Meet UNC’s MBA Class Of 2019 by: Jeff Schmitt on December 04, 2017 | | 30,742 Views December 4, 2017 Copy Link Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email Share on LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp Share on Reddit Mariana Thomas University of North Carolina, Kenan-Flagler Business School Describe yourself in 15 words or less: Driven by my desire to see what I am capable of Hometown: Abuja, Nigeria Fun Fact About Yourself: I know way too much about what is happening in Elmo’s life on Sesame Street thanks to my 2-year old daughter! Undergraduate School and Major: George Mason University, Government and International Politics. Employers and Job Titles Since Graduation: KFSN-TV (Disney Owned and Operated), TV News Reporter KOLO-TV (ABC Affiliated), TV News Reporter KPIX-TV (CBS Owned and Operated), News Writer News 14 Carolina (Time Warner Owned), Video Journalist/Producer WRAL-TV, Documentary Researcher Describe your biggest accomplishment in your career so far: I am an Emmy Award winner. I won the award for my on-air reporting of a breaking news event that impacted people in Central California. Looking back on your experience, what one piece of advice would you give to future business school applicants? Ask tough questions. Reach out to current students and alumni to find out as much as possible about various schools. Their input can give you a more realistic perspective about whether a certain program is the right fit for you. What was the key factor that led you to choose this program for your full-time MBA and why was it so important to you? Any top school will give you a world-class and rigorous education. However, I wanted to be a part of a program with a smaller class size where there’s a huge emphasis on leadership skills and easier access to professors. Tar Heels also excel at being collaborative and supporting one another, so it’s a great environment to learn and to push yourself out of your comfort zone. What would success look like to you after your first year of business school? I would love to master what we learn in the classroom in a way that I can easily apply those concepts to my summer internship and career moving forward. Related Stories In Our Meet The Class of 2019 Series: The Pioneering MBAs In The Class of 2019 Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business Vanderbilt University’s Owen School of Management London Business School University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business Notre Dame University Mendoza College of Business UC-Berkeley’s Haas School of Business New York University Stern School of Business University of Texas-Austin McCombs School of Business University of Michigan Ross School of Business Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business MIT Sloan School of Management University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business University of Chicago Booth School of Business Columbia Business School INSEAD Yale School of Management University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management UCLA Anderson School of Management HEC Paris Emory University’s Goizueta Business School Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business Harvard Business School Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business University of Washington’s Foster School of Business University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flager Business School Previous PagePage 10 of 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Questions about this article? Email us or leave a comment below. Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.