Archive for June, 2010
MBA Gabonese’s student producing hip-hop music in America
Monday, June 7th, 2010Beatmaker Micky Badinga produces hip-hop music with samples, beats, singing, rapping, keyboards, and a computer.
Badinga started making music to fit his dance style as a teenager. His strongest musical influences have been his Gabonese heritage and the time he spent as a youth in France, where multi-cultural music reigns on airwaves. Now, while studying for his Master’s degree in Business Administration – an MBA — he dreams of becoming an African Puff Daddy or Dr. Dre, two African-American rappers who went on to very lucrative and successful careers as music producers. Read more here
“My dream is that one day African artists would be able to live from their music — just like American people are doing right now — and kind of create a new paradigm. I would like people to say there is an African dream too.” – Micky Badinga, beatmaker and MBA student in the southeastern state of Virginia.
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Speeches That Sent Off the Graduates of 2010
Friday, June 4th, 2010American Mosaic in VOA Special English helps send off the college graduates of two thousand ten.
During the months of May and June, colleges and universities across the United States hold graduation ceremonies. Many schools ask a special person to speak to students during the ceremony. Mario Ritter tells us about several of this year’s famous graduation speakers. Continue reading here
Listen to the story here
Source : VOA News
By J. Scott Applewhite, AP
“What ultimately makes us American, quintessentially
American, is something that can’t be taught -– a stubborn insistence on
pursuing our dreams.” President Obama
President Obama at Hampton University here
Full text of President Obama’s speech to the University of Michigan’s Class of 2010 here
First Lady Poses New Challenge to Graduates: Serve Abroad here
The Best Commencement Speeches Of 2010 here
College Graduates & Credit Scores
Friday, June 4th, 2010Here are some insights on how your credit can affect your life after college and what you can do about it.
See a few highlights below:
1. Renting an Apartment
2. Buying a House
3. Getting Insurance
4. Fixing Your Credit
Continue reading here
College Graduate Insurance & Credit Tips
Friday, June 4th, 2010As a recent college graduate, things like health insurance and your credit score are topics you’ll have to start figuring out now that you’re venturing out on your own.
See a few highlights below:
1. Health Insurance for College Graduates
2. Auto Insurance for College Graduates
3. College Graduate Credit Scores
Continue reading here
13-Year-Old Climbs Mount Everest
Friday, June 4th, 201013-year-old Jordan Romero of California became the youngest climber to reach the top of Mt. Everest. Some in the media are asking the question: how young is too young? Read transcript >>
Wyclef Jean’s Commencement Speech – His American Dream
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010Thanks to Missy Gluckmann, Founder of Melibee Global, who shared this inspiring and enlightening video with us.
As you’ll see in the following video clip, Wyclef Jean’s “real talk” and humor inspired Western Connecticut State University‘s students to think about their futures despite the rough economy. He asked the hard questions: “What do you see?” and “What are you going to do when you get it?”
And if you haven’t heard Wyclef Jean’s music, you must check out this beautiful video from the 2009 Nobel Peace Price performance in Norway.
You Can’t Look for a Job from a Remote Location – It Doesn’t Work.
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010by Mark Suster
I’ve had this conversation so many times it’s painful. A friend calls me up from “you name it” city: Boston, New York, Chicago, San Francisco and says, “I’m thinking about moving to Los Angeles (or SF, NY, etc) and I’d love to start interviewing. Let me know if you hear of anything interesting.”
I guess when I hear things like this I revert back to my shock jock instincts and say, “Don’t bother. If you’re committed to living in New York then move there. Otherwise you’re not serious and you’ll never get the right job so don’t bother.” Definitely gets shock value. At least I have their attention.
Why do I give this blunt advice?
Lots of reasons. Let’s start with the obvious. Finding the best jobs takes a lot of commitment to taking many different networking meetings with executives, recruiters, entrepreneurs, VC’s, investment bankers, etc. The best jobs (as you know) are found through personal connections. The best jobs are the ones that have not already been put on a job board. The best jobs are the ones that certainly haven’t gone out to an executive recruiter. The reason these are the “best” jobs for you is that once it goes to an executive recruiter there will be a stack of 100 prospective recruits, 20 amazingly qualified resumes that will have phone or in-person interviews with the recruiter of which the company will meet 5-6. So unless your last job is a mirror image of your next then good luck with those odds. Continue reading here
Comment : that’s a great and insightful post. This should definitively resonate with those who want to move to the States to work.
by Mark Suster
168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010168 hours — is the amount of time you have each and every week. Laura Vanderkam, author of the brand new book, “168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think.” wants to help us spend our 168 hours doing things we love.
Listen to Laura Vanderkam and Lindsey Pollak, a Generation Y career and workplace expert. They were talking about time management for college students and recent grads: how to sleep more, surf the web less and make time for everything in life you want to achieve. Continue here
Sister Rivers Build Cultural Bridge Between US, China
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010The Mississippi is the major river system in the United States. The Yangtze is China’s longest river.
Although a world apart, the two waterways share conservation concerns that provide a cultural bridge between students in the United States and China, as well as from around the world.
The Mississippi flows almost 3,800 kilometers from a small lake in Minnesota, gathering the waters of 250 other rivers and streams before reaching the Gulf of Mexico.
In mid-May, as spring flowers began to open, about 41 students from a dozen colleges, mostly in the Midwest, explored a section of the river in Wisconsin and Iowa, to learn about the environment, and each other. The students, from the U.S., China and around the world, came to join the River Spirit Exchange program. Continue reading here
Listen to the story here
Source : VOA News
Photo: Yan Yue
The River Spirit Exchange took students down the Kickapoo River, a tributary of the Mississippi, past towering sandstone outcroppings
Chinese Students Visit the River Museum (video) here