So, your partner is starting his or her Weekend Executive MBA (WEMBA) at Duke. How awesome is that? Congrats! Now what does that... Read More
Getting Started Our road to success started this past January, when Craig was reading the weekly newsletter from Fuqua's Asset Management Club and saw an announcement for a high-yield credit competition hosted by UCLA’s Anderson... Read More
Or better yet, who? Run Fuqua is a group of Weekend Executive MBA '18 students that have come together to simultaneously push one another physically and mentally. The group was founded a few weeks prior... Read More
The real question was—how much more could we fit into our schedule? When we were informed about an Accenture-sponsored case competition for our Weekend Executive MBA class, a lot of excitement was generated around the idea. We... Read More
Embracing Diversity Having worked in a global corporation for nearly a decade, I thought I understood diversity. In fact, at one point I was a "Diversity and Inclusion Award" winner. I earned that by simply assembling... Read More
At some of the world’s top business schools, the average age of incoming full-time students is approximately 27. Many decide to go back to school after realizing that in order to grow their careers in... Read More
Sitting in Operations Management class during Term 3 of my Weekend Executive MBA program at Duke, it became apparent to me that many of my classmates had never seen an actual manufacturing plant in person.... Read More
Have you been struck from out of the blue? Well I have. One fine day in January 2014, I was contemplating my future and suddenly a thought struck me. I realized that I was relying... Read More
I'm at the same age as the average person in our class, which means I have been out of school for about 15 years. That's a long time. The 2 things I specifically remember from my college... Read More
When deciding whether to add a Global Academic Travel Experience (GATE) to my coursework at Duke, I wasn’t sure if I would find value in the trip. I went back and forth, but ultimately decided... Read More
