Celebrating 10 Years of “Uncommon Connections” to Advance Innovations in Food and Health
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Celebrating 10 Years of “Uncommon Connections” to Advance Innovations in Food and Health

My reflections from the UC Davis Innovation Institute for Food and Health’s 2024 Partner Summit

What’s it like convening 300+ leaders to address pressing issues in food and health? Part-Time MBA Marissa Pickard, strategic marketing manager for the UC Davis Innovation Institute for Food and health, reveals the behind-the-scenes creation of "uncommon connections."

UC Davis MPAc Orientation: Kickstarting Our Accounting Careers
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UC Davis MPAc Orientation: Kickstarting Our Accounting Careers

Exclusive Meet the Firms career fair features 20+ top employers

Follow student Adaeze Crenshaw’s journey during orientation, from elevator pitches, resume revamps and mock interviews to prepare to meet recruiters before classes even start.

Meet the Firms: Launching Your Accounting Career
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Meet the Firms: Launching Your Accounting Career

Networking with leading national accounting firms at UC Davis

At this year’s 12th annual Meet the Firms event, recruiters from 20+ companies and agencies came to connect and share their organization’s career tracks and culture with MPAc students. Read blog and view video.

Creating Community: My Journey as an International MSBA Student
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Creating Community: My Journey as an International MSBA Student

Embracing UC Davis culture at orientation

Incoming MSBA Vatsal Nanawati arrived in San Francisco, excited to begin his Master of Science in Business Analytics at UC Davis, and quickly embraced the city's culture and cuisine.

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.

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.

What’s a Career in Investing and Finance Like?
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What’s a Career in Investing and Finance Like?

UC Investments Academy offers exciting opportunities for UC Davis MBAs

Minhua Zhu MBA 25 shares her insider's view of the finance world through the UC Investments Academy, led by UC Chief Investment Officer Jagdeep Singh Bachher who manages $170B for UC campuses and medical centers.

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 MPAc Orientation: Building Lifelong Friendships and Landing Job Offers
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UC Davis MPAc Orientation: Building Lifelong Friendships and Landing Job Offers

Being part of the MPAc program isn't just an achievement—it's a gift.

MPAc student Aditya Prasad shares highlights of the five-day program orientation, including career advice, networking opportunities, and landing three job offers at the Meet the Firms event.

Meet the Firms: Kickstarting Your Accounting Career
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Meet the Firms: Kickstarting Your Accounting Career

Students connect with top employers at exclusive UC Davis career fair

At this year’s 11th annual Meet the Firms event, recruiters from nearly 30 companies and agencies came to connect and share their organization’s career tracks and culture with MPAc students.

Executive Insight: Wisdom, Networking, Inspiration
Marissa Hernandez and Chris Marshall, director of alumni relations and network strategy at the Metro EDGE event
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Executive Insight: Wisdom, Networking, Inspiration

Sacramento Metro EDGE event offers face time with area leaders

Sacramento MBA Marissa Hernandez shares her experience at Metro EDGE’s Executive Insight, meeting area leaders from healthcare, wine industry, coffee entrepreneurs and higher education, including GSM Senior Assistant Dean for Student Affairs Amy Russell.

MSBA and MBA Students Dig Deep into Data from Z by HP
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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.

UC Davis Aggie Hack 2023 Puts Business Analytics to Work
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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.

Food Trifecta Summit Features Nexus of Taste, Health, and Sustainability
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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.

 
“What Does it Mean to be a Collaborative Leader?”
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“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.

UC Davis Places in Top 3 in Second Annual Food & Ag Business Challenge 
Six teams with 18 students from Colorado State University; University of California, Riverside; Sacramento State University; University of California, Chico; University of California, Berkely; and UC Davis participated in the 2nd Annual Food & Ag Business Challenge.
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UC Davis Places in Top 3 in Second Annual Food & Ag Business Challenge 

Competition draws student teams from across California and the West  

Students put their collective experience, knowledge and skills to work on a pressing supply chain issue facing Driscoll’s, the world’s largest berry company and lead sponsor of the challenge—with $6,000 in prize money to the top teams.  

Data Analytics Executives Help Supercharge Our Job Search
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Data Analytics Executives Help Supercharge Our Job Search

Top tech leaders offer tips, dispel rumors and build our confidence

As a student in the UC Davis Master of Science in Business Analytics program, I had the privilege of attending and moderating the online career panel discussion on analytics insights, featuring executives from Amazon, Gladly, Sunrun, Gain Credit and UC Davis experts.

How My MBA Class Used Jeopardy! to Teach Technology Competition and Strategy
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How My MBA Class Used Jeopardy! to Teach Technology Competition and Strategy

Learning new ways to strategize and problem solve leading technology companies

Game on! MBA student Lisa Hornick shares how staging Jeopardy! Q&A games based on trivia about Square, Intuit and WeChat with her classmates helped them develop critical thinking skills, and made learning a lot of fun!