MBA Student Profiles

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Luke Scullion Bedfordshire, UK Two-Year Notre Dame MBA Program Class of 2010

The Notre Dame MBA journey is as individual as the student. For Luke Scullion, the same could be said of the road that brought him to Notre Dame. Born and raised in the UK, Luke chose an aerospace engineering apprenticeship that entailed his working four days a week at London Luton Airport and attending classes one day a week at Bedford College in London. The apprenticeship not only allowed him to gain the qualifications and licensing he needed more quickly, but it also provided greater industry experience and the opportunity to advance within his company.

After graduation, Luke served as a project manager in his father's construction company and did some contracting in the aerospace industry before deciding to travel. He visited Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Buenos Aries, taking language classes and doing everything from building schools to working on a ranch.

Thinking as an Entrepreneur

When Luke decided to pursue an MBA, Notre Dame was the obvious choice. "My entire family is Irish Catholic, and we have a high regard for Notre Dame," he says. Notre Dame's links with the aerospace industry also appealed to Luke, who by this time had more than eight years of experience in the field.

Now a first-year MBA student at Notre Dame, Luke finds himself more and more focused on entrepreneurship. In this year's Ideas Challenge, a Notre Dame contest that invites students to pitch their best entrepreneurial ideas, Luke submitted two: a mobile washing unit for jet engines on commercial airlines and a service providing a driver for restaurant patrons who have been drinking. Luke, who placed second in the contest, says, "It was a great help to have in-house entrepreneurs at Notre Dame who are both accessible and knowledgeable, a valuable resource when it comes to developing new business ideas."

World Focus

"When I started the MBA program at Notre Dame, I had planned to stay in America and work in consulting," says Luke. "Now, however, I'm considering some aspect of social entrepreneurship, perhaps in a developing country in Africa or Latin America."

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