Duke Global Executive MBA Student Blog

In the spirit of Team Fuqua, our role is to welcome new students into the Global Executive MBA community, guide them on their journey, help with any questions and share tips and best practices for their Fuqua journey.

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.

If you’re still deciding whether to get an MBA, ask yourself: What do I want to get out of it? Is the timing right for me? Is the school right for me?

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.

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