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news & notes Project Artemis fellows step forward in Afghanistan Thunderbird saw something new when women entrepreneurs from five Afghan provinces arrived on campus in January 2013 for the fifth iteration of Project Artemis. For the first time since Thunderbird launched the business education program in 2005, nearly every participant gave permission to be photographed and quoted in the media. In past years the majority of Artemis fellows worried about retaliation in Afghanistan for their participation in a women’s empowerment program. “It is a change,” said 2013 Artemis fellow Asila Sadiqi, who runs an agriculture Nada Al Harthi ’12, left, escorts Project Artemis fellow Sania Wafeq to a welcome reception Jan. 28, 2013, in the Thunderbird Events Center. business in Harat Province. “We are the new generation. We were born with these challenges, and we are not afraid.” Geeti Aryanpur, a 2013 Artemis fellow who runs an Afghan jewelry business, said speaking out remains risky, but she wants to inspire others. “Maybe some other women will find courage when they see us speaking freely,” she said. The 2013 program produced 11 graduates, bringing the total to 74 in eight years. SUZY HOWELL Thunderbird delivers fast results in Haiti Haitian entrepreneur Wesmia Bruno moved quickly to apply the skills she learned at Thunderbird during a women’s empowerment program sponsored by the U.S. State Department and Goldman Sachs. Bruno used her Thunderbird knowledge to launch a digital marketing firm that attracted three major clients within three months, including Jamaican Grammy-winning reggae artist Sean Paul. The company complements a graphic design and marketing firm that Bruno previously started in 2011. “The people at Thunderbird are awesome,” Bruno TIM CLARKE Haitian women entrepreneurs attend their Global Cohort graduation ceremony Oct. 26, 2012, on the Thunderbird Tower lawn. said. “The two weeks that I spent here were amazing.” Bruno and 26 other Haitian businesswomen were selected from a pool of more than 400 applicants to attend the third installment of the Entrepreneurship Partnership Global Cohort in October 2012. Overall, the Thunderbird for Good program served 80 nontraditional students from 21 developing countries in 2012. 12 spring 2013
news & notes All-terrain consulting Students complete projects from Angola to Peru S tudent consulting teams hit the ground this winter to assist real-world clients in Angola, Brazil, Peru and Tanzania, while three more teams left in February 2013 to complete assignments in Cambodia, India and Indonesia. The projects represent the latest work of the Thunderbird Emerging Markets Laboratory (TEM Lab) and the new Executive Lab (E Lab), a pilot program for Executive MBA students. “During the weeks our team spent in rural Angola, we saw firsthand the challenges that small-scale farmers are facing,” said Abigail Hedlund ’13, a traditional MBA student who spent five weeks with three classmates in Angola. Hedlund’s group developed a master plan to improve farming and rural Executive MBA students, from left, Brett Plains ’13, Chelsea Oyen ’13, Luis Rodriguez ’13, Brent Nelson ’13, Greg Lehmann ’13 and Ralf Renken ’13 provide consulting services Feb. 1, 2013, at a manufacturing site in Puente Piedra outside Lima, Peru. development for the ExxonMobil Foundation and Esso Angola. Other recent TEM Lab clients include New Ventures energy enterprise accelerators in Indonesia and India, and the Documentation Center of Cambodia. Working professionals in the Executive MBA program followed a condensed weeklong schedule for their three projects. Overall, TEM Lab and E Lab consultants have completed more than 30 projects in 17 countries since 2010. MARIA LINARES TEM Lab students observe Angolan farming practices in November 2012. EUGENIA MOITA thunderbird magazine 13
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