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I Had MBA Envy for Years. Then I Just Did It.
What working full-time while earning an MBA actually looks like
Online MBA alumna Katja Gagen had MBA envy for years. Now Head of Corporate Communications at Bloom Energy, she says the payoff wasn't the credential. It was the person she became.
I Managed Projects for Years. My MBA Taught Me to Lead People.
An engineer’s shift in mindset through leadership coursework and the Integrated Management Project
From engineering consulting to the MBA classroom, Nabarjun Vashisth discovers leadership isn’t about control or titles, but coaching with intention, practicing emotional discipline and guiding teams through uncertainty.
From Classmates to Co-Founders: How We Turned Group Projects into a Startup
From analytics homework to entrepreneurship, recent MSBA graduates Jeremy Twumasi Ampofo, Kyle Ayisi and Jovoney Morton transformed UC Davis group projects into Habituals, an AI-powered app making self-improvement human, data-driven and sustainable.
"We Are GSM" - Meet Assistant Professor Sebastian Calonico
When hospitals face uncertainty, Sebastian Calonico turns data into direction. From dementia prevention research to MBA classrooms, he builds tools that help leaders allocate resources wisely and make evidence-based decisions.
California’s New CPA Licensure Requirements: Addressing the Workforce Shortage
Fast-track your CPA journey with UC Davis MPAc
Aspiring CPAs can fast-track their licensing journey through UC Davis's nine-month MPAc program, led by CalCPA Council member and Academic Executive Director Janie Chang.
Dean H. Rao Unnava: February 2026 Big 3 Video
Airline maverick’s 40-year journey | Online MBA earns national recognition | Faculty advancing machine learning impact
Dean H. Rao Unnava’s latest Big 3 highlights airline industry leader Maury Gallagher as Dean’s Distinguished Speaker, national recognition for the UC Davis Online MBA and faculty research advancing health care through machine learning.
How I Got a Deloitte Offer Without an Accounting Background
What UC Davis MPAc taught me about standing out
He almost skipped the Deloitte table. Chris Ngan MPAc 26 walked into Meet the Firms convinced his background disqualified him—until one conversation reframed everything and changed his career trajectory.
From Michoacán to MBA: Intentionally Redefining Entrepreneurship
Inside the MBA Residential: Where community fuels innovation, networks and real-world strategy
From her family’s small-town businesses in Michoacán to debating strategy with startup founders, Sacramento Part-Time MBA student Stephanie Martinez discovers entrepreneurship is legacy, community and courage.
From UC Davis to Airline Industry Maverick: A 40-year Journey
Maurice J. Gallagher, Jr. on leadership and aviation
Maurice J. Gallagher Jr. returned to UC Davis to reflect on risk, resilience and reinvention, and how hard lessons and bold decisions shaped his path from student to airline maverick.
Engineering Taught Me How. My MBA Shows Me What to Build.
Bridging technical expertise with business strategy
Full-Time MBA student Marianna de Lima Freitas had the technical expertise, but not the strategic visibility she wanted. Her MBA became the turning point from execution to product leadership.
Insights into Incentive Architecture in Marketing
New UC Davis research shows technologies like AI are reshaping relationships
Marketing is ultimately about creating value, which requires managing relationships across customers, channel partners, agencies, and platforms. Yet behind every successful interorganizational relationship lies something less visible but far more powerful: incentives.
Beyond ChatGPT: A Professor-Built AI for Business School
Custom generative AI agents deepen learning of marketing
Artificial intelligence has moved from campus curiosity to classroom co-pilot in record time. The early adopters aren’t using AI to replace rigor; they’re using it to scale access to it. Professor Prasad Naik has been on the forefront of doing exactly that.