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Spring Immersion Trip Reflections: Miriam Charry ’16

Here’s a little recap of Miriam’s awesome experience on the immersion trip and how she has been using her alumnae network for her internship search! At the beginning of March, a group of 12 CWIB members travelled to NYC for an Immersion trip. During this trip, we participated in three site visits in three different […]

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Spring Immersion Trip Reflections: Liz Mullin ’17

Twelve students traveled to New York City last month as a part of CWiB’s Spring Immersion Trip. Liz Mullin, Class of 2017 has shared some of her reflections below.   As a freshman, I am still on the road to figuring out not only the ropes of college, but which classes and interests along the […]

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Immersion Trip Reflections: Lindsey Skerker ’14

Below is another reflection piece by Ms. Lindsey Skerker ’14 covering CWiB’s Senior Immersion Trip to NYC during September 25-29th. I was fortunate enough to be part of CWIB’s Senior Immersion trip to New York City a few weekends ago, and one of the highlights was getting to visit Google.  We met up with Deb LoCastro […]

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Immersion Trip Reflections: Sophie Salzman ’14

Seniors from CWiB traveled to NYC September 25-29th for a fun weekend packed with several employer site visits and great opportunities to meet and talk with accomplished Colgate alumnae. Below is a post by Sophie Salzman ’14, CWiB’s Peer Mentoring Program Coordinator. After an exciting and informative day at eBay Enterprise and Google, the CWiB seniors […]

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LinkedIn: A Fantastic Networking Tool

Colgate Women in Business met during the last week of March to discuss our members profiles on LinkedIn, a prominent job search and colleague connection website primarily used to network. In creating a profile, you can post a resume online, list your education background and work experience, provide a short summary and photograph and connect […]

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The Importance of First Impressions: A Psychological Perspective

As we all know, you never get a second chance to make a good first impression. A strong handshake, eye contact and appropriate attire can attribute to one’s success in both the professional and personal realm. When Professor Keating spoke to CWIB prior to our spring break vacation she focused on the first impression, namely […]

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Senior’s Saturday Seminars at the Columbia Business School

On Saturday February 2nd the Colgate Women in Business New York Immersion trip had the opportunity to speak with two inspiring and informative Colgate alumni, Katie Finnegan and Carlee Leraris. Katie Finnegan is a co-founder of the new online shopping resource, Hukkster, through which you can track great items and get notifications of when they […]

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Deloitte Office Visit

On Friday February 1st, 2013 we were given the opportunity to visit Deloitte’s office in Rockefeller Center and met a number of successful Colgate alumni who work in the firms consulting division. When we arrived at the office Mitchell Brummer, a Colgate alum, greeted us and gave us an office tour. The office was brand-new […]

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Women in the 2012 Election

Just over one week ago the American public reelected President Barack Obama to a second term. According to a recent article published in the Huffington Post on voter results, Obama received 59% of the vote from unmarried women as well as 59% of the vote for people ages 18-29. This victory, specifically in the eyes […]

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ISP Lecture Reflection: Julie Kelly ’04

On Wednesday night, Julie Kelly generously donated her time and advice to an eager group of Colgate students. Both at the dinner and lecture itself, Kelly shed light on everything from getting your first job to maintaining and growing investments for retirement. As others have mentioned, she made everything simple enough to understand, even for […]