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- 17 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Setting a Higher Bar on Fatherhood
single mom. I can look back at times in my childhood and see where he was making up parenting as he went, but then again, who isn’t? Rather than shirk the responsibility, he rose to the occasion and gave me the role model that he never...
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- 13 May 2013
- News
Focus on Fellowships
classmate Tony Sanchez. Gilbane, who works in his family's real estate business in Houston, Texas, named the fellowship he established in honor of his parents because of their commitment to education. "I know that tuition doesn't cover...
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Zuriel Chavez
I keep a pair of World War II Naval dog tags framed in my living room. They are stamped with the name “James P. Lapp” and represent the impact one man can make. In April 1985, I was carried to this country by my young parents who were...
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- 11 Apr 2020
- News
Reading Together, Apart
When Max Tuchman (MBA 2012) and her cofounder launched the storybook app Caribu in 2017, they knew their product would be a hit with parents who want to be able to read with their children each night, even when traveling—and with...
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Eric Chavez
Eric Chavez, the son of immigrants who moved from Mexico to find greater opportunity in the United States, “does not take this life for granted.” His parents worked their way up from picking lemons in California to maintaining properties...
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Patrick Chung
build things. I want to construct large skyscrapers that leap into the sky; to chisel small, indestructible gems; to nurture a family that makes everything else seem insignificant. I want to grasp a person's quiddity, to never cast away a human being, to enkindle...
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- 05 Aug 2015
- News
Nourishing the Next Generation
developed a lot of their food habits, yet,” Kohn says. “If you present them with healthy food options and there is good, positive peer pressure from their classmates, their teachers, and their families, these kids will try new things.” Sometimes, says Kohn, the harder...
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- 20 May 2020
- News
Keeping Families Connected
call. “We could not live with ourselves if there was a child who couldn’t have a magical, memorable, experience with a grandparent because a parent had just lost their job and couldn’t pay the monthly fee,” explains Tuchman. “We’re a...
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Yong-yi Zhu
human race. Who knows? Maybe one day, a young kid will look out his window, and even with parents in different corners of the world, will still feel as though they are right next to him.
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Soma Mukherjee
aspiration with humility; Support the irrepressible human spirit that finds expression in great music, great art, great poetry; Celebrate the beauty in every smile; I will try to give others the most precious gift that my parents have...
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Ipsita Dasgupta
parents to seek better healthcare and education for their children or a venture philanthropy fund that supports hospitals, schools, and microfinance institutions that provide for the needs of the poor.
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Gordon C. Liao
i want to create wealth through poetry, passion and performance fulfill decades of unfilled entrepreneurial dreams of inner city tenants build success for descendants of slaves, laborers, refugee immigrants and overlooked underemployed peoples like my View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Pinball Wizard
with one big exception - it's a clean, well-lighted place. "Most parents don't want to go into a dirty old arcade," Simon noted. "I want to create an inviting atmosphere for the whole family." Prior to getting back into the family line of...
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- 07 May 2016
- News
Retail in the Blood
As a boy, Simon Belsham (MBA 2007) hung out on the shop floor of Scally Wags Fun Factory, the toy shop his parents ran in the English town of Ashford. The shop closed with the arrival of Toys R Us, but “it gave me an insight into the...
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- 18 Oct 2017
- Blog Post
4 Advantages of the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program
Originally from Bulgaria, I was one of the last children born under Communism. With the 50-year regime collapsing a month after I was born, my parents sought out the American dream for our family by immigrating to the U.S. to finish their...
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- 13 Feb 2015
- News
Lessons in Perseverance
something completely different.” So Deza chose a third approach. She would merge the two schools and sell one of them. The plan was fraught with risks. One school was all-boys, and the other was all-girls. Her senior school administrators opposed the plan, fearful that...
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Janice Lin
nothing but a career and a bank account. Instead, I will see all the oceans and travel to each continent. I'll sit with penguins in Antarctica and play with pandas in China. I'll ride a motorcycle through the winding mountain roads — fast! I'll make my View Details
- 18 Feb 2021
- News
Jumping In, Fighting Bias
Photo via LinkedIn Photo via LinkedIn Growing up in suburban Chicago, Sumaiya Balbale (MBA 2009) and her Indian immigrant parents didn’t see many other Muslims. At school she was teased and bullied—an experience that no doubt shaped her...
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- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Hawes Hall Dedicated
students who will attend classes in Hawes Hall, the School's teaching mission will be greatly enhanced by the technology in the building, including videoconferencing, teleconferencing, Webcast, and broadcast capabilities. Hawes was filled with emotion as he recounted...
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- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Child’s Play
Tak: Apps for childhood development. The Over in the Meadow Animated Storybook is an interactive, animated, and educational product, the first to be rolled out by a start-up called iMomConnect. It’s designed to help busy parents teach...
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