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What Fuqua Has Meant to My Personal Growth
I am deeply grateful to Fuqua for being such an important part of my life.
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Finding Your Lifelong Friends Across Programs
It’s definitely fun to hang out with a group of people different from those in your program, as you get to learn different perspectives, opinions and lots of ideas.
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We Did It. Together.
An essential value of the Fuqua School of Business for me is culture and community, which once embraced, leave you a part of this big family for the rest of your life.
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What International Diversity Looks Like at Fuqua
When I decided to travel to Durham at the start of the MMS program, I swore to myself that I will get out of my little bubble of comfort.
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Finding Myself with the Help of My Fuqua Team
I found my seat in a lecture hall during our Duke Master of Management Studies orientation session. I was too nervous to bother with what time it was.
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What Team Fuqua Means to Me
I chose Fuqua’s Master of Management Studies: Duke Kunshan University program for its team-emphasis culture.
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Invaluable Life Lessons by a Third Culture Girl
When life becomes a bumpy ride, real friends are always by your side. Through good times and bad, mixing with people from different cultures was never a challenge for me.
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Our Unique MMS Bond During the Pandemic, One Pizza at a Time
Great friendships are built over shared empathy...and pizza.
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My Unusual Journey to Fuqua that Far Exceeded My Expectations
I kept researching universities and planning my future, and the words got lost in time. For me, the right time came in July of 2020. But that is something I know only in hindsight.
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Why MMS: DKU?
Here are five thoughts I want to share as a new graduate, with the hopes it can shed some light on your own potential adventure into the program.