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Prospective MPP/MBA student with doubts about her chances

by Marquis | Jul 2, 2009 | application process, Bschool admissions, Business School, mba

What’s going on, people. By now, I hope those of you in the U.S. are getting ready for a nice 4th of July weekend. You’ve gotta love three-day weekends, especially in the middle of the summer. Many of you are probably planning on traveling this weekend, so...

Interesting initiative to promote education for poor children in New Delhi

by Marquis | Jul 1, 2009 | other blogs, other sites

Hey there, folk. This is a quick entry to pass along a link to an initiative that caught my eye. Recently, one of my readers emailed me to inform me about a project being launched in New Delhi, India (one of the cities that I visited back in February). According to...

Goodbye to a legend — RIP Michael Jackson (1958-2009)

by Marquis | Jun 25, 2009 | real life stuff

By now, I’m sure all of you have heard about the passing of The King of Pop, Michael Jackson. I was completely SHOCKED when I heard the news this afternoon and I’ve been watching new coverage about it ever since. At first, I didn’t want to believe it...

Moving from IT Consulting into Strategy

by Marquis | Jun 21, 2009 | career, consulting, IT consulting, mba, strategy

Hey, peoples. I hope you all had a nice and relaxing weekend. I’d also like to send a Happy Father’s Day shout-out to all of the dads out there. Ever since hearing President Obama’s comments about fatherhood on Friday, I’ve been thinking a lot...

Message from a reader describing her comeback from "rejection" and pursuit of work-life balance

by Marquis | Jun 15, 2009 | career, career-life balance, reader feedback, real life stuff, shout outs to me

What’s going on, y’all. I’m writing this entry with a big smile on my face because today was the second warm day in a row here in Chicago. That may be a weird thing to be happy about, but y’all weren’t here on those days when the...

Gotta love getting shout-outs from my readers…

by Marquis | Jun 14, 2009 | Reader comments, shout outs to me

OK, I know that some of you are going to roll your eyes when you see this, but it made me smile so I’m going to post it…Gotta love getting nice shout-outs every now and then 🙂 This isn’t the first one of these I’ve ever received and I...
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