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Following My California Dream in the MSBA in San Francisco
Thriving in a rigorous graduate business program
“The City is a perfect blend of networking opportunities, spectacular sunset views, nightlife and much more. I’m finally living my California dream!” says student Rishika Chaudhary.

How AWS Certifications Can Accelerate Your Career
Expand your skillset, up your job search game, grow your network
Student Fred Xue shares how Amazon Web Services cloud certifications can pay big dividends in the job market and salary. The courses are offered free in the MSBA program.

Growing My Entrepreneurial Mindset—and Exploring New Options
My 5 Takeaways from the UC Entrepreneurship Academy
At the unique four-day academy, Sacramento Part-Time MBA student Diane Lim says she found mentorship, a collaborative spirit and support for her future business ideas.

My Transition from Teaching to Microsoft
Following my passion to raise the standard of education globally
"In the midst of my first week as an elementary school teacher, I was awoken by a harsh reality: the current classroom curriculum is outdated," writes Sacramento Part-Time MBA Parisa Meschi.

MBA + NCAA: Bringing Basketball into Business School
“UC Davis was offering me not just an MBA program, but a new team.”
"With its distinctive Industry Immersions, the UC Davis MBA program offered the opportunity to experience a deep dive into biotech, revealing diverse future avenues to enter the healthcare world with my degrees in psychology and business," shares Tess Sussman MBA 24

Client Turns to Our MBA Team for New Cryptocurrency Market Opportunity
Identifying solutions for international peer-to-peer cash remittance
Jeffery Criddell MBA 23 shares how his team explored opportunities for a large coin-counting service looking to expand into new business lines as part of a 10-week IMPACT project.

How Our Consulting Project Moves UC Davis Future Forward
Helping the top 5 research university thrive in a post-pandemic world
Mika Shang MBA 23 shares how she and her IMPACT project teammates distilled UC Davis' values into strict criteria within a framework to effectively determine which business project ideas will generate substantial revenue or savings in the short term and strengthen the university for decades to come.

Business and Culture in Chile: Our Whirlwind MBA Study Trip
Exclusive company tours include mining, biotech, farming and winemaking
Full-Time MBA Tommy Henneman and Bay Area MBA Kevin Leung teamed up to detail their class journey to Santiago, Chile, as part of the 2022 International Study Trip.

3 Common Mental Health Challenges for Graduate School
How to avoid becoming overwhelmed
As you start preparing the life logistics of going back to school, don't neglect your most important asset: your mental health. Cleona Tsang MBA 23 shares tips on optimizing your mental health in order to reach your goals.

Chardonnay Marc: A ‘Trifecta’ of Health, Taste and Sustainability
UC Davis research leads to development of food ingredient using winemaking byproduct
UC Davis researchers, including GSM Senior Scholar Harold Schmitz, are providing more insight into how grape skins and seeds, which usually go to waste during the making of chardonnay wine, may be a valuable and healthful ingredient in new food

Record-Breaking Career Placement for MSBA Class of 2022
Grads join Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, AMEX, Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey and more
Our 2022 Master of Science in Business Analytics graduates reported an average starting salary of more than $131,000—that’s $22,000 more than last year's class. Their average signing bonus was more than $19,000, a 111% increase vs last year.

Taking the Leap into Accounting at UC Davis
Bringing my skills from higher education to a new calling in MPAc program
"2020 changed by life forever...I began to give serious thought to where I wanted to take my career and how I could prepare for my best future. The UC Davis MPAc program offered me an exciting new professional career path," says Brian Favetti MPAc 23.