Duke Global Executive MBA Student Blog

Our world needs great leaders more than ever, and I am confident Duke will give me and others the tools and network to become what the moment calls for.

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

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.

The learning begins before students step foot in a classroom.

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.

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.

Team Fuqua is a way of working. It’s the instinct to draw out strengths in others to move a team forward toward a common goal.

Choosing to pursue an MBA is a life-altering decision. It usually involves spending quite some time looking at a program’s coursework, class size and composition, and school ranking among many other things

I have never questioned if I should complete an MBA, it was merely a matter of when and where it would take place