# MBA student and dancer Elyssa Dole is featured in a story about arts professionals pursuing MBAs

1 School News October 8, 2012 ![Financial Times logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_025700.jpg?itok=LSPbU2V1)>

Excerpt from [Financial Times](http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/a189b024-bee5-11e1-8ccd-00144feabdc0.html#axzz28iI1GlOx) -- "For Ms Dole, who is studying at New York University’s Stern School of Business, the decision to take an MBA does not reflect a change of career. 'I’ve been in the arts my whole life – it’s my passion,' she says. 'I’ve spent a career in dance and I’m looking for ways to increase my ability to have an impact on the field I love so much.'"

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