Spring Break
Malaika is a Swahili word which means Angel. It is also the name that my sectionmate Eme Uzoebo chose for her newborn daughter a few weeks ago. Eme, an RC student from Nigeria attended classes up until a few hours before giving birth to her second child. She spent just two weeks on a maternity break, juggling her time between her newborn baby, her two year old son and her cases and she still managed to be ready to tackle the mid-term exams upon her return to classes. (3) comments
Harbus: Why did you decide to do your summer internship with the government of Sri Lanka? Annie: In 2004 when the Tsunami hit two thirds of the coast on December 26, as far as one mile inland in some areas, I knew that management expertise would be needed to rebuild the nation and recover the livelihoods of the 800,000 people affected. (0) comments
The Education For Employment Foundation is creating job opportunities for young people in Muslim countries. Ron Bruder watched the Twin Towers fall, not knowing whether his daughter Megan had made it out alive. She did, but neither witness nor survivor emerged unruffled. (2) comments
Jonathan reminds readers of their higher responsibility to impact the world as Harvard Business School students. Every now and again we take for granted that we have a special work to accomplish. And for those of us who have a fierce competitive spirit, we look not to others, but rather through our own eyes and beyond the horizon, ultimately finding that we are looking to construct challenges that require us to measure ourselves not only by outcomes but also the means through which these outcomes are achieved. (0) comments
