Andrea Jackson Salt Lake City, Utah “CIM Week set the tone for my Kellogg experience — incredible, intense and inspirational. In that fi rst week, I met people from all over the world, pursuing every career path. CIM not only introduced me to the extraordinary breadth of activities available at Kellogg, but also to the depth and diversity of talent among my classmates. As a second-year student on the CIM Executive Committee, I organized and led a community service day in Chicago for the incoming class. Introducing the new students to the Kellogg experience and values was as rewarding to me as my own CIM Week.”

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Kellogg students take their academics seriously, and they know how to make learning engaging. Here, orientation is like no other: your days are filled with intensive academics, creative and challenging team-building exercises, and non-stop camaraderie as you immerse yourself in the Kellogg culture during the “Pre-Term” program. This introduction to Kellogg has three key components for Two-Year (2Y) and MMM students:

• Complete Immersion in Management (CIM) orientation for new students
• Technology Education @Kellogg, known as TEKcamp, to get you up and running with the latest tools in the Kellogg networked environment
• The highly engaging required core class, Leadership in Organizations.

Designed primarily to introduce first-year students to each other and to the Kellogg School’s collaborative culture, CIM features interactive workshops on diversity, leadership and global issues, as well as social events and a community service project.

Leadership in Organizations is an intensive, full-credit course that consists of 10 three-hour class sessions, plus a final examination. The course highlights issues relating to leadership, teamwork, ethics and competitive advantage through people and how they are organized.

Students in the One-Year (1Y) MBA Program, who start in June and complete their degree in June one year later, enjoy a CIM experience in their first week on campus that, like their curriculum, is a condensed version of the 2Y program, reflecting the 1Y student’s undergraduate and professional business background. One-Year students also get a thorough grounding in Kellogg technology right away with TEKcamp. Then, during summer term, 1Y students complete Values and Crisis Decision-Making, the required course that 2Y students will take in Pre-Term when they return for their second year following summer internships. When 2Y students return in the fall, 1Y students join that class and complete the program with their second-year peers.

Pre-Term is a mandatory program for all students.