Investing in a Week on Wall Street
It’s well known that the best way to get in a cold pool is to jump right in. For aspiring bankers at Fuqua, "Week on Wall Street" is the metaphorical equivalent of jumping into a... Read More
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Activities for Fuqua Partners
I’m so happy to be writing another post about the interesting and varied activities sponsored by Fuqua Partners. First, I think you might want a little background on Fuqua Partners. It’s comprised of people in... Read More
Duke’s Impact as Host of the MBA Chile 2017 Conference
From April 7 through 9, 2017, the MBA Chile conference—the most important meeting of Chilean students abroad—was held at Duke's Fuqua School of Business for the very first time. The conference brought together more than 150 people... Read More
Finding Yourself Through Recruiting: My Road to Tech
An open secret at Fuqua is that for most new MBAs, your past career—and even what you wrote as career goals in your admissions essays—no longer defines where you’re going once you walk through Fuqua’s doors. I... Read More
Blue Devil Weekend Highlights: April 2017
On Friday, April 21, the entire Fuqua community was thrilled to welcome the Daytime MBA Class of 2019 to campus for Blue Devil Weekend (BDW). Admitted students, partners, and their families—about 260 total guests—traveled to... Read More
Launching Ideas: The Inaugural Social Impact Startup Weekend
When I walked into Duke’s innovation center, “The Bullpen,” to participate in the Fuqua Net Impact club's inaugural Social Impact Startup Weekend, I had no idea what to expect. Many of the participants were students from graduate... Read More
Beginning a Career in Energy: My PG&E Internship
What do you want to be when you grow up? How many children hear this question and with palpable excitement in their eyes say, “I want to work at a UTILITY!” I’m that kid in... Read More
Around The World: A Highlight of Fuqua’s Social Calendar
Once a term, you will find MBA students queuing up patiently to buy tickets to Around The World, the flagship event hosted by the Duke MBA Wine Club. This social event takes place on the... Read More
Why Investment Banking?
Like many of my Fuqua classmates, my career objectives diverged from what I wrote in my admissions essays. When I applied to the joint JD/MBA program in September 2014, only a few months into getting... Read More
Bootcamp: An Intensive Study of Health Care
When I told my friends and coworkers that I was starting my first MBA classes on July 17, a Sunday, they thought I was crazy. But that was when the Health Sector Management (HSM) Bootcamp... Read More