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May 9, 2016

Jenkins graduates paint the town red

For the Hurst family, it was the second graduation ceremony that Phil Hurst attended as a graduate with one of his children. In 2013, he and his son Jonathan received their bachelor's degrees. This time, he received his MBA, and daughter Anna received her bachelor's degree in business administration.

May 3, 2016

Jenkins MBA startup awarded prestigious prize

WarpSpec, Inc. was named the Grand Prize Winner in the LES Foundation Business Plan Competition and was awarded $10,000 to further its work. WarpSpec began as a NC State Jenkins MBA graduate team project with an innovative approach to detecting food-borne pathogens.

Apr 22, 2016

Interdisciplinary team wins Innovation & Leadership Showcase

PÜRE, “the first smart coffee roaster, grinder and brewer for the specialty coffee segment,” as described by the project’s team members MBA students Pierre Marcella and Grahm Ransom, and Sunny…

Apr 21, 2016

Jenkins MBA Lulu eGames winners present new tech applications

This story is a modified version of Poole College’s Lulu eGames winners present new tech applications, written by Anna Rzewnicki and published on the Poole College of Management website. Jenkins MBA…

Mar 8, 2016

Experiential learning and customization drive Jenkins MBA program updates

The Jenkins MBA Program is excited to announce significant academic updates that will surely improve upon the Jenkins MBA Think and Do experience. All changes will be effective for the fall 2016 semester.

Mar 1, 2016

Five easy steps for a DIY economic impact anaysis

This post was originally published in the U.S. Roadmap for Material Handling & Logistics and features the work of NC State Jenkins MBA students and Supply Chain Resource Cooperative fellows.…

Feb 9, 2016

Jenkins MBA students find the ‘voice of the customer’

Every semester, students from the NC State Jenkins MBA program, along with teammates from other NC State programs, contribute to groundbreaking research as part of the Consumer Innovation Practicum (CIP) managed by Poole College of Management’s Consumer Innovation Consortium.

Feb 9, 2016

From Arborist to Entrepreneur: How the Jenkins MBA helped one man cultivate an innovative new career

Rafael Estevez’s career started not in an office cubicle or board room, but working with trees. Today, Estevez is channeling knowledge he’s gained not only into a career in the energy industry, but into a startup he co-founded while a Jenkins MBA student.

Feb 1, 2016

Media Advisory | Jenkins MBA students presenting report on state’s supply chain sector

A team of Jenkins MBA students from the North Carolina State University Poole College of Management will give a preliminary report on results of their comprehensive study – “North Carolina’s Supply Chain: Conduit for Commerce and Economic Development.”

Jan 12, 2016

NC State Names New Dean of Poole College of Management

Dr. Annette L. Ranft, senior associate dean of academic affairs and the Reagan Professor of Business at the University of Tennessee’s Haslam College of Business, has been named the Stephen P. Zelnak Jr. Dean of North Carolina State University’s Poole College of Management, effective July 1, 2016.