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1966 | Janice M. Powell Crausaz I have worked in Africa (Cameroon), the Middle East (United Arab Emirates), and four different European countries (France, Switzerland, Cyprus, and Ireland) in either education or heathcare or both (I now teach occupational therapy at University College Cork, Ireland). Because of the fields in which I worked I always have had close, personal, daily exchanges with the citizens of the country in which I resided, rather than moving in a privileged expatriate “bubble.” Such contact not only allowed me to become knowledgeable about the societies in which I lived, but also to develop a deep respect for very diverse cultures.
1970 | Jenny Stasikew ich I am currently a mosaic artist and my designs reflect folk art from around the world. I’ve studied folk art in Mexico, Croatia, Serbia, Tanzania, England, and of course, America. Every culture in every country on every continent produces its own unique art. What I see are all of their similarities: reflections of nature, flora, fauna, colors of bright sunshine to the deepest ochers of earth. The world becomes very small and intimate to me through my use of folk art. I feel successful when someone looking at a particular piece will say “Is this Persian?” and the next person will say, “This is Pennsylvania Dutch, right?”
1972 | Andrew P. Riv inus At any one time, the largest cargo by weight on the world’s oceans is recycled paper moving from net exporters like Europe and North America to net importers like Korea and China. My company has a strong export position in the recycling industry. In past years I serviced the needs of a recycled paper mill that was a joint venture Japanese/U.S. company operated under Japanese management style. Market trends are determined on a global basis and participation in that market requires a world awareness and a world view.
1982 | Christine E. Stein Arzt After long discussions with friends, fellow colleagues, and students, I’ve come to the conclusion that study abroad should be a requirement. It opens your mind to a different world, and different thoughts and opinions.
1983 | Louisa Coan Greve I direct the East Asia section of an American grantmaking foundation that supports grassroots, non-
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governmental, pro-democracy efforts in other countries…. I spent two years in China after college, studying Chinese language and society at the Johns Hopkins-Nanjing University Center for American and Chinese Studies.
1988 | Tim A. Case My passion is enabling community decision-makers to embrace complex problems using computer systems to organize and visualize information. For a dozen years I have been with a multi-national consulting firm working on planning, design, and construction of nearly every kind of infrastructure you can imagine: subways, highways, high-rise towers, power plants, and new cities.
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