{"id":24709,"date":"2019-06-03T11:13:32","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T17:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1046424"},"modified":"2019-06-03T11:13:32","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T17:13:32","slug":"ciara-fulfills-college-dream-by-completing-harvard-business-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/music-news\/ciara-fulfills-college-dream-by-completing-harvard-business-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Ciara Fulfills College &#8220;Dream&#8221; by Completing Harvard Business Course"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"45.281127129751\">\n<div class=\"column post-content__image--left post-content__image\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/201953\/rs_634x1024-190603095356-634-ciara-emd-053119.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"Ciara\" alt=\"Ciara\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Instagram<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"32.129287598945\">\n<p>Congratulations, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/ciara\">Ciara<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old singer was one of a handful of celebrities to complete the Business of Entertainment, Media and Sports program at Harvard University this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My college dream has come true and I&#8217;ll cherish this moment forever!&#8221; the &#8220;Thinkin Bout You&#8221; star wrote on Instagram alongside a few shots of her rocking her school attire. &#8220;What a surreal feeling walking to class [every day], interacting with my classmates, diving into case studies, exploring&nbsp;@Harvard&nbsp;campus and Cambridge! Never stop dreaming. Never stop believing!&nbsp;@HarvardHBS #HBS&nbsp;#BEMS.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She also shared a sweet video of her posing alongside her professor <strong>Anita Elberse<\/strong> on campus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m officially a&nbsp;@Harvard Alumna and this is my mood!&#8221; she captioned the footage. &#8220;Never stop believing! Me and my Professor&nbsp;@AnitaElberse&nbsp;@harvardhbs&nbsp;#BEMS#HBS&nbsp;#LevelUp.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ciara revealed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1043015\/ciara-accepted-into-harvard-university-s-prestigious-business-school\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">she had been accepted<\/a> into the prestigious program back in May.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I always dreamt of going to college, but by God&#8217;s grace, my music career took me on a path that I&#8217;m so thankful for,&#8221; she wrote on Instagram at the time. &#8220;This week I got accepted into Harvard! Words cannot describe my excitement!&nbsp;Thank you&nbsp;@anitaelberse&nbsp;for a once in in a lifetime opportunity to attend&nbsp;@Harvard&nbsp;BEMS.&nbsp;#WhyNotHER.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Of course, her hubby <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/russell_wilson\">Russell Wilson<\/a><\/strong> couldn&#8217;t help but share in her excitement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Leveling All the way Up! I see you Momma!&#8221; the football player wrote in the comments section. &#8220;I can&#8217;t wait to see our daughter follow in your footsteps!&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"49.672794117647\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"6.7352941176471\">\n<p>The Grammy winner&#8217;s class consisted of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1046266\/chip-and-joanna-gaines-celebrate-completing-harvard-business-school-course\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">several other stars<\/a>, including <em>Fixer<\/em> <em>Upper<\/em>&#8216;s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/chip_gaines\">Chip Gaines<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/joanna_gaines\">Joanna Gaines<\/a><\/strong>, <em>NCIS: Los Angeles<\/em>&#8216; <strong>Eric Christian Olsen<\/strong>, former soccer pros <strong>Tim Cahill<\/strong> and <strong>Oliver Kahn<\/strong> and basketball players <strong>Luc Mbah A Moute, Julius Randle<\/strong> and <strong>Kevin<\/strong> <strong>Love<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"61\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"12\">\n<p>According to the university&#8217;s website, the three-day course uses faculty presentations, group discussions and case studies to &#8220;examine best practices and winning strategies in the worlds of film, television, publishing, music, and sports.&#8221; The key topics include launching and managing creative products and portfolios, managing and marketing talent and responding to advances in digital technology.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-6\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"56\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"2\">\n<p>Cheers to the graduating class of 2020!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tune-in-7\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"33\">\n<p class=\"tune-in__text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\">Don&#8217;t miss <em>E! News<\/em> every weeknight at 7, only on E!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1046424\/ciara-fulfills-college-dream-by-completing-harvard-business-course?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instagram Congratulations, Ciara! The 33-year-old singer was one of a handful of celebrities to complete the Business of Entertainment, Media and Sports program at Harvard University this weekend. &#8220;My college dream has come true and I&#8217;ll cherish this moment forever!&#8221; the &#8220;Thinkin Bout You&#8221; star wrote on Instagram alongside a few shots of her rocking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24709","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-13 13:22:20","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24709\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}