Winning the UC Davis Aggie Hack 2024: Analyzing Data To Save Lives
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Winning the UC Davis Aggie Hack 2024: Analyzing Data To Save Lives

Our 48-hour marathon to strategize road safety improvements for San Francisco

Cindy Jeon MSBA 24 shares her team’s winning strategy in the UC Davis Aggie Hack, where participants were tasked with creating innovative, data-driven solutions to improve road safety in San Francisco.

UC Davis MBA Sustainable Energy Industry Immersion - Executive Guest Speaker Video
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UC Davis MBA Sustainable Energy Industry Immersion - Executive Guest Speaker Video

Live case studies presented by Katie Sloan, Southern California Edison

The Sustainable Energy Industry Immersion explores the latest trends and challenges shaping an industry at the forefront of global development, environmental conservation, national security and financial markets.

Cultivating a Win at UC Davis Food & Ag Business Challenge
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Cultivating a Win at UC Davis Food & Ag Business Challenge

How we built a business plan for HM.CLAUSE in under 12 hours

Danielle Kleiner-Kanter MBA 25 reveals the strategy behind building a winning business plan for HM.CLAUSE in less than 12 hours, leading her team to victory at the UC Davis Food & Ag Business Challenge.

Being a Collaborative Leader: How My MBA Shaped My Personal and Professional Growth
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Being a Collaborative Leader: How My MBA Shaped My Personal and Professional Growth

Five principles to build resiliency

Alum Gennaro Tecchia attributes his development of leadership qualities and successful transition into a product management career at Kaiser Permanente to the Collaborative Leadership Program and supportive UC Davis community.

Living With No Regrets: A Journey Through Japan
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Living With No Regrets: A Journey Through Japan

International Study Trip explores cultures, innovation and key industries

MBA student Alice Vega shares her unforgettable experience with classmates exploring Japan and embracing cultural immersion, gaining corporate insights and creating lifelong memories.

UC Davis MBA Alumna Archana Arunkumar on Collaborative Leadership in Tech
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UC Davis MBA Alumna Archana Arunkumar on Collaborative Leadership in Tech

"Carry your confidence into every room you enter."

What’s collaborative leadership mean? How do you collaborate at work to make an impact? UC Davis MBA alumna Archana Arunkumar shares her insights from more than 20 years experience as a product and technology executive, advisor and board director in the tech world.

UC Davis MSBA Edge: Practicum Projects
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UC Davis MSBA Edge: Practicum Projects

Presented by MSBA Director of Analytics Projects Carrie Beam

Our year-long practicum projects are a powerful learning experience, bringing company partners together with MSBA student teams and top faculty advisors to develop solutions for clients. MSBA Director of Analytics Projects Carrie Beam shares the details.

Hands-On Leadership: Maximizing My MBA for Marketing
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Hands-On Leadership: Maximizing My MBA for Marketing

“I was motivated to grow at a faster pace if given the opportunity.”

From virtual undergrad to Full-Time MBA, Simrun Bhandal MBA 25 tells us why she decided to pursue hands-on leadership opportunities like hosting the successful Aggie Compass Business Boutique at UC Davis.

Leading with Integrity: Creating an ESG Strategy
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Leading with Integrity: Creating an ESG Strategy

What we learned at the Net Impact Case Competition

Nicolas Seto MBA 25 explains how he and his MBA teammates tackled ESG challenges and competed to formulate business strategies for global impact at the Net Impact Case Competition, sponsored by Arrow Electronics.

Empowering Futures: Insights from the Fastbreak Mentoring Program
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Empowering Futures: Insights from the Fastbreak Mentoring Program

Partnership with the Sacramento Kings, Mentor California and Improve Your Tomorrow

The Graduate School of Management has teamed up with the Sacramento Kings, MENTOR California and Improve Your Tomorrow on the Kings Fastbreak Mentoring Program to pair MBAs as mentors for rising college students. View video.

Takeoff! The Business of Flight with Chris Wimsatt, CFO of Sacramento Airport System
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Takeoff! The Business of Flight with Chris Wimsatt, CFO of Sacramento Airport System

netWORKed Podcast: Episode 4

Chris Marshall speaks with Chris Wimsatt, Deputy Director and CFO, about the dynamic advancements at Sacramento International Airport, and their efforts to elevate the traveler experience and serve the local community firsthand.

Getting Down to Business: Pursuing My Biotech Passion with an MBA
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Getting Down to Business: Pursuing My Biotech Passion with an MBA

Collaborative environment and Industry Immersion pave the way

Kathy Truong MBA 24 highlights how a UC Davis MBA alum’s encouragement and the unique Biotechnology Industry Immersion program attract her to the Bay Area MBA—and how she is thriving in the collaborative environment.

Game-Changing Mentorship: Leading with Collaboration
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Game-Changing Mentorship: Leading with Collaboration

Sacramento Kings and UC Davis MBAs team up for Fastbreak Mentoring Program

MBA student Jack Schaufler benefitted from mentors in his journey, and blogs about paying it forward as a mentor in the Sacramento Kings Fastbreak Mentoring Program pairing MBAs with local college students.

UC Davis Graduate School of Management Announces Partnership with NBA’s Sacramento Kings
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UC Davis Graduate School of Management Announces Partnership with NBA’s Sacramento Kings

Alliance highlights benefits of new Master of Management

The UC Davis Graduate School of Management becomes the official Higher Education Partner of the Sacramento Kings and Golden 1 Center, and the partnership will highlight benefits of the new Master of Management program as well internship opportunities for UC Davis MBA students, and more.

 
What’s an MBA Consulting Project Like?
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What’s an MBA Consulting Project Like?

How we teamed up with the NBA’s Sacramento Kings on international expansion

With international expansion a lucrative frontier for fan growth and revenue for NBA teams, the Sacramento Kings' partnership with my UC Davis MBA student team for a winning strategy was nothing short of a slam dunk.

Which Artist’s Tour Crashed Ticketmaster’s Site? My Journey in the 2023 UC Davis-Financial Times Biz Quiz
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Which Artist’s Tour Crashed Ticketmaster’s Site? My Journey in the 2023 UC Davis-Financial Times Biz Quiz

Mentorship of Professor Ayako Yasuda leads us to success

Battle of the b-schools: MBA student Akshaj Aravind Raghavi shares UC Davis' strategy for the Biz Quiz that tested the global business news knowledge of teams from 11 schools. A UC Davis MBA team took second place for the second consecutive year.

Postcard from Berlin: Our International Consulting Experience in the Heart of Europe
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Postcard from Berlin: Our International Consulting Experience in the Heart of Europe

Presenting to clients in a city brimming with cultural diversity, warmth and innovation

MBA students Mary Wen and Faye Wu share their journey to Berlin where their teams presented recommendations to consulting clients and visited top companies in the historic German capital.

Being Authentic: Insights from Jita Buño, Associate COO, UC Davis Health
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Being Authentic: Insights from Jita Buño, Associate COO, UC Davis Health

netWORKed Podcast: Episode 3

Host Chris Marshall shares the mic with Jita Buño, Associate COO of UC Davis Health, a major academic health center located in Sacramento, California. She shares her remarkable, non-traditional journey to her leadership role, emphasizes the importance of saying "yes" to opportunities and the significance of authentic relationships.