How MSBA Students Are Driving Value for Client Firms
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How MSBA Students Are Driving Value for Client Firms

How my practicum project set me up for success

“Our work as students results in big changes for our partners and the opportunity to expand our technical knowledge and gain real-world experience.”

Online MBA Residential in Napa Highlights Wine, Food, Ag
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Online MBA Residential in Napa Highlights Wine, Food, Ag

The power of unexpected connections and branching out of your comfort zone

Online MBA student Ashlee Bippus shares lessons in wine making, alternative meats, agtech and more from recent weekend residential.  

Game On: Applying Data Analytics to Exploding Field of Esports
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Game On: Applying Data Analytics to Exploding Field of Esports

MSBA practicum project reveals lessons in product management

M.S. in Business Analytics student Keshore Suryanarayanan details how his team’s practicum project transformed his idea of data products and their significance.

Where Sustainable Energy and Finance Meet in Industry Immersion
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Where Sustainable Energy and Finance Meet in Industry Immersion

Teaming up on solutions to solve issues from top energy and utility execs

A financier and entrepreneur, Sacramento Part-Time MBA student Teghpreet Ahluwalia sees greater potential between energy field and impact investing.

3-D Tech Venture a “Shoe-in” as Big Bang! Finalist
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3-D Tech Venture a “Shoe-in” as Big Bang! Finalist

Looking to revolutionize shoe technology one foot at a time

Tresole, the MBA-led shoe startup, is one of 16 finalists in the Big Bang! Business Competition at UC Davis.   

Why I Got Involved Beyond the Classroom
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Why I Got Involved Beyond the Classroom

Full-time career, part-time MBA student, ambassador and student leader

Bay Area Part-Time MBA student leader Kevin Chuc shares what it’s like to balance his work responsibilities, academic courses and his volunteer efforts.

Finishing First in the Inaugural UC Davis Food & Ag Case Competition
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Finishing First in the Inaugural UC Davis Food & Ag Case Competition

Our challenging, thrilling and fulfilling immersive student experience

Collaborating through the night, MBA student Baldeep Rai’s interdisciplinary team presented to industry leaders and won the first-ever Food and Ag. Case Competition.

How My Team Made it to the Finals of Our Annual Hackathon with Google Cloud
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How My Team Made it to the Finals of Our Annual Hackathon with Google Cloud

Project explored technological disparities of California’s public education system

For the third year in a row, the M.S. in Business Analytics program partnered with Google Cloud to host the 2022 AggieHacks two-day challenge featuring numerous data challenges for UC Davis students.

7 Keys to Mastering Your MSBA Practicum Project
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7 Keys to Mastering Your MSBA Practicum Project

Our group experience will pay dividends in your future job interviews

Working well with your practicum team comes down to seven tangible steps, says MSBA student Keshore Suryanarayanan.

My Journey to Combine Technology and Social Impact
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My Journey to Combine Technology and Social Impact

Exploring new technologies and finding my community at UC Davis

"My interest in the world of business started with education, but not in the way you might think," writes Mandy Leiter MBA 23.

MSBA Practicum: Takeaways for Effective Teamwork
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MSBA Practicum: Takeaways for Effective Teamwork

Shared vision and complementary skills essential to our team’s success

A highlight of the MSBA is the program-long practicum project. Our team is collaborating with the California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute (CPMC-RI) to improve data processes in the Cancer Avatar project.

My MSBA Practicum Team Dynamics
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My MSBA Practicum Team Dynamics

How the diversity of my team and our roles is helping me find my way

For our practicum project, our MSBA team worked with a media non-profit based in the Bay Area, KQED, one of the member television stations throughout the U.S. that are part of the Public Broadcasting Service.

Let’s Talk Business! Engineering My Future Career
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Let’s Talk Business! Engineering My Future Career

UC Davis MBA program helps me learn business skills, lingo and apply it to my career

I know what words like “cash,” “credit,” and having a “balanced budget” mean in a personal finance context. But I was lost in my engineering job at a local utility company when co-workers used industry lingo to describe corporate budgets.

Tight-knit, Helpful Community at UC Davis Reminds Me of Home
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Tight-knit, Helpful Community at UC Davis Reminds Me of Home

How my love for accounting deepened in the Master of Professional Accountancy program

Born to a small family in the Caribbean, my road to UC Davis has been anything but linear. What kept me moving forward—and enabled me to earn my graduate accounting degree—was my family’s values of hard work and determination.

Our 7 Core Actions for Diversity
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Our 7 Core Actions for Diversity

Bringing inclusion practices into the real world

Building on UC Davis’s No. 1 ranking by QS for inclusiveness, diversity and internationalization, the Graduate School of Management has a commitment to seven core “Actions for Diversity.”

Finding Purpose: Pursuing an MBA after U.S. Military Service
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Finding Purpose: Pursuing an MBA after U.S. Military Service

‘The veteran network is incredibly strong’

Former Air Force Operations Intelligence Analyst Zach Hunter shares his journey to UC Davis and his call for other veterans to follow in his footsteps.

MBA Student-Athlete Becomes a Champion On and Off the Field
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MBA Student-Athlete Becomes a Champion On and Off the Field

“The best blessing in disguise I will ever receive”

Full-Time MBA student Kate Graham shares her experience winning a lacrosse championship with UC Davis, and how she balances her schoolwork.

Gearing Up: Lessons Learned during Part-Time MBA Orientation
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Gearing Up: Lessons Learned during Part-Time MBA Orientation

Finding the right fit based on your criteria

Incoming Bay Area Part-Time MBA student Colleen O’Brien shares her journey to UC Davis, highlights from the two-day onboarding experience and meeting her classmates for the first time.