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...Grossman decided to sell the company he had inherited from his father and enter the nonprofit sector. He volunteered for a few years and did pro bono consulting for the Rockefeller Foundation. But Grossman said he found his calling when he was selected in 1991 to be the chief executive of Outward Bound USA.“It truly was a phenomenal experience, and during my time at Outward Bound, I learned how to apply many of the skills that I learned in the for-profit world towards the nonprofit world,” Grossman said.“Building...
...their hearts instead of their pocketbooks. Over 700 undergraduate women from around the world gathered at the Sheraton Boston for Harvard Undergraduate Women in Business’s fourth annual Intercollegiate Business Convention. Highlights of the conference included question and answer sessions with Pinkberry founder Shelly Hwang and DreamWorks chief executive Stacey Snider, and a keynote address by makeup entrepreneur Bobbi Brown. The weekend also featured 44 “break-out sessions” that included résumé reviews, mock interviews, lectures, panel discussions on a wide range of topics such as work-life balance, gender dynamics...
...they relate to society. “Talking about language, about the issues as a whole, it makes us more aware of our biases, and how we can remove them from our writing,” said Thabo J. Leshilo, a Nieman fellow who is the editor in chief of Sowetan, a South African newspaper. Though most of the fellows did not feel that the symposium, in and of itself, would change much in terms of the political or cultural thinking concerning immigration, they did note that there could be trickle-down effects. “I don?...
...building. The building’s unscuffed, unmarred, and polished appearance puts the vogue of earthy-colored steel to shame. It’s also a far cry from the weathered red brick to which the Harvard community is so accustomed.Craig Hartman, Design Partner at SOM, San Francisco, and chief designer for the project, says that he remained confident in his sophisticated style throughout the design process, even in initial meetings with the Faculty of Arts and Sciences before the ground was struck. “When I met with them I was very frank,” he says...
...first major modern democracy-also put stock in the idea. Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were among those who considered term limits an important way to check individual power. In a 1787 letter to James Madison, Jefferson counted "the perpetual eligibility" of elected officials, and especially a chief executive, as one of two key elements of the proposed Constitution that he didn't like (the other being the absence of a Bill of Rights). But while the Articles of Confederation limited delegates to three-year terms, similar provisions were omitted from the Constitution. Still, George Washington stepped aside...