Showing posts with label Pamplin College of Business. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pamplin College of Business. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Pamplin College of Business Insights: Josh's story

By Josh, a senior in the Pamplin College of Business

Major: Hospitality and Tourism Management


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Michelle, 2010 Admissions Advisor
Michelle graduated in May 2010 with a degree in Marketing Management from the Pamplin College of Business.

The Pamplin College of Business is an amazing school for business. I actually started off majoring in Economics, and I switched majors during my Junior year and went into Hospitality and Tourism Management. I have really enjoyed all my classes with Pamplin. They make sure they do a good job of allowing all their students to be very well-rounded. I have had the opportunity to learn in Accounting classes, Management classes, and Business Information Technology classes.

All of the classes offered through Pamplin have allowed me to find what my strengths and weaknesses are. I like the fact that through the classes I have taken here, I really found out how much I enjoy working with people and having that interaction. I learned that I truly wanted a job that involved me working directly with other people more than just primarily sitting at a desk all day. All of the professors are also fantastic. I have really enjoyed getting to know a lot of them and I greatly treasure their willingness to assist their students.


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Friday, September 3, 2010

Welcome to the Hokie Neighborhood

By Michelle, 2010 graduate and current Admissions Advisor
Pamplin College of Business

Having never lived away from home, and knowing only three students from my high school in Maryland, I came to Virginia Tech as a pretty lost freshman. That quickly changed though. Luckily, Virginia Tech hosts "Hokie Hi," a welcome week full of campus events to welcome Hokies back to campus!

Here are some highlights from the 2010 Hokie Hi Week:

Thursday, August 19, Hypnotist Tom DeLuca performed in Burruss Auditorium to hypnotize volunteers and even people in the audience! He actually hypnotized me to do some pretty funny things during our Homecoming Spirit Week, but I won't bore you with those embarrassing details.

Friday, August 20, at night there was a huge movie on the Drillfield under the stars. This year it was Ironman 2 -- gotta love a free movie with thousands of your new closest friends!

Saturday, August 21, the New Cadet Parade was on the Drillfield in the morning, followed by a Barn Bash in McComas Gym at night for a welcome to Blacksburg's southern cooking , dancing, games, and prizes.

Sunday, August 22, was my favorite event -- the Hokie Hi Welcome Picnic in Lane Stadium! Over 8,000 students attended this event the day before classes start! You get to run through the tunnel the football team goes through that leads you into the football stadium, walk the length of the field, and eat in the South End Zone while meeting coaches and team members from men's and women's varsity and club sports, the dance team, and the Marching Virginians.

Not to mention, the first week of classes is free week for group exercise classes in McComas Hall and War Memorial Gym.

I hope you do chose to come to Virginia Tech and when you do, make sure you check out the festivities during Hokie Hi Week!

For more info, visit http://www.hokiehi.nsp.vt.edu/ and see how you can take advantage of all of the amazing events that happen before classes even start. And, think of all of the new facebook friends you'll make along the way!


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Thursday, March 4, 2010

Joe's story: Everyone should take part in VT's intramural sports

By Joe, a sophomore in the Pamplin College of Business
Major: finance and management
Member, Delta Sigma Pi

Playing a VT intramural sport is something to take a lot of pride in, and have a lot of fun in doing. With one of the best intramural sports programs in the nation, it's hard not to want to play in each and every sport you possibly can. Take it from me, I've played in over 7 different intramural sports, and have been the captain of every team. Playing organized high school sports was always fun, but intramurals are a much less competitive way of getting together some close friends and going out to hopefully get a win against some fellow Hokies!

With all of the intramural sport experience I have, none can be compared to the adrenaline rush I felt recently in the two day dodgeball tournament. I got together a group of guys from within my business fraternity (Delta Sigma Pi) to come out and play, and we all had a blast!

Mission: Get a intramural sports champion t-shirt

Our first game we all arrived and really did not know what to expect. We saw some pretty big guys on the other team, but no matter how big, we went out with all of our might to win our first game. The great thing about the tournament style intramural sports is you kind of get to hang out on campus until your next game. We stopped by Owens to grab some grub before heading to our next game. We already knew with our first win of the day that we would move onto the next day's games, but that did not stop us from going out just as hard in our second game to win our round robin group. The adrenaline rush was so overwhelming, and it was hard to leave the gym knowing that we would not be returning until tomorrow.

Day two, single elimination. We arrived for our first game, got some warm up time in, when were informed the other team did not have enough to players to advance. Getting a win this way was tough for us to accept because we wanted to earn it. However, we played the team with the amount they had just for fun, and to prepare for our next game in the Elite 8. We were on a roll, and we knew it too. Unfortunately, our streak ended at the Elite 8 game, but it was a hard fought loss and we certainly did not hand it to them.

At the end of the tournament we left with our heads held high. The best part about the intramural sports program in my opinion is the Hokies Respect you get out of each player. At the end of every game every one shakes hands without being told to do so, saying "good game," you know just like in pee-wee soccer, and you honor the other teams with a sportsmanship rating and an MVP. It’s a great feeling to know that you were given the most amount of sportsmanship you can get, or maybe even MVP. VT Intramural Sports is amazing, and everyone should take part sometime in their four years on campus!

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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

The results are in

How does Virginia Tech rank? The following highlights some of Virginia Tech's academic, financial, food, and employment rankings.

General rankings:
Academic program rankings:
Financial rankings:
Food rankings:
Career/Employment rankings:
  • The PayScale College Salary Report ranked Virginia Tech among the top 10 colleges and universities for potential starting and mid-career salaries of its graduates.

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Monday, October 26, 2009

COB Insights: Phillip's Story

By Phillip, a senior in the Pamplin College of Business
Major: Marketing Management

Years ago I saw the movie, "How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days." In the movie, Matthew McConaughey plays an advertiser in a small New York ad firm. And, as silly as it is, I saw that and said, "that's what I want to be."

So, to pursue this dream career in advertising and branding, I chose marketing management as a major at Virginia Tech. I expected to be taught sales tactics, the magic "Four Ps" (price, product, place and promotion) and research methods—basic marketing principles and skills, right? Wrong.

I didn't learn just bold words in textbooks—frankly, because the real world doesn't operate like it does in a textbook. Instead I learned, as cliche as it sounds, real-world skills. Seriously though. In my time in Pamplin, I've been given the opportunity to rebrand a local grocery store, meet top executives in the world's largest advertising agencies and found my own company. I don't think you can get much more real-world than that. And, I know when I graduate that I have an edge in the job market—not because I memorized bold words, but because of the opportunities I was given and took advantage of. Not because I attended every lecture, but because I'm a Pamplin graduate.

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Saturday, October 17, 2009

Pamplin College of Business Insights

If you don't know already, Virginia Tech is a university that consists of seven colleges for undergraduate students. New students can choose from 70 programs of study within these seven colleges.

Pamplin College of Business is one of the seven colleges that offers majors for freshman and transfer students at VT. This college has 8 majors:
The Pamplin College of Business offers 5 of the 7 most recruited majors at VT. And, the college has its own career services director to assist students with career development. There are study abroad and internship opportunities for students in the Pamplin College of Business. Also, there are more than 20 student organizations specific to the Pamplin College of Business.

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