The below is from the MBA@UNC blog. Not too long ago, UNC Kenan-Flagler ran a video competition called MTV@UNC. We asked full-time MBA students participating in a leadership immersion to create music videos that best represented their time at the school. We posted final videos on our Facebook page, where our fans could vote for their favorites. After a week of voting, the video titled “The Kenan-Flagler Way” (seen below) won the competition. We caught up with three team members for a Q&A Julie Hocker, Chris Ray and Naequan Jones told us about their inspiration for the video and also shared their post-MBA career plans. (John Fiscella was unable to join us.) 1. What was the inspiration for the video? Read More
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Flying lessons: Action-based learning at UNC Kenan-Flagler
04/25/2012 – 12:03 pm
Students may not have the clout of a business owner, but sometimes that can be an advantage. A North Carolina sawmill asked Lily Nguyen (MBA ’09) and her UNC Kenan-Flagler STAR (Student Teams Achieving Results) Global consulting team to make connections to sell lumber directly to lumber vendors in China. The students reached out to lumber associations and furniture manufacturers in China and set up in-person meetings. They asked questions and got answers, which they brought back to their client, along with business cards of every contact, photos of the operations and a PowerPoint of all they had learned, including a plan for what to do next. “We weren’t afraid to ask questions,” Nguyen said. “The businesspeople we met in Read More