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A Data Challenge from Adobe and Major League Baseball
Last fall, I had the absolute honor of representing Fuqua and Duke as a finalist in the Adobe Analytics Challenge. I was flown out to Adobe’s headquarters in San Jose, California, to present our big ideas in front of a panel of judges and a live audience.
MQM Career Data Shows Students in Demand
The 2020 MQM program career report showed success, similar to past years. This was a victory given pandemic-related declines in hiring.
Our Corporate Project: “The Icing on a Challenging Cake”
We were the first set of students to ever complete the degree online. COVID and its by-products were threatening to define our final experiences at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business.
My Progressive Transformation During the Program
Our MQM orientation in July was all about the idea of “progressive transformation,” delivered by Assistant Dean Jeremy Petranka. I remember thinking to myself, is this actually going to happen?
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MQM Career Data Shows Students in Demand
The 2020 MQM program career report showed success, similar to past years. This was a victory given pandemic-related declines in hiring.
MQM Jobs Report: A Front Row View
Each year we release a jobs report, which is a snapshot of where our graduates land. While I'm always proud to share where our students are going and how each is pursuing his or her goals, it's also a moment of reflection.
A Data Challenge from Adobe and Major League Baseball
Last fall, I had the absolute honor of representing Fuqua and Duke as a finalist in the Adobe Analytics Challenge. I was flown out to Adobe’s headquarters in San Jose, California, to present our big ideas in front of a panel of judges and a live audience.
The Fuqua Family
People from around the world, thriving in an environment with differing viewpoints
How I Met My First and Closest Friends in the Program
I got my acceptance from Fuqua in December 2018, and by the beginning of 2019, I had made up my mind about spending the next year of my life in Durham, North Carolina.
Finding Another Home and Family at Fuqua
My time abroad and at graduate school at Duke has been a journey of self-discovery, self-love, making family out of strangers, and finding home in new places.
Feeling Welcomed by Fuqua and Its Community
Since emigrating from Pakistan to the U.S. two years ago, I’ve met hundreds of new people and made great new friends. However, before Fuqua, I always craved having a community that I could feel a part of.