Freeman 50 welcomes the Class of 2016

The Freeman School rolled out the red carpet for incoming MBA students on Thursday (Aug. 14) with a first-of-its-kind networking reception for students in the full-time and professional programs.

Hosted by the Freeman 50, the business school’s young MBA alumni advisory board, in conjunction with the Career Management Center and the Stewart Center for Executive Education, the MBA Welcome Reception was designed not just to welcome new students to Freeman but also to introduce them to networking and hopefully help them create a support system for the next two years. Faculty, staff and more than 50 MBA alumni attended the reception to meet, mix and mingle with the new class.

For graduates from the class of 2014, the event amounted to a mini-reunion, but it was also a way for them to give something back to the Freeman School and offer incoming students some still-fresh insights about the MBA program and the job search process.

“It was a great opportunity to meet the new students and share our experiences with them,” says Eryn Bell Wood (MBA ’14), a member of Freeman 50. “They really seemed to enjoy the interaction with us as we just graduated in May.”

To see more photos from the Freeman 50/CMC  MBA Welcome Reception, visit the Freeman School's Flickr page.