{"id":21442,"date":"2016-07-07T10:00:03","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T14:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/?p=21442"},"modified":"2022-07-25T02:56:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T06:56:19","slug":"beyond-mba-classroom-duke-fuquas-mba-games-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/beyond-mba-classroom-duke-fuquas-mba-games-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond the MBA Classroom: Duke Fuqua\u2019s MBA Games and Auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>When you select an MBA program, you are not just choosing your learning environment but are also committing to becoming part of a community. Each Thursday, we offer a window into life \u201cbeyond the MBA classroom\u201d at a top business school.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>MBA Games\u00a0is a collection of events that take place throughout the academic year and culminate in a weekend of competition each spring among MBA students from a dozen or more North American business schools. The purpose of MBA Games is to support Special Olympics North Carolina, which students do by volunteering for events each month with athletes from the organization (e.g., tailgating, skating, bowling) and by participating in various fundraising events (e.g., sports tournaments, organized races, parties) and auctions. The MBA Games site proclaims that since the event\u2019s founding in 1989, it has helped raise more than $2M for Special Olympics North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>Each year, Fuqua students host a fundraising auction for the MBA Games\u2014which is reportedly Fuqua\u2019s largest annual philanthropy event. One alumnus recalled how he bid on and won the opportunity to sumo wrestle one of the core professors, with both of them wearing humongous padded suits. The auction takes place during a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/beyond-the-mba-classroom-fuqua-fridays-and-end-of-term-parties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fuqua Friday<\/a><\/strong> in mid-February. Students and professors bid on dozens of items donated by corporate sponsors and members of the Fuqua community. Donations in the past have been as varied as dinners\/lunches with several professors and Duke University President Richard Brodhead, a VIP table at the Black Eyed Peas concert afterparty, a three-night golf vacation on South Carolina\u2019s Kiawah Island, a UNC\/Duke beer-pong table, and a one-on-one basketball game with former NBA player Pat Garrity. The auction has both a silent component and a live, called component.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>For in-depth descriptions of social and community activities at Fuqua and 15 other top MBA programs, check out the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.mbamission.com\/collections\/insider-s-guides\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>mbaMission Insider\u2019s Guides<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you select an MBA program, you are not just choosing your learning environment but are also committing to becoming part of a community. Each Thursday, we offer a window into life \u201cbeyond the MBA classroom\u201d at a top business school. 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