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June 15, 2021

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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June 10, 2021

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...

Full-Time MBA

June 8, 2021

Veteran Spotlight: Isaac Olsen, 2-Year Full-time MBA, Class of 2022, United States Army

Isaac Olsen is a full-time MBA candidate at Goizueta Business School (GBS) and currently serves as President of the GBS Veterans Association (GBSVA). After serving 10 years in the U.S. Army, Isaac chose to transition from active duty military service in order to pursue a career in strategy and management consulting. He will serve this summer at EY as a summer associate in Atlanta, Georgia. Background: “Originally from Presque Isle, Maine. I completed my undergrad degree at Liberty University in Virginia. I then spent 10-years as an Engineer Officer in the Army, mostly at Fort Bragg, NC and Fort...

Two-Year MBA

December 3, 2018

Learning how to leverage impact investing firsthand at SOCAP18 in San Francisco

Impact investing is a growing trend in the world of social impact and entrepreneurship. Traditionally, social enterprises were formalized as nonprofit entities and competed for grant funding from government and philanthropic foundations.

Full-Time MBA / One-Year MBA / Two-Year MBA

August 9, 2018

MBA students put business skills to work at social enterprises

Each summer, Social Enterprise @ Goizueta co-invests with social enterprise partners to provide stipend funding that creates opportunities for MBA students to work with social enterprises as interns. We talked with Alanna Shuh, Hannah Wilson and Rhushi Bhadkamkar about their summer work in Atlanta, Los Angeles and Nairobi.