2018年1月31日
It wasn’t long after Suzy Konecky ’20 began her position as the development director at Buxton School in Williamstown, Mass., that she decided to pursue her Master of 工商管理 (工商管理硕士) degree at MCLA. “I thought it might augment my skill set so that I could be more effective in my job,” 她解释说. “我也有 热爱学习. I wanted to keep expanding my knowledge, and it seemed like a 适合.”
Fairly new to the world of development, “I thought the classes at MCLA would help me gain skills that would propel the work that I do, faster,” Konecky said.
“I came to Buxton with experience in communications, marketing, and sales, and am comfortable connecting with our donors and our alumni. 然而，我没有说话 business and financial language that some of them speak, and I wanted to be able to,” 她说.
Konecky earned her bachelor’s degree at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.,在那里 she studied international agriculture and rural development. 她最后开始攻读工商管理硕士 秋天.
“I didn’t really consider any other places because MCLA is right here. 这太方便了。” 她解释说. “The classes are on every other Saturday. 这个程序真的很有效 well for someone who is also working full time and leading an active life here.”
At MCLA, each 工商管理硕士 course is offered one at a time, and runs for six weeks. 兼职 program is designed to meet the needs of the working adult learner. 学生达到 in a cohort model, through which they may connect strongly to both faculty and their 同行. According to Konecky, she is learning what she planned to learn. 到目前为止, 她上了两门课.
“I have enjoyed them a lot,” Konecky said. “I appreciate the really small group setting 队列模型. The professors have been excellent. 因为我要走了 through the classes with the same group of students, we get to know each other well.
“Seeing the same faces from class to class and having that community around the academics 真的很支持，”她补充道. “It feels really cooperative and conducive to learning. 这是一个很好的社区.”
Previous to her position at Buxton, Konecky worked at Cricket Creek Farm in Williamstown, where she was a cheese maker and then the operations manager. 她的工作包括制作 and making cheese, a focus on sales, as well as business development and marketing.
It was at Cricket Creek Farm that Konecky first heard of MCLA’s 工商管理硕士 program; one of her previous employees had earned his 工商管理硕士 degree at the College. “当他申请的时候， he asked me to be one of his references,” 她说. “几个月后 position at Buxton School, I remembered this program that he had spoken so highly of.”
Konecky said she would recommend MCLA’s 工商管理硕士 degree program to others.
“The classes move at a really nice pace,” 她解释说. “我还没写完呢， of course, but it’s a good program. I really appreciate the cohort model, and the professors have been very generous to me with their time.”
