

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.

MBA + NCAA: Bringing Basketball into Business School
“UC Davis was offering me not just an MBA program, but a new team.”
"With its distinctive Industry Immersions, the UC Davis MBA program offered the opportunity to experience a deep dive into biotech, revealing diverse future avenues to enter the healthcare world with my degrees in psychology and business," shares Tess Sussman MBA 24

Client Turns to Our MBA Team for New Cryptocurrency Market Opportunity
Identifying solutions for international peer-to-peer cash remittance
Jeffery Criddell MBA 23 shares how his team explored opportunities for a large coin-counting service looking to expand into new business lines as part of a 10-week IMPACT project.

How Our Consulting Project Moves UC Davis Future Forward
Helping the top 5 research university thrive in a post-pandemic world
Mika Shang MBA 23 shares how she and her IMPACT project teammates distilled UC Davis' values into strict criteria within a framework to effectively determine which business project ideas will generate substantial revenue or savings in the short term and strengthen the university for decades to come.

Adobe Analytics Challenge: Sweat, Tears, Perseverance and Joy
UC Davis MSBA team Guns n Roses bests 4,000+ worldwide to win $6,000 third prize
Competing alongside more than 4,000 teams worldwide in the prestigious Adobe Analytics Challenge 2022 is a clear highlight of my first few months as a student in the UC Davis Master of Science in Business Analytics program.

Hands-on Team Project Inspires Our Community Giving
First-year MBA students raise nearly $20,000 for nonprofit local hospice
Sacramento Part-Time MBA student Jaimie Asakawa shares that teams designed creative fundraising to motivate their networks to support Joshua’s House, a planned hospice for the homeless in Sacramento.

How We Won Second Place in UC Davis-Financial Times Biz Quiz
Team GUM in finals vs. UCLA and UC San Diego
Full-Time MBA student Gordon Chang recaps his experience participating in the inaugural UC Davis-Financial Times Biz Quiz.

Creating “Buzz” at the UC Davis–Financial Times Biz Quiz
My team’s experience in “Jeopardy!”-like competition for UC business students
Full-Time MBA student Sriranjani Ramachandran shares her team’s experience going head to head against students from other UC business schools.

UC Davis and Barnstorm Foundry Announce Partnership to Identify New Markets for Food Tech
UC Davis MBA students and the Innovation Institute for Food and Health are partnering with Barnstorm Foundry, a food and heath startup foundry, to discover new markets for novel food ingredients and products that are nutritious, sustainable and accessible.

UC Davis Helped Me Prevent Career Burnout and to Start Thinking Like a CEO
Before reaching the C-Suite, you have to think like an executive
Want to avoid burnout? Bay Area Part-Time MBA student Taylor Stanton details how he capitalized on his UC Davis experience to thrive in his career.

Expanding Horizons: My Summer MBA Experience in Finland
Breaking out of the pandemic to study abroad
“The LUT summer program unquestionably enriched my MBA experience,” says 2022 Bay Area Part-Time MBA graduate Kevin Chuc.

It’s Never Too Late to Return to School: I Did After 25 Years
Non-profit work brings new challenges every day, but I love what I do
For 2021 Bay Area MBA alumna Christine Dillman, returning to graduate school propelled her the top of her non-profit and instilled her conviction as a leader.

Destination Davis: Executives, Alumni, Peers Welcome New Full-Time MBAs
Class of 2024 hear tips, advice and learn “the ropes”
Full-Time MBA students hit the ground running in a three-day intensive—and fun—onboarding experience in Davis and at the ropes course in Sonoma.

How I Joined the MPAc Program as an International Student
“A tremendous launch pad” toward a rewarding accounting career
International student and 2022 Master of Professional Accountancy graduate Ziyan Xu shares tips for pursuing a graduate accounting degree.


MSBA Students Team Up on California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute's Practicum Project
'It was a great opportunity to partner with scientists'
A team of five students in the UC Davis MSBA Class of 2022 engaged with the California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute (CPMCRI) on its Cancer Avatar Project.

How Our Team Won Gartner Sacramento’s Case Study Competition
Collaboration and quick decision-making combined for a winning solution
“Processing huge amounts of numeric and analytical data within a short span is also no small feat.”

Synaptics CEO and Alumnus Michael Hurlston Shares Value of MBA with Full-Time Class of 2024
Sharing lessons from his time in the program and the value of his MBA, Synaptics CEO Michael Hurlston kicked off the onboarding events for the Full-Time MBA class of 2024.

Alumni Spotlight: Susannah Schulze MSBA 21, Senior Analyst at SunRun
MSBA student Lexman Kumar recently had the opportunity to catch up with alumna Susannah Schulze MSBA 21 to ask about her new role, her advice for incoming students and more.

New Board of Fellows Deepens Our UC Davis Collaborations
Teaming up on business and management-related research and teaching
A new boundary-spanning interdisciplinary faculty group will further connect the School to the university by partnering with UC Davis scholars who have complementary interests.

Defining My Leadership Style at UC Davis
Collaborative Leadership Program becomes foundational to my future
What makes a great leader? Deepi Agarwal MBA 22 shares insights from her UC Davis experience in the Collaborative Leadership Program and a three-day retreat with C-suite executives.