Student Life

In addition to academics, Daytime MBA students actively participate in a variety of clubs, organizations, and extracurricular activities. Fuqua prides itself on being "student led." Each club and organization has a variety of leadership positions enabling Fuqua students to test and learn some of their new leadership skills learned in the classroom in a more practical environment. These experiences can be personally and professionally rewarding. Fuqua's clubs and organizations are a great way to get to know other students with similar interests or to explore and learn about new opportunities and experiences. While students have to be selective about what activities they get involved in, their extracurricular involvement contributes significantly to the value of their experience here at Fuqua and the success of the school overall.

Fuqua is a more casual place than one might expect. Jeans, shorts, and T-shirts are accepted attire for most daytime lectures and events; suits or business formal attire are expected for evening meetings with recruiters and other formal events. The Fox Student Center has a lower-level changing room area where students can leave their business attire and change in the middle of the day for an upcoming event or interview.

Unique to Fuqua is the Daytime class structure, with no classes scheduled on Wednesdays. The midweek respite helps provide Fuqua students with some breathing room during the school's rigorous six-week terms, ensuring students have the opportunity to focus on academics (team meetings), professional development and career exploration (with various business and professional symposia), extracurricular activities (club meetings and intramural activities), and dedicated personal time (with family and friends).

Fuqua students reserve long hours for studying, working on team projects, and attending classes. On Friday evenings, the MBA Association (MBAA) sponsors Fuqua Fridays, the perfect way to celebrate the end of the week. These socials often have themes whereby students and families enjoy socializing with each other, coupled with a variety of free food and beverages for all. After the Fuqua Friday event concludes, many people go out together for dinner and late-night entertainment at various locations throughout the Durham-Chapel Hill area.

Office of Student Life (OSL)

The Daytime MBA Office of Student Life (OSL) works to support and enhance your MBA student experience. We manage your orientation, graduation, and the day-to-day stuff in between – including health and wellness programming, academic accommodations, resources for personal and academic obstacles, and support for your MBAA and student organizations. We are also a central hub of information, so if you don’t know where to go for something, come to us and we can help you find the right information!

Fuqua-Specific Health and Wellness Resources

  • MBAA Health and Wellness: Provides a myriad of health and wellness program initiatives for Daytime students including workshops, fitness classes, and other programming.

  • Student Life Staff—Daytime MBA, specifically, Madeline Hoy Perez (madeline.hoyperez@duke.edu). Fuqua can be a stressful place and the Office of Student Life (OSL) is committed to supporting students to help them manage what can be a challenging time.

  • COLE Fellows: These second-year students provide valuable insight and perspective to current first-year students.

  • CMC Coaches: These staff members are here to help and support students through the overall career process.

Living Accommodations

Most Daytime MBA students live off campus in housing or apartments not owned by the university. However, Duke University has residential facilities in which some graduate and professional students may live. More information is available at registrar.bulletins.duke.edu/life/housing-dining-transportation.