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Veteran Spotlight: Douglas Roberts Evening MBA, Class of 2022, U.S. Coast Guard

Background: I’m from Plant City, FL and joined the Coast Guard after high school. I was wanting to serve my county and do something different from the traditional path, and the Coast Guard provided that opportunity. I was fortunate to serve on a polar icebreaker responsible for breaking a channel to resupply the McMurdo Research Station in Antarctica. The experience was amazing, but I decided to get out to attend the University of Georgia. After my undergrad, I worked in legislative affairs before making the jump to commercial banking where my exposure to the investment bank inspired to pursue that...

Ian Wang and PLab with check

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Diary of a Budding Philanthropist

“Hey mom, I went to Dallas and gave away $50,000 dollars this weekend.” While that might give most parents a heart attack, that’s exactly what I did a few weekends ago. But I didn’t do it alone, it wasn’t my money, and my parents were quite proud.  Philanthropy Lab In my last semester at Goizueta, I took Philanthropy Lab, a class made possible by a partnership between The Roberto C. Goizueta Business and Society Institute and The Philanthropy Lab (P-Lab). P-Lab is a program of the Once Upon Foundation, which aims to expand student interest and participation in philanthropy....

A Civic Dinners Zoom call

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Conversations, Compassion, and Change

As Social Enterprise Fellows with The Roberto C. Goizueta Business and Society Institute, we are always excited for opportunities to actively engage with Goizueta’s efforts to build a “more equitable and climate-smart world.” So when the Institute hosted a series of Civic Dinners as part of their virtual launch earlier this year, we were quick to sign up. These conversations were designed to foster dialogue around wicked challenges related to the physical and socioeconomic environment. Excited for an opportunity to engage with other professionals in the impact space and grow our networks after spending a year in a virtual...

Kay Xiao

Two-Year MBA

Kay Xiao Internship Vlog 1

Kay Xiao 22MBA was born and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas – hometown of Whataburger & 90s pop sensation, Selena. She graduated from Cornell University, where she majored in government. Prior to business school, Kay produced and managed thought leadership programs at The Economist Newspaper in New York City. At Emory, Kay serves as the Executive Producer of the Secret Life of Goizueta podcast and Vice President of Career Development on the Goizueta Business Association. In her free time, she enjoys travel (when it’s safe), the beach and Tex-Mex cuisine.

Evan Lyons

Full-Time MBA

Evan Lyons Internship Vlog 1

Evan is a rising 2nd year MBA student and currently a Summer Associate at Bank of America in the Financial Sponsors Group. At Emory he serves as the Finance Club President and dedicates much of his time to the Ambassador program and Consortium working with prospective and incoming students. Before Emory, Evan spent five years working in global financial services. Previously he worked as an independent consultant, an endeavor he started during his undergraduate studies at Wharton. An avid traveler, Evan has spent time in over forty countries and speaks four languages. In his spare time he is a passionate soccer fan,...

Nainika Sehgal

Full-Time MBA

Nainika Sehgal Internship Vlog Part 1

Nainika Sehgal 22MBA is a full-time MBA student concentrating in Finance. Nainika is an Atlanta native who worked at Delta Air Lines after studying aerospace engineering at Georgia Tech. She is excited for her investment banking internship in New York with J.P. Morgan’s Diversified Industrials Group.

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Veteran Spotlight: Benj Holladay, 2-year Full-time MBA, Class of 2022, Navy, Active Duty, Nuclear Engineer

Background: I’m originally from Birmingham, Alabama, and I studied Chemical Engineering at Auburn University. I followed in the footsteps of both my grandfathers when I decided to join the Navy. I had the great opportunity to work at Naval Reactors HQ in Washington, D.C., for the duration of my 5-year commitment. I primarily worked in the division responsible for overseeing manufacturing of nuclear reactor cores destined to power the nuclear fleet. I enjoyed the technical parts of the job, but what I enjoyed more was when my job crossed into focusing on the business elements. Why Goizueta: I was looking...

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MS in Business Analytics

Advice for MSBA 2022

  Sean Jung 21MSBA offers his lessons on Goizueta’s Business Analytics degree program. See more from Sean here: https://www.voiceofgoizueta.com/three-lessons-learned-emory-msba-program/

Garg, Schreeder, and Karwoski

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Dhruv Garg 21MBA Commencement Vlog

We asked Dhruv Garg 21MBA to document his graduation experience, and he invited his two friends, Vivian Schreeder 21MBA and Stefanie Karwoski 21MBA. Dhruv Garg is an international student from India. He did his undergrad from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India in Civil Engineering, and was working in the analytics consulting space for 4.5 years before joining GBS. At GBS, Dhruv was the President of Goizueta Technology Association and played Field Hockey for Emory. Post MBA, he is going to work for Accenture Applied Intelligence as a Data Science Consultant. Dhruv loves playing tennis in his...

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