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Top #MBA Tweets Spotlight: #VeteransDay

The business school community took time this week to honor Veterans Day and we’re rounding up related posts in this edition of Top #MBA Tweets Spotlight.

NYU / Stern passed on our piece about veterans and b-school:

.@ClearAdmit cites #NYUStern's Fertitta Veterans Program and spotlights Stern military #veteran students Chris Costello (MBA '19) and Sam Daly (MBA '20) #VeteransDay https://t.co/vcHOVeRkei

— NYU Stern (@NYUStern) November 12, 2018

Several schools, including Wharton, UCLA / Anderson, Cornell / Johnson and Yale SOM highlighted veterans’ personal stories:

After more than six years as a Special Forces medical sergeant, Thomas Cavett, #WG18, G'18, came to Wharton to work on the launch of an innovative traumatic injury detection device. https://t.co/gDm0vaAlBC #VeteransDay #WhartonGrad

— Wharton School (@Wharton) November 13, 2018

#Entrepreneur Derek Herrera ('15) has made it his mission to help other disabled veterans start their own businesses. #VeteransDay | #WhyAnderson | #OptimismCan https://t.co/mK4QHUnFPV

— UCLA Anderson (@uclaanderson) November 12, 2018

"Growing up, the diversity of the Star Wars Rebel Alliance resonated with me." Lessons learned early on showed Diana Perez, '20, the power of #diversity in forging #unity, in the military & beyond. https://t.co/9hyxdwKOUS #WhyAnderson #VeteransatAnderson

— UCLA Anderson (@uclaanderson) November 13, 2018

Marine Corps veteran and UCLA doctoral student Zeeshan Parvez plans to use his expertise & his studies in materials chemistry to help protect service members from the dangers of IEDs: https://t.co/3qZeVtyscL #VeteransDay18 @ucla @UofCalifornia

— UCLA Anderson (@uclaanderson) November 12, 2018

. @USArmy #veteran Kyle Shelato, #MBA '17, shares his inspirational path to #CornellMBA @ClearAdmit #VeteransDayhttps://t.co/adXQcHbmCp

— Johnson at Cornell (@CornellMBA) November 11, 2018

Air Force #veteran Albert Yu ’19: "Yale SOM has given me not only access to the @Yale network and community, but also a sense of belonging… that’s similar to the community I experienced in the military." https://t.co/uz43bj9V9R

— Yale SOM (@YaleSOM) November 12, 2018

Programs, including Berkeley / Haas, Rice / Jones, Duke / Fuqua and Yale SOM, also commemorated the day:

To all our veterans: Thank you for going beyond yourselves! https://t.co/s7rtzCRqld #VeteransDay2018 #BeyondYourself

— Haas School of Bus. (@BerkeleyHaas) November 11, 2018

Today we honor the brave men and women who fought for this country. Thank you to all the Rice Business veterans for your service. pic.twitter.com/aPlidzfaOL

— Rice Business (@Rice_Biz) November 11, 2018

The message at today's Veterans Day celebration @dukechapel was to remember the contributions and sacrifice of those who served. pic.twitter.com/oBfgDFwfLB

— [email protected] (@WorkingatDuke) November 12, 2018

A #VeteransDay ceremony will take place today at 12:30 p.m. in Battell Chapel. @Yale will host a series of events this week on the 100th anniversary of #Armistice Day. https://t.co/svFi0ahlaD pic.twitter.com/ltDVZlXC1b

— Yale SOM (@YaleSOM) November 12, 2018

Columbia Business School students got active:

https://twitter.com/Columbia_Biz/status/1062031254663634944

While Harvard shared their dean’s message:

Dean Nohria's reflections about veterans in the classroom still ring true today: https://t.co/wL5oRMVIm0 via @washingtonpost pic.twitter.com/9uP7AgNBu9

— Harvard Business (@HarvardHBS) November 12, 2018

To all of our Veterans, thank you for your service!

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Posted in: Feature Small, Top Tweets, Twitter Thursdays, Weekly Columns

Schools: Berkeley / Haas, Columbia, Cornell / Johnson, Duke / Fuqua, NYU Stern, Rice / Jones, UCLA Anderson, UPenn / Wharton, Yale SOM

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