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Darden Receives Largest Ever Gift

Last week, we announced some big news: Darden received the largest gift in its history, as Sands Capital Management Founder Frank M. Sands Sr. (MBA ’63) made a $68 million gift to the School. We’re grateful for the incredible generosity and think all Darden stakeholders — including prospective students — should…

By Dave Hendrick- May 28, 2019

Academics, Career, Charlottesville, Darden Community, Full-Time MBA, Student Profile or Feature

As Graduation Nears, Shivangi Shivayogi (Class of 2019) Reflects on Favorite Darden Moments

Shivangi Shivayogi (Class of 2019) came to Darden with a career background in the health care industry, but will graduate this weekend with a new career lined up working as an investment banker with Barclays in New York City. Below, she reflects on what brought her to Darden, the experience…

By Brett Twitty- May 16, 2019

Academics, Admissions, Application Tips, Career, Darden Community, Full-Time MBA

Future Accenture Consultant on How Darden Taught Her When to Stop Analyzing and Make a Decision

Michelle Gauthreaux (Class of 2019) came to Darden with a background in consulting at Citrix and will leave with a new consulting positioned lined up — this time with Accenture. Gauthreaux says Darden helped elevate her professional capabilities, making her a confident decision-maker comfortable with ambiguity. Read on to learn…

By Brett Twitty- May 14, 2019

Darden Community, Full-Time MBA, Student Profile or Feature

Life as a Mother and an MBA Student: Vivian Hu (Class of 2020) Succeeds at Both

Full-time MBA student Vivian Hu (Class of 2020) of Shanghai, China, almost decided not to pursue business school when she found out she was pregnant soon after earning offers from several top programs. But she was inspired to show her future daughter that she was a strong mother, and…

By Jay Hodgkins- May 10, 2019

Admissions, Charlottesville, Darden Community, Lifestyle, Uncategorized

The Sun Sets on Q4: A Look Back at Life Outside the Classroom

Classes for the full-time MBA program at Darden have wrapped and students are completing final exams. As the Class of 2019 looks ahead to graduation and the Class of 2020 prepares to leave Grounds for summer internships, we take a look at some of our favorite Instagram posts of…

By Dave Hendrick- May 6, 2019

Alumni Profile, Career, Darden Community, Darden News

Darden Honors Alumnus Who Led Citigroup Out of Financial Crisis

Darden alumni are powerhouses in the finance industry (each year, banks such as JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Citigroup are among the top hiring companies of new graduates) and powerhouses in the C-suite (more than 1,500 alumni serve as founders, board chairs or in the executive C-suite…

By Jay Hodgkins- May 1, 2019

Darden Community, Darden News, Student Profile or Feature

DART Project Winner: Benpei Cao, MBA 2020

As we mentioned previously, we will be sharing winning pictures from the recent Darden Art (DART) Project on the blog throughout the coming weeks. Today we share a photo from First Year student, Benpei Cao (MBA 2020). Check out the story below!I took this photo when I visited Seda…

By Brett Twitty- April 19, 2019

Darden Community, Full-Time MBA, Student Profile or Feature

Catching Up with Second Year Student, Godwin Marfo Ahenkorah!

With Graduation on the horizon, over the coming weeks on the blog, we will be featuring conversations with a few of our Second Year students about their experience at Darden. Today we catch up with Second Year, Godwin Marfo Ahenkorah. Godwin is originally from Ghana, and after graduation, he will…

By Brett Twitty- April 18, 2019

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