This weekend, Stacey and I made our annual fall pilgrimage to the NC/VA Mountains. The time away was especially valuable this year since it came between Terms 2 and 3 of my MBA program at Duke! Friday On Friday, we both took the day off from work and drove to Ararat, NC (near Mount Airy […]
Final exams for Term 2 are now a thing of the past! Decision Models featured a take home final that took me over 30 hours to complete, but was very interesting (one problem each – decision trees, Monte Carlo simulation, and optimization). I learned a lot while working on these exam problems and I would […]
This was the big “wrap-up” weekend before Term 2 final exams! New material was still presented on Friday and Saturday, but the dominant theme (at least from my perspective) was course completion. Our team handed in its remaining official assignments (a Decision Models optimization case and a Marketing case focused on market research). We then […]
Friday Today started off gloomy as the remnants of Tropical Storm Ernesto swept through the area (light rain/wind). The morning began with a discussion of optimization in Decision Models (using an Excel add-in called Solver). We then discussed pricing strategies in Economics before lunch and finished the day with an introduction to pricing from a […]
It looks like Ernesto is headed straight for Raleigh tonight and may make landfall as a hurricane. We definitely can use the rain, but I hope there isn’t much flooding or damage. Here’s the latest forecast track, which shows the storm coming ashore near Myrtle Beach later today.
Duke’s Fuqua School of Business (where I am a WEMBA student) recently established a partnership with Habitat for Humanity of Durham called “At Bat for Habitat”. The main fundraising event for this initiative took place last night at the final home game of the Durham Bulls. Once $50,000 is raised, Fuqua students will work together […]
Friday: I was already somewhat sleep deprived after a long night of studying for today’s Managerial Economics mid term. Little did I know that my definition of sleep deprived was about to radically change! The mid term began at 8 AM and was scheduled for the duration of the class (2 hours, 45 minutes). Once […]
I occasionally stream Virgin Radio, based in the UK, at work. They play several of my favorite artists and I’m always likely to hear more U2 there than almost anywhere else! Today, I found a section on their site called the Top 500 Songs of All Time. This looks like it would make a great […]
This is my first mobile blog entry (from my Treo 700p). I just wanted to see if it works, given that it opens up all sorts of possibilities! So far, the Treo has been awesome and I’m loving EVDO data coverage!
I’m glad to see a *positive* story about Duke! Being both a Duke student and employee, I see the University in the news frequently. Unfortunately, most recent reporting has been largely negative and loaded with stereotypes. Regardless of the outcome of allegations against the lacrosse players, it is important to remember that Duke is a […]