Congratulations to Okechi Nwabara, Named in “2023 Best & Brightest MBAs"

Okechi Nwabara (MBA '23) was named among the “2023 Best & Brightest MBAs” by Poets & Quants.

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May 08, 2023

Congratulations to Okechi Nwabara (MBA '23) who was named among the “2023 Best & Brightest MBAs” by Poets & Quants.

Nwabara has taken on multiple student leadership positions at the Cox school, including serving as the President of the Black Graduate Student Association, Vice President of Diversity for the Cox Student Advisory Board, and as an MBA Peer Coach. He was recognized as an Excel scholar by the National Black MBA Association DFW chapter, and is both a Cox Community and Cox Diversity scholar. After graduation, he will join Microsoft as a Finance Manager.

Read more about what makes Nwabara a stand-out MBA student. (Poets&Quants - 2023 Best & Brightest MBA: Okechi Nwabara, Southern Methodist University (Cox) (poetsandquants.com)

May 08, 2023

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