{"id":1925,"date":"2019-04-24T07:45:58","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T11:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/?p=1925"},"modified":"2019-04-23T11:02:34","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T15:02:34","slug":"women-for-change-a-lesson-in-determination-and-perseverance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/2019\/04\/24\/women-for-change-a-lesson-in-determination-and-perseverance\/","title":{"rendered":"Women for Change: A Lesson in Determination and Perseverance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This post was written by Lauren Masters, Emily Klein, Meryl Schneider, Caitlyn Kenney, Maggie Robinson, and Alyssa Schuetz of the Class of 2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What started as an idea in September turned\ninto the first formal public event hosted by The Sustainable Innovation MBA\n(SI-MBA) program\u2019s Women for Change group. Seven months ago, Lauren Masters, a\ncurrent student of the SI-MBA program said, “I think Holly Dowling would\nbe a great speaker to catalyze and legitimize our group within UVM\u2019s Grossman\nSchool of Business and the greater Burlington community.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With this goal in mind, a group of six women\ncombined their skills, experiences, and minimal free time to jumpstart a new\nendeavor. The event planning committee included current MBA students Emily\nKlein, Lauren Masters, Caitlyn Kenney, Alyssa Schuetz, Meryl Schneider, and\nMaggie Robinson. Little did they know the amount of grit, determination, and\nperseverance that would be needed to legitimize the Women for Change\u2019s first\nevent held for the Greater Burlington community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout this process, students learned\nvaluable lessons on how to navigate the world of fundraising, legitimize a club\non campus, and overcome challenges that arose in unexpected places. As time\npassed and checklists seemed to grow, the planning proved to be difficult as\nstudents juggled their full-time schedules. There were even moments when they\nquestioned whether, or not they would be able to pull-off the event.  Ultimately, the cumulative shared values of\nthe planning committee proved to be enough as the group banned together until\nthe very end. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On March 21st, over 50 young professionals,\nbusiness leaders, and SI-MBA students alike were able to see this event come to\nfruition. Henry Vogt, a SI-MBA student said, \u201cI found the Holly Dowling event\nto be fun, exciting and inspiring. Not only was it a great networking\nopportunity, but it was also exciting and thought-provoking. When Holly presented\nit felt like she was speaking directly to members of the audience. She offered\nperspective and inspiration on how to be successful, depicted personal stories\nof how she persevered through adversity, and gave tips on how to live a more\nfulfilling life. Additionally, it was very impressive that this event was\norganized by a passionate group of women MBA students, who put in a massive\namount of work to successfully fundraise and organize an excellent event.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the adrenaline wore off, this small group\nof women looked at this event as one of the many highs of their overall SI-MBA\nexperience.  Grad student Lauren Masters\nadds, \u201cWe knew we were all working towards a bigger picture of empowering\nfemale leaders not only within our cohort but also the greater Burlington\ncommunity area and beyond. We hope that some of the key insights gained from\nthis event will stick with attendees throughout their careers.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on the specifics of this\nevent, please check out the following article: Leaning In<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This post was written by Lauren Masters, Emily Klein, Meryl Schneider, Caitlyn Kenney, Maggie Robinson, and Alyssa Schuetz of the Class of 2019 What started as an idea in September turned into the first formal public event hosted by The Sustainable Innovation MBA (SI-MBA) program\u2019s Women for Change group. Seven months ago, Lauren Masters, a … <\/p>\n

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