Full-time MBA Class of 2023

MBA PROGRAM LAUNCH

September 2021
 SCHEDULE AT-A-GLANCE
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

31 1 2 3
MBA Program Launch MBA Program Launch
Day 1 Day 2
(Remote) (Remote)
9 am– 4:30 pm 9 am– 4:30 pm

6 7 8 9 10
MBA Jumpstart
MBA ProDev Launch MBA Jumpstart MBA Jumpstart
Accounting
8:30 am –4:30 pm Accounting Accounting
9:00-12:00 pm
(Remote) 8:30-11: 30 am 8:30-11:30 am
(In-Person)
(In-Person) (In-Person)

MBA ProDev ProDev Lead: Leadership

Labor Day 1:00-4:00 pm 1:00-4:00 pm 1:00-4:00 pm
Holiday (Remote) (Remote) (In-Person)

13 14 15 16 17
Optional Excel Course
7:30 am
MBA ProDev Launch LEAD LEAD LEAD
9:00 am-4:00 pm 8:30– 11:45 am 8:30– 11:45 am 8:30– 11:45 am
MBA Jumpstart Stats
(Remote) (Remote) (Remote) (Remote)
9:00-12:00 am
(In-person)
MBA Program Launch MBA Jumpstart: MBA Jumpstart: MBA Jumpstart :
Day 3 Finance Finance Finance
1:00 pm 1:15-4:15 pm 1:15-4:15 pm 1:15-4:15 pm
(In-person) (In-Person) (In-Person) (In-Person)

Co-Class Mixer
4:30 pm
Snack Break
Welcome Class of 2023!

We are excited to have you join our community.

Your journey starts with MBA Launch! This three-week-long program will prepare you for
multiple aspects of your career, leadership, and academic experiences. At Foster, we have a
strong belief in integrative learning. We recognize what you learn in the academic classroom will
be applied in your career development and community engagement to be better prepare you for
the future. Therefore, throughout September and your time at Foster, integrated exposure to
academics, careers, and the community happen regularly.

We know that this is a time of constant change; starting an MBA program, the on-going
pandemic, civil unrest due to centuries of racial injustices, and daily uncertainties might create a
great deal of anxiety. We are intentionally prioritizing your overall wellbeing throughout the
entire MBA program. We will use the University of Washington’s blueprint for Advancing
Student Well-Being developed by the UW Resiliency Lab to help you cultivate wellbeing for
yourself.

Day 1 and 2 of MBA Launch will introduce you to concepts that you see throughout your time at
Foster. We will focus on building on an inclusive community, nurturing your mindset for
academic and professional growth, and building space for taking care of your physical and
mental wellness. Our primary focus will be connecting you with your classmates, who will enrich
your time throughout the program. You will continue to see similar frameworks throughout
September. ProDev, Lead, JumpStart, and MBA Association and club events will introduce you to
concepts, tools, resources, and strategies for academic, professional, and personal success;
however, you define it.

Best,

Norah Fisher, Director Full-time MBA Student Affairs

 Thursday, September 2
Welcome and Community Connections with Norah
9:00 am
Fisher, Director of Full-Time MBA Student Affairs

9:50 am Break

Opening Presentation- with Jeana Jorgensen

10:00 am
2001 Foster MBA graduate
Lunch Break
11:30 am
Activity: Photo Contest

12:45 pm MBAA Announcement- with Sasha Duchin

Welcome to the Community from Wendy Guild,

1:00 pm Assistant Dean of MBA Programs

Breakout Sessions
(45 minutes with 10 minute breaks)
1:45 pm Session 1: 1:45 pm
Session 2: 2:40 pm
Session 3: 3:35 pm

4:30 pm Closing Remarks

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 Opening Speaker
Jeana Jorgensen
2001 Foster MBA graduate

Jeana is currently the Senior Director of

Cloud Product marketing and Sustaina-
bility at Google. Prior to that, she held
a wide range of product and business
management roles across various Mi-
crosoft divisions and non-profit organi-
zations. She is an MBA graduate of the
University of Washington with an un-
dergraduate law degree from Universi-
ty of California at Santa Barbara. Jeana
is active in the Washington state foster
care system and is a foster parent herself, caring for more than 25 children
over the last decade. For fun, you’ll find her in the mountains skiing or on the
water surfing or paddling with her three 7-yr-old boys at any opportunity
she gets.

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 Friday, September 3
8:45 am Welcome

Section A: Honor Code Overview and 10 Foster Essentials

9:00 am
Section B: Academic Program Overview

10:00 am Break

Section A: Academic Program Overview

10:15 am
Section B: Honor Code Overview and 10 Foster Essentials

11:15 am Break

Demystifying the Academic Classroom: Faculty Panel

11:30 am

Lunch Break
12:15 pm

Building an Inclusive Community

1:15 pm

2:15 pm Fostering Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

3:30 pm Team Reveal

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 MBA ProDev Launch
ProDev Launch, hosted by the Career Management team, is designed to help you
deepen your self-awareness and develop skills you will need in your job search
throughout your time at Foster.

ProDev Launch kicks off with an introduction to Designing Your Life – a process
that students have found valuable during their time at Foster and for many years
to come. You will then gain a deeper understanding of your strengths and talents
and how to use them in future roles. We will dive deep into case and behavioral in-
terviewing and you will polish your business writing skills with an Amazon execu-
tive. More than 20 company recruiters will join us to talk about what they expect to
see in the months ahead. ProDev Launch ends with a special training by Lewis Lin,
who specializes in MBA interviewing for product management and whose work-
shops have helped students in all roles and functions.

Sessions at a Glance

Date Topic

Tuesday, September 7 Designing the Professional, Discover

8:30 am-3:45 pm your Strengths

Wednesday, September 8 Corporate Recruiting, Explore Career

1:00-2:50 pm Functions in Mini Case Round Tables

Thursday, September 9 Prepare for Interviewing with Lewis Lin,

1:00-4:00 pm Impact Interview

Monday, September 13 Case Interviewing with Stephanie

9:00 am-11:00 am Knight, Management Consulted
1:00 pm-4:00 pm Company Visits

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 Jump Start

Accounting Instructor: Finance Instructor:

Elizabeth Blankspoor Thomas Gilbert

Session Schedules *All session in Paccar Hall, Shansby Auditorium

Date
Subject Time

9:00-:12:00 pm
Wednesday, September 8 Accounting

Thursday, September 9 Accounting 8:30-11:30 am

Friday, September 10 Accounting 8:30-11:30 am

*Optional Jump Start Excel 7:30 am-9:00 am

Tuesday, September 14
Statistics 9: -12:00 am

Finance
Wednesday, September 15 1:15-4:15 pm

1:15-4:15 pm
Thursday, September 16 Finance

Friday, September 17 Finance 1:15-4:15 pm

*Optional Jump Start Excel Course: This is a 90- minute Intermediate sessions for those
individuals who have not previously used Excel in a business setting.

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 MBA LEAD
Leadership Development—Instructor: Wendy Guild
This course is focused on helping you develop as a leader. It will equip you to:
1. Practice self-reflection to increase your awareness of your
strengths and weaknesses, resources and capacities as a leader
2. Clarify your purpose and help others do the same
3. Act with purpose in your work and life.
4. Connect your sense of purpose to that of the organization in
which you work.
5. Discern how to adjust your approach to leadership in a chang-
ing context.
This is to the end of fostering your development as an authentic,
empathetic, transformational leader to so that you might make
your greatest possible contribution.

Building Effective Teams—Instructor: Greg Bigley

This course covers conceptual tools you will need to build a high-
ly effective MBA Core Learning Team. It will equip you to:
1. Establish the critical dimensions of team performance.
2. Craft an overarching framework that unifies and galvanizes
team members.
3. Set-up team capabilities to perform extraordinarily well.
4. Renew and improve your team as needed to eliminate dys-
functions, address unforeseen adversity, or achieve a new or
higher performance goal.
The principles covered in this course and the related Leadership
Development course are crucial for building high-performance teams, whenever
and wherever you require them to accomplish objectives.

Session Schedules

Leadership Development 1:00-4:00 pm

Friday, September 10
Additional Sessions during Autumn quarter (In-person. Anthony’s Forum)

8:30 am-11: 45 am
Wednesday, September 15 Building Effective Teams
(Remote)

8:30 am-11: 45 am
Thursday, September 16 Building Effective Teams
(Remote)

Building Effective Teams 8:30 am-11: 45 am

Friday, September 17
* Additional Sessionsduring
8 Autumn quarter (Remote)
 Tuesday, September 14
9:00 am JumpStart: Statistics ( please look at pg. 8)

12:00 am Lunch Break

1:00 pm Alumni Leadership Panel

2:00 pm Embark Session (International Students only)

Voiced Experiences of International Student Alumni

2:15 pm

Snack Break
3:00 pm

Challenge for Charity Introductions

3:30 pm

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 September Meals
Date Time
8:00 am Breakfast
September 8
12:00 Lunch Pick-up
8:00-8:30 am Coffee Service
September 9
11:30 Lunch Pick-up
8:00-8:30 am Coffee Service
September 10 11:30 Lunch Pick-up
Afternoon Snacks
8:00 am Coffee Service
September 14 12:00 pm Lunch Pick-up
Afternoon Snacks
12:00 pm Lunch Pick-up
September 15
2:30 pm Afternoon Coffee Service
12:00 pm Lunch pick-up
September 16
2:30 pm Afternoon Coffee Service
12:00 pm Lunch pick-up
September 17 2:30 pm Afternoon Coffee Service
4:30 pm Class mixer with a sweet treat!

When in doubt, check on Canvas!

We encourage you to continue to check the MBA Class of 2023–

Program Office Resource Canvas site for updates throughout the
month of September. We will send out daily announcements and up-
date times and locations.

Save the Date!

September 24 | 5:30—7:30 pm
FT MBA Mixer—OPTIMISM BREWING COMPANY
1158 Broadway, Seattle, WA 98122

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MICHAEL G. FOSTER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
MBA PROGRAM OFFICE
DEMPSEY HALL 334, BOX 353223

TEL: 206.543.4661

www.foster.washington.edu/mba