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Latin American Student Association Provides Valuable Support
Coming from Brazil, I quickly learned that the cultural difference between my home country and the U.S. is greater than I had ever realized. Having support from fellow Latin American students has helped me make the best of my experience

How Business Improv at Fuqua Changed My Life
This is my story of why I vowed abstention from public speaking because of Russia, and how a business improv class at Fuqua changed all that while helping me overcome my lifelong fear of performing on stage

Our Fuqua on Board Experience
Fuqua On Board is a volunteer-based, year-long program where MBA students are selected from a pool of applicants and paired with a local nonprofit to serve as a non-voting board member

What Do Incoming Exchange Students Think About Fuqua?
Every year, Fuqua takes in about 60 incoming exchange students from all over the world. As a Fuqua student, the diversity they bring to our school is another great thing about the experience here

3 Reasons I Chose the MSTeM Track as an International MBA Candidate
As I was in your shoes as a prospective student, I wanted to know which program could help me most in achieving my post-MBA goal to work in the U.S. and to become an enabled business leader in a world of Big Data and AI

Gaining Entrepreneurial Experience at Fuqua
Coming into Fuqua, I had many ideas about how to spend my two years. One of them was to pursue entrepreneurship, and business school has helped me tremendously in that regard

3 Resources to Help International Applicants Find the Right MBA Program
I remember two years ago, with the GMAT out of the way, I was confident that I had just completed the hardest part of the application process. Then, all of a sudden, it hit me: I had no idea what program was truly right for me

Benefits of the MBA Exchange Program
My decision to study in Rotterdam during my MBA as part of the Outgoing Exchange Program baffled many individuals

Gaining Marketing Experience During the Brand Challenge
During my first year, I had the chance to participate in one of the Duke MBA Marketing Club’s premier annual events, the Brand Challenge. Each year, the club partners with different brands including Dell, P&G, The Hershey Company, and Clorox to put on the Brand Challenge, and it has become a veritable tradition here at Fuqua

My Entrepreneurial Journey During Business School
If you have an entrepreneurial itch, business school is a great time to scratch it