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Sep 19, 2025

Jenkins MBA Alumni Summit Inspires Connections and Growth

Jenkins MBA alumni returned to campus for the first-ever Alumni Summit, featuring sessions on AI in business, leadership in a digital world and lifelong career development.

Aug 28, 2025

Stefano Rivera, From Sales to Product Management

After a decade in sales, Stefano Rivera turned to NC State’s Jenkins MBA program to make a bold career pivot into product and brand management. With hands-on learning and career support, he’s already landed a marketing internship—and full-time offer—with The Hershey Company.
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Aug 27, 2025

How To Be a Better Follower

How can workers get leaders to empower them more? Poole scholar Brad Kirkman finds that it’s all about your voice.

Aug 21, 2025

Jenkins MBA Students Share Their Summer Internship Experiences

Internships are a defining part of the Jenkins Full-Time MBA, giving students the chance to apply classroom knowledge in real-world settings. See how five students leveraged their summer internships to build skills, explore industries, and advance their career goals.
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Aug 7, 2025

Employees Who Spot Problems Help the Bottom Line, So Why Do Leaders Give More Power to Bootlickers?

New studies find leaders are less likely to empower followers who raise concerns in the workplace, even though those employees play a critical role in improving performance.

Jul 29, 2025

Poole College’s Online MBA Ranked #11 by The Princeton Review

NC State’s Poole College of Management ranks #11 on The Princeton Review’s list of the Top 50 Online MBA Programs for 2025, recognizing it as one of the nation’s leading business schools.
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Jul 22, 2025

Executive Pitch

Students in Professor Mike Stanko’s MBA 560 class pitch solutions to real-world challenges in “live case studies.” 

Jul 18, 2025

Poole College Employer Summit Offers Recruiting Insights

The 2025 Employer Summit welcomed over 50 different employers and offered new tools to help recruit top talent.

Jul 7, 2025

Online MBA Student Matt Conti Named Among ‘Best and Brightest’ by Poets & Quants

Poets & Quants released their 2025 Best and Brightest Online MBA list which included NC State's online MBA student Matt Conti: “I am a physician. Proud to be in healthcare administration. My goal is patient advocacy.”

Jul 7, 2025

Rob Handfield Links Supply Chain Strength to Top Company Performance

Poole Professor Robert Handfield introduces the Tariff-Resilience Index, a metric that highlights how strong supply chains define today’s best-run companies.