Let's see how this goes...

This is my first time blogging so we'll see if this works. Welcome to the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business MBA student blog. Does this have spell check? It does. Excellent.

Some background on me. I got my undergraduate in Marketing at the University of Utah in 1998. I worked for 10 years for a national food brokerage doing marketing data analysis. Decided to come back to get my MBA. The building I take all my classes in now was built years after I left and the building I took all my classes in then is being torn down now. I've been out a while.

We are providing this blog to help anyone interested get a sense for the DESB MBA experience. And we'll start with last night...Attitude Adjustment. Every few weeks, the Dean of the Business School, Dr. Brittain, opens a tab at Lamb's Grill for the students, faculty, and any prospective students for what's called Attitude Adjustment. It's basically is just a chance to get together, relax, and socialize. Lamb's Grill is this wonderful old restaurant where all the politicians eat. If Salt Lake had a mafia, this is where they'd hang out. I always secretly hope to spot Paulie Walnuts or Uncle Junior in a booth, but they're never there. Anyway, there's sushi, cheese, beer, wine...good stuff. I was designated driver so I was hitting the ice teas pretty hard.

I love Attitude Adjustments because I get to talk to 2nd years, professors, and the few people in my class that I don't know well because we're not in groups together. Who knew Pete the back row was so cool? Last night was great because I got to talk to Bob Allen, my Financial Accounting professor from first semester. One of my favorite people ever. Funny, funny guy. Total storyteller. Learned a lot in that class. Although I didn't do as well on the final as I would have liked. My debits and credits must have been in a fight that day because they were totally not getting along.

One of the most beneficial parts of the MBA is the access to professors. They have great career insights, know tons of people for networking, and are all just really bright. My professors have been particularly accessible. I bumped into one on campus last semester and asked him if he felt I should enroll in a particular elective for which I was not sure I would be totally prepared. Opened my email at the end of the day and had 4 emails. They were from him and the professor who would be teaching me. They discussed what would be covered and how my background would probably be sufficient. I'll tell you more about the profs later.

Ok, wow. I need to get faster at this.