Blogs at the Darden School of Business

10 November 2026 | Center for Global Initiatives

Patricio Valerio is a full-time MBA student at IPADE Business School in Monterrey and a fall 2026 exchange student at Darden. At IPADE, he is an Inspira Líderes scholar and…

4 November 2026 | Center for Global Initiatives

Tristan is a Part-Time MBA (Class of 2028) student at Darden and a Senior Consultant at IBM, where he focuses on energy development, capital deployment and operating model transformation. At…

30 October 2026 | Darden Career Development Office Blog

What does it take to put AI to work? At Innovate@Darden, leaders from Google Cloud, JPMorgan, GoFundMe and other organizations explored the question from several angles, from the energy infrastructure…

27 October 2026 | Career Corner

Long-term incentives (LTI) have become increasingly important for management and executive compensation, but what “long-term incentive” means varies dramatically depending on the ownership and financing structure of an organization. Negotiating…

30 September 2026 | Career Corner

Bill Passer (MBA ’96), founder of P3 Partners, brings more than 30 years of experience in strategic mergers and acquisitions, operational finance and executive leadership to his work as a…

25 September 2026 | Darden Career Development Office Blog

For Darden Executive MBA students balancing demanding careers with rigorous coursework, one question is always present: How do I translate what I’m learning into what comes next? The Darden Career Development Office‘s Executives-in-Residence…

27 August 2026 | Career Corner

We are excited to introduce Gopika Spaenle, the new executive director of the Armstrong Center for Alumni Career Services. Previously, Gopika served as managing director of Darden’s Career Center for…

29 July 2026 | Career Corner

Most job searches begin with a résumé review and LinkedIn profile update. Saule Kasen’s (MBA ’20) began with months of intentional curiosity. Rather than rushing into a job search, she…

17 July 2026 | Center for Global Initiatives

Sarah Abogabir (EMBA ’26) is a Customer Success Account Manager at Microsoft, where she partners with financial services organizations to drive digital transformation and maximize the value of their technology…

10 July 2026 | Center for Global Initiatives

Jackie Jacobson, a Part-Time MBA (Class of 2027) student shares her experience on a Short Program at the Stockholm School of Economics.

23 June 2026 | Career Corner

June 30, 2026, will mark my last day as the Executive Director of Darden’s Armstrong Center for Alumni Career Services. For nearly eleven years, I have had the privilege of…

8 June 2026 | Career Corner

At certain points in our lives, the question stops being, “What job do I want?” and becomes, “What kind of life do I want to build?” Alumni Career Services strives…