts on ways we could Question the Status Quo and leave a lasting legacy as Berkeley Leaders,” says Liz (pictured above at the fellowship campaign kickoff). “We decided on a needs-based fellowship, with a goal of ensuring no future EMBA would be left behind because of financial need.” The amount of the fellowship had to be “meaningful enough to make a difference in someone’s decision-making process about enrolling,” Liz recalls. “We also wanted it to endure over time. The committee overseeing the class gift asked each student to donate $1,000. The response was overwhelming. The class raised $73,452, directly and through employer matching gifts, to provide a $25,000 Beyond Yourself Fellowship. The amount raised, Liz says, is further testament to just how much she and her classmates value each other and their Berkeley-Haas experience. The first applicants will be from the incoming class of 2018. Members of the EMBA 2016 class will review the applicants’ personal statements, however the final recipient will be chosen by the Financial Aid and Admissions offices. “My classmates and I may never know who receives our fellowship,” Liz adds. “The recipients may not want to reveal themselves, and that is absolutely fine with my classmates and me. This isn’t about drawing attention to the EMBA 16 class. The goal of the fellowship is to ensure another EMBA student can share the incredible camaraderie and Berkeley-Haas education that we all cherish.” The Beyond Yourself Fellowship is one of two fellowships available to prospective Executive MBA students, along with financial aid from outside sources. Visit the Haas Financial Aid website for complete information, including timelines, or schedule a consultation with the Admissions Office.  
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| FROM Haas Admissions Blog: The MBA and Meaningful Work: Meet Jim Trenkle of Gilead Sciences |
 As a successful bench research scientist for pharmaceutical developer Gilead Sciences, Jim Trenkle, MBA 16, found himself wondering about what came next in the life cycle from bench to bedside. His team had been involved in the most successful pharmaceutical launch of all time: the Hepatitus C drug Harvoni earned revenues of $14 billion in its first year of sale. But Jim became increasingly curious about later stages of the supply chain: How is a drug introduced into the marketplace? What is its long-term impact downstream? How will it benefit mankind? Exploring outside the boundaries of his job title In a new role as senior manager of the Liver Disease Project, Jim moved from working on a single drug to managing the entire Hepatitis C and liver fibrosis portfolios. And still he wondered what lay beyond the parameters of his specific job title. “I was interested in in thinking more deeply about business problems,” he remembers, “but pharma is not renowned for people development.” So he began considering an MBA as a path to more meaningful work. (Wondering about your possible path to more meaningful work? Click here to get our five steps to making your next career move.) While Gilead offered its own internal MBA course, Jim again challenged the culture’s thinking and applied to the evening weekend MBA program that excited him most: the one at Berkeley Haas. “People had also told me that portfolio management was an administrative role and wouldn’t be right for me,” he says, “but it didn’t hold me back. I was there for reasons of my own.” Making the shift from science to business thinking Once he joined the Evening & Weekend Berkeley MBA Program, he found the kind of practice and exposure to new disciplines he’d been seeking. As he learned basic business competence and financial modeling skills, the leap from science to business thinking came naturally. “I found ways to connect the work I was doing at Gilead with my coursework,” he says. “For my game theory course, I wrote a paper on pharmaceutical pricing. I looked for opportunities to marry the two in a synergistic way.” During his three years in the EWMBA program, Jim made two more moves within Gilead – first to associate director of the Liver Disease Project and Portfolio Management and more recently to associate director of Commercial Planning for Liver Disease. His new degree prepared him to take on increased responsibilities for analyzing, forecasting, and decision-making. “Building on my basic science background, my new skills allow me to tie that into a financial model and put some hard numbers next to what a project could be worth,” he says. The deeper satisfaction of a broader perspective With each internal move he’s made, Jim has found deeper satisfaction in the broader perspective he’s achieved on pharmaceutical development, from the raw science to its impact on patients, their families, and doctors. He credits his own iterative process with helping to determine what “more meaningful work” looks like, reflecting on his own values and motivations. But his trajectory is far from over. “I don’t know where this journey’s taking me,” Jim says, “but I have an internal compass. As long as I’m aligned with my central purpose, each step is important. I own my individual story.” Are you considering a career move for more meaningful work? Get our five steps.  
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