Moore Impact: The Darla Moore School of Business Podcast

How the Moore School Prepares Graduates for Future Careers

Episode Summary

We hear from Grantland Rogers, a recent graduate of the Moore School’s International Business program with a major in Finance and also the South Carolina Honors College. The general business principles are easily accessible across the Moore School but the application of those principles varies widely depending on the coursework, the activities, and the careers our students choose.

Episode Notes

Season 2 Episode 24

Case Competitions, Study Abroad, and other ways the Moore School prepares Graduates for their Future Careers

• Host
  • Dr. Kasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant Professor, Management
• Guest
  • Grantland Rogers, recent alum from DMSB

The Moore School experience was covered in Episode Season 2 Episode 17 with Laurel and Trey, both Real Estate majors with some entrepreneurship coursework. Here we hear from Grantland Rogers, a recent graduate of the Moore School’s International Business program with a major in Finance and also the South Carolina Honors College. The general business principles are easily accessible across the Moore School but the application of those principles varies widely depending on the coursework, the activities, and the careers our students choose.

Topics in this discussion include:

• Finding his way to the Moore School with some help from former Dean, Dr. Peter Brews
• The Honors College connection and special courses
• The liberal arts education and its value
• Study abroad and the opportunities and challenges therewith
• Case competitions and how they complement the academic experience
• How the general principles of business are applied across a spectrum of opportunities at the Moore School
• Grantland’s Honors thesis work on implementing AI in small financial advisory firms
• Software implementations and how firms can approach AI projects
• Grantland’s new job in consulting with EY
• Technical and case study interviews and how the Moore School prepares students for them

To learn more about the International Business major at the Moore School click here.

To meet Grantland Rogers on LinkedIn click here.

Learn more about the Darla Moore School here