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A New Beginning: My Journey to Grad School as a First-Gen Student
My inspirations, dreams and aspirations
MPAc student Cievia Xiong describes her experience as a first-generation Hmong- American student, and how her family, friends and “ghost-mentors” inspire her to maintain a work-life balance while pursuing her career goals.
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Disney Storyteller’s MBA Adventure: Tackling Challenges to Shape the Future of News
My experience navigating career, family, and education
Bay Area MBA and Emmy award-winning TV news director Joshua Hubbard reports how he manages to balance school, family and career and using his new skills to cover stories in the fast-paced news business.
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Chinatown Foot Patrol Works to Keep Oakland's AAPI Community Safe
Lecturer Marc Lowe: "I wanted to do something to help the Chinese community."
For a story kicking off Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, CBS News interviews Lecturer Marc Lowe as he joins a highly visible citizens' foot patrol group in Oakland's Chinatown to help deter hate crimes in the area.
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Mika Shang Honored among Poets&Quants' 100 Best & Brightest MBAs
Now in its 9th year, P&Q's Best & Brightest celebrates MBA excellence
Congratulations to second-year Full-Time MBA Mika Shang, recognized among the business school movers and shakers who "rally their peers; the mentors who champion; the visionaries who awaken; and the volunteers who shoulder the heaviest burdens."
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MSBA and MBA Students Dig Deep into Data from Z by HP
How we organized UC Davis Aggie Hack: 5,000+ BigQuery jobs and Redshift queries in 48 hours
Student body president Sumanth Munnangi lifts the veil on the UC Davis Aggie Hack 2023, in which teams generated more than 5,000 BigQuery jobs and Redshift queries in 48 hours to develop marketing insights for Z by HP.
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UC Davis Aggie Hack 2023 Puts Business Analytics to Work
How our team combined creativity, expertise and curiosity
A member of TechEmpowerHER, winner of the Analytics Excellence Award, MSBA student Vaaridhi Mathur shares how they learned something new every hour during the 48-hour hackathon to deliver marketing insights for Z by HP using data analytics and machine learning.
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NASA to Deloitte: How UC Davis Opened Doors of Opportunity
UC Davis MPAc preparing me for accounting career at Big 4
MPAc student Rushana R. Galeeva credits UC Davis for opening doors that led to her landing an internship at NASA headquarters in Washington D.C. and landing a plum job offer with Deloitte in San Francisco.
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My Q&A with Janie Chang, New MPAc Academic Executive Director
Updated accounting curriculum to meet industry demands
MPAc Associate Director Zoë Richardson catches up with new Academic Executive Director Janie Chang who shares her background and vision for the program.
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Food Trifecta Summit Features Nexus of Taste, Health, and Sustainability
Hosted by UC Davis MBA Food & Wine Leadership Club
Full-Time MBA Nathaniel Morrison of the Food & Wine Leadership Club recaps their campus-wide event featuring experts’ views and the story behind Vine to Bar chocolate.
![At the retreat, Kevin Leung (left) meets up with Dr. Bennet Omalu (right), who emphasized that the most successful leaders are the ones who live out authenticity and fight for the truth to be known.](/sites/default/files/styles/news/public/2023-04/kevin.jpg?h=915e7a14&itok=E7xrdZQP)
“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.
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Here’s a Tip: Read This Before You Apply to UC Davis MSBA
Get the inside scoop on essays, recommendations, interviews and more
MSBA Admissions Specialist Camille Mack answers your questions and shares resources to help you get started and submit the strongest MSBA application.
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Entrepreneur to MBA: How My Indonesian Culture Taught Me to Invest in Myself
Family and community support essential as a first-gen college student
Bay Area MBA Gracia Liunita, a first-gen college student, says the support of family and her community have been essential to her success as an entrepreneur—and pursing an MBA.