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Georgetown Students Turn Million Into 83 Billion In University Challenge
A Georgetown McDonough team won the “Best Hedge Fund Strategy Award” in the Peeptrade Challenge in an event hosted by the University of Chicago. The students set up a global record with a 38 million percent return. The results drew attention of some investors, and now they are in the process of opening a hedge fund after the Challenge, the fund has been reserved in Delaware and will be open to accredited investors in 2019.
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It’s Never Too Late: Graduating Business School At 81
Commencement eve. For college seniors, it’s a time that’s rightfully dedicated to unadulterated, no-holds-barred celebrations as students mark the completion of obtaining their hard-earned degrees. Still, Georgetown University Professor Thomas Cooke — who teaches taxation and the legal environment of business — always admonishes students not to party too hard the night before graduation. This year, he says that especially goes for Carlos Sera, an 81-year-old former student of McDonough School of Business who — this spring semester — returned to his undergraduate studies in order to earn his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree.
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The Cuban Revolution Ended His College Career At Georgetown. Six Decades Later, He Finally Graduated
Dressed in a black cap and gown with a velvet-trimmed stole and surrounded by family, Carlos Manuel Sera watched the live stream in his son’s house in Houston Friday and waited. First came the valedictorian. Then the salutatorian. And then the senior associate dean for the undergraduate program at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business read out Sera’s name. His children and grandchildren cheered. He rose shakily to his feet. At age 81, he was officially a graduate. Subscription required.
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2018 Best MBAs
Erika Studt and Katherine Miyamasu are featured among the Poets&Quants 2018 Best MBAs.
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