KICKOFF SCHEDULE − PROFESSIONAL MBA FRIDAY, JULY 17 1 pm – 1:45 pm

Welcome from the Dean Barbara Bennett Ostdiek, Senior Associate Dean

1:45 pm – 2 pm

Schedule Overview Andrew Shaw, Assistant Director — Student Program Office

2 pm – 2:45 pm

Getting Acquainted with Rice Business − Online Scavenger Hunt Style

BREAK (15 min)

3 pm – 3:30 pm

Conversation with Your Jones Student Association for Professionals (JSAP) Dean George Andrews and Ross Muramaru

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Meet Your Career Development Office

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Surviving and Thriving: Candid Panel Discussion and Q&A with Second-Year PMBA Students

5:30 pm – 6 pm

Closing Remarks Adam J. Herman, Executive Director — Student Program Office

KICKOFF SCHEDULE − PROFESSIONAL MBA SATURDAY, JULY 18 8 am – 11:30 am

Develop As Leaders – Professional Evening Students, Group A Brent Smith, Associate Dean

11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Lunch

12:30 pm – 4 pm

Develop As Leaders – Professional Evening Students, Group B Brent Smith, Associate Dean

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