Thursday before Spring Break!

Hi again!

So today is the Thursday before we go on Spring Break! The campus libraries have been absolutely packed this past week because of midterms, and everyone is going crazy trying to complete all of their papers/exams before we go on Spring Break on Friday. I only had one midterm this week (in Managerial Accounting) and am looking forward to 3 when I return...ah!

For Spring Break, I'm going to Cancun with a few of my friends from BC. I'm really looking forward to relaxing and being in the sun for a change! It's been quite chilly up here in Boston this past week. For break, a lot of my friends are going on service trips with the Appalachia Volunteers, something that I participated in last year as a freshman. I went to Narrows, Virginia, and got to know the community very well while helping them with any construction/town-wide tasks that needed to be completed. It was an amazing experience and I am jealous of everyone going on Appalachia this year (especially the people going to Narrows)! I made wonderful friendships, had a blast, helped people in need, and learned a lot about myself through Appalachia; I definitely want to go on another trip before I graduate.

Well, that's all for now! Best,

Mary

An Ordinary Tuesday

Hi Everyone,

My name is Mary and I am a sophomore in the Carroll School of Management (CSOM for short) concentrating in Marketing and Finance.

To start off, I'm going to go through my day just to fill you in on what any other weekday is like for me at BC. I only have 2 classes on Tuesday/Thursday; my first is Managerial Accounting and after that I have Basic Finance. Basic Finance is really interesting and I am already starting to learn concepts that big-time financial people use every day at their jobs.

After my classes, I got lunch with some friends and then I babysat for people that live really close to BC, which is great because I can walk there in ten minutes and earn some extra ca$h! Then, I had a meeting for the marketing committee for the BC Arts Festival, which happens for 3 days every Spring and is really exciting and fun! Now, I'm in the computer lab working on a finance assignment...which I should get back to now! Talk to you soon!

-Mary

A Look into Next Fall

Hey everyone,

Well it's my first update for the Carroll School of Management and there is certainly a lot going on in CSOM lately. But we won't begin with what is going on just this week, let's start with what is ahead for the incoming freshman (you guys) to the School of Management.

Next year, as I am sure all of you are well aware of, ALL freshman in CSOM have to take Portico, a sort of hybrid program that is going to replace the Ethics core in the school. Right now the the deans are interviewing potential candidates to teach the class. I had the opportunity to have lunch with one of the candidates today with a couple of fellow classmates and it seems that the deans are going to have their hands full trying to cut down the list of teachers. The man today was very excited about potentially teaching Portico and getting to interact with the students more than in his Ethics class.

Portico was the best class of the first semester. It not only taught ethics to rising freshman in the business, but also introduced all students in the class to the range of concentrations in CSOM. Researching, writing, and presenting assigned projects forced us to become more knowledgeable in the business aspect of our future learning. And the small class size let us form great relationships with each other, despite the heated debates that sometimes arose when dealing with difficult ethical issues. Overall Portico was an awesome class, and I would be very excited if I were a CSOM student of 2013 to be able to experience such a class.

I'll be talking to you guys soon,

Brian Palumbo