Posts by Sara Cheung
Humans of Haas: Manav Rathod
Written by Caelin Sutch. Manav Rathod is a junior studying EECS and Business in the Management, Entrepreneurship, & Technology Program (MET) program planning to graduate in Spring 2021. He is originally from Okemos, Michigan. On campus, Manav is involved in the MET student board, the Metrobot Pr…
Reflecting on Change During my First Year at Berkeley
One important thing I’ve learned this year is to be open to change. All kinds of it. I think it’s fair to say being adaptable to change is crucial, given the rapid growth of the pandemic. But over the past year (can’t believe I’ve almost completed a year of college!), […]
Humans of Haas: Professor Daniel Himelstein
Written by Vedika Dayal. How has quarantine been for you? Obviously, in many ways, it’s extraordinarily frustrating. I much prefer being in class, in person. I love that aspect of my job, and you can’t capture as much group interaction online. I’m home now with both my kids and my […]
Humans of Haas: Stephanie Pham
Why did you decide to study business at Haas? Before coming into college and transferring to Berkeley, I was set on molecular cell biology at UCSD, and I didn’t like it. There are certain things that click in your head and don’t when you go to school, and biology was […]
Life as an Online College Student
Written by Vedika Dayal. As I sat at my desk for the sixth hour, struggling to stay awake through my last Zoom lecture for the day, there was only one thought going through my head: This cannot be the future. It’s something I’d heard a lot before the outbreak of […]
Humans of Haas: Steven Pham
Written by Vedika Dayal. What is your story? I grew up in LA. I came from a pretty low income, first-generation immigrant family. My family owned a salon. I was really integral to the process of them building their business from when I was about 8 or 9 years old. […]
Humans of Haas: Joshua Tran
Why did you want to study business at Haas? Throughout all my life, I’ve been really passionate about corporate social responsibility initiatives, and want to use my experiences to create a catalyst for positive social impact in my academic and professional future. After joining the Bay Area Envir…
UGBA 24: Exploring the Meaning of Meaning at Haas
Written by Vedika Dayal. If you walk into Cheit Hall on a Wednesday morning, you may stumble upon a room of college freshmen in a circle making strange noises while tossing around what appears to be an imaginary ball. I’m proud to say that I would be there too, diligently […]
Humans of Haas: Berklee Welsh
Written by Vedika Dayal. What was your happiest moment at Haas? Last year, two other students and I authored the first-ever sustainability report for Haas. We worked on the report on our own time, and it involved a lot of us reaching out to different people, since the data about […]
New Kid in Town
At the start of the Spring 2020 semester, I was excited to come back to Berkeley and pick up from where I had left off in the summer. I felt like Berkeley would at least be more familiar, and I hoped my acclimation to Berkeley would be easier than my […]