Overlooking downtown Atlanta from her 11th floor office, 23-year-old Winifred Akande is heading into her first federal tax deadline with clients from around the world. After graduating in December with her Master of Taxation degree from Robinson, where she had received her bachelor’s degree in accounting in 2010, Akande joined Ernst & Young. She helps advise clients across the globe on domestic and international tax issues. Read the article |
Ted and Dawn Shields met and married while working in a field that they expected would take care of them for life - telecommunications. But when AT&T broke up in 1984 and the Internet took off, the couple eventually needed backup - and found it in the expertise at Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business. Read the article |
When Jeff Hwang (M.B.I.S. '86) stepped onto the Georgia State University campus in the mid 1980s, his body was here, but his heart and mind were 8,000 miles away - home in Taiwan, close to his family. They had raised the money to send him to earn his master's degree in computer information systems (CIS) in a country he knew mostly from Three's Company re-runs. Read the article |
During Executive MBA (EMBA) studies at the Robinson College of Business, Akin Akinwale got a chance to travel to China. But for Akinwale, the two-week immersion in China's culture and business practices turned into more than just a class trip. Read the article |
