by Roxana Sánchez | Sep 19, 2023 | Alumni Network, Archives, Diversity, Food and Culture
Remember those kaleidoscopes from childhood? The ones that turned simple colored glass into a world of intricate patterns and vibrant colors with just a twist? I sure do. They were like like portals to a world of wonder and imagination. As we look closely, Latin...
by Das Tor | Mar 15, 2023 | Alumni Network, Archives, Archives 2022-2023, Entrepreneurship, Faculty, Global Affairs, Global Business Insights, Venture Capital, Voices of Thunderbird
The Greek figure Sisyphus cheated death a couple of times and was punished by Hades—forever pushing a rock up a hill only to have it roll down as he reached the summit—sounds a lot like my entrepreneurial history. As an entrepreneur, rolling up revenues into...
by David Lugo Robles | Feb 6, 2023 | Alumni Network, Archives, Archives 2022-2023, Consumer Insights, Data Analytics, Global Affairs, Global Business Insights, Marketing, Voices of Thunderbird
What does it mean to be in consumer insights? Consumer Insights studies the customers, determining why consumers will buy a product and whether it is feasible to make it happen. Pursuing a career in consumer insights would mean arriving at solutions based on...
by Vyom Chaudhari | Nov 4, 2022 | Alumni Network, Archives, Archives 2022-2023, Life of Service, Peace Corps
So you’ve COS’ed (close of service) and now you’re in school, but who knows exactly what comes next after graduation? Hopefully, a good job? Well, did you know that your time in the Peace Corps can help you beyond offering the fabled NCE (non-compete eligibility) for...
by Vyom Chaudhari | Nov 4, 2022 | Alumni Network, Archives, Archives 2022-2023, Club & Campus Life, Voices of Thunderbird
This article goes over a Foundations that I led in January 2020 but didn’t get around to writing until now, August 2022. As I write this, I’m in a brewery, stumbling distance from my place. I didn’t want to write this in my room because I work remotely and practically...
by David Lugo Robles | Oct 3, 2022 | Alumni Network, Archives, Archives 2022-2023, Voices of Thunderbird
It was April 2019. I was just elected the Vice President of Finance for the Student Government (I ran unopposed, but I like to think it was because I created enough fear). Becoming a leader in TSG was nice, but the real role I wanted was a cohort leader for...