Jenkins MBA

Jan 5, 2022

Jenkins MBA Student and Critical Care Nurse Learns the Business of Healthcare

Jessica Drummond chose the Jenkins online MBA program because she wanted to learn from experts and challenge herself to get our of her comfort zone. Learn how she balances being a part-time student and critical care nurse.

Dec 6, 2021

Mother-Daughter Duo Share Graduation Day

Mother and daughter, Michelle and Lauren both enrolled at NC State in fall of 2018. Little did they know that Michelle, a Jenkins MBA student would be sharing her graduation day with her youngest daughter, Lauren who is graduating with a bachelor's degree in biology.

Nov 29, 2021

Jenkins MBA Student and Deputy Chief of Police Takes Classroom Learning to the Real World

Ken Quinlan, Deputy Chief of Police for the Cary Police Department, credits NC State’s MBA program in helping him to support organizations and the community while serving in this role. 

Nov 10, 2021

NC State Jenkins Online MBA No. 13 in Poets & Quants Ranking for 2022

Poets & Quants ranked the NC State Jenkins Professional Online MBA program No. 13 in the United States and was ranked No. 7 in the career outcomes category in its 5th…

Nov 8, 2021

Director of Sales Joins Jenkins MBA Program in Pursuit of Lifelong Learning

With a passion for lifelong learning, Chelsea Lassen’s path to the Poole College Jenkins MBA program has taken many exciting and unexpected turns. From her Midwest upbringing, to a 20-year competitive figure skating career and an undergraduate degree in the sciences – eventually, all roads led to NC State. 

Oct 16, 2021

MBA Alumna Takes Her Skills to John Hopkins Hospital as CFO

Katina Morgan Williams looks to focus beyond the numbers in her new role chief financial officer for The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Instead prioritizing relationships and advancing the hospitals's objectives.

Sep 27, 2021

Former TV Reporters Move From Newsroom To Classroom

Three former WNCN-TV reporters impart their wisdom of a storytelling approach to Jenkins MBA students as they teach Business Communications as a team.

Sep 15, 2021

Jenkins MBA Ranks No. 1 in Diversity in Bloomberg Businessweek’s Top B-Schools Ranking

Bloomberg Businessweek announced this week that the NC State Jenkins full-time MBA program has been ranked No. 44 in its Best Business Schools MBA rankings and the program scored as No. 1 in the inaugural B-School Diversity Index.

Sep 7, 2021

How an MBA Practicum Project Benefited Students and Local Businesses

This summer course instructor Chris Hitch, set out to have his students assist organizations that might be struggling because of COVID-19’s impacts by developing business plans for them at no charge. Not only did their practicum project benefit local businesses, but students were able to directly apply many tools and metrics in a real-world scenario.

May 2, 2021

Leading the Pack: Turquiose Ross

Jenkins MBA alumna Turquiose Ross, goes into detail about why she chose NC State, advice for prospective students and how the program prepared her to overcome challenges during the pandemic including conversations about dynamic trials and managing a remote team.