# Two-year Full-time MBA alumnus Justin Shalap (MBA ’26) is quoted: “Favorite Traditions & Events At Top Business Schools.”

School News

— October 11, 2026

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Excerpt from [*Poets&Quants*](https://poetsandquants.com/2026/10/11/favorite-traditions-events-at-top-business-schools-2/) — “Stern Sips is proof that Sternies prioritize presence. MBA life is busy between recruiting, academics, clubs, and personal lives. Yet, week-after-week, people carve out time to be together. It’s where first- and second-year MBAs catch up, where new friendships form, and where I lost more games of pool to one of my closest friends than I can count.”

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