Visit to the Capitol – Main State
By DJ Nelson, Staff Writer For fall break this past weekend, I went on a trip to Washington, D.C., to visit a friend from my undergrad. She had been living overseas for the past few years, and is now settled into a new job, calling the northeast home. For my journey there, I flew direct […]
Summerim in Asia: Trends in China, Life in Singapore
By Bryce Bower, Editor in Chief This last summer I had the pleasure of exploring Shanghai and Singapore with a group of my fellow Thunderbird students. Under the tutelage of Professor Booth, we toured companies like Honeywell, Amazon, and GM/Buick. We met with dozens of Thunderbird Alumni working in Singapore and Shanghai, and learned about […]
A Journey Taken
By Aaron White, Guest Writer A couple of weeks ago a handful of OMGM’s embarked on a journey. One group went off to Lima and the other to Singapore. Unbeknownst to all of us, while our destinations were different, we were all going on the same trip, following the same path, which led to the […]
T-birds Did It Again! Big Win in the International Business Ethics Case Competition
By Laura Aviles, Staff Writer On behalf of the Thunderbird Honor Council, a group of five current Tbird students embarked on a journey to Santa Monica, California to partake in the 2017 International Business Ethics Case Competition (IBECC) held from April 19-21 at the J. W. Marriott Hotel and Spa. The outcome of their participation […]
Telling Our Story: An Alum’s Experience in the Democratic Republic of Congo
By Ken Strange, Guest Writer, ’87 I was happy to be back after several months…happy to return to the winding canyon trails in the Santa Monicas where I could feel the warm California sun on my shoulders. I stopped midway through my run—the hills appeared more like those of Ireland than Agoura Hills—and was comforted […]
Catch Up with the Dreams of the Original DreamCatchers
By Laura Aviles, Staff Writer From April 4th to 10th, Thunderbird hosted 15 Native American women for the initiative known as Project DreamCatcher. This project was launched as a partnership between the Freeport-McMoRan Foundation and Thunderbird for Good to empower Native American women entrepreneurs from the Hualapai, Tohono O’odham, San Carlos Apache, and White Mountain […]
What Is Happening in Peru? A Flooding Season
By Laura Aviles, Staff Writer I would have loved to write about the opportunities for investment in Peru by throwing out some numbers from the World Bank. It would be highlighted as one of the South American countries with the biggest growth, boasting +3.9% in 2016. Perhaps that could be a good idea for a […]
My Trip to Russia: Journey from the Heart to the Soul
By Lara Cornelius, Staff Writer I always get this melancholy feeling when I land in Moscow. After spending the night in London, I immediately recognized the feeling that I was no longer in the United States or Europe. This landscape and language unconsciously evoked emotion that tug at my soul as I walked outside of the […]
Berra Bites: A T-bird Story of Determination and Resilience
By Lauren Herber, Editor-in-Chief Thunderbird is such a unique place because of the qualities inherent in the people that it attracts—qualities like boldness, determination, adventure, and innovation. T-birds are committed to pursuing their goals and making a difference, and they don’t back down in the face of adversity. Perhaps this is the reason that many […]
Stand Out in a World of Possibilities: Trump’s Travel Ban
By Laura Aviles, Staff Writer Sunday, January 28 – 7:30 am. “Is everything okay? What did your friends say about the last announcement?” My dad called me, his voice sounding worried. As I’m walking around the campus I respond, “yes everything is okay, did something happen?” He started telling me the news of a travel […]
