Latest B-school Podcast Episodes
Understanding Healthcare Through a Different Lens feat. Keri Sprung ’22
Owl Have You Know - January 10, 2024 10:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsKeri Sprung ’22 is the vice president for education and director of the Women’s Center at the Texas Heart Institute. She provides strategic direction to the physicians and scientists leading innovative research, education, and clinical programs at the Institute in partnership with regio...
Episode 804 — Learning to Lead and Leading Learning
Business Beyond Usual - January 04, 2024 15:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsOn this episode of the Business Beyond Usual podcast, Full-Time MBA students sit down with Jeff Domagala, Managing Director of the Sanger Leadership Center at the Ross School of Business, to discuss leadership. Exploring their own experiences learning how to lead at Michigan Ross, the panel dive...
#703 – Solving for Diversity: Inside the DEI Case Competition
Working for the Weekend - December 22, 2023 14:19 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsOn this episode of the Working for the Weekend podcast, Weekend MBA students discuss the DEI case competition hosted in late October by the Part-Time MBA DEI Committee. The panel explores the importance of the competition, what motivates their interest in DEI, the impact of the case competition,...
#703 – DEI Case Competition
Working for the Weekend - December 22, 2023 14:19 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsOn this episode of the Working for the Weekend podcast, Weekend MBA students discuss the DEI case competition hosted in late October by the Part-Time MBA DEI Committee. The panel explores the importance of the competition, what motivates their interest in DEI, the impact of the case competition,...
I Started My Business Because I Made a Huge Mistake feat. Wendy Fong EMBA ’13
Owl Have You Know - December 20, 2023 10:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsMany of us have probably had that moment – where you quit one job because you found your “dream” job. But that second place wasn’t everything you thought it would be. So what comes after that? Wendy Fong decided to start her own company to fulfill her search, and to help others with the...
Episode 803 — Recruiting at Ross: Resources for Meaningful and Impactful Careers
Business Beyond Usual - December 07, 2023 16:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsOn this episode of the Business Beyond Usual podcast, Full-Time MBA students sit down with Heather Byrne and Leslie Lynn from the Career Development Office at the Ross School of Business. Discussing their personal recruiting journeys and CDO resources, the panel dives into career path philosoph...
A Commitment to Community Brought Our Provost to Rice feat. Amy Dittmar
Owl Have You Know - December 06, 2023 10:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsFrom the president to the provost, a lot of people are working behind the scenes to make sure our university runs smoothly. As the Howard R. Hughes Provost of Rice University, Amy Dittmar oversees Rice’s academic enterprise, including direct reporting relationships for the deans of eigh...
The Intersection of Art and Business feat. Alison Weaver and Dean Peter Rodriguez
Owl Have You Know - November 22, 2023 10:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsMcNair Hall is home to an impressive collection of public art. With 19 installations that have been an intentional element of the building renovations since 2018, Rice is proud of the diverse permanent collection, which represents artists of a number of different ages, countries, gender...
#702 - Weekend MBA Recruiting Journeys
Working for the Weekend - November 16, 2023 16:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsOn this episode of the Working for the Weekend podcast, Weekend MBA students discuss their recruiting and internship experiences. The panel explores the internship process, balancing their full-time jobs with recruiting, resources available for Weekend MBA students, and more. To learn more abo...
You Get Out What You Put In feat. Jan Goetgeluk ‘10 and Jesús Patiño ‘10
Owl Have You Know - November 08, 2023 10:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThe Rice Energy Finance Summit (REFS) is an annual student-led conference promoting forward-looking discussions on the most relevant energy finance, investment and strategy topics affecting the global energy industry. And founders Jan Goetgeluk and Jesús Patiño say it's just another exa...
Episode 802 — The People and Process of Full-Time MBA Admissions
Business Beyond Usual - November 01, 2023 14:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsOn this episode of the Business Beyond Usual podcast, Full-time MBA students sit down with two members of the admissions team at Michigan Ross. Discussing their backgrounds and expertise, the panel dives into authentic applications, the class-building process, admissions events, and the people b...
Wealth Management Is All About Relationships feat. Crystal Maxwell '03
Owl Have You Know - October 25, 2023 09:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsCrystal Maxwell was born in Texas but raised in Saudi Arabia as an "oil brat." Both her parents worked for Aramco. Exploring different cultures developed her global perspective that helps shape her investment recommendations even today. She moved back to the U.S. for college and earne...
Meet the ’23/24 Team!
Working for the Weekend - October 19, 2023 13:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsOn this episode of the Working for the Weekend podcast, Part-Time MBA students share their backgrounds and goals for the podcast this year. Discussing their experiences, the panel explores experiential learning, networking, engaging faculty, podcasting, building community, and more. To learn m...
#701 - Meet the ’23/24 Team!
Working for the Weekend - October 19, 2023 13:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsOn this episode of the Working for the Weekend podcast, Part-Time MBA students share their backgrounds and goals for the podcast this year. Discussing their experiences, the panel explores experiential learning, networking, engaging faculty, podcasting, building community, and more. To learn m...
The Sky Is Not the Limit feat. Rawand Rasheed
Owl Have You Know - October 11, 2023 09:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsRawand grew up watching his father's passion for engineering. Despite avoiding the field at first, Rawand developed a similar passion for the craft. Rawand is a Ph.D. candidate at the Rice University George R. Brown School of Engineering and has more than five years of experience at NA...
#801 — Back to Business: Advice for a Fulfilling MBA at Michigan Ross
Business Beyond Usual - October 05, 2023 17:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsOn this episode of the Business Beyond Usual podcast, Full-Time MBA students share advice for a successful first-year and second-year at Michigan Ross. Discussing their experiences and lessons learned, the panel dives into recruiting, networking, coursework, goal-setting, life in Ann Arbor, and ...
How Two Years at Rice Alliance Became 22 feat. Brad Burke
Owl Have You Know - September 27, 2023 09:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsFor our final episode of season 3, we wanted to bring you one last conversation from this year’s Alumni Reunion. Brad Burke is the managing director of Rice Alliance, Rice Business’ flagship entrepreneurship initiative launched in 2000. Brad has led Rice Alliance since 2001, helping th...
Cooperation in the U.S. - Mexico Border Region feat. Daniel Gutierrez ‘14
Owl Have You Know - September 13, 2023 09:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsBorn and raised in Mexico, Daniel Gutierrez knew from an early age he wanted to build a career in economics. In 2009, Daniel and his wife moved to San Antonio to join the North American Development Bank as a senior analysis and structuring specialist. North American Development Bank i...
Clean Tech, Climate Change, and the Future of Energy feat. Phoebe Wang FTMBA ’13
Owl Have You Know - August 30, 2023 09:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsClimate change is on the news and in our faces every day, from wildfires to record-breaking heat waves. And today, we are talking to a Rice grad who’s working to combat these developments, through clean energy, carbon management and venture capital investments. Phoebe Wang is a cleant...
Clean Tech, Climate Change, and the Future of Energy feat. Phoebe Wang ’13
Owl Have You Know - August 30, 2023 09:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsClimate change is on the news and in our faces every day, from wildfires to record-breaking heat waves. And today, we are talking to a Rice grad who’s working to combat these developments, through clean energy, carbon management and venture capital investments. Phoebe Wang is a cleant...
Everything Is a Business, Including Journalism feat. Kalyn Norwood '22
Owl Have You Know - August 16, 2023 09:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsIt’s not everyday you talk to a reporter with an MBA. Kalyn Norwood is Hearst Television’s White House Correspondent. She joined the company’s Washington Bureau in July 2022, right after earning her MBA at Rice Business. An Emmy award-winning journalist, Kalyn landed in Washington D.C....
I See The Benefits of my MBA in Everything I Do feat. Tracy and John Dennis, FTMBA ’00 and ’93
Owl Have You Know - August 02, 2023 09:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWe’re so excited to bring you another conversation from this year’s alumni reunion! Tracy Dennis `00 and John Dennis `93 met the first week of freshman year as undergrads at Harvard and have been together ever since, even both eventually coming to Rice Business for their MBAs! Tracy...
Everybody’s Got To Eat feat. Turner Hoff ‘13
Owl Have You Know - July 19, 2023 09:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsTurner Hoff grew up in a family of real estate entrepreneurs. When he was young, his goal was to work in construction like his father. After undergrad, he spent two years working with his father, redeveloping and flipping single-family homes in Houston, and joined Rice Business’ Full-Ti...
His Passion for ALS Research Starts at Home feat. Daniel Barvin '18
Owl Have You Know - July 05, 2023 09:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsDuring this year's alumni reunion Partio, we caught up with some alums right on campus. One of those alumni was Daniel Barvin ‘18. Daniel has held many different roles, in both financial advising and oil and gas sectors, and eventually earned an MBA from Rice Business in 2018. But in D...
Giving Entrepreneurs the Tools to Change the World feat. Hesam Panahi, Taylor Anne Adams ‘23, and Delaney Berman ‘22
Owl Have You Know - June 21, 2023 09:41 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsIn another installment of Owl Have You Know’s Flight Path Series, where guests share their career journeys and Rice insights, we speak to three innovators connected to the Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The Liu Idea Lab is a hub for entrepreneurship and innovation a...
Failing Forward feat. Ben Clemenceau ‘21
Owl Have You Know - June 07, 2023 09:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsIn another installment of our live Owl Have You Know recording series, we invited Ben Clemenceau ‘21 back to McNair Hall to discuss his career in market research, and how earning his MBA at Rice catapulted his pivot into consulting. In December of 2022, Ben received an accelerated prom...
When War Broke Out, This Alum Flew Straight to Ukraine feat. Radu Filip ‘08
Owl Have You Know - May 24, 2023 09:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsMany of us watch developments in the war in Ukraine on TV, and we get updates on Twitter. But for Radu Filip, who grew up behind the iron curtain in Romania, the conflict resonates deeper. So much so that he boarded a plane in late December 2022 to head into the war zone and help with r...
#709 - Meet the Dean: Sitting Down With Sharon Matusik
Business Beyond Usual - May 10, 2023 16:55 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsIn this episode, hosts John and David chat with Sharon Matusik, Dean of the Ross School of Business. Our panel discusses what makes “the Michigan Ross difference,” and Sharon shares her background, her vision for Ross, challenges she’s facing, her hopes for students, and much more. Have thought...
A Former Fourth-Grade Teacher Is Working To Ease Your Migraines feat. Jillian Levovitz Fink ‘17
Owl Have You Know - May 10, 2023 09:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWhen she joined Rice Business in 2017, Jillian Fink was in the process of founding OcciGuide, the first device used in the emergency care setting to treat migraines, a neurological condition that disproportionately impacts women. In her role as CEO, Jillian navigated the complexities ...
The Tools For Strong Leadership Are Right In Front of You. feat. Ruth Oh Reitmeier and Brent Smith
Owl Have You Know - April 26, 2023 09:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWe’re back with another live edition of Owl Have You Know! And this time, we welcomed two leadership experts to the show, Ruth Reitmeier, director of coaching at Rice Business, and Brent Smith, the senior associate dean for executive education and associate professor of management and p...
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