Explore Options; Plan Your MBA Academic Program

EmERgENcy clOSINg
When the University closes due to emergencies such as
severe weather conditions, the University will communicate
closing information via its special information number:
215 .898 .MELT (6358) . Wharton Operations will notify all
classes and special events that are in progress and will post signs
on the buildings . The emergency information line will be used
for emergencies only . Otherwise there will be a prerecorded
message that plays throughout the year . This information will
also be posted on the Penn website at: .
lOcKERS
Lockers are available for student use . Lockers for MBA students
are located in Jon M . Huntsman Hall on the second and third
floors . During Pre-Term, the MBA Program Office circulates
information via email, announcing procedures for assigning the
lockers to first-year students; lockers for second-year students
will be distributed in early September .
INfORmATION DESK
Wharton’s Information/Security desk, inside the Locust Walk
Lobby of Jon M . Huntsman Hall, provides directions and
general information on school facilities .
lOST AND fOUND
The Wharton Complex lost and found station is located at the
main security desk located inside the Locust Walk lobby of Jon
M . Huntsman Hall . Articles found in the Wharton complex
will be brought to the desk . Articles found elsewhere on the
Penn campus are taken to the main desk in Houston Hall .
mBA PUB
The MBA Pub is located in a wing of the Steinberg Conference
Center adjacent to Vance Hall . It is available for Wharton
MBA club or cohort events and can be reserved from 8 a .m .
until 10 p .m . Monday through Friday . It is not available on
Thursdays . For reservations, contact the MBA Program Office,
300 Jon M . Huntsman Hall, or via email at mbaprogram@
wharton .upenn .edu .
TElEPhONE AND vIDEO cONfERENcINg
The Wharton MBA Career Management Office has the ability
to facilitate video-conference interviewing via ISDN and
IP connections . MBA Career Management has one space with
video-conferencing capability that is reserved by students and
employers on a first-come, first-served basis . During peak recruiting
periods the availability of the video conference facility
is limited . Please contact the MBA Career Management office
at 215 .898 .4383 or to make a reservation
or learn more about the service .
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Libraries
ThE whARTON SchOOl lIPPINcOTT lIBRARy
West Wing
Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
215 .898 .5924
The Lippincott Library of the Wharton School is a business
research library serving Wharton and the University of
Pennsylvania community . Located in the Van Pelt-Dietrich
Library Center, Lippincott features: state-of-the-art electronic
resources for both on-site and remote use — over 100 business
databases, with access to data, journals, news sources, analyst
reports, and more; reference and research consultation services
,
and specialized research training sessions
.
Lippincott Library is an invaluable resource for those preparing
research projects, class presentations and job searches .
The facility
Lippincott Library is housed on the second and third floors
of the west wing of the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center . The
Safra Business Research Center, located on the second floor,
provides a beautifully-designed environment for general study
and using the Library’s electronic resources . For a complete listing
of library hours and a map to the library, visit the library
website at: .
lippincott Directory
Reference Help: 215 .898 .5924
Course Reserves: 215 .898 .5926
Email: lippinco@wharton .upenn .edu
IM: LippincottLib
Business FAQ:
lIBRARIES AT PENN
The University Library that Benjamin Franklin founded —
one of the first in the country — is the only Penn institution
to have been in continuous operation since 1750 . Today, Penn
Libraries consist of fifteen libraries, each designed to serve
the knowledge and information needs of Penn’s schools and
research centers .