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How Duke History Classes Fostered Openness to Foreign Culture - Courtney Spence ('02)
Non-profit executive and Students of the World founder Courtney Spence studies history at Duke University and learns to be more open-minded when engaging foreign cultures. Duke's history department contributes to Spence's holistic collegiate experience by teaching her multiple viewpoints on world history. Spence and her classmates learn to appreciate the differences and go out and experience the cultures and explore the world to form their own opinions. Courtney Spence graduated from Duke University in 2002.Posted 2 years ago
How Corporate Sustainability Career Began in Honduras - Andrew Hutson ('01)
Environmental management expert Andrew Hutson ('01) shares the experience that prompted his corporate sustainability career. Hutson returns to Honduras, where he had worked previously, to assist with Hurricane Mitch recovery efforts. While hiking, he learns about polluted pineapple grove irrigation drainage into the Bonita river. He finds the government turns a blind eye to corporations and asks himself "how do you get a company to change behavior for the better that will have an impact on people's lives?" This starts an academic odyssey that eventually lands Hutson at Wal-Mart providing environmental sustainability leadership on behalf of the Environmental Defense Fund (ww.edf.org).Published 2 years ago
Graduate Level Statistics in Business Analytics - Ken Rona ('00)
Business analytics expert and behavioral economics PhD Ken Rona ('00) shares why graduate level statistics coursework is so relevant in his strategy marketing roles. Rona equates learning statistics to learning another language, as statistics helps him read and speak the language of data. Rona finds this useful working across consumer marketing and Internet advertising roles focused on connecting data to consumer choice and outcomes. View more videos of Ken Rona at http://www.captureyourflag.comPublished 2 years ago
Choosing Your Major…In High School - Phil McKenzie ('99)
Phil McKenzie ('99) recounts the in-depth multi-cultural and college preparatory experience - including majoring in architecture - attending Brooklyn Tech, one of New York City's specialized high schools. The experience enabled Phil to build upon his father's influence and study architecture in a diverse environment that contrasted with more homogeneous elementary and middle school settings. View more at http://www.captureyourflag.comPublished 2 years ago
