Peruvian origins offer motivation for staff member
(04/25/17 10:14pm)
The youngest of five children, Keren Rivas was accustomed to being in school with one of her siblings and spending a lot of time with her family.
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The youngest of five children, Keren Rivas was accustomed to being in school with one of her siblings and spending a lot of time with her family.
Each month, Raghu Tadepalli — in addition to his many responsibilities as dean of the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business — has lunch with senior business students to discuss their praises and critiques of the business school.
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Sylvia Munoz hadn’t encountered “space” until she first came to the United States in 1994. Back in San Jose, Costa Rica, her hometown, she lived with her family of seven in a house adjacent to all her closest friends — her cousins. At any given moment, her home was guaranteed to be full of excitement with either the noise of her sister and three brothers, her parents or her extended family members.
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WASHINGTON, D.C.— The weather seemed to fit the occasion.
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The 45th President of the United States took the Oath of Office at noon Friday, January 20, 2017. Crowds in and around the National Mall celebrated and protested, though total attendance numbers were down significantly from the 2009 and 2013 inaugurations of President Barack Obama, according to Newsweek.
Their motivations for traveling to Washington, D.C., are different.
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