Out of Office

Happy Thursday!🫶 This week we had the pleasure of welcoming Laura Balinski and Abbie Stevenson, last year's Co-Presidents, back for a much needed advice session. With graduation right around the corner for our co-host Lisa and the rest of our WiB seniors, recording this episode was crucial! Abbie and Laura discussed the importance of taking time to recharge after a busy senior year, moving in...

Happy winter break!❄️ Hannah Berry is junior marketing and journalism student who keeps herself booked and busy with her on-campus involvement and personal endeavors. She writes about self care habits, organization tips, and personal growth advice on her blog, and runs a killer instagram page (@hannahlaneblogs). In this week's episode, we dive into Hannah's motivation for starting the blog...

Happy Friday!🍟 I sat down with Isenberg Chase Career Center's very own Anha Mehta to dive into a world of topics. Embracing our similar roles as mentors to freshmen, we shared our experiences with guiding others while still growing and evolving ourselves. We discussed everything from the influence of AI in the workplace to trusting your path and overcoming that annoying little voice in your h...

Happy Monday!💕 Megan Hoggins, a sophomore marketing major and active member of WiB's marketing and community service committees, has all things organization down to a tee. In this episode of OOO, Megan walks us through her complete guide for mastering organization and time management in college. We cover numerous strategies for finding structure in the chaos, and share our personal journeys w...

Happy Halloween!🕷 Ava, WiB's VP, and I are diving into a topic that's a little spooky for some: our UMass course history. Luckily, Ava loves learning and would genuinely take every course UMass has to offer if she could. In this week's episode, we discuss our favorite classes, professors, and learning experiences as we scour Spire to plan for next semester. Tune in for some class selec...

Welcome back!!💖 Caroline Tierney and Rachael Doyle, WiB’s Co-Presidents, had two very different junior years… and yet, they learned similar life lessons along the way and emerged closer than ever. In this episode of OOO, we dive into Caroline’s year of traveling around the globe after cementing a career path in finance, and Rachael’s Isenberg + internship grind as she explored her passion for med...

Happy Monday!!😊 To help our co-host Lisa prepare for her exciting summer abroad in Portugal, we sat down with our E-Board Director Dasha to get the inside scoop on all things summer abroad!! We talked about everything from her travel necessities (including her go-to pair of shoes) to her most memorable experiences- if you are thinking of going abroad you will not want to miss this episode! 🤍

Happy Wednesday!!✨ With class selection in full swing we thought it would be best to give you all the tips, tricks and lessons we have used to survive this week on Spire. We hope you all get the schedules of your dreams (and even if you don't- know that you still have plenty of time!!) 🤍

Happy Spring Semester!!☺️✨ For our first episode of the semester, we sat down with WiB Historian/Blog Chair, Sophia! Sophia just led an amazing general body meeting for us about her journey starting her own small business and establishing both her personal and professional brand. In our conversation we were able to continue that discussion while also getting a more personal look at her experience...

Happy Holidays!!🎅 This week we have a very special episode featuring Lisa! Lisa and I talked about all the ways we are getting into the holiday spirit- from spending time with family to our favorite holiday movies to watch this season! This episode was a lot of fun and really helped us get into the spirit as we wrapped up the semester! Special thanks to Lisa for joining us! I hope you all have a...

Happy Monday!!☺️ This week we have a fun new episode featuring WiB members Virginia and Abbey! Virginia & Abbey are telling us all about their fall favorites- from classic fall foods to the best spots on campus they definitely cover everything.  To listen to the fall playlist they created, be sure to click HERE ! Special thanks to Virginia & Abbey for joining me<3 As always be sure...

Happy Monday!!☺️ This week we have a very special episode featuring Lara! Lara and I discussed the importance of prioritizing mental health to prevent burnout, a topic which she has had plenty of personal experience with.  Lara gave me great advice on new strategies I can try to help ease my mind and reduce my weekly workload. Her perspective after her time abroad is so insightful and I was f...

**this episode contains mention of sensitive topics including grooming and eating disorders. please listen with care.** Happy Monday!!☺️ This week we have a very special episode featuring our social media chair/favorite Swiftie, Abby! Abby and I spoke about all things Taylor Swift- and took a deep dive into her latest release, Midnights . We also discussed the influence of sexism in the music indu...

Happy Monday!!☺️ This week we have a very special episode featuring Tyler Spellman- our 2020-2021 Co-President! Tyler and I took some time to revisit her college experience, including her time with WiB and how COVID influenced her experience.  We then went on to talk about all the things she's been up to today! From work to her personal life Tyler has so many incredible stories that she was a...

Happy Wednesday , everyone! Due to the holiday weekend and our general body meeting being scheduled for today instead of our usual Monday, I decided to push back our podcast episode as well! This week we had a very special guest join us all the way from Hawaii - Caroline Tierney!! You may remember Caroline as our blog chair from last year, but since then she has been working on some major plans as...

Happy Monday, everyone! Welcome to Out of Office with Women in Business!  We are so excited to debut this podcast with our first episode, a movie review for Don't Worry Darling featuring special guest Andrew! Thank you so much for tuning in- since this was our first episode it obviously wasn't perfect but I'm so excited to keep learning and growing with you all as we continue producing episod...