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| FROM Tuck Admissions Blog: Career Trek - Marketing and General Management in the Twin Cities |
![]() Alexandra (“Alex”) Clegg is member of the Class of 2015 and a Forte Scholar. Alex, originally from Ohio, graduated from Colby College. Prior to Tuck, she provided corporate strategy and transaction advisory to the Defense, Aerospace, and Government Services industries at Renaissance Strategic Advisors and Charles River Associates in Washington, D.C. On November 7 and 8, a dozen first-year Tuckies and Lizzie Napier (T’91), Associate Director of the Career Development Office, met with six prospective companies in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota. The two days were more than full – meeting alumni, exploring a new city, and getting to see the inside of leading corporations. More than anything, I was struck by the reach of the Tuck alumni network and how it quite literally opened the doors for us to visit and better understand the internship opportunities we are applying for this summer. The trip launched with a skyway commute to Target’s Headquarters. Our visit was sponsored by a Tuck alum, who currently works in Business Intelligence at Target. In addition to talking about opportunities at Target, the evolution of retail via online shopping, we also toured Target’s history museum (see our photo with Spot!). Next we were off to 3M’s Innovation Center, described as a “technology candy shop” given the vast and varied new technologies and inventions that have been achieved by the company. This includes Grammy and Oscar awards! Several Tuck alumni met with us to talk about opportunities with 3M as well as the potential to continue our tripod hockey careers in the Twin Lakes. ![]() We finished our first day with a visit to Land O’Lakes. Here we met both Tuck grads as well as other leaders in the company. In addition to discussing marketing internship and full time opportunities with the company, Land O’Lakes gave us a tour through their tasting kitchen. This included samples of their latest Sautee Express, a chocolate chip cookie taste test, and meeting with one of their senior scientists who tested our group for “super tasters,” those of us with great capacity to taste the nuances between food flavors. Land O’Lakes generously hosted us for happy hour as well, ensuring we all had ample time to meet team members. (See picture below featuring T’10 Adam DeRosier sporting his tripod jersey!) ![]() Our second day in Minneapolis started with a visit to General Mills to learn about the role of Assistant Marketing Managers. Here we met with nearly a dozen Tuck alumni and other executives at General Mills, including a visit with COO Ian Friendly. Highlights included a panel of current post-MBA Assistant Marketing Managers, a live case study exploring the strategy for one of GMI’s brands, Fiber One, and touring the Betty Crocker test kitchen. Following out visit to General Mills, we had lunch at Pearson’s Candy, whose Chief Executive Officer is a Tuckie and a real-life Willy Wonka. Here we toured the manufacturing facilities, and even go to taste a hot off the press Nut Roll. We all agreed, being CEO of a candy manufacturer is pretty sweet! Aside from satisfying our sweet tooth, we picked up great perspective on launching careers in Marketing/General Management. More than talking about candy, we were able to learn from his extensive Consumer Packaged Goods experience with companies from Nestle, to Dairy Queen (where he was the former Chief Marketing Officer), to Jamba Juice. We concluded our trip with a visit to Cargill. Here we were able to connect with various alumni who had taken a wide variety of positions across the company, from trading, to transaction advisory, to more traditional general management roles in various divisions of the company. Our trek concluded with TuckTails at Marin Restaurant’s Library Room where we were joined by a strong showing of alumni from the Twin Cities. ![]() These two days of company visits not only provided a new dimension of understanding of internship opportunities but it demonstrated the power and reach of the Tuck network. Every company we hoped to visit, we were able to identify alumni who more than responded to emails. Our alumni took the time to invite us inside their place of work, answer our questions, and make introductions to senior leaders that aligned with our individual interests. |
| FROM Tuck Admissions Blog: Talk to us! Have questions about life as a Tuck Partner (TP) in Hanover? |
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Will and I are just getting back from a short Thanksgiving holiday with our family in Chicago; for those of you who celebrate the American holiday, I hope you enjoyed weekends with your loved ones as well. I've gotten a few emails recently from prospective students and their prospective partners with all sorts of questions about life in Hanover. Please keep them coming, I love to hear from you and share my Tuck experience! I also try my best to connect you with others who may have insightful perspetives, and resources as well. Please know that you can also always email this year's Partner Visitor Coordinators -- Sarah, Kendall, and Lauren (all TP'15s) -- at [url=mailto:[email protected]][email protected][/url] to arrange a meeting or coffee date with a current TP'14 or TP'15 if you have the opportunity to visit campus with your student, which I highly recommend doing if possible. Also, check out my post about visiting campus as a partner! If you have questions about finding employment as a partner, please post them as comments and I'll be sure to write a post addressing questions/concerns. Last fall, I wrote this blog post about finding employment in the Upper Valley, that may be useful to those of you who are considering relocating and job searching in the area. Early Action decisions are coming out soon (I remember counting the minutes around this time, two years ago!), and the January deadline to apply is just around the corner. Good luck everyone! |
| FROM Tuck Admissions Blog: Sharing Traditions and Celebrating Community - My First Thanksgiving |
![]() This week I had an opportunity to take part in yet another "I didn't know before coming to Tuck" but "very Tuck-like" experience. I just celebrated my first Thanksgiving. Though I have been in the United States for a little more than two years, I never formally celebrated Thanksgiving. It used to be just a vacation time for me. Not so this year. What's the big deal? I owe it to Tuck. For many students (especially, international students) who stayed in Hanover during this time, Tuck ensured that we don't miss out on the experience and the culture. Our MBA Program Office meticulously planned to arrange Thanksgiving host dinners for all of us who remained in town. Tuck staff, including professors, extended their warm invites to us to spend time with their families on the day of Thanksgiving. There were seven international students (and thee partners) in our group. We were hosted by Lauren Morse, Assistant Director of the MBA Program Office, and her amazing family - she shares her experience below! It was a wholesome day of food, fun and laughs. Every student - whether he/she stayed back in Hanover or not - was touched by the thoughtfulness and the warm gesture. We are all very appreciative of Tuck for making it a success. From my side, I am quite glad about finding this inclusiveness and being part of a global family at Tuck! ![]() Lauren Morse, Assistant Director, MBA Program Office I’ve worked at Tuck for six years and this is the first time I’ve hosted students for Thanksgiving. The MBA Program Office knew there would be students who couldn’t go home for the holiday and organized students to have Thanksgiving with staff and faculty. My family, including my husband, mother and father, all joined in the festivities and hosted 7 International first-year students and their families. We all had a wonderful time. For many of the students, this was their first Thanksgiving and my family and I had the pleasure of explaining Thanksgiving traditions- including turkey, watching football, and of course Black Friday shopping. I’m not sure if any other business schools do this sort of outreach, but at Tuck the small, strong community makes this sort of interaction possible. Our Thanksgiving dinner was a chance for me to share a bit about my culture, all while learning a little more about our students- their culture, interests, and families. It is a tradition that we hope to continue! |
| FROM Tuck Admissions Blog: Making the Move to Hanover |
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Donna Hay, Tuck's Associate Director of Diversity Recruitment Initiatives, talks about the opportunities and distinctive benefits of living in Hanover NH and the Upper Valley |
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