

Reaching New Heights: Making an Impact through My MBA Journey
“Creating a positive impact extends beyond my corporate role”
While working at Kaiser, Bay Area MBA Genevieve Ngambia founded Striving For All, a nonprofit with a mission to enhance education and health for children in underserved communities globally.

Bridging Innovation and Growth: My Global Journey from Analytics to Leadership
UC Davis MBA fuels my mission for societal change
With analytics experience in India and China, Abhinav Kishore MBA 23 shares his journey to UC Davis with a bold a mission for societal change, earning accolades for his leadership.

Collaborative Leadership: Insights from Tai Doong, Chief Marketing Activist at Torani
netWORKed Podcast: Episode 2
Host Chris Marshall asks alum Tai Doong MBA 97, the chief marketing activist at Italian soda flavor company Torani, about the biggest challenges in marketing, including implementing AI, data-driven personalization and the social impact as a B-corp. Listen and follow.

How We Reached the Semifinals of 2023 Hult Prize Competition
Building a sustainable fashion marketplace on the international stage
MBA student Amita Nair and her team developed a sustainable fashion marketplace for the world's largest student social entrepreneurship competition—backed by the United Nations.

Juggling Responsibilities, Seizing Opportunities as a Part-Time MBA
“The GSM has been a game-changer for me.”
Recent Graduate Debasish Panda MBA 23 shares how the Part-Time MBA program was the key to unlocking work-life balance and endless opportunities.

Revolutionizing Education: SchedGo's Triumph in UC Davis Big Bang! Business Competition
Our AI technology helps college students plan their degrees and class schedules
Full-Time MBA student Akshaj Aravind Raghavi, CFO of SchedGo, shares his team’s journey building a network, gaining feedback and winning $30K in the 23rd annual UC Davis Big Bang! Business Competition.

My Journey as a Queer Asian-American and Advocate for Women in Leadership
Celebrating diversity: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month & Pride Month
Celebrating Pride Month and Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Angelina Cayabyab shares her story and leadership advocacy.

Life as a TA Taught Me How to be a Better Auditor
MPAc program offers skill-building teaching assistantships
MPAc student Shiwei Zhang lists the multiple skills he developed while working with other UC Davis students as a teacher assistant.

Automated College Degree-Planning Tool Wins Top Prize in Annual UC Davis Business Competition
Device to Improve Post-Harvest Maize Yields in Africa Takes Home 2 Prizes Totaling $20,000
A team of two UC Davis MBA students and a senior computer science major received the $20,000 first prize for the best innovation and $10,000 more as the People's Choice winner in the 23rd annual Big Bang! Business Competition on May 23.

“What Does it Mean to be a Collaborative Leader?”
Culminating retreat in Monterey brings MBAs and top executives together
Bay Area MBA Kevin Leung recaps our three-day Advanced Collaborative Leadership Program retreat in Monterey, Calif., where students learned from top executives and presented their legacy statements.

Painting My Path as an Artist Seeking Leadership Opportunities
UC Davis Bay Area Part-Time MBA program paves the way
“Nothing to lose, everything to gain,” Christine Nguyen whispered to herself as she applied to the Bay Area MBA program. "My epiphany came when I was, of all things, painting."

From Uganda to UC Davis: My Journey in Food Sustainability
What I learned as an MBA about feeding the world and combating food waste
Having worked with rural farmers in Uganda, Justine Okello MBA 23 had a unique perspective when he enrolled in the UC Davis food and agriculture industry immersion program.

My Success as an Entrepreneur, MBA Student and Educator
“Teamwork makes the dream work,” especially during challenging times
A million questions swirled in my head, recalls recent alumna Amna Abunijem MBA 22, balancing school and her artisan cookie store. Should I continue to take classes or take a break? Do we keep The Yummy Cookie open or close it down? What if I’m making the wrong decision?

UC Davis Nursing School Expands Fellowship for Nurse Leaders
$7.5 million grant from Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation builds on momentum of national program
UC Davis Graduate School of Management faculty contribute their expertise in leadership and entrepreneurship to help accelerate the careers of these top nursing scholars.

Create the Change You Want to See
My impact as a student leader and MBA Ambassador
Sacramento Part-Time MBA Jaimie Asakawa shares how she is getting the most out of her MBA experience: by serving as a student leader and a MBA Ambassador to meet with prospective students.

Nobody Leads Alone
What co-writing a book on leadership taught me about leadership
Alumnus Daniel Student MBA 20 gives a behind-the-scenes look into co-authoring with fellow GSM alumnus Cleveland Justis their book Nobody Leads Alone which publishes Feb. 27, 2023.

How My MBA Class Used Jeopardy! to Teach Technology Competition and Strategy
Learning new ways to strategize and problem solve leading technology companies
Game on! MBA student Lisa Hornick shares how staging Jeopardy! Q&A games based on trivia about Square, Intuit and WeChat with her classmates helped them develop critical thinking skills, and made learning a lot of fun!

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.