Duke Global Executive MBA Student Blog

You’ve done your research – attended information sessions, connected with Fuqua’s admissions team, and perhaps even some students and alumni. Now you can experience life as a student.

Applying what I learned in the program, in real-time in my professional role at IBM, paid huge dividends for me and my career.

As a member of Fuqua's Executive MBA interview team, I want to help you put your best foot forward in your admissions interview and assure you that it doesn't have to be intimidating!

Did you know there’s a chance your company might help pay for your MBA?

With the help of Fuqua, I was able to find my dream job, pivot into a role I never would have applied to in the first place, and work at a company I am passionate about.

Everyone can remember the time when his or her life made a U-turn. Mine was when I enrolled at Duke.

This is the story of how I changed my career trajectory from oil and gas operations to technology product management.

I would immediately be putting lessons from my MBA program to use in the most difficult of circumstances.

My classmates and I banded together to create a student-led initiative in an effort to develop anti-racist businesses because we feel it is up to us, current and future leaders, to shape the future strategies.

I have a unique story behind pursuing my MBA and my corporate passion: my oldest child was diagnosed with a life-threatening disease.