Free Webinar: Action Learning – Projects that make a difference
Join Clear Admit CEO Eliot Ingram, Illinois/Gies Director of Admissions & Recruitment Jennifer Larson and Illinois/Gies Director of Action Learning to discuss the benefits of Action Learning during your MBA experience.
Thursday, March 29th , 2018
1:00 p.m. EST/ 12:00 p.m. CST
In this online information session, the panel will discuss how prepared students are for the job market via Action Learning experiences, how action/experiential learning can make a difference in your career and what skills you will gain through your action learning experiences:
Topics covered include:
- What Action Learning looks like at the Illinois MBA
- The Consulting Lab and its core components
- The Global Immersion Lab Experience
- Q&A with current students
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Speakers
Andrew Allen- Director, Action Learning
Before joining the University of Illinois, Andrew worked for KPMG and Opportunity Fund in the San Francisco Bay Area and ran a startup in the higher education space. For the past 7 years, Andrew has worked in the area of experiential learning – or learning by doing – and has been involved in over 300 client-based projects at the University of Illinois and at several universities around the country.
Jennifer Larson- Director, Recruiting and Admissions
Jenny leads the Illinois MBA recruiting and marketing team. Previously, and when she first joined the College of Business in 2014, Jenny served as a MBA career coach. She also has more than 15 years of sales and marketing experience in both the public and private sectors, serving as Assistant Athletic Director for Sales and Marketing with Illinois Athletics and the Assistant Director of Marketing for the University’s primary entertainment venue, Assembly Hall. She began her career working for Hyster Company/NACCO MHG. She is also an alum of the Illinois MBA.
MBA Applywire
I'm an MiM candidate at Kellogg expected to matriculate in June 2026. I have an undergraduate degree in engineering from IIT. I will be joining DHL Consultings Americas office as a Mgmt Consultant post graduation from Kellogg.
My undergrad GPA is 7.38/10 and am expecting a 3.7+ from Kellogg at the time of applications.
I have a lot of internships ( 5+) at start-ups across various roles(strategy, marketing, Product Management, operations), industries and sizes. From dorm-room stage to unicorns. Also held multiple leadership roles during my time at college. Founded and headed two social initiatives on sustainability and women empowerment and informally mentored underclassmen from underrepresented backgrounds.
Plan to exit consulting soon into a start-up. Post MBA goal is investing ( not sure if VC/PE/Growth equity ). Longer term goal is entrepreneurship in India ( Inspired by family legacy and want to give back to country )
- No excuse for low GPA, I was simply didn't have the necessary drive or subject matter interest in school, was more interested in playing music and doing enough to graduate. Pursued that simultaneous to my conventional job for a few years after school and actually had a couple cool licensing deals with corporate brands but in last few years decided to focus on career.
- unfortunately had an illness at the end of last year that led to me have serious vision issues, being laid off and subsequently on disability for the first part of this year. Have since mostly recovered except for an operation I should be able to get next spring.
- volunteer leader for a high school ministry
Sponsored applicant from Deloitte. Applying to eight programs for the normal round two deadline. Pre-MBA experience is five years of consulting at Deloitte, completing a variety of projects across core business operations, human capital, and strategy within the TMT industry. MBA goals are to prepare for my return to Deloitte, specifically in the Monitor Deloitte strategy practice. Long-term, I would like to move into a strategy role within big tech.
MBA LiveWire
9YOE, no interview
9YOE, no interview