Haas Student Comments on Largest Class of Women Pt. 2
Haas School of Business student Ryann Kopacka, MBA ’16, shares her experience of what it is like to be in a class with 43 percent women. This is part two of a blog series from Haas about the large percentage of women who are attending the school.
Kopacka opens her blog entry by explaining that in her undergraduate engineering program, she was part of a class that was only 30 percent women and she was often the only female in a class and almost always the only female in group projects. She shares how she feels about the change in class dynamics with women now being the majority of students.
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Haas Student Comments on Largest Class of Women
Haas School of Business student Ryann Kopacka, MBA ’16, shares her experience of what it is like to be in a class with 43 percent women. This is part one of a three part blog series from Haas about the large percentage of women who are attending the school in the class of 2016.
In this first part of the blog series, Kopacka shares her experience as a newly admitted MBA student at Haas. She shares how the community of women at Haas immediately reached out to her and offered a warm welcome made her feel like she was part of the Haas family before she had even accepted the offer to attend.
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Haas Ranked No. 5 by Financial Engineer
The Hass School of Business at UC Berkeley was ranked no. 5 in the Financial Engineer’s 2015 MBA program rankings. The Financial Engineer’s rankings are the most comprehensive rankings for graduate business programs in the United States.
The rankings were calculated by a weighted average of each of six components. The six components are:
- 30% Mean GMAT Scores
- 25% Mean Starting Salary and Bonus
- 15% Mean Undergraduate GPA
- 15% Acceptance Rate
- 10% Full Time Graduates Employed at Graduation
- 5% Full Time Graduates Employed 3 Months after Graduation
Haas Holds Part-Time MBA Admissions Events
The Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley will be offering several upcoming admissions events for its part-time MBA program. These events include information sessions at different locations around the bay area as well as different cities across the country, class visitations, online information sessions and special diversity events.
The Evening and Weekend MBA Program at Haas makes the academic experience convenient and accessible for busy working professionals. The three-year, part-time schedule makes it possible to work while pursuing an education. Students will study at the UC Berkeley campus. Weekend students will also study at a location in nearby Silicon Valley on select Saturdays.
Haas Names New Exec. Director for Responsible Business
Robert Strand, an international expert in sustainability and corporate social responsibility, has been appointed new executive director of the Center for Responsible Business at Haas School of Business. Strand started in his position August 18, 2014. He succeeds Jo Mackness, who was named COO of Haas in March 2014.
In this role, Strand will oversee the 12-year-old center, which has grown from an educational startup into a mature organization focused on establishing corporate social responsibility with five associated faculty, 10 classes each year, and more than 1,200 alumni.
Haas Faculty Selected as Teaching Fellows
Haas School of Business faculty members Sara Beckman and Dave Rochlin have been selected as UC Berkeley Lecturer Teaching Fellows for the 2014–2015 academic year.
The Lecturer Teaching Fellows Program supports participants in generating dynamic tools and resources for enriching and/or innovating teaching practices on campus. Ten to 12 Fellows are selected each year to participate in workshops and work in teams on areas of interest to the university.
