10 Minutes with Chesaney and Taylor Kooy ’20

Chesaney Wyse Kooy and Taylor Kooy are Michigan natives who enrolled in NC State’s MSA Class of 2020 directly following their undergraduate careers at Saginaw Valley State University and Grand Valley State University, respectively. As undergrads, Chesaney studied business administration and management and Taylor was a statistics major. Both served Continue reading 10 Minutes with Chesaney and Taylor Kooy ’20

Interview with Iqra Munawar

Meet Iqra Munawar, Class of 2020. Iqra entered the MSA program with a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Appalachian State University and experience with financial companies through multiple internships. Upon completing the MSA, Iqra worked as a Biostatistician/Data Scientist at Wake Forest Baptist Health and is currently working as a Continue reading Interview with Iqra Munawar

Ten Minutes with Kasia Michalska ’20

Like many NC State MSA grads who held previous advanced degrees, Kasia Michalska ’20 had multiple professional pivot points. She earned BS and MS degrees in economics in her native Poland, where she worked as an economist for an NGO and later for the Polish prime minister. She then earned Continue reading Ten Minutes with Kasia Michalska ’20

Five Minutes with Sufyan Shahin ’20

Sufyan Shahin ‘20 and current student Jon Luettgen both enrolled in the MSA program after working as high school math teachers. They’ve gotten to know one another through improvisational comedy workshops that Sufyan hosts weekly as a way for MSA students to hone their communication skills in a fun, zero-stakes Continue reading Five Minutes with Sufyan Shahin ’20