Archives for January 2022

“We learn not only from the course content, deliverables, and professors, but also from each other.”

Andrea Muenster, MBA(L) Candidate (Class of 2022)

 

Andrea Muenster shares what the MBA journey is all about for her, from the relationships built, the insights gained, and of course the experiences. Andrea began her MBA journey in 2019 with a focus on Leadership. Already established in a successful Nursing career for over a decade, Andrea broadens her horizons to lead change within her own organization.

Andrea brings to CEGE Connection a perspective that many within the program and our Alumni can relate to.  Group work and intensives enrich the peer collaboration experience, while the program offers flexibility to suit our varying lifestyles and also caters to aspiring leaders.

 

 

 

Andrea Muenster

Being a Registered Nurse for the past eleven years has taught me a great deal about the importance of teamwork. In moments of crisis, we as a profession, rely on each other. We share experience, knowledge, and expertise; supporting each other through the most challenging of days. Choosing to enter a new journey in Dalhousie’s Blended MBA program in fall 2019 was intimidating for me, not unexpectedly. Though I’ve had an excellent nursing career filled with valuable experiences, I felt like I was entering unchartered territory, and I was doing it alone – or so I thought.

The Blended MBA program provides a unique experience in combining the flexibility of a program offered via distance with the engagement of an ‘in-person’ offering through intensives that match each course. This unique offering is what piqued my interest, and ultimately led to my decision to choose the Blended MBA program. My first intensive session occurred in Halifax at Dalhousie University’s campus for Dr. Lee’s course in Managing Information Systems, and from the moment I entered the meeting space I felt relief. All nervousness dissipated when I was greeted with a friendly smile, and welcomed by my peers, many of whom were also in their first course. By the end of the session, I had successfully built relationships with my peers, many of whom I learned I would be seeing again in future intensives.

With the COVID-19 pandemic changing a lot about the way we as a society work and function, I have been grateful that the intensive sessions have continued virtually. Though the dynamics have changed, the experience of collaborating with fellow students has remained. I’m grateful for the opportunity to gain insight into industries which I had previously very limited knowledge through my peers and learn the similarities and differences of our personal styles. The perspective I’ve gained as a result has inspired me to lead change within my own organization and has allowed me to grow as an individual and aspiring leader.

I’m happy to report that I now have a network of MBA colleagues that extends past the walls of Dr. Lee’s Managing Information Systems’ course, and has steadily grown over time with each intensive. We learn not only from the course content, deliverables, and professors, but also from each other. A mentor once shared with me a lesson in importance of learning from others and being open to collaboration that has remained a pillar of my ethos, for ‘not any one knows everything, but everyone knows something’.

Being a Registered Nurse for the past eleven years has taught me a great deal about the importance of teamwork. In moments of crisis, we as a profession, rely on each other. We share experience, knowledge, and expertise; supporting each other through the most challenging of days. Choosing to enter a new journey in Dalhousie’s Blended MBA program in fall 2019 was intimidating for me, not unexpectedly. Though I’ve had an excellent nursing career filled with valuable experiences, I felt like I was entering unchartered territory, and I was doing it alone – or so I thought.

The Blended MBA program provides a unique experience in combining the flexibility of a program offered via distance with the engagement of an ‘in-person’ offering through intensives that match each course. This unique offering is what piqued my interest, and ultimately led to my decision to choose the Blended MBA program. My first intensive session occurred in Halifax at Dalhousie University’s campus for Dr. Lee’s course in Managing Information Systems, and from the moment I entered the meeting space I felt relief. All nervousness dissipated when I was greeted with a friendly smile, and welcomed by my peers, many of whom were also in their first course. By the end of the session, I had successfully built relationships with my peers, many of whom I learned I would be seeing again in future intensives.

With the COVID-19 pandemic changing a lot about the way we as a society work and function, I have been grateful that the intensive sessions have continued virtually. Though the dynamics have changed, the experience of collaborating with fellow students has remained. I’m grateful for the opportunity to gain insight into industries which I had previously very limited knowledge through my peers and learn the similarities and differences of our personal styles. The perspective I’ve gained as a result has inspired me to lead change within my own organization and has allowed me to grow as an individual and aspiring leader.

I’m happy to report that I now have a network of MBA colleagues that extends past the walls of Dr. Lee’s Managing Information Systems’ course, and has steadily grown over time with each intensive. We learn not only from the course content, deliverables, and professors, but also from each other. A mentor once shared with me a lesson in importance of learning from others and being open to collaboration that has remained a pillar of my ethos, for ‘not any one knows everything, but everyone knows something’.