{"id":4422,"date":"2022-12-08T13:42:28","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T13:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=4422"},"modified":"2025-02-10T12:47:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T17:47:55","slug":"dba-residency-offers-terrific-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/08\/dba-residency-offers-terrific-collaboration\/","title":{"rendered":"DBA Residency Offers \u2018Terrific Collaboration\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column4422_1896e8-27 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column4422_1896e8-27 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column4422_1896e8-27 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column4422_1896e8-27 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column4422_1896e8-27 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column4422_1896e8-27 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column4422_1896e8-27 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column4422_1896e8-27{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column4422_1896e8-27 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column4422_1896e8-27 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column4422_1896e8-27 dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p>For 15 years, Wilmington University\u2019s DBA Residency Program has brought together doctoral candidates to refine their dissertation topics, gain insights from alumni, and meet professors and fellow students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey are spread out all over the country and this is the first time many of them meet face-to-face,\u201d says&nbsp;<strong>Dr. Amy Danley<\/strong>, who chairs the DBA program in the College of Business. \u201cThere\u2019s terrific collaboration between the students and the faculty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image4422_7af3c6-9f .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image4422_7af3c6-9f\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.test.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/biz-art-web-1-320x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-15481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/biz-art-web-1-320x480.jpg 320w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/biz-art-web-1-167x250.jpg 167w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/biz-art-web-1.jpg 348w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption>Dr. Amy Danley<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the course of two days, the students attend an alumni roundtable, where individuals who have completed the program discuss how earning a DBA advanced their careers. They socialize at a dinner, observe a live dissertation defense, and explore their dissertation ideas in one-on-one sessions with faculty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI had been struggling with my research questions and my propositions. After an hour of individual sessions, I had them refined and felt a thousand times better about the direction of my dissertation,\u201d says DBA candidate&nbsp;<strong>Cari Miller<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her cohort mate,&nbsp;<strong>Oyindamola Ijewere<\/strong>, says quality time with professors provided her with invaluable encouragement. \u201cMeeting faculty and understanding how much everyone wants us to succeed in this program is amazing. I feel very supported on my DBA journey,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Residencies are conducted several times a year. In a recent cohort, students came from as far as Florida. Several cohorts have welcomed foreign students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a very diverse group,\u201d Dr. Danley says. \u201cWe have had CEOs and a two-star general. We had one student who is 73 years old, earning her DBA simply because it was always something she wanted to accomplish.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For 15 years, Wilmington University\u2019s DBA Residency Program has brought together doctoral candidates to refine their dissertation topics, gain insights from alumni, and meet professors&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4417,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[71],"class_list":["post-4422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-college-of-business"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":2,"label":"ACADEMIC NEWS"}],"post_tag":[{"value":71,"label":"College of Business"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/academicdigest_image_business_12-22-480x480.jpg",480,480,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Rachel Marchione","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/author\/rachel\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":2,"name":"ACADEMIC NEWS","slug":"academic-news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":559,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":460,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":2,"category_count":460,"category_description":"","cat_name":"ACADEMIC NEWS","category_nicename":"academic-news","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":71,"name":"College of Business","slug":"college-of-business","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":628,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":92,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4422"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15483,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4422\/revisions\/15483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}