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    • A Language Class

    • A Language Class

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    • American Graduate School of International Management; Valdivieso, Jorge

    • 1985 A Spanish language class is being taught by Professor Jorge Valdivieso in 1985. The rooms in the two side wings of the Snell Learning Center were designed for Thunderbird language classes, which were limited to 8 or 10 students in order to...
    • AIFT Nursery

    • AIFT Nursery

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    • American Institute for Foreign Trade

    • About 50 percent of the students at Thunderbird in 1958 were married men, some of whom were accompanied by their wives and children. The School provided a nursery for the children while the parents were in class, and some of those children,...
    • AIFT Rodeo Parade Float

    • AIFT Rodeo Parade Float

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    • American Institute for Foreign Trade; Parades & processions 1930 - 1990; Parade floats; Rodeo;

    • American Insitute for Foreign Trade students display their Latin American influence on a float in the annual Rodeo Parade in Phoenix.
    • AIFT Students

    • AIFT Students

    • Rockwell, Charles

    • Students 1940-1950; South America commerce; American Institute for Foreign Trade; Thunderbird Field I;

    • Because of its proximity to Mexico and Latin America, the early years of Thunderbird (American Institute for Foreign Trade) focused on doing business in that region of the world. Portuguese and Spanish were the only languages taught, and most...
    • AIFT Women's Club

    • AIFT Women's Club

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    • Women--1960-1970

    • In 1966, the Women's Club at the American Institute for Foreign Trade was composed of wives of the students. They were enrolled in special classes designed to help them adapt to the foreign cultures in the countries where their husbands would be...
    • Barry Goldwater, 1968

    • Barry Goldwater, 1968

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    • American Graduate School of International Management; Goldwater, Barry

    • 1968 Barry Goldwater is the center of attention at a reception with Thunderbird students after speaking on campus in 1968. Goldwater also spoke at commencement ceremonies in 1955, 1962, and 1984 when he received an honorary doctorate from...
    • Bizarre Bazaar

    • Bizarre Bazaar

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    • American Graduate School of International Management; Gifford, Louise

    • 1987 The Bizarre Bazaar was an annual two-day flea market and festival where students could donate items they no longer needed and other students could buy. Louise Gifford, center, was the driving force behind the event for many years, always...
    • Carmen "Tica" Madrigal

    • Carmen "Tica" Madrigal

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    • Languages; Boller, Carmen Madrigal

    • Alumnus Charles White , class of 1953, sends this photo and writes: "My Spanish teacher in 1953 was Carmen Madrigal (de Bohler). But she was knownn as "Tica" because she was from Costa Rica. She taught "from the heart." She was thrilled when her...
    • Crossing the Equator Party

    • Crossing the Equator Party

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    • Parades; Equator; American Institute for Foreign Trade; Neptune;

    • A traditional pre-commencement ceremony at the American Institute for Foreign Trade was an equatorial party at which all the students are indoctrinated -- dunked--prior to their crossing the equator in pursuit of foreign trade careers. In the...
    • Dancers at AIFT

    • Dancers at AIFT

    • Rockwell, Charles

    • Latin America; South America commerce; Dancing; American Insitute for Foreign Trade; Thunderbird Field I

    • Students at American Institute for Foreign Trade not only learned how to do business in a foreign country, but they also learned the culture of Latin American countries. Friday night folk dances were part of the cultural aspect of a Thunderbird...
    • Dining Hall

    • Dining Hall

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    • Dining room furniture; chairs

    • Colorful chairs for the Dining Hall were obtained from Mexico to provide a Latin American atmosphere for the students.
    • Dr. and Mrs. William Voris

    • Dr. and Mrs. William Voris

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    • American Graduate School of International Management; Voris, Mavis; Voris, William

    • 1989 - Dr. and Mrs. William Voris pose on the occasion of Dr. Voris's retirement reception. The medallion Voris wears was presented to him by the staff and faculty of the School in honor of his 18 years as president of Thunderbird. By the time...
    • Dr. William Voris and Thelma Kieckhefer

    • Dr. William Voris and Thelma Kieckhefer

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    • American Graduate School of International Management; Voris, William; Kieckhefer, Thelma

    • 1981 Dr. William Voris and Thelma Kieckhefer pose in October, 1981 with the Royal Geographic Society World Clock, a special gift given to individuals whose cumulative contributions had reached $250,000. Kieckhefer donated more than $1.5 million...
    • Edwin Coleman

    • Edwin Coleman

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    • Coleman, Edwin H.; American Institute for Foreign Trade

    • Professor Edwin H. Coleman created the Thunderbird advertising course, popularly called "Interad," in which teams of students develop a marketing and advertising plan for a product overseas. The plans are then judged by prominent advertising...
    • First Graduating Class

    • First Graduating Class

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    • Graduation Ceremonies; American Institute for Foreign Trade;

    • The first graduating class at American Institute for Foreign Trade numbered 234 students from 45 U.S. states. Most of the early graduates were men studying under the postwar financial aid program for veterans of World War II, known as the G.I....
    • Foreign Students at Thunderbird

    • Foreign Students at Thunderbird

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    • American Graduate School of International Management

    • 1972 In fall 1972, the foreign student enrollment rose to 98 out of 685, the largest foreign student enrollment to date in the school's history, marking an upward trend that would continue until 2001, when the terrorist attack on New York City on...
    • Global MBA On-Demand

    • Global MBA On-Demand

    • Joshua Allen

    • Global MBA

    • The Global MBA On-Demand program is a blended distance-learning program consisting of both on-site (25%) and web-based (25%) classes. The on-site seminars consist of 4 one-week courses--two in Glendale (one in the beginning and one at the end) and...
    • Global Research Online

    • Global Research Online

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    • Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management

    • Students, like the ones shown in this photo, do most of their research online. President Roy Herberger led Thunderbird into the 21st century with a major push toward the use of technology for learning and communication. That transformation is...
    • Global Sounds of Thunderbird

    • Global Sounds of Thunderbird

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    • Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management; Music, recorded

    • The student-run production of Thunderbird international musical talent, known as "Global Sounds of Thunderbird," made its debut in 1996. Students Todd Ranney and Khatchig Jingerian noticed that many Thunderbird students had considerable musical...
    • GMBA class

    • GMBA class

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    • Latin America; Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management

    • A 2002 class of Global MBA in Latin America stands in front of the historic Tower Building on the Thunderbird Campus. The program evolved from the Master of International Management in Latin America (MIMLA) attracting more than 100 students each...

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