Duke Daytime MBA Student Blog

Fuqua has multiple experiential learning opportunities, and I recommend students explore these opportunities to find the right fit for them.

For the last eight years, I’ve had a deep interest in alternative proteins. However, I did not have any professional experience in the industry, and I wanted to use my time at Duke to change that.

I knew that when I embarked on the journey to pursue an MBA, evaluating the energy balance would be a critical part of my decision.

Growing up in a small town with limited resources, I never had many opportunities to explore leadership roles or discover my full potential. But that changed when I came to Fuqua.

As a 12-year veteran of Fuqua’s Career Management Center and a Daytime MBA alumnus myself, I take great pride in how we support our students’ career searches. Throughout the program, we help students navigate recruiting while also preparing them for the career journey they’ll experience years after graduation.

For anyone, getting your MBA means becoming a master in multitasking and prioritizing, but taking on the program with three kids and your partner as your classmate—those skills jump to a new level.

Attending an admitted students’ weekend was critical to helping finalize my decision to attend Fuqua.

I worked with teammates from diverse backgrounds, ranging from management consulting to private equity, to help position a surgical robot against a competitor.

Being on the Kirby Selection Committee gave me a new perspective of scaling social enterprises and funding decisions.

The opportunity to get my hands dirty working on a real-life business problem, and see the impact we were making in real-time, went far beyond classroom learning for me.