Pre WE Launch Cohort Social

Come meet your incredible WE Launch Cohort Reps, find out what’s in store for WE Launch, and say hello to your awesome cohort!

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Awareness & Skills for Inclusive Leadership

This interactive workshop will give participants the opportunity to increase their awareness of social identities and privilege. Participants will delve into the concept of unconscious bias, and practice tools to address microaggressions.

Prior to the session, please review these modules on Implicit Bias, Social Identities and Microaggression.

Class of 2023 Happy Hour - Trivia!

Join your classmates for a live stream trivia night, test your knowledge on various topics, and possibly win a prize! You will be randomly assigned into teams with your classmates. Lay back, let loose and let’s have some fun!

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Your Career Journey and Partnering with Career Management Group (CMG)

This interactive session will help you understand the Career Journey you are about to embark on as a Berkeley Leader. You will also get a glimpse of how the Career Management Group (CMG) will partner with you throughout this journey as well as the power o the Haas Network.

Black and LatinX New Admits Happy Hour

Surviving the EWMBA Program - Current Student Panel (by Cohort)

Still wondering how you will survive three years of EWMBA? From virtual classes, study teams to where microwaves are on campus, our current students are here to answer your questions and share their advice.

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Case Study Method Workshop

This will be your first taste of what to expect in the classroom! Haas Professors’ Dan Simpson and Wasim Azhar will lead you through a real business case and expose you to the case study method that is used in many MBA courses.

Prior to the start of the session, you will receive an invitation in your @berkeley.edu inbox to a bCourses site that will contain the case study and prep questions. Please come prepared to discuss.

*Please RSVP for only one (1) session based on the date and time that works best for your schedule. 

Please note, each session has a limit of 40 students. Given this, there will be a 2 step registration process. 1) Click the link below for the session you want to attend, which will take you to a form to RSVP. 2) For security purposes, you will then be asked to register for the official Zoom session. 

Sat Jul 18

Sat Jul 19

LGBTQ+ Happy Hour

Please join this social gathering for incoming LGBTQ+ students and allies. Current students from the EW program will also be present to welcome the Class of 2023. Let’s unwind, get to know some familiar faces and start the academic year off right.

A Conversation About Academic Culture

Join the EWMBA Academic Advisors to learn about academic culture here at Haas as well as agreed upon classroom and cohort norms which will enrich your experience and lead to success throughout your MBA journey.

Class of 2023 Happy Hour - HaasterClass

In a world where MasterClass and AirBnB Online Experiences collide and #QuestiontheStatusQuo we bring to you, HaasterClass! 

This is an opportunity to learn something new from a Haaster Coaches and get to know your 2023 friends. We have 6 classes from which you can choose from on a first come first serve basis. All you have to do is register (NOW CLOSED) and fill out this form (NOW CLOSED) to select your top 3 choices and we will try to accommodate your request. 

Leadership Communications

Today’s organizations demand managers who communicate well. Managers who communicate well are far more effective leaders in their organizations and in their communities.  Successful leadership and effective speaking both demand authentic communication. Managers need not only to communicate well, but also to communicate persuasively. They must be able to inspire others, create cooperation among those who work with them, advocate ideas within their organizations, and deliver the organizational message to those outside of the organization.

Students will explore the vital link between leadership and communication.  They will increase self-confidence when speaking, learn how to think fast and clear under pressure, use voice and body effectively, and learn to be deep and brief with their content.

Students will also learn to:

1. To enhance professional and leadership skills through authentic communication.

2. To develop leadership presence — the skill set that enables an individual to motivate, inspire and connect to his or her audience.

3. To improve individual presentation style and storytelling ability, including the use of voice, body, focus, spontaneity, and energy.

Class of 2023 Holiday Happy Hour

Want to breathe some festivity into yet another virtual happy hour? Join your classmates for a holiday themed happy hour, where you get to jump around the calendar year, from Diwali to Christmas, and share your favorite holiday memories.

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Cohort Launch

Required

Get to know your entire cohort! Your cohort reps will lead you through activities to build strong bonds with your fellow classmates. You will also begin to prepare for the cohort competition that will conclude on July 26.

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Welcome to the Class of 2023!

Required

Dean Ann Harrison and Assistant Dean Jamie Breen will officially welcome you to the EWMBA Program! Meet the rest of the team who will be with you through your time at Haas.

Lunch with your Cohort!

Optional

If you want to eat lunch with some of your classmates, please join for an optional informal networking session! Join the session associated with your cohort for as long as you want.

Cultivating a Respectful Graduate Community - Sexual Violence Sexual Harassment Prevention Training

Required

This is a mandatory live training that is required for all UC Berkeley Students to attend. Failure to complete this training will prevent you from registering for Spring classes.

Haas Got Talent!

Class of 2023 Talent Show

If you can spit a rhyme, dance to a tune, sing your heart out, get ready to dust off your tutus, tune up your instruments, and showcase your talent to the Class of 2023. It’s showtime! 

Are you interested in showcasing your own talent? Please sign up here and submit a video recording of you and your talent here by July 18 to be included.

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Teams@Haas

Required

In today’s workshop lead by Dr. Brandi Pearce, you and your study team will be introduced to Teams@Haas a co-curricular program designed to support you and you study team in making the most of your experience working together during your core courses.

We will launch your teams by introducing you to the first of several Teams@Haas tools, the Collaborative Plan. The Teams@Haas Collaborative Plan will support your team in a conversation to aid you in better understanding who is on your team, the development goals of your teammates, your joint performance objectives, how the team will best coordinate its work, and how and what type of team climate you want to develop to support you in meeting your collective aims?

Today, we will spend most of our time providing you with an opportunity to begin this conversation so that you can develop a better understanding of who is on your team and what is important them as you launch your work together. As we bring the workshop to a close, we will discuss some best practices and consider a strategy for how to finalize the Collaborative Plan once classes have begun and you have more information on what you will be working on collaboratively for this initial term.

Following the formal session, stay in the same session to continue to get to know your study team while enjoying lunch!

* Prior to this session, you will receive an email with a promo code for $20 on Door Dash, brought to you by the EWMBA Association! Feel free to use this to enjoy the lunch of your choice during this session

Consider Yourself Launched

Required

Hear from the Program Office staff as they provide you with final logistical details prior to the Fall 2020 semester.

Finally, find out who won the cohort competition!