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Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed orchestrated a military campaign on November 4, 2020, mobilizing the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF), the Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF), and the Amhara Special Forces to wage war against the population of Tigray, a region in the northernmost part of Ethiopia. This conflict has resulted in an unprecedented number of … Read more

I joined NMGZ in March 2020, right when the pandemic started. I had just returned from my canceled study abroad semester in Argentina when I became a member. Becoming a part of NMGZ was incredibly exciting, but joining as the world shut down was an isolating experience. So it wasn’t until November 2022 that I … Read more

A diverse team is ideal for developing a wide range of ideas and roadmaps based on different perspectives to achieve goals. Moreover, this team can be built on a variety of things. Still, people often need to remember generational differences, especially between millennials and Gen Z. As Gen Z enters the workforce, it is imperative … Read more

“Kando” is a Japanese term that roughly translates to “emotion.” Kando is often used by companies in the United States, such as Sony Entertainment. It has been incorporated into Sony’s core philosophy and appears in its mission statement. To dive deeper into the term Kando, per Sony, it is an expressive energy that empowers others … Read more

Let’s face it – a home or partial home office was very efficient in the past decade. Just the right push many executives needed to enhance the performance of their employees. However, despite the numerous benefits, a “sleeping” threat could appear on the horizon. Working from home gave us a higher capability to care for … Read more

Whether you like it or not, you get a deck of cards dealt to you on the day you were born. Some people get a deck that feels like someone in the background was card counting or hiding an ace up their sleeves. A sleazy dealer with a spoofed deck shuffles other people’s cards. According … Read more

Imagine you were handed a check for $2,000 right now. The only catch is you have to spend it on something for your enjoyment. What would you do with it? Would you go on a tropical vacation to the Bahamas? See the Eiffel Tower for the first time? Or go to that rockstar concert you’ve … Read more

As Public Relations students, it is natural for people to think that communication comes easily to us. For the longest time, I thought it was easy to be adept at this skill, but as it turns out, it’s not. Belonging to a very different background than most of my friends at my university, I always … Read more

Every day, I feel like I carry this chip on my shoulder from my family, friends, community, and now, my mentees. As a GEAR-UP mentor, I am not only representing college students, but I am also representing those in the Micronesian community. It is much easier to create that representation figure for my community in … Read more

While visiting various companies in New York, the topics of each meeting were always different. However, questions about AI, AR (augmented reality), VR (virtual reality )technology, and the metaverse were raised. As this is a rising topic, I was surprised by how little the general public was interested or educated in the idea of the … Read more