Duke Global Executive MBA Student Blog

Above all, what I learned in the Duke MBA program made me a different person.

My decision to pursue my MBA required a fresh perspective on return on investment, one that transcends traditional financial metrics.

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

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

There is nothing like working in the cannabis industry. Cannabis has its own language, culture, and rhythm. It requires a heightened level of resilience, hustle, and grit if you want to successfully operate in the space.

Why do an MBA? What's in it for me? What can I get out of it? These were questions I asked myself before I started the Global Executive MBA program at Fuqua in 2017

The Fuqua Client Consulting Practicum (FCCP), a hallmark program at our business school, is an experiential learning opportunity where students work on a team to solve a real-world problem with a client. Being a firm believer of the “learn by doing” principle, I applied for the program as soon as the application went live

Why go back to earn an MBA? Why now? Why Fuqua? These are some of the questions I received when deciding to pursue an MBA midway through my career.

Admittedly, consulting is a popular and well-explored career in business schools. Experience in consulting can be powerful: you gain multi-disciplinary and cross-functional exposure while working on strategic C-suite problems in various industries. So how do you know if the consulting track is for you? Well, for one, try a case competition

While the entire cohort only comes together every 10 weeks when class residencies occur,  clubs still remain very active and very connected throughout the program