New Term Begins with a Positive Start

Today was back to the grind of classes and craziness. Thankfully, the week started lightly: Organizational Behavior in the morning and just a short meeting with our MBA director in the afternoon.

A bunch of us went scrambling yesterday for the Organizational Behavior ("OB") textbook when we realized there was a ton of reading assigned for the first class. When we discovered that the local bookstore with most of the textbooks was out of this particular book, a slight panic set in (such a great way to start out!). However, a quick email to the lecturer by one of my classmates revealed that he didn't expect us to have read anything by the first class - whew! Nonetheless, I've discovered that this class will be plenty of work between all the reading and a seemingly significant group project. Thankfully the lecturer was great this morning, with a positive blend of lecturing and class discussion to keep everyone engaged. So while this class may end up being a bit of work, it thankfully will be delivered in a good fashion.

The afternoon brought an overview of our big company projects to be completed over the remainder of the MBA. Our director gave us a large packet of information on this report, with all significant dates pertaining to presentations to be given not only to professors at Trinity, but also to the top management of an assigned company. Finally, the news was delivered: our new groups were revealed along with the company assigned to each group for this large project. The new groups will be in place for the remainder of the year in order to coincide with the company project, and awaiting this news caused much anxiety and excitement now that we all know each other a little better. I grabbed ahold of the team assignments and breathed a sigh of relief: not only does my team look awesome but the project should prove very interesting - it's definitely not in any way related to my past experience, but this will hopefully provide plenty of learning opportunities!

So, with the first day down and a VERY busy schedule ahead of me, at least it is all starting off on a good note! And now, off to dive into the textbooks awaiting me...