Students connected with alumni and corporate leaders during a recent visit to New York City intended to boost their professional networks.
From Sept. 10-12, 2015, students visited companies that included Google, Time Inc., New York Stock Exchange, JP Morgan, Bloomberg, Time Inc., Warby Parker, Credit Suisse, Simulmedia, Richard Bernstein Advisors and Morgan Stanley. Students were also able to connect with Elon alumni in the area.
Faculty and staff who accompanied the students were:
- Wonhi Synn, professor of finance
- Neeraj Gupta, associate professor of finance
- Brooke Buffington, associate director of career services for the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business
- Tina Das, Lincoln Financial Professor of Economics and director of the Business Fellows program
- Tom Brinkley, executive director of the Student Professional Development Center
- Steven House, provost and executive vice president
- Raghu Tadepalli, dean of the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business
Students explored the various forms of networking at hand.
“The networking opportunities offered from this experience are invaluable,” said senior Amanda Rolfes. “If any of the fellows have interest in one of the companies going forward for internships or jobs, they have the luxury of already being connected with a few people at the firm—including some Elon alumni who never seem hesitant to help Elon students.”
Employees of the companies shared insights with the students regarding the business world.
“As part of the finance group, the most important element of the Business Fellows visit was hearing a number of different perspectives on the finance industry, as well as a variety of views on the state of the financial markets at a time where there is so much uncertainty and fear, especially in the stock market,” said senior Alex Francis. “Talking candidly with professionals in different areas of the industry about how they develop and follow a strategy was a very distinctive experience.”