Ascend - Penn State University Chapter

10/31/2019

Ascend will have its last corporate event of the semester today, 10/31, from 7-8pm at 103 Business Building with Vanguard!
Vanguard is one of the largest mutual fund companies with over $5.3 trillion in assets. There will be Vanguard recruiters talking about more of the company information and internship/ full time opportunities on both corporate finance and investment management.
If you are interested, definitely come out, learn more about the investment management business and build your network!

09/18/2019

Ascend Leadership Development Program provides opportunity to let members got exposure to basic leadership skill. You will have authority to direct an event in Ascend, input your opinion during leaderboard meetings,collaborate with your assigned teammates to nail case competition, etc. Through graduating from this program, you will grow in your ability to work in teams and build your leadership abilities.

The deadline to apply is September 25th 11:59pm

03/17/2019

We’d like to acknowledge and thank all of our case competition participants for their efforts in our most recent case competition! We’d also like to congratulate our award winners:

Best Solution: Sean, Kristen, Jin
Best Presentation: Andrew, Quan, Vivian
Best Speaker: Andrew
Most Improved Speaker: Soloman

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Pc: Lydia lee
Editor: Brendon Hong

02/26/2019

It’s been a pleasure to have Anthony Vaccarino represent Prudential at an Ascend corporate event last week. Hope everyone gained insightful information during the LinkedIn workshop. Stay tuned for more!

02/20/2019

01/22/2019

Reminder to come out and learn about our leadership development program tonight 7pm, in BB 105. We’ll be going over the application process, and what you can expect to gain from the semester-long program!
Feel free to invite your friends!

11/28/2018

Ascend will host its final GBM for this semester tonight from 7-8pm at 105 Business Building.
We will be going over the exact responsibilities of each open position, interviewing process on Friday and what we will be looking for in out applicants.
Thank you for coming out and staying in Ascend through this semester and showing us your compassion and support to Ascend! We'll see you'all tonight : )

11/11/2018

Congratulation to the winning teams in our Fall 2018 Ascend's Shark Tank Case Competition:
Best Solution: Lydia Lee, Vivian Wang, Linda Huang
Best Presentation: Yu Huang, An-Jou Chen
Best Visual Aid: Lucy He, Brendon Hong, Yongjie Weng
Thank you everyone for participating and hope to see you again next semester!

10/30/2018

Reminder that tonight will be Ascend's late PD workshop of the semester! We will be talking about case competition in preparation about our upcoming Shark Tank Case Competition. Even if you are not interested in Shark Tank, it will be to your benefits to come because we will talk about some fundamental skills on preparing, analyzing and presenting for a case. The meeting will take place in 105 Business Building from 7-8pm. See you all there!

10/24/2018

Ascend will have a GBM tonight at 7pm, 105 Business Building. We will be talking about future PD workshops, volunteering events and discussing the introduction of upcoming leaderboard applications and shark tank competition.
We will also have guest speakers from Leveraged Lion Capital (LLC) to talk about their experiences of doing finances in Wall Street. Come out and we'll see you there!

10/15/2018

Ascend is hosting a PD workshop on mock interview on Wednesday from 6-7:30pm. This is a great opportunity for members who want to practice their interviewing skills for future internships/full time application. Eboards will be interviewing each member for 5 minutes and give on-site feedback to member's performance. Dress is causal.
See you all there!
Sign up at the link below:

Sign up for a 5 minute mock interview session with Ascend's executive board. Your interviewers will ask you a few behavioral questions, listen to your response, and offer feedback on your answers. These interviews will imitate the actual Ascend leaderboard/executive board interviews held at the end....