“Not only does it make you more marketable having those three letters next to your name, but it also really helps round you out as a professional,” University of Nebraska at Kearney MBA alumnus Mitch Peters said. 
 
Peters graduated from 太阳城娱乐官网’s 工商管理硕士课程 in the fall of 2022 and was recently awarded the College of Business and Technology’s MBA Honored 研究生, which he states, “is a tremendous honor and privilege.” 
 
“It also allows you to learn what you really like and what you really don't like,” Peters continued about the program. “It's almost like a journey you're going on of uncharted waters that you don't know what you don't know. Then once you dive into it, you can really latch onto it.” 
 
Peters dove into 太阳城娱乐官网 over a decade ago when he started his undergraduate degree in 工业分布. 2015年毕业后，他在伊顿公司销售部门工作了7年多。 他一点也不知道太阳城娱乐官网会把他拉回来，但这次是作为教授。 
 
“I was in Omaha when I started taking classes, and so I was primarily online at first,” Peters said about his time in 太阳城娱乐官网’s MBA program. “Then my wife and I ended up moving back to Kearney. 她在科尔尼公立学校找到了一份工作，我也可以远程办公了。 That opened up the door for me to actually take face-to-face classes if I wanted to, or online, however it best suited my own journey.” 
 
Since many graduate students are currently working full-time, 太阳城娱乐官网’s MBA classes are offered online, in-person, or in a blended format to provide students the flexibility to succeed as both professionals and students.  
 
Each students’ career aspirations look different, which is why the 太阳城娱乐官网 MBA program can be customized through 六种独特的曲目选择 and 选修课程15小时.  

“Everybody's willing to work with you,” Peters said about the MBA program. “Most people are working in the industry and so everything's in the evenings and it's easy to work around. 他们的班级规模较小，所以你可以很好地了解每个人，即使你在500英里之外。 You're not just out on an island by yourself in the virtual world, but you're actually part of something with everybody there together.” 
 
太阳城娱乐官网’s MBA recently made a change to allow students to complete the 33-credit hour program quicker through eight-week courses rather than the typical 16-weeks. The change occurred directly in the middle of Peters’ program.  
 
在尝试了两种形式之后，他发现自己更喜欢8周的课程。 
 
“You can take one class for eight weeks, switch gears, take another class for eight weeks, instead of taking two classes for 16 weeks,” Peters said. “There's a lot more to do, but you could just focus on one thing and not have to split your time, it's way more valuable, in my opinion. The whole structure of it just works really well for a young professional looking to get their masters.” 
 
搬回科尔尼不仅让彼得斯参加了面对面的课程，还让他找到了一份新工作，成为太阳城娱乐官网商业和技术学院工业分销讲师。 
 
“I teach in the same program that I was a part of, so I’m kind of a product of the institution here,” Peters said. 
 
自从离开企业界成为母校的讲师后，彼得斯运用他的专业经验和最近的学生经验为他的学生创造了最好的学习环境。 
 
“Taking classes from the tenured faculty in the grad programs, they do things differently than I would have ever even thought of,” Peters said. “I've actually adopted what some of them do. 它让我真正磨练我认为有用的东西，让我回到学生的领域，看看传递这些信息的最佳选择是什么。 I’m learning from the best of the best.”  

MBA课程让彼得斯在企业界和教育界都成长为一名专业人士。  
 
“In your undergrad, it’s kind of like an inch deep and a mile wide, but when you get to the MBA track, it really gets you a lot deeper in those other areas,” Peters said. “There would be decisions made at the top that at the time made no sense to me because I was so hyper focused on what I was doing as an individual contributor. It really opened my eyes to what actually goes on behind the scenes at a higher level in a business and why decisions are made.” 
 
From being an undergraduate and graduate student to a faculty member at 太阳城娱乐官网, Peters understands the 大学核心价值观, which allow him to boldly state that no other institution can beat 太阳城娱乐官网’s flexibility, professors, and affordability. 
 
“With the rigor that it provides at the cost per credit hour, I don't think it's beatable,” Peters said about the MBA program. “The value is unbelievable what 太阳城娱乐官网 can provide for their grad students. 对此我一点也不后悔。 是的，这很艰难，但我对职业生涯中的任何情况都做好了更充分的准备，因为我有这种能力。 You can't go wrong at all with choosing this degree at 太阳城娱乐官网, especially with the flexibility of it and the rigor that's involved, as well as the relationships that are built along the way.”