A taste of Chapel Hill

Experience Weekend came to a close this evening with “Taste of Chapel Hill,” an event that featured food from various local area restaurants. There was Chinese, Mediterranean, and of course, barbecue offerings. Students filled up on hush puppies, pulled pork, hummus, vegetable lo mein and fortune cookies; drinks included sweet tea and beers from Carolina Brewery.

Second-year student Alex Auspitz set the mood behind the turntables.

As the sun set, students reflected on what was a long, yet informative, day. When the kegs inevitably ran dry, we made our way up to Mansion 462, where the MBA Student Association was sponsoring a tab. Also out celebrating was UNC’s VCIC team that won the competition this afternoon. Way to bring it home, UNC!

For our visitors, we hope you all enjoyed yourselves this weekend. For those prospective students who were not able to make it to Chapel Hill, we hope this blog provided a peak into the events.

And we hope to see you all of you in the fall!

– Marc Zawel

Photos in this post courtesy of Diane Dhaniardi

Activities at the Activities Fair

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We’re about halfway through our day here at Experience Weekend. After this morning’s introductory session with Dean Dean, Dean Hoffman and Mindy Storrie, who leads the leadership initiative, prospective students broke out into various student life panels. There were sessions on financial aid, housing, life in Chapel Hill, international opportunities, case competitions, and, of course, academics. To answer questions, we had a wide variety of panelists available, including first and second year students, alumni, program administrators and professors.

Now, everyone has grabbed a box lunch and headed outside to enjoy the weather. All of the MBA student clubs have set up tables around Latané Plaza and the club presidents are talking with prospective students about their organization’s plans.

Judging by the crowds and the buzz, an informal survey indicates that the prospective students are interested in beer, entrepreneurship, golf and real estate (not necessarily in that order).

This afternoon, we’ve got a career services presentation followed by career panels. Let’s talk jobs!

– Marc Zawel

Dessert at DuBose

We had a great kick-off to Experience Weekend here in Chapel Hill this evening. Admitted and current students gathered at DuBose House, which is home to the Exec Ed program at Kenan-Flagler. The main buzz came from the entry hallway, although many people also retreated to smaller living rooms and the upstairs bar.

It wouldn’t be a dessert reception without the dessert — and there was quite a spread. Chocolate covered strawberries, bite-sized molten brownies, fruit tarts. The general consensus was that the deep fried cheesecake was the best. Honestly, deep fried cheesecake — who thinks this up?

Weather is forecast at 77 and sunny tomorrow. It should be a great day.

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– Marc Zawel