5 Tips for Driving Impactful Pride Celebrations at Work
Bay Area Part-Time MBA Alexandra von Klan shares ways to create a supportive and inclusive workplace during Pride Month—and well beyond.
How Walmart Puts AI and Machine Learning into Play
Our cohorts’ takeaways from top retail/tech AI expert
AI has revolutionized the world’s largest retailer. MSBA student Rishika Chaudry recaps an exclusive meet up with Walmart’s senior director of data and machine learning center of excellence.
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.
Maximizing Business Value with Analytics: The UC Davis MSBA Practicum Experience
How we’re helping Gain Credit gain an edge in detecting customer fraud
The MSBA practicum brings diverse teams together to collaborate on analytics-based business problems with companies across industries, allowing us to gain experience and enhance our professional abilities.
Data Analytics Executives Help Supercharge Our Job Search
Top tech leaders offer tips, dispel rumors and build our confidence
As a student in the UC Davis Master of Science in Business Analytics program, I had the privilege of attending and moderating the online career panel discussion on analytics insights, featuring executives from Amazon, Gladly, Sunrun, Gain Credit and UC Davis experts.
Networking and Holistic Approach to Data Analytics
How the UC Davis MSBA program prepared me for success
“The UC Davis MSBA program is a life-changing experience that has taught me to embrace the unknown, take risks and challenge myself,” writes Jyothika Mohan MSBA 23, who came from India to San Francisco to follow her dreams.
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."
Building a Business from Repurposed Beer Waste
My exclusive fireside chat with EverGrain founder and CEO Gregory Belt
Zak Wardle MBA 24 shares a behind-the-scenes look into his conversation with top food executive and CEO of EverGrain, Greg Belt.
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
"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.
Cultivating My Ag Roots with a UC Davis MBA
Bringing new perspective to my fifth-generation farming family
Agriculture is in Nathan James’ blood. This fifth-generation pear farmer and Coast Guard veteran shares details about what he’s gained by being part of the GSM community.
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?
Three Common Mistakes Students Make on Tax Returns
My lessons learned as a tax preparer at Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
MPAc student Winnie Zhang shares her experience preparing free tax returns as part of student-run Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA).
Double Aggies: UC Davis Alums Pursue Accounting Degrees
UC Davis undergrads, now MPAc students, share their top 5 reasons to join the program
Why UC Davis MPAc? Double Aggies say 100% job placement, top quality faculty, life changing results, great location, and close-knit community and network.
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.
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!
Riding the Green Energy Wave
How direct learning from energy leaders at UC Davis GSM is making me a better impact investor
Senior investment analyst and part-time MBA student, Léa Bouhelier-Gautreau MBA 24 says GSM’s Sustainable Energy Industry Immersion class is already helping her become a better impact investor.
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.
Being in "The Room Where It Happens" at UC Davis-Financial Times Biz Quiz
Breaking bread with the CEO and president of Franklin Templeton, my employer
Sacramento Part-Time MBA student Brandyn Lee MBA 24 shares his experience meeting top financial executives during the inaugural Financial Times Biz Quiz.