Meeting Warren Buffett
Looking back, it’s been almost a year since I, along with a 19 of my fellow students from across Fuqua's graduate programs, traveled to Nebraska to attend the 2017 Q&A session hosted by the Oracle of... Read More
Category: Program Benefits
Chasing My MBA Dream Across Time Zones
Studying in a top-flight MBA program has been a lifelong dream of mine. After putting my plans on hold for several years due to personal reasons, I saw an opportunity to get started in 2018.... Read More
Peer-to-Peer Learning in the Program
Have you ever been in a crisis? How did you respond? Our Weekend Executive MBA '18 cohort has self-organized a few speaker panels throughout the program to afford fellow classmates an opportunity to share their... Read More
What are the Program Benefits for a Veteran and How Will I Fit In?
Why Fuqua and Why the Weekend Executive MBA? As I was poised to leave active duty, I wanted to stack the deck in my favor. The goal was to ensure that the civilian career path... Read More
Reflections as a Fuqua Alumna
As students both young and old headed back to the classroom this past fall, it became extremely apparent to me that I was no longer one of them. No more evening reading. No more team meetings.... Read More
Benefits of the Health Sector Management Program
Prior to my MBA, I had been a practicing physician for 15 years, with some experience in medical group as well as hospital administrative leadership duties. However, when I decided to pursue a role that focused more on... Read More
Benefits of The Duke MBA for Physicians
I'm a physician and have been on faculty at Duke University going on six years as an endocrinologist who specializes in thyroid diseases. For the last two years, I have been the vice chief of... Read More
Leveraging MBA Networking Opportunities
While important lessons are learned inside the classroom walls at Fuqua, a significant portion of an MBA’s value comes from the people who walk through the door each day. Gaining access to the vast Fuqua... Read More
Further Reflections on the Impact of the Weekend Executive MBA
I provided an update earlier about how I balanced work, life and family while in the program and how it impacted me and facilitated a major career change after I graduated. Here are some additional... Read More
Personal and Professional Lessons from my MBA
I believe there are definite advantages to being a Weekend Executive MBA student—from both a personal and professional perspective—and the program format encourages us to learn soft skills and hard skills. Some specific advantages and... Read More