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Finance to Accounting: How the Pandemic Made Me Pivot
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Finance to Accounting: How the Pandemic Made Me Pivot

UC Davis MPAc program led to a job offer from PwC

MPAc Fatehbir Singh explains how the pandemic caused him to pivot into accounting to seek a career with job security. After leaving his comfort zone, Fatehbir now has a job offer from PwC after graduation.

Work Where You Want to Live: My Move to Western Wyoming
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Work Where You Want to Live: My Move to Western Wyoming

How my UC Davis MBA helped shape my career and life

MBA alumnus Grant Williams shares the big risks he and his family took to follow their dreams to move to rural Wyoming, putting what he learned into play to launch and operate The Block, a growing meat processing plant.

My Desire to Help Others Led to Accounting
Kevin Lai MPAc 23
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My Desire to Help Others Led to Accounting

How I pivoted from psychology to UC Davis, now heading to Big 4 firm

Kevin Lai MPAc 23 shares that he was nervous his non-accounting background would hold him back. Just months into the program he already had an offer to join the Silicon Valley office of EY.   

My Journey to UC Davis: From Systems Engineer to Caregiver to Entrepreneur
Yekhiel Orokunle with his wife, Sydney Or okunle, and their children.
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My Journey to UC Davis: From Systems Engineer to Caregiver to Entrepreneur

"Would you trade a six-figure salary for saving a life in your family?"

After leaving my job to help my wife through a difficult pregnancy, I joined the UC Davis MBA program and before I graduated brought a product to market and launched a company, Smart Rentics Inc., that helps millennials save up to $2,500 in monthly rent.

With $200 in My Pocket and the American Dream in My Eyes
Muhammad Adeel Arshad MBA 22
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With $200 in My Pocket and the American Dream in My Eyes

My immigrant journey to earning an MBA—and entrepreneurial success

Arriving in the U.S. in 2014, Muhammad Adeel Arshad worked his way up from a tire warehouse to earn his UC Davis MBA and now says he's living his American Dream as a Silicon Valley entrepreneur.

Growing My Entrepreneurial Mindset—and Exploring New Options
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Growing My Entrepreneurial Mindset—and Exploring New Options

My 5 Takeaways from the UC Entrepreneurship Academy

At the unique four-day academy, Sacramento Part-Time MBA student Diane Lim says she found mentorship, a collaborative spirit and support for her future business ideas.

My Transition from Teaching to Microsoft
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My Transition from Teaching to Microsoft

Following my passion to raise the standard of education globally

"In the midst of my first week as an elementary school teacher, I was awoken by a harsh reality: the current classroom curriculum is outdated," writes Sacramento Part-Time MBA Parisa Meschi.

Taking the Leap into Accounting at UC Davis
Brian Favetti
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Taking the Leap into Accounting at UC Davis

Bringing my skills from higher education to a new calling in MPAc program

"2020 changed by life forever...I began to give serious thought to where I wanted to take my career and how I could prepare for my best future. The UC Davis MPAc program offered me an exciting new professional career path," says Brian Favetti MPAc 23.

A Deloitte Dream: How the MPAc program “Changed My Life”
Kyle Gillingwater MPAc 21 takes a photo on one of the UC Davis Eggheads
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A Deloitte Dream: How the MPAc program “Changed My Life”

My journey to UC Davis helped me find belonging, support and a career

Struggling to find his fit in college, Kyle Gillingwater discovered the UC Davis MPAc program, pivoted and found the program changed his life.

Chasing My Passion—Pivoting to New Industry and Career
Gianne Yeung MBA 23 at the UC Davis San Ramon campus
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Chasing My Passion—Pivoting to New Industry and Career

Curiosity sparked as a Part-Time MBA led to new gig in data analytics

Bay Area Part-Time MBA student Gianne Yeung maps her career switch and how she knew it was time to make the jump.

What I’ve Learned Transitioning from Music to Marketing
Molly Scott
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What I’ve Learned Transitioning from Music to Marketing

My 180-degree career pivot: the trifecta of difficulty—location, function and industry

If you’re like Molly Scott and are using an MBA to do an Olympic-worthy 180-degree career pivot, hitting the trifecta of difficulty—location, function and industry—then you need to read this blog.

When Life Threw Me a Curveball, the UC Davis MBA Adapted with Me
Mara Tzizik-Swanson
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When Life Threw Me a Curveball, the UC Davis MBA Adapted with Me

A cross-country move was just a bump in the road toward earning my MBA

If I’ve learned anything about myself over the years, it's that I never know where I am going to end up. I just know I’m lucky to have found an MBA program that is as adaptable as I am.

Discovering a New Path: From Engineering to Strategy
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Discovering a New Path: From Engineering to Strategy

How a UC Davis MBA enabled my career pivot

After graduating with a degree in chemical engineering and getting a job at an oil refinery in California, I realized that a business role could present interesting problems and challenges much like an engineering role could.

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