Dubai was the venue for our first joint Information Evening with the UCLA - NUS Global Executive MBA Program and we had interesting candidates there to learn about both MBA programs. Since Dubai is a global city, attendees hailed from all over the world, and they expressed strong interest in expanding their international knowledge and network through UCLA opportunities. Prospectives from Arab countries were also happy to learn about fresh MBA sponsorship possibilities from the Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum Foundation. Shiny new developments outside the window provided a fitting backdrop for these discussions about the promise of the future.
My last stop was down the road in Abu Dhabi, for another Access MBA event. This was a hybrid affair, where one-on-one interviews with candidates in the morning were followed by an open MBA fair in the afternoon. Once again plenty of prospectives took our materials to learn more about the UCLA Anderson MBA as well as regional sponsorship programs. Then after a wonderful dinner on the seaside corniche with fellow school representatives, I started on my 24-hour-long journey home to Los Angeles. Now we are reading all the applications that we helped to generate on our global recruiting travels, and it is a pleasure to meet some people again on paper, with more to come in our Rounds 2 and 3 early next year.
-- Craig Hubbell
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