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Programmed to Succeed
From high school days in his native Ethiopia on, Amanuel Tekleab yearned to become a professor. Spurred by parents who lacked formal schooling but placed great value on education, he set out after his dream….
Banking On A New Career
As a retail branch manager and vice president for one of the world’s premier banking companies, Patricia Hewlin often found herself at the front of a training classroom, instructing employees in job skills. Before long,…
A Waiting Room Epiphany
Five kids call Leila Borders “Grandma.” Hundreds of young adults now call her “Professor.” In a quarter-century corporate career, Leila Borders had never entertained a thought of teaching until she sat in a doctor’s waiting…
Urban Entrepreneur to Academic
In a career that started on the streets and has now turned to academia, Jeff Brice, Jr. has run his own film production company, headed a construction business, and worked on job-development with ex-convicts and…
Something That Lasts
Millicent Nelson, born to a family full of academics and students, recalls that “teaching was a gift from God to me; I was always the one teaching people how to do things.” But she restricted…
“I’ll Get Involved in Your Life”
Sammie Robinson was a child of the 1950s. “I come from a background,” she explains, “where the most optimistic dream was that I would attend a small Black college and maybe become a teacher.” But…
Introvert or Extrovert?
At first the idea of Michael Kimbrough, rising star at a leading accounting firm, becoming a business school professor seemed just about half right to him. Conducting research and delving into analyses of business issues…
Cross the Ocean
María Cabán-García, already a college professor, lacked three things in her life: the letters Ph.D. and all they stood for. To earn them, she uprooted her life and family, left her native home in Puerto…
You Mean More
The mailings finally got to him. Danny Lanier, public accountant, had reached that point in life and career where he was starting to wonder where true fulfillment might lie. It was then that he began…
A Moment of Clarity
Terry Esper, logistics manager for Hallmark Cards, ended one lengthy corporate conference day with the social ritual of joining a colleague for a post-session beer. He was totally unaware the relaxing moment was about to…