MBA - Future Year Scholars Program - Events

Chats are small group events for prospective students who are interested in learning more about Darden. Join Associate Director of Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion - Admissions, Jannatul Pramanik, to learn more about the application process, the case method style of learning, and how to determine if Darden is your best fit.

Join Darden Admissions and Rodney Sullivan for a faculty thought leadership webinar series for prospective students.
As executive director of the Richard A. Mayo Center for Asset Management, Rodney Sullivan has primary leadership and managerial responsibility for the administration and oversight of all of the center’s activities. A Chartered Financial Analyst and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst, Sullivan holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in economics from Virginia Commonwealth University. Rodney also currently serves as an editor for the Journal of Alternative Investments published by CAIA Association.

Join Darden Admissions and Senior Associate Dean Yael Grushka-Cockayne and Professor Raj Venkatesan for a faculty thought leadership webinar series for prospective students. Grushka-Cockayne and Venkatesan serve as Academic Directors for the LaCross Institute for Ethical Artificial Intelligence in Business.
Professor Yael Grushka-Cockayne's research and teaching activities focus on data science, forecasting, project management and behavioral decision-making. Her research is published in numerous academic and professional journals, and she is a regular speaker at international conferences in the areas of decision analysis, project management and management science. She also leads Darden's professional degree programs - Executive MBA and Part-Time MBA. 
Professor Rajkumar Venkatesan teaches "Marketing Technology Products," "Marketing Strategy" and Marketing Analytics at Darden. Venkatesan's research focuses on analytics as it relates to marketing return on investment, customer lifetime value, mobile marketing and the global political economy. His research has appeared in several journals, including The Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, Marketing Science and Harvard Business Review. He is also a co-author of the book Cutting Edge Marketing Analytics. 

Chats are small group events for prospective students who are interested in learning more about Darden. Join Senior Associate Director of Global Recruitment, Merav Frazier, to learn more about the deferred admissions application process, what top business schools are looking for, and the value of an MBA degree. 

Join Darden Admissions and Professor Christoph Herpfer and Marc Ruggiano for a faculty thought leadership webinar series for prospective students. Herpfer and Ruggiano are part of the team leading Darden's Health Care Initiative, an effort focused on providing students with a suite of world-class curricular, experiential and professional offerings to support their educational interests and long-term career pursuits in health care.
Christoph Herpfer is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, specializing in healthcare finance, corporate finance, and banking. He holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the École Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne and Swiss Finance Institute, and both Bachelor's and Masters degrees in Finance and Economics from the London School of Economics (LSE). At Darden, he is developing the first course on healthcare finance. 
Marc Ruggiano (MBA ’96) serves as Special Advisor for AI Initiatives at the Darden School, and he holds a joint appointment from the School of Data Science and the Darden School of Business. He teaches in the dual M.S. in Data Science and the MBA programs, including courses in business analytics and marketing. Ruggiano currently serves as director of the Darden-SDS Collaboratory for Applied Data Science (DCADS), an innovative collaboration that will serve as a vehicle to advance research efforts at the intersection of data science and business.

Senior Assistant Dean Dawna Clarke is pleased to host MBA '09 alumna and Darden Foundation Board of Trustees member Mandy Lozano for a Women@Darden session offering insights on her experience at Darden and over 15 years working in large manufacturing, consumer goods and retail industries. She currently lives in Seattle with her 3 cats, Doug, Blanche, and BoBo and was recently on grounds for the annual Board of Trustees meetings; Women's Symposium and Diversity Conference; and groundbreaking on Darden’s new student housing. 

Do you have your sights set on deferred enrollment MBA programs? Join us to hear how to amp up your application for these special pathways to b-school. Full-time MBA programs traditionally require several years of full-time work experience, but deferred enrollment MBA programs allow candidates to apply – and secure a seat in a future class – during their senior years of college or final years of masters study. How can you demonstrate your fit for this kind of program? How should you approach the admissions process? Hear directly from leading programs in this two-part Deferred Enrollment MBA Webinar series in February 2025.

Join Darden Admissions and the Black Professional MBA student organization for an evening of discovery and learning. This event will feature a panel of Darden alumni reflecting upon their MBA journeys, the impact of the Darden MBA, their advice for prospective students and more. This event is an excellent opportunity to build your network, connect with current students and alumni and hear about the tranformational power of the Darden experience.   

Chats are small group events for prospective students who are interested in learning more about Darden. Join Senior Associate Director of Global Recruitment, Merav Frazier, to learn more about the deferred admissions application process, what top business schools are looking for, and the value of an MBA degree. 

Chats are small group events for prospective students who are interested in learning more about Darden. Join Senior Associate Director of Global Recruitment, Merav Frazier, to learn more about the deferred admissions application process, what top business schools are looking for, and the value of an MBA degree.