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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.
Tackling Behavioral Interviews
Tips from an Amazon recruiter on how to ace an interview
One of the highlights of the MSBA experience is an exclusive Interview Preparation Series where industry professionals from top companies guide us on how to be successful in interviews.
Global IMPACT: How We Partnered with the United Nations to Improve the Social Good
Well, I’m here to tell you that, at UC Davis, you actually CAN make a global impact with your work. How do I know? I’m here to tell you. Our team consulting project for the United Nations was to increase the awareness and inspire the adoption of Knowledge Graphs (KGs) by the social-good community.
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.
Tech Job Panel Offers Insider Tips, Networking Among MBA Students
UC Davis MBA students in tech industry share expertise and insight with students and prospects
Many companies are expanding operations or pursuing aggressive workforce expansion plans in the future. Plus, salaries are on the rise in the tech sector. I moderated a panel of recruiters from Netflix, Meta and Stick Fix, all alumni and students.
It’s All About Relationships: Build Them During Your MSBA Experience
My 4 tips for prospective analytics students
I have a confession to make. I was the epitome of a career switcher. After I graduated from Howard University, I worked several jobs, and took a coding bootcamp, which ultimately paved the way to the UC Davis MSBA program.
At a Crossroads: How My MBA Helped Catapult My Career
Part-Time MBA alumnus now a health care changemaker at Fortune 25 company
In 2016, I was at a crossroads. For over a decade, I had filled business leadership roles in which I drove operating model transformation that would have typically required a graduate-level degree.
Video Spotlight: UC Davis: Full-Time MBA Program
Poets & Quants' John Byrne Interviews MBA Faculty Director Joe Chen
Poets & Quants Founder and CEO John A. Byrne interviews UC Davis MBA Academic Director and Professor Joe Chen, who offers a deep dive into our Full-Time MBA program.
Gary Lew MBA 98 Honored with Outstanding Service Award
Alumni Association acknowledges peer and lecturer for service to community
Gary Lew, a consultant in the aviation finance industry who also serves as lecturer for UC Davis Graduate School of Management, has been recognized with the 2021-22 Outstanding Service Award.
Alumna Jennifer Vogt Honored with Distinguished Achievement Award
Award-winning media executive recognized for her international leadership and impact
Emmy and Tony-award winning senior media executive and GSM alumna, Jennifer Vogt MBA 03, is the recipient of the 2021-22 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Graduate School of Management’s Alumni Association.
MBA Alumna Venita Sivamani Honored with Rising Star Award
Entrepreneur acknowledged for her leadership in holistic medicine and innovation
A medical and education industry entrepreneur, Venita Sivamani BS 07, MBA 15, a two-time UC Davis alumna and the CEO and founder of LearnSkin, accepted the Rising Start Award at the 18th annual Peer-to-Pier event in San Francisco.
Maximizing Multi-platform Social Media Impacts
How does consumer engagement evolve when brands post across multiple social media?
Mastering the complex social media world is a lot like trying to get your footing in constantly shifting sand. It seems like a new social media channel makes a big splash every six months; meanwhile, algorithms intended to boost your exposure keep changing and becoming increasingly monetized.