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Bay Area to Sactown: Young Professionals Making the Move

Sep 10, 2019 Justin Virrey MBA 19 By Justin Virrey MBA 20

Sacramento MBA student and Metro EDGE member Justin Virrey shares his journey from the Bay Area to Sacramento and the region’s attraction and strengths.

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Purpose-Driven Isn’t Always People-Driven: 3 Ways to Change
Creating purposeful work for your employees

Sep 3, 2019 Kellan Hays MBA 14 By Kellan Hays MBA 14

How do you build a great workplace environment? Alumna Kellan Hays MBA 14 weighs in with her three key strategies to increase authenticity and foster employee growth.

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#CrazyForTillamook – My MBA Summer Internship
My three months immersed in cheese and spreads

Aug 28, 2019 Lesley Watson MBA 20 By Lesley Watson MBA 20

Cheddar, Mozzarella, Colby Jack and Pepper Jack. MBA student Lesley Watson tried them all while working on new products at Tillamook this summer.

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MBA Summer Lessons Learned in Finland and Russia
Immersion in international business culture

Aug 27, 2019 Daniel Student MBA 20 By Daniel Student MBA 20

Daniel Student shares his three key takeaways: all business is international, intercultural collaboration broadens your horizons, and studying other cultures helps you reflect on yours.

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Meet Amanda Opperman, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
5 questions on ramping up

Aug 23, 2019 By Steven Wilson

The newest member of our leadership team answers five key questions about her first 100 days and her plans for student engagement.

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Denim Deep Dive: Fashioning Insights for Lucky Brand
MSBA practicum project delivers for top clothing retailer

Aug 22, 2019 Ashwin Suresh MSBA 19 By Ashwin Suresh MSBA 19

Bohemian blue jeans retailer a perfect practicum fit for MSBA team to optimize inventory and analyze customer segments. Student Ashwin Suresh blogs about the project.

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Building a Network at Work
Folsom’s PRO Unlimited attracts growing team of UC Davis MBA students

Aug 21, 2019 Julie Sauer Julie Sauer, Sacramento MBA student

As a business analyst at PRO Unlimited, Sacramento MBA student Julie Sauer thrives in a culture of collaboration, relationship building and elevated thinking—and she’s helped hire several of our grads.

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Big Bang! Winner Receives $150,000 California Energy Commission Grant

Aug 20, 2019 Sacramento Business Journal

UC Davis Big Bang! winner RePurpose Energy is working to create off-grid electric storage using retired electric car batteries.

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5 Questions with Engage3 Data Scientist, Practicum Lead
MSBA team partners on machine learning models for retail pricing

Aug 14, 2019 Abhinav Chatterji MSBA 19 By Abhinav Chatterji MSBA 19

Engage3 Data Scientist Sahar Pirmoradian shares the benefits of the MSBA practicum project experience with student team member Abhinav Chatterji.

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Navigating Your Business Analytics Job Search
Panelists from Google and People.ai offer advice, tips, lessons learned

Jul 31, 2019 Ashwin Suresh MSBA 19 By Ashwin Suresh MSBA 19

Many opportunities await business analytics grads. MSBA alum Ashwin Suresh says stay calm and interview on—and prepare for your first day on the job.

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Building Beautiful Algorithms for Walmart
My journey with Engage3 led to a new role with Walmart

Jul 25, 2019 Beverly Huang MSBA 19 By Beverly Huang MSBA 19

With data-driven online retailing heating up, MSBA grad Beverly Huang heads to Walmart as an advanced analytics specialist to help the global retailer’s ecommerce business.

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Breaking Down Barriers to an MBA
Plan ahead as you begin your graduate business education journey

Jul 22, 2019 By Andrea Shaw, Senior Director of Admissions

What’s holding you back from making an investment in your future? Senior Director of Admissions Andrea Shaw offers an easy-to-follow roadmap to take action toward pursuing your MBA and career dreams.

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Study: Firm Governance Key as Shareholders Assess Risk of Political Activity

Jul 9, 2019 Hollis Skaife by Julia Ann Easley, UC Davis News

Professor Hollis Skaife shares new research on the risks involved in the way U.S. companies influence the political process via campaign finance.

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Go Tell it on the Mountain: Ways To Measure Collaboration

Jul 2, 2019 Cleveland Justis '04 LinkedIn

Former Mike and Renee Child Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Executive Director and 2004 GSM alum Cleve Justis shares his thoughts on measuring collaboration and creating tangible results in the non-profit sector.

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Open Sesame: One-on-One with Alibaba’s Shanxing Gao MSBA 18
Advice, lessons for success after graduation

Jul 2, 2019 Lan Mei MSBA 19 Shiyu Gong MSBA 19 By Lan Mei MSBA 19 and Shiyu Gong MSBA 19

A business analyst for the world’s largest ecommerce company, alumnus Shanxing Gao brings his UC Davis MSBA and engineering experience full-circle at Alibaba.

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5 Job Search Tips: What it’s “Like” at Facebook
“Practice your skills, network and don’t stress,” says MSBA alumnus Sharad Jain

Jul 2, 2019 Rohan Ranshinge MSBA 19 By Rohan Ranshinge MSBA 19

In a Q&A with MSBA student Rohan Ranshinge, alumnus Sharad Jain shares advice from his career search and landing a role as a data specialist at Facebook.

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How Our MBA Team Put Six Sigma to Work
Partnership with Gemini Bio-Products brings coursework to life

Jul 1, 2019 Andrea Ellinghouse MBA 20 Andrea Ellinghouse, Sacramento MBA student

Sacramento MBA student Andrea Ellinghouse shares how her team collaborated with Gemini Bio-Products to streamline the biotech’s manufacturing processes.

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Crying at Work is Uncomfortable, and That’s OK

Jun 26, 2019 Kimberly D. Elsbach Marketplace

Professor Kim Elsbach explains her research around crying at work, what co-workers think when they see you cry, how to save face and why a good work cry is so stigmatized in the first place.

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Faces of Metro EDGE (F.A.M.E.)– Anna Palmer

Jun 26, 2019 Anna Palmer By Anna Palmer MBA 17

Meet alumna Anna Palmer MBA 17, our Sacramento MBA associate director of admissions and member of Sacramento Metro EDGE, which we support as the Platinum Sponsor.

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How Faculty Encouraged My Ph.D. Pursuit
Finding career mentorship through MPAc

Jun 24, 2019 Daniella Smith MPAc 16 By Daniella Smith MPAc 16

From KPMG to Ph.D., MPAc alumna Daniella Smith left a Big Four accounting firm to pursue her passion: a promising academic career to research and teach.

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243 Reasons the Class of 2019 Made History. What’s Next?
Chancellor May recognizes Aggie Heroes at Commencement

Jun 21, 2019 By Steven Wilson

Our 37th Commencement featured our largest graduating class ever. Chancellor Gary May recognized Aggie Heroes and five students speakers inspired classmates. What’s next?

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One-on-One with UC Davis Provost
Rare opportunity to shadow Ralph Hexter

Jun 17, 2019 Victor Moreno By Victor Moreno, Sacramento MBA Student

MBA student Victor Moreno goes behind the scenes to spend a day with UC Davis Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Ralph Hexter as part of a new job shadow program.

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Instagram Takeover Series: Follow Full-Time MBA Interns

Jun 17, 2019

UC Davis Full-Time MBA students land internships in finance, tech, consulting, marketing and healthcare. Follow updates on @ucdavismba Instagram all summer long.

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UC Davis to Offer Online MBA

Jun 13, 2019 Robert Yetman The Aggie

Professor Robert Yetman and Senior Director of Admissions Andrea Shaw describe the flexibility of the new Online MBA program at the GSM.

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