A Year Off...

So I took a year off of blogging.... why? There are so many reasons, but most importantly, I have been extremely busy with school. Yes, school. Much of 2009 & 2010 had been focused on applying to business schools and researching types of business schools I wanted to attend. My career goals has been to work in marketing for a consumer products, "green", or entertainment company. I was accepted to Pepperdine's Graziadio School of Business and Management in Spring 2010, where I quickly began my transition into the bschool world!

In my first year, I was trying to get adjusted to being back in school, in addition to becoming involved in the Pepperdine community. I signed up for many different clubs, including Marketing Society, Entertainment Club, Net Impact, Challenge for Charity, and National Association of Women MBAs. I was also selected to be a Graziadio Marketing Ambassador (now, Graziadio Student Ambassador), where I help Graziadio's Recruitment office with events and host prospective students on campus. I was also selected Director of Communications for the Marketing Society, where I was in charge of the Marketing Society's website and social platforms (Facebook/Twitter accounts), as well as emailing newsletters and important information to its members. Over the past year, I have learned about so many important components of business, in addition to other business-related issues. To wrap up my first year at Pepperdine, I attended a Global Programs one-week business trip to Brazil. We visited several companies and bschools in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. I wrote a blog about my experience, which was featured on Graziadio's student blog website, Graziadio Voice. Out of over 20 submission, only 6 were selected and mine was one of them! To top it all off, my submission won "blog of the month" in June! For winning, I received a $25 American Express Gift Card, which will definitely help with my bschool-related expenses. I was really excited to learn the awesome news so I had to share it with my family and friends, whom also loved the blog. So for those of you who want to read all about my brazil travel experience, I will repost the blog here soon! So stay tuned....

More bschool updates to come....