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Nov 9, 2026

Building Business Skills on a Foundation of Military Service

An Army Ranger preparing for retirement, a Marine Corps veteran pursuing accounting and two Army veterans studying analytics share how NC State’s graduate business programs are helping them pursue their professional goals.
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Oct 30, 2026

How Graduate Business Programs Are Delivered: Online, Hybrid, In-Person and Weekend Formats

Compare online, hybrid, in-person and weekend delivery formats for graduate business programs, and see which one actually fits your schedule and career goals.
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Oct 30, 2026

Graduate Degree vs. Graduate Certificate vs. Executive Education: What’s Right for You?

Weighing a graduate degree, graduate certificate, or executive education? Compare time, depth, and career payoff to find the credential that fits your goals.
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Oct 30, 2026

What to Expect from a Career Change with a Full-Time MBA

Discover what a full-time MBA career change actually involves, including the two-year timeline, the internship that often decides it, and realistic pivots.
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Oct 26, 2026

Introducing the 2026-27 McLauchlan Leadership Fellows at Poole College

Meet the 24 Jenkins Graduate students chosen as McLauchlan Leadership Fellows for the 2026-27 academic year.
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Oct 6, 2026

Poole College Broadens Access to Graduate Business Leadership Certificate

Graduate students from any discipline, as well as prospective learners from outside NC State, may now pursue the certificate.
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Sep 30, 2026

Haroon Abbu’s AI Classes Highlighted in Business North Carolina

Haroon Abbu, professor of practice in marketing and analytics at Poole College, was recently highlighted in an issue of Business North Carolina. His classes, “Artificial Intelligence in Management” and “Digital Transformation,” were featured in an article about the combination of classroom time and experiential learning. “NC State is a Think and Do university, where coursework…
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Sep 30, 2026

Poole Pack Profiles: Get to Know Tom Byrnes

The marketing professor brings his decades of sales and marketing experience to the classroom, student clubs and high-impact experiences.
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Sep 29, 2026

Christopher Scott, Building a Broader Leadership Perspective

After 14 years in data roles, Christopher Scott is using the online Jenkins MBA to sharpen his leadership skills and connect analytics with broader business decisions.
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Sep 17, 2026

Kierra Banks ’23, Director, Business Development, KBI Biopharma

Kierra used the Jenkins MBA to bridge science and business, advancing from the lab to a business development leadership role in the life sciences industry.