August 28 | 8:00am - 8:30 am
Enjoy breakfast before it all starts.
East Gies Plaza & Marketplace
August 28 | 8:30am - 9:00 am
Opening remarks for Day 2 of 4 from Crystal Fa┼╝al and your student MCs.
Gies Plaza
August 28 |9:00am - 10:15 am
An introduction to community at Kellogg with Bernie Banks, Kellogg's Associate Dean for Leadership Development and Inclusion.
Gies Plaza
August 28 |10:15am - 10:30 am
August 28 |10:30am - 10:45am
Gies Plaza
August 28 |11:00am - 12:00pm
Meet your section mates and pod-mates.
Section Rooms
August 28 |12:00pm - 1:00pm
Enjoy lunch with your pod!
August 28 |1:00pm - 2:00pm
This cross-cultural communication session with Professor Shana Carroll will challenge you to consider what you need to do to ensure your Kellogg experience is a truly multi-cultural one. It won't just happen because you're here. She'll also equip you with insights and frameworks for communicating effectively as you navigate those multi-cultural experiences, critical expertise as you go on to manage and lead in global organizations.
Gies Plaza
August 28 |2:00pm - 2:15pm
August 28 2:15pm - 3:15pm
Your Kellogg experience's outcome, value, relationships, and skills depend on your practiced habits. These habits extend beyond studying and timely assignments. Explore how habits shape your journey and learn to manifest your desired experience. Understand your voice's influence on actions, experiences, and perceptions within your section and cohort. Professor Andrew Sykes, will teach us how applying these insights throughout your journey will not only improve your time at Kellogg but also transform your life.
Gies Plaza
August 28 |3:15pm - 4:15pm
Introduction to Culture Box activity with Christopher Marosi, Associate Director, Integrated Student Experience
Gies Plaza
August 28 |4:15pm - 5:30pm
Culture Box is one of the first opportunities students experience towards building connection with their classmates via the pod group. Focusing on the major or high-level influences in one's life story, Culture Box is an opportunity to reflect and discuss how our experiences are similar and different. Goals of this exercise include increasing self-awareness and intercultural capacity, perspective taking, and better understanding the forces that shape our individual motivations. Pre-work Assignment here
Various Loactions
August 28 |6:00pm - 8:00pm
Students and JVs are invited to join the inaugural section connection for the class of 2025. Get to know the other students and JVs in your student's section and begin your section journey together.
Various Locations in Evanston
