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Alec Brown enrolled in the MSA program mere weeks after earning dual bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and economics from Western Kentucky University. During the MSA, he and four teammates completed a practicum project sponsored by the Museums of Fine Arts of Boston and Houston. Upon graduation, he accepted a job Continue reading Five Minutes with Alec Brown ’18
Keona Drakeford didn’t become a leader in the field of data science overnight. She earned an associate’s degree in mathematics in her native New York, balancing her studies with motherhood and various jobs in the finance industry. Keona went on to complete her bachelor’s in statistics and MSA at NC Continue reading Five Minutes with Keona Drakeford ’16
Five Minutes with Vicki Hwang ’13 Financial services is one of the most common industries where new MSA graduates accept employment, and that’s where Vicki Hwang ‘13 initially landed as well. Her experience as a marketing analyst at M&T Bank — the same institution that sponsored her MSA practicum team’s Continue reading Five Minutes with Vicki Hwang ’13
We just as easily could have titled this post “Alumni in Action,” as Dr. Andrea Villanes checks both boxes: she is a 2009 graduate of the MSA program and a teaching assistant professor at the Institute. Inspired by her aunt, who earned a Ph.D. from NC State when Villanes was Continue reading Faculty Feature: Dr. Andrea Villanes