Leave Your Fear at the Door: Advice from MBA Veteran Students - a podcast by Deirdre Kane

In this episode, which is a recording of a virtual event, we talk with 4 of our current MBA students who served or are serving in the US military, all second-year students: Kayla Vickers, Jason Hedrick, Mason Strain, and Allan Wiltshire. They are coming to the end of their time here in the program and had a lot to share about their experiences. Listen in to hear more about what they did before the program and what they will be doing post-MBA (and how they got there!). 

Kayla Vickers was serving as Clinical Director of Optometry at Fort Hood’s Carl T. Darnall Army Medical Center before joining the program. She interned in Operations with Cox Communications and after graduation, she will be posted to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio as a Healthcare Administrator. Pre-MBA Jason Hedrick was an Army Aviation Officer. He interned at Bank of America and will be joining them as a Global Technology & Operations Rotational Associate after he graduates. Mason Strain served as a U.S Army Infantry Officer and his last position before joining the program was as a Platoon Leader at Arlington National Cemetery. Post-MBA, he will be working in Walmart’s Operations Leadership Development Program. Before the program, Allan Wiltshire served as a Special Operations Team Commander with the US Marine Corps. Post-MBA, he will be working for Merrill Lynch as a Wealth Management Advisor.

You can learn more about the veteran experience in our program by following the Georgia MBA Veterans Club on LinkedIn. Other resources include the Student Veterans Resource Center and the Military page of our website. We are a Yellow Ribbon program and all U.S. military personnel are eligible for application fee and test score waivers. 

If you have suggestions for future topics, please let us know! You can always reach us at georgiamba at uga dot edu. If you want to learn more about the program, you can always visit terry.uga.edu/mba/fulltime. You can also find us on Facebook and Instagram. We also have a YouTube playlist and that link is in the show notes. Thank you to our producer Scott Duvall of jawavifilms. Stay safe, everyone. We look forward to hearing from you, and…GO DAWGS!

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