To Move the World

The Fourth Annual Report of the Davis United World College Scholars Program

2007

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2007 Annual Report

Private Philanthropy Supporting International Understanding through Education

161.06_Report_P5.indd 2-1 2/14/07 12:40:14 PM To Move the World 6 Building International Understanding through Education 7 Explaining the Davis United World College Scholars Program How The Program Works 10 An Expanded Program 11 From 5 pilot schools to 65 nationwide NEW IMAGE? 118 Home Countries of Current Davis UWC Scholars 12 A World of Learners 13 Scholars’ Home Countries and UWC Schools Out of Devastation ... Education 15 The Davis Program and the Globalizing of Colby 17 Prestigious Sen. Paul Simon Award Recognizes Pivotal Impact 17 The Davis Example 18 A UWC Grad Funds New Internships at Williams College

The Class of 2007 19 Learning — and Building — without Borders 25 Building the Skills to Move the World 30 Contents Dancing — and Learning — for Life 43 The Undergraduates 46 Class of 2008 47 NEW IMAGE? Class of 2009 49 Sharing New Insights on the “Original Globalization” 49 Class of 2010 57 Middlebury College Scholars Say “We Owe the World” 61 An American Scholar Strikes a Chord 65 25 Ripples Around the World 66 The ’04 and ’05 Davis UWC Scholar Graduates 67 Applying to the Davis UWC Scholars Program 71 “It Only Takes Passion” 73 For Philanthropists Shelby M.C. and Gale Davis, Scholars’ Letters Foretell Lasting Impact of Their Generosity The Power of Private Philanthropy 75 Acknowledgments and Credits 76 NEW IMAGE?

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by Philip O. Geier, Ph.D. Executive Director

he Davis United World College Scholars Program is a major philanthropic force in promoting T international understanding. At present, the program provides scholarship support for 1,100 current Davis UWC Scholars, from around the U.S. and the world, at a growing number of American colleges and universities. The program and these scholars are committed to building cross-cultural understanding across their campuses and around the globe in the 21st century. The stability of our world, and ensuring America’s place in it, demands no less To Move the World than initiatives as large in scale, innovative in design, and powerful in impact as this. This program is about the huge potential of private Pilot programs began in 2001 at Colby College, College philanthropy to promote international understanding of the Atlantic, Middlebury College, Princeton University, and Wellesley College. In this academic year, the greatly in dynamic, expanding ways through the education of oloboreLore con vullandiam iriure eraessit wis num volobore venim quisci blan expanded program now includes 76 U.S. colleges and exceptional young people. ut utet vullam, veliqui scillamet nonsecte erate consed et, vel illamet acillum universities — including, among many others, Harvard, vulputpatin henim zzrillut nos nis acilisit nulluptatue tat, quate dolore The Davis United World College Scholars have come this Williams and Duke in the East, Earlham, Carleton, Grinnell year from 126 nations, and those who graduate in the and Macalester colleges in the Midwest, and Lewis & Clark, They have come this year from 126 nations, and those who Whitman and Claremont McKenna in the West. Class of 2007 — our fourth graduating class — are leaving graduate from the original five schools in the Class of 2007 This program is about the huge potential of private — our program’s fourth graduating class — are leaving behind far-reaching legacies for their schools and their philanthropy to promote international understanding in behind far-reaching impacts on their schools and their fellow students. dynamic, expanding ways through the education of fellow students. exceptional young people. Among our leading objectives All the Davis UWC Scholars, at all the participating Philip O. Geier, Ph.D. is to see a much greater commitment by the private schools, are the heart and soul of this initiative. In these Executive Director philanthropic sector to this very worthy purpose in the future. Davis UWC Scholars Program pages, we invite you to become acquainted with the Davis Davis United World College (UWC) Scholars are, UWC Scholars Program, and with its individual scholars— indeed, outstanding students and remarkable young people. especially the XX members of the graduating class of 2007.

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161.06_Report_P5.indd 4-5 2/14/07 12:40:21 PM philanthropist Shelby M.C. Davis as the inaugural The Davis United World College Scholars Program In sum, the Davis United World College Scholars institutions for the Davis United World College Scholars is different, intentionally so, from other fine efforts to Program has great aspirations. Though our program is still program Davis offered to provide scholarships for internationalize the undergraduate experience. While in its early stages, we envision a growing commitment to ”The UWCs grab you quickly, because the students every UWC graduate who gained acceptance and then preceding initiatives have focused more on research, faculty international understanding through education in the 21st are so passionate. They’re so motivated and hungry matriculated at these pilot schools, regardless of national development, changes in curricula, uses of technology, and century. In time, Davis UWC Scholars will take their place for knowledge — and the UWC’s mission statement is origin or UWC attended. This remains the case for these study abroad, this program creates a much greater diversity beside the alumni of such esteemed scholarship programs as about peace and understanding through education. five inaugural schools. of students on campus. And by supporting scholars from Fulbright and Rhodes. We embrace fully to goal of the late These students pick this up rapidly and want to Beginning with the fall 2004 student matriculation, the many countries, who are energized by the UWC mission Senator J. William Fulbright for the public-sector scholarship Davis United World College Scholars program has greatly of building understanding in active, personal ways, the Davis program that beats his name: to “bring a little more make a difference in the world. So that makes me a expanded to include the additional 71 American colleges and UWC Scholars Program exemplifies how diversity can knowledge, a little more reason, and a little more compassion passionate giver, to follow that lead.” universities. In support of these schools meeting the financial contribute to a much richer education, and to a more globally into world affairs, and thereby to increase the chance that from an interview with Shelby M.C. Davis by Shobana Kesava, senior needs of their scholars, Davis philanthropy contributes up engaged undergraduate experience for everyone on campus. nations will learn at last to live in peace and friendship.” broadcast journalist with 938 LIVE in Singapore, aired by the station in November 2005. An International Patron of the United to $10,000 of need-based aid for each scholar, every year Outcome studies of the earlier initiatives found The great potential of the Davis United World College World Colleges, Shelby Davis was featured at the UWC movement’s of a four-year undergraduate degree program. All of these “low levels of international competency, a decline in Scholars Program is not simply to build and perpetuate an International Council meeting, convened last fall in Singapore. additional schools are also awarded a $5,000 grant each year the number of international student requirements, few outstanding scholarship program. It is to motivate others, in support of their admission outreach. students studying foreign languages as a percentage of total especially in the private sector, to strengthen international The goals of this Davis philanthropy continue to be to: enrollments, and less funding from federal and state sources.” understanding through their personal philanthropy, and to Private Philanthropy for Global Understanding (The Ford Foundation, “Preliminary Status Report 2000: foster a deep commitment to international diversity and What is the Davis United World College Scholars program? • Provide scholarship support for exemplary and Internationalization of U.S. Higher Education.”) These programming on American campuses. Our future depends It is, above all, the vision and power of private philanthropy promising students from all cultures, who have each findings encouraged the Davis philanthropy to model a fresh on a world of talented individuals from diverse cultures who committed to the importance of fostering greater absorbed the passion of their UWC school community for synthesis of approaches — some new, some well-proven — to join in commitment to international understanding. understanding among the world’s future decision-makers— building international understanding in the 21st century. internationalizing the American undergraduate experience. Davis United World College Scholars will, we believe, Americans and citizens of other nations. • Build clusters of these globally aware and committed As modeled by the Davis United World College Scholars contribute to the realization of this important goal. We The program provides scholarship to students, from students within the undergraduate populations of selected Program, these approaches include: hope you will, too. both the U.S. and other countries, who have proven American schools. themselves by completing their last two years of high school • Seek to transform the American undergraduate • Private philanthropy as an innovative force. We hope at a group of international schools called United World experience through this international diversity and this effort will inspire others in the philanthropic sector Colleges. These UWC schools are now in the U.S., Bosnia, cultural interchange—as much for the large majority of to invest in international education as well. Canada, Costa Rica, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Norway, American on campus as for international students. • Experiential learning as the essential tool for fostering Singapore, Swaziland, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela. • Invite participating colleges and universities to leverage international understanding. Since the founding of the first UWC in 1962 at the height the value of this initiative to the long-term benefit • Diversifying the undergraduate population and campus of the Cold War, these schools have provided opportunities of their students and faculties, their strategic planning, and experience through sponsorship of internationally to students from some 175 countries, representing all their role in contributing proactively to the well-being of oriented scholars. regions of the world. Students are selected in their home our volatile, highly interdependent world. • Recognizing that coherent initiatives and significant countries by indigenous, voluntary committees, and receive • Create a very diverse group of Davis United World clusters of scholars can make greater impact. scholarships to attend the United World College schools. College Scholars who will, during their educational • Encouraging an overarching purpose while leaving Seven years ago, Colby, College of the Atlantic, experiences and throughout their lives, contribute each college or university to build on its own particular Middlebury, Princeton, and Wellesley were selected by significantly toshaping a better world. strengths.

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2 42 14 12 18 41 5 7 67 38 47 49 30 44 36 23 58 6 50 26 51 53 8 19 31 32 72 69 59 75 3 17 70 15 54 45 73 9 22 57 25 How This Works 63 61 71 21 13 66 43 76 4 1 20 Building World Understanding and Educating New Leaders 11 39 37 48 24 10 27 33 62 29 56 16 60 34 35 28 ➊1 ➋2 ➌3 ➍4 55 65 Since 1962, thousands In 2000, the Davis Since 2004 an additional With their education 68 64 of young people from United World College 71 American colleges made possible through 175 nations have been Scholars Program and universities have their own merits and the selected by committees began providing been invited to join help of the Davis United in their home countries scholarship grants to a the Davis United World World College Scholars to complete the last pilot group of American College Scholars Program. Program, thousands An Expanded Program two years of high school colleges and universities To these schools, the of future graduates The Davis United World College Scholars Program has greatly expanded beyond its original pilot colleges and universities at one of ten United to support United World program contributes of these institutions will and now includes the following 76 institutions: World College College graduates $10,000 each year for go on to play important, 1 Agnes Scott College** 17 College of the Holy Cross 33 Haverford College 49 St. Lawrence University 64 University of Richmond schools. UWC schools who matriculated at each matriculated UWC meaningful, often Decatur, GA Worcester, MA Haverford, PA Canton, NY Richmond, VA are in the U.S., Canada, these schools. This graduate, for up to four leadership roles in their 2 Albertson College of Idaho** 18 College of the Atlantic* 34  Hood College 50 San Francisco Art Institute 65 University of Virginia Caldwell, ID Bar Harbor, ME Frederick, MD San Francisco, CA Charlottesville, VA Hong Kong, India, Italy, year these pilot schools years per student. Each communities, in their 3 Amherst College 19 Colorado College 35 Johns Hopkins University 51 Simmons College** 66 Vassar College Norway, Singapore, — Colby College, College school also receives home countries, and in Amherst, MA Colorado Springs, CO Baltimore, MD Boston, MA Poughkeepsie, NY Swaziland, the United of the Atlantic, Middlebury a $5,000 grant for the world. 4 Barnard College 20 Columbia University 36 Kenyon College 52 School of the Art Institute 67 Wartburg College** New York, NY New York, NY Gambier, OH of Chicago Waverly, IA Kingdom, and Venezuela. College, Princeton admissions outreach. 5 Bates College 21 Connecticut College 37 Lafayette College Chicago, IL 68 Washington & Lee University The UWC movement University, and Wellesley The total number of Lewiston, ME New London, CT Easton, PA 53 Skidmore College Lexington, VA Saratoga Springs, NY works to build multi- College — are graduating Davis UWC Scholars at 6  Boston Conservatory 22 Cornell University 38 Lake Forest College 69 Washington University Boston, MA Ithaca, NY Lake Forest, IL 54 Smith College in St. Louis national, cross-cultural all participating colleges their third class of Davis 7  Bowdoin College 23 Dartmouth College 39 Lehigh University Northampton, MA St. Louis, MO communication and United World College and universities has now Brunswick, ME Hanover, NH Bethlehem, PA 55 St. John’s College** 70 Wellesley College* 8 Brandeis University 24 Dickinson College 40 Lewis & Clark College Annapolis, MD Wellesley, MA understanding among all Scholars. Based on the reached 821, from 126 Waltham, MA Carlisle, PA Portland, OR 56 Swarthmore College 71 Wesleyan University its students. success of building clusters countries. The 2007 9 Brown University 25 Duke University** 41 Luther College Swarthmore, PA Middletown, CT of globally minded scholars graduating class includes Providence, RI Durham, NC Decorah, IA 57 Trinity College 72 Westminster College 10  Bryn Mawr College 26 Earlham College 42  Macalester College Hartford, CT Fulton, MO 84 exceptional students at these pilot schools Bryn Mawr, PA Richmond, IN Saint Paul, MN 58 Tufts University 73 Wheaton College over four years, Davis from 46 nations. 11  Bucknell University** 27 Franklin & Marshall College 43 Methodist University Medford, MA Norton, MA Lewisburg, PA Lancaster, PA Fayetteville, NC 59 Union College 74 Whitman College philanthropy chose to 12  Carleton College 28 Georgetown University** 44 Middlebury College* Schenectady, NY Walla Walla, WA greatly expand both the Northfield,M N Washington, DC Middlebury, VT 60 University of Florida 75 Williams College Gainesville, FL Williamstown, MA number of campuses and 13 Claremont McKenna College 29 Gettysburg College** 45 Mount Holyoke College Claremont, CA Gettysburg. PA South Hadley, MA 61 University of North Carolina 76 Yale University scholars in the program. 14 Colby College* 30 Grinnell College 46 Northwestern University** at Chapel Hill** New Haven, CT Waterville, ME Grinnell, IA Evanston, IL Chapel Hill, NC *original pilot school 15 Colgate University 31 Hamilton College 47 Oberlin College 62 University of Pennsylvania ** Newly admitted schools 2006-07 Hamilton, NY Clinton, NY Oberlin, OH Philadelphia, PA 16 College of Notre Dame 32 Harvard College 48 Princeton University* 63 University of Redlands of Maryland Cambridge, MA Princeton, NJ Redlands, CA Baltimore, MD  2007 Davis United World College Scholars 2007 Davis United World College Scholars 

161.06_Report_P5.indd 8-9 2/14/07 12:40:22 PM An Open-ended Philanthropic Commitment A World of Learners Scholars’ Home Countries and UWC Schools Provided by Shelby M.C. Davis, financial support for the Davis United World College Scholars Program is an open-ended commitment involving tens of millions of dollars per year. All graduates of UWC schools who gain admission on their own merits to selected U.S. colleges or universities qualify for need-based scholarship support through the program.

Red Cross UWC in Mostar (2006) 126 Home Countries Nordic UWC of Current Davis UWC Scholars (1995)

Afghanistan Denmark Lesotho Rwanda Albania Ecuador Lithuania Senegal UWC of Lester B. the Atlantic Pearson UWC Algeria Egypt Macedonia Serbia-Montenegro of the Pacific (1962) Angola Estonia Madagascar Sierra Leone (1974) UWC of the Adriatic Antigua & Barbuda Ethiopia Malawi Slovakia (1982) Argentina Fiji Malaysia South Africa Simón Bolívar UWC Li Po Chun UWC (1993) of Agriculture (1988) Australia Finland Maldives Spain UWC–USA (1982) Mahindra Austria Gambia Malta Sri Lanka UWC of Bahamas Germany Mauritius Sudan India (1997) Bangladesh Ghana Mexico Swaziland UWC–Costa Rica UWC of (2006) South East Barbados Greece Moldova Sweden Asia (1971) Belarus Greenland Mongolia Switzerland Bhutan Grenada Morocco Taiwan Waterford Kamhlaba Bolivia Guatemala Myanmar Tanzania UWC of Southern Africa Bosnia-Herzegovina Haiti Namibia Thailand (1981) Botswana Honduras Nepal Tibet Brazil Hong Kong Netherlands Timor-Leste Bulgaria Hungary New Zealand Tunisia Green color indicates home countries of current Davis UWC Scholars Burkina Faso Iceland Nicaragua Turkey Burundi India Niger Uganda Cameroon Indonesia Nigeria Ukraine Canada Iran Norway United Kingdom Twelve UWC schools: Chile Iraq Pakistan Uruguay China Israel Palestine USA Lester B. Pearson UWC of the Pacific (Canada) UWC-Costa Rica Colombia Italy Paraguay Uzbekistan Li Po Chun UWC (Hong Kong) UWC in Mostar (Bosnia-Herzegovina) Costa Rica Jamaica Peru Venezuela Croatia Japan Philippines Vietnam Mahindra UWC of India UWC of South East Asia (Singapore) Cuba Jordan Poland Zambia Red Cross Nordic UWC (Norway) UWC of the Adriatic (Italy) Czech Republic Kazakhstan Portugal Zimbabwe Democratic Republic Kenya Republic of Panama Simón Bolívar UWC of Agriculture (Venezuela) UWC of the Atlantic (Wales) Korea Kosovo Republic of Singapore Waterford Kamhlaba UWC of Southern Africa (Swaziland) UWC-USA (Montezuma, NM, USA) Democratic Republic Latvia Romania of Congo Lebanon Russia

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161.06_Report_P5.indd 10-11 2/14/07 12:40:24 PM For Schools with Clusters of Scholars, Per-Student Grant Will Double in ‘08 n a growing number of U.S. college campuses, significant Oclusters of Davis UWC Scholars are playing notable roles in internationalizing the sense of community. To encourage more schools to build such clusters, program founder Shelby M.C. Building a World Culture Davis has announced that — starting with the first-year classes in 2008 — the annual per-student grant will double for those on a College Campus colleges enrolling five or more first-year Davis UWC Scholars. Beginning with the entering Class of 2012 in autumn ‘08, Earlham Wins Wide Acclaim for Globalizing Its Community any participating college or university that matriculates five or more first-year Davis UWC Scholars will qualify for a grant of up to $20,000 per Scholar. This compares to the current grants of up to $10,000 per Scholar. “Through this increased funding, we are underscoring the t 1,200-student Earlham College in Indiana, where the world,” explains Provost Nelson Bingham. “International experience significance of those American colleges and universities which portion of international students has surged from 3 percent must be broad — and not simply a matter of sending our students on are committed to achieving the full potential of the Davis UWC in 1997 to 12 percent this year, American senior Anna off-campus programs to other countries, but also of enriching the A Caption Scholars Program,” notes Philip O. Geier, the program’s executive Crumley-Effinger has seen, right in class, the difference a globalized campus environment here.” Caption director. “We fully expect those schools to be the most innovative community can make. Earlham has begun to express the community-wide impacts that Caption and creative in transforming their campuses into truly global “Today I was in an economics course, and there were quite a Shelby Davis, founder of the Davis UWC Scholars Program, and experiences here in America. few international students there,” says Anna, who grew up in CEO Philip Geier are hoping to see on more and more U.S. “We have a number of lectures, festivals, and performances “We will be looking for these schools to build on their Richmond, Earlham’s home town. “It was just the first day of class, campuses, as sizable clusters of Davis UWC Scholars and other where students are not only sharing and teaching about their clusters of Davis UWC Scholars to develop ‘best practices’ in but we were having a very dynamic discussion about the changes international students take form. cultures, but are learning to work collaboratively — the Latin all aspects of academic, residential, and social life,” Dr. Geier that international trade makes. Some students were really speaking “What’s really happening on these campuses that changes their Americans with the Arabs with the Asians, which can be quite adds. “Our intention is to see new discoveries on these ‘cluster with passion, because they’ve seen major changes from international culture, as I see it from visiting schools and talking with students, challenging!” notes Kelley Lawson-Khalidi, international student campuses’ inform and guide future internationalization on many trade in their own countries. That just jumped out at me.” faculty members, presidents, and staff members, is that students are advisor. more American campuses. With 46 Davis UWC Scholars among its 123 international learning to communicate across cultures,” Dr. Geier observes. “When “I think that’s one reason the Davis students thrive here,” she ”The larger grants will be awarded for each class year that students from 50 nations, Earlham is in the midst of what President you visit these campuses, the nature of these conversations, and the adds. “From what I’ve learned, Earlham is so much like a UWC includes five or more Scholars. For example, if a school maintains Doug Bennett calls “a full-court press on internationalization.” It won openness and excitement of them, is almost visceral.” campus: we have these festivals, we have community service as part five or more Davis UWC Scholars in the Class of 2012, it will national acclaim for that last year, when the college received one of of who we area, we have peace and conflict resolution as part of our receive grants of up to $20,000 for each — but if the entering the 2006 Senator Paul Simon Awards from NAFSA, the Association The Keys to a Thriving Environment mission. The Davis UWC Scholars bring a wonderful energy and Class of 2013 includes less than five Davis UWC Scholars, the of International Educators, for internationalizing its campus. The Davis Program has aided Earlham’s international-admissions enthusiasm for these types of things — and they push us to do even grants will be $10,000 for the Scholars in that class. For Earlham, this globalizing push is rooted in its history — and work by giving staff a focus for their recruitment efforts abroad, says more. “Davis philanthropy believes in the power of setting an its stimulating impacts on the whole campus are cited by students, Musa Khalidi, international admissions director. What both draws ”As an international student here, “you are not just an alien,” example and using leverage to achieve the greatest possible administrators, and faculty. The Quaker college has a century-old and keeps world students here, he adds, is the college’s Quaker-based says junior Davis UWC Scholar Jawad Joya (Afghanistan, UWC of results,” Dr. Geier concludes. “By increasing the funding to those legacy of internationalism. Today, over 70 percent of its students, and focus on openness and mutual support. the Adriatic). “You have the ability to change people’s views about schools that are building clusters of Scholars, we believe we 60 percent of faculty, have joined in study-abroad programs; 95 “When young people ask, ‘What is it about Earlham that is the place that you come from, the places where you have been, and will also be elevating the program’s potential, and prompting percent of graduating seniors have taken language courses; and nearly number one?’ I tell them, ‘community,’” he says. Because all faculty the kinds of place we can build together in the future. Diversity can colleges to find new and better ways of leveraging the power of half of the college’s majors are international in focus. keep a genuine open-door policy, students can have any number of evolve into a means for unity,” he reflects. international diversity.” “We think you simply can’t do the most effective liberal advisors, formal and informal. “That sends a message to families that “Over the course of our time here, we do make friends from all education without having an environment here on campus that their kids are in the right environment,” Khalidi says. over the place,” concludes local student Anna Crumley-Effinger. “It mirrors the growing international pluralism that characterizes the really grows our community. In a sense, it makes us a world community.”

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Shelby Davis Reflects on the Davis UWC Scholars’ “Ticket to Life”

Together with his wife, Gale, Shelby M.C. Davis is the originator and funder of the Davis United World College Scholars Program. Recently, he sat down for a conversation about the program’s development, impacts, and future with Mike Schoenfeld, a close friend of the program who is Middlebury College’s vice president for college advancement. Here’s what they said:

Mike Schoenfeld: The Davis UWC scholarship program is now schools, and how much they want to come to America to entering its seventh year, with 201 graduates and 1,100 current get the education that’s provided in this country. Davis UWC Scholars at 76 schools. What are your thoughts about the program today? What do you think has been the program’s single biggest impact? Shelby Davis: I’ve had the same enjoyment of seeing the Well, there are a lot of programs that try to educate bright scholarship program grow as I did building our company people from all walks of life or all countries — but what — but what has really excited me is that the students we’re trying to do, by building clusters of students in have made me look good. So, when they thank me, I turn places like Middlebury and other campuses, is encourage it around and say, “I have to thank you because you are Americans to learn about the world from these international proving every day the worth of my investment.” students. If you get enough UWC students on a campus, they become an important part of the fabric of the Has the program met your expectations? community. I get letters from the students saying that they It has more than met my expectations. I get rave reviews have made great American friends and they learn so much about the program, and now enough data is in to show that about America, while the Americans have learned so much these students carry their weight academically and then about the world from them. I think that’s important. some. They also more than carry their weight, by mixing in and helping the American students on their campuses learn What are your hopes for the students as they graduate and go out more about the world. into the world? So many of them want to go to graduate school. It can be a What has surprised you along the way? struggle for them to get funding for that, so a good number The surprise has been the growth of the program. With 300 end up going right to work in this country for a year to or 400 students entering the program each year, it’s going to further develop their skills. I think 70-80 percent of them probably grow to 1,500 students or so in college at any one will end up in their own countries eventually. Most of them time. I imagine that will be the peak, and it will hopefully want to go back to their countries with the tools to become stay at that level. The numbers ultimately will depend on leaders — and that, I think, will make a difference. the quality of the students that are being recruited by the You have often been quoted as saying that you are investing in leaders. Caption That’s why I’ve focused on these students, because I feel Caption their influence will be much greater than their numbers Caption in the times ahead. Once in a while I think back to my days at college. The people we studied were the leaders

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161.06_Report_P5.indd 14-15 2/14/07 12:40:30 PM of their times — the political, economic, social, cultural, returning. I’m now in the midst of the returning phase and religious leaders who made a difference. I guess I am — giving back to the world and society. It has really given focused on working with today’s talent pool, and hoping it me a great energy level by investing in students who are will grow and influence a lot of other people. this capable of making a difference on their campuses and the world. So the thanks I get from the students make the What is the future of the Davis UWC Scholarship program over giving very personal. Really, it’s the pride I get from their the next 10 years? achievements that gives me a lot of energy. The United World Colleges are the feeders to this program, and if new UWC campuses keep getting built, maybe the You and Gale have touched so many lives, and you have been program can keep growing. There are certainly a lot more quoted as saying that you feel like you have a very large family. bright students in the world than we’re finding right now. I Are there any students whose stories have particularly touched you? just know that if I do this for the rest of my life, I will have Well, one student was graduating, possibly from Middlebury, probably helped to educate 40,000 or 50,000 students and and he said, “Mr. Davis, I am graduating Phi Beta Kappa, spent over a billion dollars doing it. It’s staggering to imagine, I’m president of my various activities on the campus, I’ve and yet in some ways, it’s a drop in the bucket in a world been active here and there and risen to the top inside and with 6 billion people. But you have to start somewhere. outside the classroom. As you can see, I haven’t wasted a minute, Mr. Davis. What you have done for me is given Who is Shelby Davis? me a ticket to life.” I like that. It has stuck with me. I [He laughs] I put my pants on like every other person. I think a lot of these students feel this way. They come to a am a very average individual. I was in the right place at the place like Middlebury and they’re overwhelmed with the right time in my career, and I had the right upbringing to opportunities for learning and taking part in activities. The give me the discipline and drive to want to succeed. That’s time flies by for them — they can’t do enough things. I partially why I like these kids. They may have come from think it’s good for the campus. It’s got to be. Ghana, Albania, or any number of other countries, and The Class of 2007 yet they somehow rose through the ranks and found their If people are inspired by what you have done, what would you way to a United World College and then to a fine college have them do? or university in the U.S. I don’t think you need superior Getting involved with talented young people is the key. intelligence, really; you just need drive, ambition, and desire There are plenty of ways that people can help these This section provides brief profiles and photos of all 84 to do some good in the world. That’s what I’ve tried to do. students, or students like them — by helping them pay for members of the Davis United World College Scholars graduate school, or by providing internships and things like Program’s graduating Class of 2007. As you look at the world, what issues concern you the most? that. If the student is capable enough to get into a place like I like what my mother has been saying to me. She says, Middlebury and they need additional funding from what During the preparation of this yearbook, each senior “Everybody is saying what a terrible world we’re turning I’m offering, I have no objection to a student having several over to our children and our grandchildren,” and she’s lived “parents,” if you will, as helpers in their education. scholar responded to several questions from the Davis 100 years and seen a lot of terrible worlds — but in essence, UWC Scholars Program. They wrote about the impact of she says you can wake up on the dark side everyday or the How do you want to be remembered? bright side. She’s an optimistic heart and I think I am, too. Look, there are a lot of people who do lots of great things their college experience on their lives, learning, and goals. The world is not perfect and there will always be troubles. in the sciences, in the arts, in politics. There are so many Many also briefly described their plans and hopes for the We just have to make the best of the times we’re in, and try ways you can touch the lives of others that I don’t feel I future. The profiles that follow quote from their responses. to do as much as we can. deserve any particular special recognition. It’s what you feel inside that matters. What I feel is a personal satisfaction that What has this program meant to you personally, and how has it comes from the pride I have in the students I have helped. changed you? I feel they have the work ethic to help make this world a We always talk to the students about spending one third better place. If I can keep helping students like this to get on of their lives learning, one third earning, and one third the road to success, that will be my legacy.

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161.06_Report_P5.indd 16-17 2/14/07 12:40:31 PM 161.06_Report_P5.indd 18-19 Davis UWC Scholars Class of 2007 needed contribution to changing the situation in Palestine. an accomplished physician, one who, hopefully,to an canend, make aI muchfeel that I am as prepared as one can be to becomebody at Middlebury. Finally, as my Middleburynewsletter journey is comingwe got the chance to present various issues to the studentnewsletter of the We Owe the World Organization. Through the my perspective and given me new insight. studies. The discussions and readings in these courses havesubjects, changed from natural sciences and economics to women and mygender activism. I got the chance to take courses in a wide varietygave of me the opportunity to explore different options and practice in highschool. Upon graduation, teacherofnaturalscience Iwillbeacertified appreciation fortheirsocial, cultural, andnaturalenvironments. a variety of hands-on activities. their awareness and appreciation of the natural environmentday-camp through program for young people that helps participants increaseB. Dorr Museum of Natural History in Bar Harbor, Maine.summers SFSworking is a at the summer field studiesrun by the George to common problems. work together using a trans-disciplinary approach, to find notsolutions have to be opposing. People with various opinions can,world’s in fact, complexity, and allowed me to discoveron my that UWC diverseexperience, views gavedo me a deeper understanding of the and similarities. COA provided me with space and time to reflect 18 I especially enjoyed the opportunity to become the editor of the I also learned about natural science and education during two My dream istoteachstudentsbeaware ofandhave Middlebury College was a place that and experiences and develop activism, meet many people of different cultures While Pearson College was a place to Middlebury College Pearson UWC, Canada Palestine Muayad Almahariq. over the world and to see our differences which allowed me to meet people from all great continuation of my UWC education, Majoring in human ecology at COA was a College of the Atlantic Red Cross Nordic UWC, Norway E Aleksandra Aljakna stonia

s r a l o h c S e g e l l o C d l r o W d e t i n U s i v a D 7 0 0 2 enough money to support our trip. We brought 2,000 insecticide- to be an inspiration – that our mission would fail, we raised by several people repeatedly – including those who were supposed malaria, a big issue there. country, Sierra Leone. Our aim was to help alleviate the burden of I organized, with the help of five Colby students, to my home that I love. Without them this journey would not yearshave ago. been feasible. I’ll be forever grateful to Mr. Davis,I am today, friends, and thea much family better educated person than I anticipatedColby. six Financial support from Mr. Davis has helpedhas been me toincredible be where throughout my journey from home to UWC to students but also faculty and staff. experiences. have participated in various campus clubs, which were rewardingat Colby for two years helping other international students.confidence. I also I have been working at the International atAffairs UWC officeand Colby made me stronger as an individual and built my which I know will involve service to humanity. focus and determination are key. help of good people and, that to achieve one’s goals in life, a good project demonstrated how one can make things happen with the could hardly afford to buy a mosquito net. The success of this impregnated bed nets to people, mostly women and children who Without the help of any formal institutions, and after being told I made wonderful friends at both Colby and UWC, not only My goal is to be happy in life and in whatever I do after Colby, had the most impact on me was a trip of my experience. But the project that interesting people, and loved every bit At Colby, I took challenging classes, met Colby College UWC of South East Asia, Singapore Sierra D learned to be open-minded. My experience outside my country for the first time and for me. I was introduced to the world UWC has been a life-changing experience Colby College Pearson UWC, Canada F Sangeeta K. Asre iji Islands avid Allieu Amadu L eone

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explored through stimulating courses and a life-changing, study- challenging and immensely rewarding. years of my undergraduate career, which has been both incrediblyfreedom to design my own program of study throughout the four developed from rowing will help me take a step closer to mycommunity. dream. My knowledge of economics and the disciplineopportunities I’ve for the disadvantaged members of our global My dream is to assist in creating a world system with equal prominent Mongolian photographer. I organized was “Mongolia Today,”to increase an exhibition awareness of works in the by college a community. One of the events for success and built a sentiment of toughness. In addition to my classes, I rowed, which strengthenedand many my inspiringaspiration professors, from whom I learned lifelong lessons. Mongolia. policy unit in the Ministry of Industry and Trade in Ulaanbaatar,summer of my freshman year, I did a 10-week internship at the trade I canenvisage. These two experiences, Idaresay, are adequatetoany future As a Davis UWC Scholar, I always felt that it was my responsibility I have discovered my passion for gender studies, which I’ve Connecticut College has a nurturing environment for new ideas

Davis-UWC scholar has granted me the opportunity to study at COA. Being a fortunate I feel for having had the There are no words to describe how College of the Atlantic UWC of the Adriatic, Italy Argentina María complete my degree in three years. In the as my major at Connecticut College and to Program influenced me to take economics Participating in the Third Year Option Connecticut College Pearson UWC, Canada Mongolia D acquaintance withhumanknowledge. I have gained, asIwas promised, abroad engagedthe I first world. AtColby, Atlantic Collegewas theplaceinwhich Colby College UWC of the Atlantic N Babatunde Bamigboye igeria ulguun Baasandavaa L is Baiocchi

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in one sitting. Thanks to COA, that has become much too convoluted to explain NGO or voting Democrat. lifestyle of stewardship and not just paying a couple of dollarsintertwine to an the communities of people who are actively pursuing a David Camp, and John Cooper have given me the tools required to as a society we need a paradigm shift. symptoms as opposed to the identification of root causes.diseases weTo facesurvive today. Both are concerned with the suppressionfor the same of reason Western medicine will never heal deforestation,many of the and soil erosion are doomed to fail. areThey overpopulation, are doomed lack of fresh water, climate change,ourselves facing. pollution, Many of our attempts at averting the disasters that 20 COA, and, specifically, professors Rich Borden, John Visvader, People often ask me what I’m going to do when I ‘grow up’. UWC SchoolsWorldwide provide the UWCDavisScholars Waterford, 59 Pearson, 128 12% 5% the edge of the proverbial cliff we find the paradigm that has brought us to have given me an opportunity to analyze COA and the excellent faculty here College of the Atlantic Pearson UWC, Canada D E ric Johan Bernstorff enmark/USA

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and emotional independence. engagement, where, at an NGO, I helped womenexperience gain economicof yet another culture. Mexico was a wonderfula semester cultural in Guadalajara, Mexico, where I gained an intimatea dramatic play. One of the most special things I did washelping spend to organize social change and awareness events and even physician scientist involved in geriatric care. and subtle wisdom. I hope to raise awareness of my perceptionsthe process. as a Working with older patients sensitizedmedicine, me to their needsI also must acknowledge the role of elderly individuals in would have never gained a realistic dimension. decisions. Without the help of friends, my wish to Vermontbecome a doctor community has shaped the direction of my thoughts andMiddlebury. Learning to cherish and understand the life of my about the life that I am leaving behind. prospect of graduating fills me more with excitement or unease there are many roads to happiness. Yet, I am not sure whether the and return the blessings given to me. mind and spirit. I hope to continue to reach out and be receptive,scholar have been worth the sacrifice and made me more unified in occasional nostalgia, the opportunities offered to me as a UWC haven’t been an essential part of the change. However,Serbia. despiteThings my have changed in Serbia, and sometimeshomelessness. I feel as if I I have spent much time away from my true home— As I review the motivations that have shaped my interest in This summer made me realize just how much I have grown into One of the challenges I have faced is my sometimes-sense-of- a diverse environment has shown me that continue to question my own ways in such empowering. Having an opportunity to I have truly found my college experience Middlebury College Red Cross Nordic UWC, Norway Poland Magda Bokiej I got involved in the college community, experienced through Middlebury College. a UWC scholar, many of which I have I have been given many opportunities as Middlebury College Waterford UWC Southern Africa Serbia-Montenegro Tamara Bogojevic

Nikitas. We had a great time composing and performingwas songs. forming a guitar trio with my fellow UWC mates Simran and international understanding. The activity that I enjoyedbecause the mostI was continuing my UWC mission of achieving a broad experience abroad in Moscow had a big impact on my career years. countless doors are open to me, thanks to the effort of the lastMy plansfew for the future are not yet firm, but it is nice to know that been my most rewarding educational experience. Mexico, and Honduras. Working with people andon thecommunity ground hasradio) in indigenous communities in Guatemala, have been working with independent media (video production courses. I also studied art and media in Florence, Italy.graphic design, Recently, video, I photography, sound, and mass-media-related COA with real-world experience. worked in several cross-cultural settings, combining my education at I have focused my studies in mass media and human rights, taking At Middlebury I studied political science and Russian. My

that I was and see where I find myself now. great to look back at the Venezuelan kid horizons have expanded immensely. It is As a Davis UWC Scholar, I feel that my Middlebury College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC, Swaziland V Marco Antonio Casas the world my classroom. I have studied and experiences. COA allowed me to make been one of my most fertile and real-life Coming to College of the Atlantic has College of the Atlantic Pearson UWC, Canada Uruguay Mauro Carballo enezuela

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to me and live a worthwhile life. And, one day, I hope to be able to reciprocate the generosity shown for their role in shaping me. to make all this happen. I also want especially to thank my professors expanded other interests such as climbing. number of hours on the soccer field developing close friendships and have taken courses in art, theater, and religion.Apart I’ve from beingspent ana countlesseconomics and mathematics double major, I tremendously. have been an amazing experience during which I have grown I am here. I do know, however, that the past four years of my life home country, the place I long to be. directed, is to recognize and draw out the beauty and potentialand potential. of my My biggest challenge, to which much of mymentor, energy is under whose guidance I was able to fully realize my abilities to explore the arts. program. I hope to expand this program and also allow myselfother time psychosocial needs. We currently have 15 orphanschildren to go in to the school. We also provide, profitas best organizationwe can, that for raises their money for Zimbabwean HIV/AIDS I want to thank Mr. Shelby Davis for giving me the opportunity Upon graduation I hope to pursue a career related to economics. My greatest inspiration in Hong Kong was Chrys Hill, my art I’ve been able to enjoy the liberal arts education to the fullest.

writing, I have been able to start a non- Through dance, painting, and creative entrepreneurship in creative studies. My major interest has been social College of the Atlantic Li Po Chun UWC, Hong Kong Zimbabwe Tawanda graduation I am yet to comprehend that my mind. Now, a semester away from United States was the farthest thing from As a ten year old, the idea of study in the Colby College Mahindra UWC, India India D hruv Chadha

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2/14/07 12:40:37 PM Davis UWC Scholars Class of 2007 of Class Scholars UWC Davis 161.06_Report_P5.indd 22-23 bringing thesebright,talented,andaccomplishedstudents “Lewis &ClarkCollegehaslongcelebrateditsinternational classrooms, enliventheinterchangesinourresidencehalls, Davis UWC Scholars Class of 2007 appreciates thecontributionsofShelbyDavisfamilyin United World CollegeScholarsonourcampusaddsto international depthandemphasis.Lewis&Clarkgreatly and enhancethediversityoflifeonourcampus.We are to ourcampus.Theyenlightenthediscussionsin programs andglobalties.ThepresenceoftheDavis proud tohavethematLewis&ClarkCollege.”

I had about the United States. I will miss this place and its bestpeople. friend in college, helped me deconstruct a lot of the stereotypesfor the friendships I’ve been blessed with. My American roommate, a these communities. Sometime in the future I hope to play a role in bringing services to us what mattered most to their community and proceed from there.Petri dishes, technology, and expertise. lessonsWe I took had away to let the from locals this tell trip. We weren’tHowever, there just goodto bring communication was one of the most importantand that external help can indeed benefit certain communities. me that there is much that can be done in the developing world,contamination, and a whole lot of enthusiasm. The Weexperience taughtbrought along with us projects, some equipment to villagetest water in Honduras to learn more about appropriate technologies. 22 In addition to the lovely campus and experiences, I’m also grateful Thomas J.Hochstettler, President Lews &ClarkCollege

with five teammates, on our way to arural being jostled up and down in a mini-van adventures: Sophomore year, I remember Four years at Wellesley College. Some great Wellesley College Li Po Chun UWC, Hong Kong H Petrina Chung Yan Chan ong Kong

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my life based on my personal passion. The liberal arts establisheducation hasa truly international perspective but also enables me tome plan the opportunity to engage in many different academic fields and and Japanese studies minors. Middlebury College not only grants at Middlebury College pursuing a degree in economics with history and staff led my life into an entirely new phase. Now,enhancing international I am a senior understanding, and the distinctive students school to pursue a degree in international relations. order to gain practical work experience before returning to graduate further motivated to work in that domain after graduation. development. I gained invaluable insights into that fieldto networkand was and interact with professionals working in internationalfrom practitioners working in international development but alsoin Washington, D.C., where I had the Internationalopportunity notStudies’ only to learn Development Project Management Institute college career. for five months was one of the most amazing experiences of my an African NGO based at UNESCO. Living and working in Paris year studying abroad in Paris, where I also worked as an intern at political science and French. I spent the fall semester of my junior College make me confident toface any upcoming difficulties. and international perspective offered by both UWC and Middlebury Without his help, my life would be nothing like this. The education different culture. international perspective and learned to appreciate yet another and arts. made me a well-rounded person with foundations in both science After Middlebury, I would like to work for a couple of years in This past summer, I attended the Monterey Institute for I greatly appreciate Mr. Davis’s benevolence and generosity. I also studied in Tokyo for a semester, where I strengthened my

the institution, its unparalleled approach of entered UWC. The unique objective of environment for the first time when I I was exposed to an international Middlebury College Li Po Chun UWC, Hong Kong China Chen Chen decided to change to a double major in of the liberal arts experience, however, I being a biochemistry major. After one year I came to Middlebury College set on Middlebury College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC, Swaziland Zambia Kunda Chinku

... enough to impress even an old cynic like me,” the campus,” from o to make a difference,” Prof. panel discussion on international and U.S. student relations.students, faculty, and staff at a recent “Philosopher’ssome Corner” tensions. Those prompted a standing-room turnout of challenges” of such a changing student population have led to respectful silence suggested a fitting tacit consent. tsunami. experiences doing relief work in Nenad Stamatovic (Croatia, an societies are obliged to give humanitarian assistance if theyR can, in-depth conversations. In a recent essay, Philosophy Professor the second semester). class of Scholars in the nation, with 28 (another nine arrived in Davis UWC Scholars Program, for recording the largest first-year body — and the school won the annual Davis Cup, from the up 12 percent of Westminster College’s 950-member student community. Last fall, students from 55 non-U.S. nations made P Internationalizing AidsRecruitment:“I’mComingBecauseofThat” “Davis Cup”HonorGoestoWestminster College ichard 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 Year A “There was an enormous amount of good will in the room “Such impacts are being felt ever more readily throughout “Nenad ... ended by saying, ‘I really do think we were able merican student was skeptical — until Davis UWC Scholar n a campus where 60 percent of the U.S. students are that has set itself to developing an international campus rofound changes are unfolding at a small M issouri, the internationalizing of Westminster is stirring G Largest Entering Class of Scholars of Class Entering Largest

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president and academic dean. because of that,’” says Dr. we’re getting more and more students who say, ‘I’m coming and we’re making that very clear and explicit in our marketing, A is also seeing a strong, positive effect on its recruitment of individual students, and on the campus as a whole, the college experiences this summer. college hopes to send up to 10 pairs of students on similar student’s home country, mostly with his or her family. The paired up: each pair spent the summer in the international the U.S. and four international Davis UWC Scholars — were piloted last summer. Eight Westminster students — four from Home,” a unique travel-abroad program that Westminster Prof. Dave Collins, one of the panelists, as saying afterward. Photo caption Photo caption a m merican students. “Because we’re emphasizing the global community piece, long with the impacts that its globalization is having on any at the forum supported expanding “Take a Friend

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2/14/07 12:40:40 PM 161.06_Report_P5.indd 24-25 Davis UWC Scholars Class of 2007 in the arts and architecture. present, I am continuing to make art, and I am consideringemployers a career adapt to the European Union market requirements.economies AtI have interned with an NGO that helped Romanian transferred to the challenges of building design. and sculptures within a coherent conceptual framework that can be subtleties of light as it interacts with various shapes and mediums. exploration of space and I have improved my understanding of the and foreign relations in the future. thesis, titled “Chinese new nationalism in U.S.-Chinaimproving relations.” education in China. I also am working on a researchThe experience was so powerful that I aspire to devote myselfdance, to geography, and civics education to elementaryChina. school children.We helped develop a community library andHarmonious taught Development”music, art, and volunteered in a village in CentralChinese heritage. In the past summer, I joined “Dream Corps for and France. ecology, politics, economics, and anthropologyfor Experientialin Brazil, Learning Southand Study Africa,Abroad to study city planning, volunteered at a local NGO in Cambodia in summer 2005. for Humanity to build a house in Newburgh, New York,to fundraise for andfive orphanages around the world. I joined Habitat 24 To explore my interest in developing countries and transitional Several courses in philosophy have helped me create drawings I aspire to become a journalist reporting on China’s development Being away from home has made me more aware of my In spring 2006, I received the Mollie Green Lumpkin ‘25 Fund courses, I have engaged in a systematic Through numerous studio and art history primarily on architecture and studio art. My studies at Wellesley have focused Wellesley College UWC-USA R Andreea Cojocaru for the the past three years, I wrote news articles continuation of my UWC education. In My Wellesley career has been a natural Wellesley College Li Po Chun UWC, Hong Kong H Yi Kwan Chu omania ong Kong Wellesley News

s r a l o h c S e g e l l o C d l r o W d e t i n U s i v a D 7 0 0 2 and ran two carnivals sociology. which have always been my passions, by deciding to majorto issues in of income distribution, global trade, and development,idea of majoring in economics to embrace a more holistic approach which I might contribute to addressing these issues. I changedtolerance my into practice. Princeton allowed me to explore ways in change. For good, I can only hope. challenges and pitfalls of this art forced me to redefine my life Theand shock of actually learning about myself, together with the convincing them that it wasn’t me who said those horrible things.The exhilaration of not freezing in front of the public, the relief at person happier in the universe than I. limits of sanity. Yet, on the nightfor of this the professor,performance, there whose was enthusiasm no and optimism drovehave me to neverthe worked so hard in my life. I immersed me:myself completelyI love acting. Does that make me lazy? I decidedIt not. follows In that fact, I discovered I a part of myself that shocked and appalled the government or NGO sectors. development and equality in Latin America, where I plan Studiesto work program. in I am committed to pursuing work in the fieldable of to travel to Brazil for a month this summer for an Urban Trenton’s inner-city. curriculum on international affairs to high school students in Conferences, and participated in teaching a student-designed affairs and politics, overseen the organization of Model Unitedparticipated in professor- and student-led discussions on international As vice president for the International Relations Council, I have I learned that night why Lucy Bell is so happy and positive. I’m pursuing a certificate in Latin America studies and was to put my ideals of equality, justice, and UWC of Venezuela, I had little idea of how volunteer service at the Simón Bolivar Arriving at Princeton after a year of Princeton University UWC of the Adriatic Portugal Ana Cordovil acting as a rather lazy way to earn a living. mind the desire to become a scientist. I saw theater workshop class, I still had in my When I first met Lucy Bell Sellers at the College of the Atlantic UWC-USA N Gilberto Cuadra icaragua great post office times and Sue McDougal for all her silent help. Freeman grant. Committee, during our extended sojourn in Cambodia while on a hospitable Cambodians, we founded the Cambodian UWC National Mountains and two spring breaks in Las Vegas. and advice I have received during the many weekends in thehas also Whitetaken a lot of my time. I would like to acknowledgeDepartment thefor helpkeeping life exciting – most of the time. ClimbingI would like to thank all the other professors in the Economics first Wednesday at Colby. For some reason, I did not quit. But also, market economy in Bulgaria and Vietnam. hope that my knowledge will help for the development of functionalto become an expert in managerial economics. In the long term, thenI earn a doctorate in business administration. My ambition is myself in a position to influence a positive change. Therefore I am committed to continuing my learning process to putcontribution to society rather than to achieve only self-satisfaction.education and experience are if one hopes to make a significant into reality from the UWC bubble. Here I realized how important sciences to explain the world around us. found a passion in using analytical reasoning and insights from socialI took classes ranging from game theory to improvisational acting. I Last, but definitely not least, I owe a big thanks to Al LaPan for the With my friend, Jenya and other UWC graduates, as well as I plan to work for a consulting company for a few years and Studying at Colby College can be characterized as a soft landing Professor Reid for that 9 a.m. class on my shaped my life. So, I would like to thank economics during the last four years has The passion I have developed for Colby College Red Cross Nordic UWC Uruguay H opened a door of possibilities for my future. liberal arts colleges in the United States and opportunity to attend one of the premier The Davis UWC scholarship gave me the Colby College UWC of the Adriatic, Italy Bulgaria/ Bac Cuong oracio V D ietnam iaz Adda

s r a l o h c S e g e l l o C d l r o W d e t i n U s i v a D 7 0 0 2 people who are hurting and trying to bring peace to their pain. in counseling psychology and become a therapist, reaching outAs toa psychology major, I want eventually to get my master’scan study theology degree and I can gain some work experience in my field. people. These projects have increased my understanding of and loveinternship for as a domestic violence victim advocate this past summer.issues, my leadership role in the Christian community,freshman and my year, leading a year-long discussion group about women’s to find understanding in our differences. work, reaching out to people from different backgrounds andfears, trying and dreams for the future. At Carleton, I put that knowledge to one moreexcellentandeffectiveopportunityformoving globalization oncampus,ourrelationshipwiththeDavis how wellwehavebeenreceivedandbythestudents United World CollegeScholarsProgramprovidesuswith experiences tocampus.Working mostcloselywiththe UWC campusesinHongKong, India,andNewMexico, “Enrolling DavisUWCScholarsatClaremontMcKenna Next year my husband and I plan to go to the east coast, where he My most important activities were planning a women’s retreat my have enrolledfromtheseschools.Becauseoneofour College hasbeenarewardingwaytobringunique we havebeenexceptionallypleasedwith institution’s strategicgoalsistoincrease Claremont McKenna College Pamela B.Gann,President us inthisdirection.” to see the commonalities we share – hopes, of people. My time at UWC allowed me Davis UWC Scholar is a deeper knowledge The most important thing I’ve gained as a Carleton College UWC of the Adriatic, Italy USA L aura Beth (Wallace) D erksen

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add immeasurablytoourcampuslife.” which is the belief in a universal bond of sharing that Joan HindeSteward,President exquisite kingdom of Swaziland, and I hail from Mbabane, the capital of the greetings to all in siSwati, my native tongue. Sanibonani nonkhe College of the Atlantic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC, Swaziland Swaziland D Hamilton College umi Ubuntu D lamini

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! That is how we say s r a l o h c S e g e l l o C d l r o W d e t i n U s i v a D 7 0 0 2 minibh er iure facin hendre min vel etum ipit lore modiamcommy nullaorenon ulla faci blam, qui tet velit iuscip ex eu faccum veleseddiam, do dip sum quatin hendre dolore dolor at eliquisit lum aut nisut nosvolobore aut magnit, veniscidunt inibh erat er acipsus ciduisceuguercincil iliquis euiscin hendreet ute dolum quis adigna aciduip eum delmin veliquat ilis adiam nis dolessed te digna feui euipis nullan and over again. to leave me inspired and humbled. May we make you spiritedproud resilience over and undying struggle for a better world continue degree in humanitarian action as well as one in human withoutsecurity. exception. Upon graduation, I plan to pursuecomprehending a postgraduate what it means to give without conditioninfinite and to loveserve and formidable courage, I havemy come small a little triumphs, closer andto wiped away innumerable tears. In their act, to be’ that privilege demands. some sense of the enormous but necessary responsibility ‘to speak,long residency to in French philosophy in Paris, I have begunNGOs to to get a fellowship in nuclear nonproliferation and a six-month-from organizing annual fundraisers and working with human rights aut nis nos aut non ulla faci blam, qui tet velit iuscip ciduisc iliquis diam, sum quatin hendre dolore dolor at eliquisitaciduip lum eum del ut volobore magnit, veniscidunt inibh erateuipis er acipsus nullan euguercincil euiscin hendreet ute dolum quis adignawis do dolortie min veliquat ilis adiam nis dolessed te digna feui dignim iusciduis auguero core modolenim dolutpatue magna autet Uptat utpat vullut alisse delis aci blam, quisse er si blamconsecte do I remain forever grateful to those I have encountered whose My friends and teachers have listened patiently to my rants, celebrated dolutpatue magna autet wis do dolortie iusciduis auguero core modolenim quisse er si blamconsecte do dignim Uptat utpat vullut alisse delis aci blam, College of the Atlantic Mahindra UWC, India Bhutan Tshokey world. Through opportunities ranging the UWC movement have given to my to expressing what the Davis family and Language falters wildly when it comes College of the Atlantic Mahindra UWC, India India/United Arab N idhi Zak D E orji ipe E mirates to serving God and people with small acts. move the world with big money or big actions, but I amnot committed be successful according to general standards, and I mightto notthe same spot where I began. But, no, I am differentthink that now. I have wasted I might four years in the United States just to return am and what my calling in life is. resilient in these four years. I have gained a better insightto Middlebury into who College, I but I grew stronger, more mature,realized how and inadequate more I was as I stepped out of my home to scholarcome doesn’t make me superior to others. On the contrary, I climate talks in Nairobi, November 2006. program in climate change and am accredited to attend the U.N.Protocol negotiations in Curitba, Brazil. Currently,attended I am the taking Convention a on Biological Diversity and the Biosafetybeen involved in school governance, a member of SustainUs, and I program and the Tobago integrated courses. ecology, and documentary video and participated in the I haveYucatan taken classes in economics, environmental lawand and the policy, opportunity to attend as a Davis Scholar; I didn’t ofhesitate. The College of the Atlantic, its unique programthe in human Thirdecology, Year Option program in Costa Ricaresponsibility and Ecuador, to protect I learned our natural systems. While participating in that we are united in our dependence on environmental services.stories they shared taught me that we are truly interconnected and I plan to apply to medical schools in Hong Kong. Some people At COA, education can extend well beyond the classroom. I have My appreciation of the outdoors evolved into a sense of goals and pursuits. The people I met and the College have influenced me in all of my to diverse ideas and people at Pearson The educational experience and exposure College of the Atlantic Pearson UWC, Canada Canada Alex Chisholm because I think that being a Davis UWC I tend not to say that I attended a UWC, of those students from UWC as well…” Many times I would hear, “Oh, you are one Middlebury College Li Po Chun UWC, Hong Kong H Chui Ying ( ong Kong R achel)

F s r a l o h c S e g e l l o C d l r o W d e t i n U s i v a D 7 0 0 2 letcher F ong field in my home country, which needs such specialists. during the past four years and contribute to the development of this new field that focuses on optimizing human and physical resources.faculty and resources helped me acquire knowledge in a relativelyeconomics with my more quantitative background. Theengineering, wonderful because it seemed to best combine my interest in become more aware and respectful of each other’s differences.backgrounds who, by living together and sharing similar experiences,body of international as well as American students from diverseThat is why it was so refreshing to see that Princeton has a growingresponsibilities to contribute to a more socially engaged community.sincerely interested in other cultures but also is conscious of her currently applying to graduate schools for piano performance study. much more from their thoughts and experiences. my professors, as well as my fellow students, has unrelatedenabled me to to academic gain study. My ability to communicatethe openly faculty to to talk to the students about anything, including thatsubjects has most impressed me during my years here is the openness of that of my classmates. years at Colby and that it has been not only to my benefit but approachalso to to communication has served me very well during my understand their perspectives. I believe that having an open-mindedto think more deeply about what others are saying and to try to I hope to be able to apply the skill set and knowledge I gained At Princeton I chose to major in operations research and financial For the future, I want to become a professional pianist, and I am Colby can pride itself on having a great faculty; one of the things others. In such a diverse setting one learns to interact and communicate better with from my UWC experience was the ability Probably the most important skill I learned Colby College UWC of the Adriatic, Italy Albania Gjergji Gaqi open-minded person who is not only of my life. I grew to become a much more at UWC to be the most significant period Like most of us, I consider my experience Princeton University UWC-USA Bulgaria Adelina Grozkanova 27

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100 Ways to Make a Difference Naomi Haefner Yauheni Hladki Kathryn Davis Creates “Projects for Peace” Initiative Germany/Switzerland Belarus UWC of South East Asia, Singapore Red Cross Nordic UWC, Norway o mark her 100th birthday, in a year when she also received Middlebury College Colby College Tthe Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service, Kathryn Davis decided to do more. My time at Middlebury as a Davis UWC Reflecting on my time at Red Cross mrs. Davis, whose son, Shelby M.C. Davis, is the founder of the Scholar has been truly exceptional. I’ve Nordic, the thought that often comes to my grown as a person in many ways, and it is mind is: ‘Why me? Why was I, a country Davis UWC Scholars Program, created and funded 100 Projects for all thanks to the wonderful experiences and boy from Belarus chosen to spend two Peace — an invitation to all undergraduates, at all 76 colleges and the inspirational professors I’ve had. amazing years among the most outgoing, intelligent, humorous, and universities participating in the Davis Program, to design and propose I have had the opportunity to learn about the most diverse of socio-economically diverse group of people from around the world?’ grassroots projects they can implement during summer 2007. The subjects and, consequently, I have found things that I am passionate Luck. This would be my answer. 100 “most promising and doable” proposals are each receiving about. I got the chance to study classics, not just at Middlebury but I realize now that UWC laid the cornerstones to what would $10,000 in funding, drawn from Mrs. Davis’s gift of $1 million that also in Greece, and I also discovered new activities that I enjoy. The become a fine edifice of knowledge sheltering everything I believe created the 100 Projects program. theater department at Middlebury has been like a second home, and treasure in my life. Four years at Colby also have added to this “I want to use my 100th birthday to help young people launch because it is here that I got to explore my creative streak, working never-ending construction process. Throughout classes, discussions some immediate initiatives that will bring new thinking to the mostly in costume design. with peers and faculty, and working with the staff here at Colby, I prospects of peace in the world,” Mrs. Davis says. I don’t think my Middlebury experience could have been any have come to understand myself and the rapidly changing world Close to 500 proposals have come in from campuses all over the better. The people I have met here and the lessons I have learned will around me better. nation. “This opportunity and the proposal development process have remain with me for the rest of my life and, for that, I am exceedingly I’d like to express my utmost gratitude to Mary Beth Mills, who grateful. sponsored my internship in Cambodia, enabling me to see and feel produced a wonderful, exciting buzz on campus and among our more than I ever could have imagined. students,” reports Amy Brough, director of institutional support at Adam Herling I owe my friends a lot, for they were the best part of my Trinity College in Connecticut. USA educational experience here at Colby. Kathryn Davis’s own life has been much involved with both UWC of the Atlantic Princeton University education and the building of world understanding. Holder of a B.A. David Hogue from Wellesley College, an M.A. from Columbia, and a Ph.D. from My classes at Princeton, the cornerstone USA the University of Geneva, she met her husband, Shelby Cullom Davis, UWC-USA of my Davis Scholar experience, helped Princeton University on a train to Geneva; they returned years later when he served as U.S. me discover and shape my passions and “The 100 Projects for Peace has provided the Brandeis Ambassador to Switzerland from 1969-75. Mrs. Davis was honored interests. I am a Davis Scholar who has studied community with a tangible reminder of how private last September with the Wilson Award, from the Woodrow Wilson I was a board member of the Princeton Justice Project, which English literature. And what could be International Center for Scholars, for contributions she and the Davis fought for issues of social justice ranging from campus workers’ rights more occupying, more rewarding, more philanthropy can encourage young men and women in family have made to global humanity. to penal system reform in New Jersey. I also loved being an Outdoor liberalizing than this introduction to the their efforts to repair the world. Social justice has been “They have had a dramatic impact on higher education and Action leader/trainer, and I spent many a happy backpacking trip lasting literary artifacts of the English language, to its novels, to its on the Appalachian Trail teaching students how to lead successful poems, and, in this fond acquaintance, to the intellectual means by a primary focus of the university since its founding, and public policy,” the Center said, “helping foster greater understanding freshman orientation trips. which to greet the literatures of other languages, other peoples? of international affairs through institutions that proudly bear the Davis we are very grateful for the opportunity this generosity In summer 2005, I spent six weeks in small mountain villages In addition to carrying with it this important preoccupation, name, including the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies gives our students to become further engaged in the throughout southern Peru working with a local NGO installing college has been for me a time of self-evaluation: I have had to gauge at Harvard University, the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute wood burning stoves in the homes of some of the poorest residents. my capacities and measure my limits soberly. It would be a lie to say global community. The prospect of receiving a $10,000 for International Studies of the Heritage Foundation, and the Davis The experience showed me that grassroots programs can be that I have not been dismayed often and equally a lie to say that I grant to support a dream project to assist others has Center for Historical Studies at Princeton University.” successful in improving lives in developing countries and help protect have not just as often found encouragement. “My 99 years have taught me,” Mrs. Davis said in her acceptance the environment. As for what shape I want the rest of my life to take, I have only the energized both our UWC Scholars and a broad range speech, a few months before her 100th birthday, “that there will Next year I hope to work in Southeast Asia, or possibly sketchiest plan. My primary goal is to make a life of service to others of students to submit inspired proposals, and put their always be conflict. It’s part of human nature. But I’ll remind you sub-Saharan Africa, on projects of sustainable economic and of devotion to those human ideals that are suggested by the and environmental development. I hope to work toward heart, approved by the mind, and ratified by education. idealism into meaningful action.” that love, kindness, and support are also part of human nature. My challenge to you is to bring about a mindset of preparing for peace, the implementation of policies that promote environmental Jehuda Reinharz, President instead of preparing for war.” responsibility coupled with real economic progress in the developing Brandeis University world. I may eventually attend law school to study environmental or international law.

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161.06_Report_P5.indd 28-29 2/14/07 12:40:50 PM 161.06_Report_P5.indd 30-31 Davis UWC Scholars Class of 2007 better place. have no excuse not to put all my efforts into making this worldthings a and how I, as someone blessed with all these opportunities,made me understand more deeply how good people can do wrong conditions, spent their time and effort improving the worldactions. outside, However, interacting with these men,cautious who, about ignoringin such social hopeless circumstances when judging people’sup behind prison walls. As a sociology major, I haveinitiated always by the been inmates, was to prevent youth at risk fromlife sentences ending – and Princeton students. The aim of the project,between the inmates – most convicted of murder and serving to the Trenton maximum security prison as a part of a collaboration much deeper understanding of myself and the world. metamorphosis. Both good and bad things in these years led me to a me: “ Colby, to the unknown, the corniest of all maxims marveloushas held true piece for of collective endeavor. From Italy quiteto Hong a fewKong, years ofto my life due to stress, but the end resultschedules was to puta together a great show. During the process,incredible I tolost see so many students take time off from their busywhirlwind of international performances, dance, and music.involved It was in organizing the annual International Extravaganza, a what suits me, and discard what doesn’t. to Maine. I was given the opportunity to explore my interests,is to become offind me. However, I know I haveI wouldgrown takesince movingprofessionally. Four years on, I still have no idea of what 30 Among these numerous transforming experiences was my visit As president of Colby’s International Club, last year I was heavily Carpe diem .” certainly facilitated a great part of this and studying at Princeton has more than I ever could have imagined, Since leaving UWC I have changed Princeton University UWC of the Adriatic, Italy E L to what major to pick, let alone what path idea of what was ahead of me. No clue as bus at the Waterville bus station with little Four years ago I stepped off the Greyhound Colby College Li Po Chun UWC, Hong Kong Austria Jani Jung stonia iisa H ummal

s r a l o h c S e g e l l o C d l r o W d e t i n U s i v a D 7 0 0 2 that will help perpetuate them throughout the world. our UWC years. However, it is the implementationmakes of those us driftideals away from the ideals that were ingrained in us during sophomore years, a highlight in my Middlebury career. International Students Organization’s cultural show my freshmanfor thatand (Thanks a lot, Mr. and Mrs. Davis). has I tookincreased part in inthe size on campus, and we could not be more bodygrateful here. In comparison to my first year, the UWC communitysmooth and delightful because of the large international student into the matters that are currently affecting that region. student about the Mideast conflict gave me a much better insight dinner table and conversing with both a Palestinian and an Israelithe news, but that does not provide an accurate picture. Sitting at a is that, through me, it will change thousands. potential positive influence of capital in emerging African economies.South Korean economy, I stand better placed to playindependent my part in work the on the effects of the Asian financialcrisis oncapital. the Having honed my understanding of the concept through housing in Kampala, Uganda. for efficiently constructing and financing sustainable, low-incomeinspiration for my senior thesis, which models an optimal solutionwork with Habitat for Humanity SA. That experience was accordthe in my two great loves – houses and service – throughfound my lessons to carry back to Uganda but also I found perfect that I treasure most. discovery, availing me a plethora of paths to pursue, revealing those Our total absorption and immersion into this world of academia The transition from Pearson College to Middlebury College was The Davis scholarship has changed this one simple life; my dream Princeton has opened my eyes to the positive power of From my study-abroad experience in South Africa, I not only I read about other countries and watched its diverse cultures was somewhat limited. Senegal, my perception of the world and of Having spent the first 16 years of my life in Middlebury College Pearson UWC, Canada Senegal Bocar Kanté Princeton has been a journey of self- enables one to make that dream a reality. to make a difference, the Davis Scholarship While the UWCs instill in one the dream Princeton University UWC of the Atlantic Uganda O livia Kamarebe interpret life and truly enjoy it. helped me become a person who not only lives life but also can experiences I had in UWC and in Colby were invaluable.should possess;They the courses I took were truly stimulating. The because I learned useful acting crafts. London, a prestigious acting conservatory. It was aspring great semester, experience, I was given the chance to study in Drama Centrein Colby in order to expand my cultural exposure. In mythat junior life can offer.’’ This is why I decided to continue my education you, Shelby Davis. back home and contribute to the development of my country.field prior toThank going to business school. In the longrun, I andhope the to challengesgo that come with it. I hope to work in the finance Colby have had in me has been truly touching. and furnish 21 schools in Kenya. The trust that my fellowstudent students government at this year, I manage a budget that couldintramural build soccer to student government. As the treasurer of the appreciation for the differences we have. who are smart and interesting, and this has greatly enhanced my Shelby Davis and Queen Elizabeth. one day I would be dining with accomplished men and women like At Colby, I have learned many other skills that an aspiring artist As I leave Colby, I feel ready more than ever to embrace the world I have participated in various clubs and organizations ranging from I have had a chance to interact with kids from all over the world must be willing to accept all experiences must interpret life, and in order to do so he my dream. Marlon Brando said, “An actor Being a professional actor has always been Colby College UWC of the Adriatic, Italy H Siu Man Joanna Ko Kenya, I didn’t imagine for a second that truly life changing. Growing up in Eldoret, College and now Colby College have been My experiences at Lester B. Pearson Colby College Pearson UWC, Canada Kenya Michael K. Kiprop (Kip) ong Kong

s r a l o h c S e g e l l o C d l r o W d e t i n U s i v a D 7 0 0 2 home country as well as my personal values. experiences are vital in my aspirations to generate changes in my encountered either in UWC or back home. I believe that theseMiddlebury, I discovered perspectives on subjects that I have not information, and a strong belief in the living. Instigating change is a process that requires intellectual thought,saving the world requires skills, not merely enthusiasm.evaluate my ideals in a constructive and functional way.and Gale provided I realized methat in Middlebury was priceless in helping me immerse allofourstudentsinit.TheDavisUWCScholars future. OurjobistobringtheworldSkidmoreand By engaging in insightful discussions with professors at Program helpsprovidetheresourcestodojustthat.” and notjustasobservers,theymustunderstandthis world andtheirplaceinit.Theentireis “Ifwewantourstudentstoemergeasleaders Philip A actions. The opportunity that Shelby either directly or indirectly, through my dreamt of making an impact in the world, Being a UWC graduate, I have always Middlebury College Mahindra UWC, India Malaysia Cha-ly Koh Skidmore College . Glotzbach,President

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I feel compelled to become an active part of this enterprise, Through a wide range of activities at Colby, and during my program, whichistodefinetherealscopeof‘global our classrooms.ThepresenceofDavisUWCScholars is acriticaltoolinHaverford’seffortstobringmore international studentsandglobalperspectivesinto “The DavisUnitedWorld CollegeScholarsProgram contributes toakeyeffortofoureducational citizenship’ forallourstudents.” Thomas R.Tritton, President in Africa brought remarkable experiences Kamhlaba UWC. Those two years spent from Montenegro to attend Waterford I was extremely lucky to be the first student Colby College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC, Swaziland Montenegro N Haverford College inoslav Krgovic

s r a l o h c S e g e l l o C d l r o W d e t i n U s i v a D 7 0 0 2 better at creativity; some are better at sports. I learnedand that weaknesses. it’s not Some are better at studying and learning; some are the Middlebury community through volunteer work. participate in more extra-curricular activities; and be more activeclasses in in art, music, and history, not just economicsgood friends, and psychology; there are still many other things I want to do – take opportunity I was given. but also in shaping the community. I am extremely grateful for the community in which one can truly engage not only in education the outdoors. It has been a dynamic learning environment, a appreciation for the ocean, the marine environment, and future. we were able to engage directly in giving shape to our visionand of dedicatedthe community members who supported us in doing so, Kyoto Protocol meetings in Nairobi. Thanks to inspiringattended, professors as part of our academic program, the 2006 UNFCCC/that fosters inter- and intra-cultural partnerships. A few ofMexico, us Tobago, and Guatemala, I became part of a global network involvement with Beech Hill Farm, COA’s certified organicpractices,farm. politics, and their environmental impacts ledchoices. to my My interest in the relationship between global agricultural know what you do. that I want to create my own path. Don’t go with thewho crowd, tell me I should and do this and that in the future, but I abouttell myselfbeing the best; it’s about being unique. There are many people What I learned from Middlebury is that everyone has strengths COA gave me the opportunity to further explore my deep By working in various cross-cultural settings, including Norway, better world to small, everyday gestures and me to extend my beliefs and hopes for a ideals and values into daily action, pushing COA has challenged me to incorporate College of the Atlantic Pearson UWC, Canada Canada V in studies and research and made many that, although I have achieved so much half years at Middlebury College, I realize When I look back at the past three-and-a- Middlebury College Li Po Chun UWC, Hong Kong H Chak ong Kong irginie F u L L avallée-Picard am

remaining a bright-eyed idealist, only four years older.May, I shall leave Mayflower Hill with a diploma andgreat pride in 10 with a capacity of 100. with mine (and not with those of “Fox News”), as I sitI getin aon room a of Wednesday night when a guest speaker’sdisillusionment words resonate and filled with moments of pure joy. That feeling where the harsh realities of the world as learned intale the of classroom post-UWC starry-eyed– the point idealism temperedtime by to a think about my experience as a Davis UWC scholar. It is a be able to recall the person I was before thosewished two I had transformative kept a journal years. before setting foot in Montezuma, just to This – given enough momentum and coordination – move the world.to networks that have immense social capital and the potentialengage to and understand a wide spectrum of people and to connect helpful in my Davis-sponsored Princeton career, in enabling me to was to engage, appreciate, and understand ‘the other.’ all, of what they do. to understand and harness each other’s political wills in most, if not Its storyline is at once fraught with instances of utter Its end is coming soon, and I anticipate it with eagerness. Come At the dawn of a new chapter in this journey of mine, I take some In addition to enriching the soul, the U-dab experience has been And one of the key things I learned from my UWC experience is realpolitik going somewhere… crosses paths with rallies against sweatshop labor. members of the local community. I saidasked I to describe our UWC experience to Mexico in my second year, we were eachDuring a community service trip to New Colby College UWC-USA Malaysia Adriana international leaders depend on their ability 2005 gave me real-time exposure to how office at the WHO headquarters in summer My internship at the director general’s Princeton University UWC of the Atlantic, Wales Zimbabwe Pardon Makumbe N ordin Manan

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realization of aut nis nos aut non ulla faci blam, qui tet velit iuscip ciduisc iliquis diam, sum quatin hendre dolore dolor at eliquisitaciduip lum eum del ut volobore magnit, veniscidunt inibh erateuipis er acipsus nullan euguercincil euiscin hendreet ute dolum quis adignawis do dolortie min veliquat ilis adiam nis dolessed te digna feui dignim iusciduis auguero core modolenim dolutpatue magna autet minibh er iure facin hendre min vel etum ipit lore modiamcommy nullaorenon ulla faci blam, qui tet velit iuscip ex eu faccum veleseddiam, do dip sum quatin hendre dolore dolor at eliquisit lum aut nisut nosvolobore aut magnit, veniscidunt inibh erat er acipsus ciduisceuguercincil iliquis euiscin hendreet ute dolum quis adigna aciduip eum delmin veliquat ilis adiam nis dolessed te digna feui euipis nullan its relevance to the career prospects I would like to pursue.thought. My favorite course has been finance theory, perhapscourses thatdue to embrace areas of logic and analytical and quantitative individuals. and leadership skills and build rapport with a diverse group of my experience into one that is formative. participation in activities and initiatives on campus that has shaped environment; a priceless experience. an intellectually stimulating, motivating, and dynamicand academic campus events. My time here has been an immersion in the world’s largest corporations and leaders through internships to exceptional resources. I also have been exposed to somebeen of instructed by world-class professors and have had access Uptat utpat vullut alisse delis aci blam, quisse er si blamconsecte do As a mathematics and economics major, I have taken several The lessons learned here have helped me develop communication I have taken a wide array of classes, but it has really been my dolutpatue magna autet wis do dolortie iusciduis auguero core modolenim quisse er si blamconsecte do dignim Uptat utpat vullut alisse delis aci blam, Wellesley College Red Cross Nordic UWC, Norway Tanzania R essential to the learning process. I have my intellectual balance, transformations both redefine my comfort zone and find In my time at Wellesley, I have managed to Wellesley College Red Cross Nordic UWC, Norway Zimbabwe Candice hobhi Matinyi R . Manatsa 33

2/14/07 12:40:59 PM Davis UWC Scholars Class of 2007 of Class Scholars UWC Davis 161.06_Report_P5.indd 34-35 Davis UWC Scholars Class of 2007 opportunity. am grateful to the Davis UWC Scholar Program for giving me this shaped my time at Middlebury have been truly exceptional, andharmonious I collaboration. The experiences and friendships that alumnihave from three UWCs and three countries in a (usually) environmental issue of our time. community organizing around the greatest social, political,with inspiringand student activists both on campus and in the broader in the student movement against climate change. I havedifferent workedgroups including the Sunday Night Group, a national leader up to my UWC years. activities presented to me here have been a more than fittingfriendships follow- made at Middlebury College and the opportunities and mistakes and successes. I am moving forward. but so is compromise if the right incentives are in place. every language. While moving forward, disagreementfor a common is inevitable, ground takes place at all levels, across boundaries,discussions about in the course of development, I realized thatinterviewing this quest former party members and engaging in hard-fought summer doing research on a political party in Peru. While ‘skepticism’ in a room full of believers. ‘belief’ in a classroom full of skeptics and at other times to defendto my fellow Colby students for allowing me at times to defendto bea part of such a unique learning environment. I also am indebted me to understand the importance of finding commonground. 34 Also, since freshman year, I have played with a guitar trio uniting During my time in Vermont, I have been involved in many I thank my friends for letting me find my own way through I thank Professor David Nugent, with whom I spent every First, I thank the Davis foundation for giving me the opportunity However, somewhat to my surprise, the could measure up to that experience. College, I couldn’t imagine how university After the two years spent at Atlantic Middlebury College UWC of the Atlantic, Wales USA/Canada Simran Jeffs McKenna political biases in numerous ways, enabling four years have challenged my social and my understanding of the world. These People, rather than places, have shaped Colby College UWC of the Atlantic, Wales Perú R enzo Martín Mendoza Castro

s r a l o h c S e g e l l o C d l r o W d e t i n U s i v a D 7 0 0 2 of HIVinfection. Ialsowork atChildren’s HospitalBostonas respond tocytokinesIL-2, IL-7, thecourse andIL-15during in Boston, Ievaluate theabilityof T-cells toproduce andto HIV/AIDS immunology. At Partners AIDS Research Center research andpublic health; my passionbecamegeneticsand having no access to clean water to lacking guaranteed access to drugs. programmer, perhaps as a consultant, but certainly as a team member. greater difference when cooperating and working as a team. UWC scholar have taught me that we are stronger and can make a make decisions and improve their skills. difference by coaching younger students in the field, helpingyears them as a lead consultant and a computer scientist, I tried to make a communities as a doctor and international HIV specialist. future, I hope to provide modern health care to third-world,for rural 5,000 student submissions. publication in adherent. infected adolescentstobedrug transcontinental coordinator foraprogram thatassistsHIV- As a biochemistry major,As abiochemistry Ihave combinedlaboratory For the future, I hope to enter the computer industry, perhaps as a My experiences as a consulting team member, a scientist, and a Being chosen as one of the “Top 10” college women in America My essay, “The Charity of My Choice,” has been chosen for Glamour

Magazine Authors for Tomorrow opened many doors in my life. In the two most important influences. During my Middlebury’s IT department have been my science course and working for I think that taking my first computer Middlebury College Red Cross Nordic UWC, Norway Macedonia Petar Mitrevski had inadequate health care that ranged from sibling, I realized that third-world citizens AIDS and the diagnosis of my youngest After the death of my parents from HIV/ Wellesley College UWC of the Adriatic, Italy Zambia Chikoti Mibenge , one of only 150 selected from experience. continuous. I look forward in the future to continue building on this alongside made it all the easier. was, therefore, a pleasant challenge, while thebeing friendships ready andto engagesupport decisively in newfound interests. complementedLearning each other. Here I met people who excel, while spent a semester in a third country. in political science and economics, I have studied two languagesstudent andand college organizations. In addition to my concentrationat UWC. During my time here, I have participated in sufficiency,various something I observed as very valuable inAt Middlebury,my experience education went beyond a simple scope thanksof self- to the many people here who had shared curiosities. be at Wellesley these past four years. took for granted in my life. I am truly grateful for the opportunitypushed to me intellectually and truly challenged some of the things I entire lifetime, the women at Wellesley – pastme inand many present ways. – have Not only did I meet friends I would treasurecould matchmy my time at Atlantic College. But Wellesley surprised Looking back, I see my time in India and Vermont as one and Middlebury also has been a place where individual talents transition to Middlebury was immediate, was not certain what would be next. The broad-minded and eager to know, but I Coming out of UWC, I remember being Middlebury College Mahindra UWC, India Mongolia Tsegts thought I could get an experience that made. Before coming to Wellesley, Iprobably never the best decision I could have Coming to Wellesley after the UWC was Wellesley College UWC of the Atlantic, Wales Malaysia N awar N N arangerel ajeeb

s r a l o h c S e g e l l o C d l r o W d e t i n U s i v a D 7 0 0 2 people. Have I changed the world? Not yet, but intoI’m workingthese situations on it. with greater compassion and understanding of taking classes, what I learned at the UWC allowed me to delvewhether I was volunteering at shelters, out in the work world,each other. or It was this foundation I took with me into college,and that sometimes, and it’s in the gray where people misunderstandthere I began to realize that the world is not just black and cultureswhite, with (sometimes) opposing perspectives on the world. It was but what’s more important, it gave me a foundation.similar experiences we had. Has the UWC changed my life? Perhaps,time, there’s always an immediate feeling of comfortinto because a UWC of alum. the Even though I’m meeting this person for the first limits, and make a difference wherever I go. With that confidence, I hope to go out into the world,about push and my taught me the confidence it takes to pursue my dreams. powerful experience of my time at Princeton. proud co-guardians of nine adorable children. It has been Pune.the most Today, there are six of usthe on the board“Ashraya of directors, Initiative andfor weChildren,” are a home for street children in live the “UWC spirit” through our actions and future aspirations.found comfort in knowing that there are many of us who strive tointernational pre-orientation, many of them UWC scholars. I tohave push my limits. I made my closest friends freshman yearcrew during team my freshman year taught me team spirit and the ability It was there I began to truly understand people from different Princeton has allowed me to do the things I am utterly passionate In April 2004, two of my friends and I founded an NGO in India, believed it. Yet often I find myselfrunning with a UWC connection, I wouldn’t have matter where I was, I would meet someone Had someone told me six years ago that no Wellesley College Red Cross Nordic UWC, Norway USA Anne and much more. Rowing on the varsity family, classmates that shared my passions, faculty members who took me into their At Princeton, I found friends for life, Princeton University Mahindra UWC, India Austria Julia N N eubauer guyen 35

2/14/07 12:41:04 PM Davis UWC Scholars Class of 2007 of Class Scholars UWC Davis 161.06_Report_P5.indd 36-37 Davis UWC Scholars Class of 2007 my own business ventures that I intend to pursue. on in life I hope to achieve my goals for the organization as wellthe basic as necessities of life, most importantly an education.orphanage centerAs I movein the near future that provides AIDS orphans thewith youth and people of all ages. We intend to establishcalled an YouthAIDS Alive, which deals with raising AIDS awareness among especially in Africa, where my destiny lies. have decided to devote my entire life to is the HIV /AIDS hadepidemic, to do something worthwhile in the world. The one aissue rollercoaster that I ride. After graduating from the UWC,My transitionI knew that into I the real world from the UWC to college has beenimpact on my life. I owe thanks to them, especially Dr. Hoda Zaki. 36 1000 1200 1400 200 400 600 800 This past summer, I set up a nonprofit organization in Botswana 0 Current DavisUWCScholarsbyClassYear 2007 109 Student ClassYears 2008 276 due to my professors, who made a huge have studied political science than at Hood, very fast. There is no better place I could My college years at Hood have gone by Hood College UWC-USA Botswana Mogamisi 2009 349 N kate 2010 369

s r a l o h c S e g e l l o C d l r o W d e t i n U s i v a D 7 0 0 2 Undergrad Current 1104 Total Accumulative 1308 Total most unlikely places. The friendships I made have enduredway throughI had never experienced before and to find similarities in the administrative science major. economics courses, and soon I was a full-fledged economics and interest in that subject area. At Colby College,a Iphenomenal continued economicstaking teacher at Atlantic College sparked my communities. medicine and infectious diseases in underserved and overlooked change at the primary level of clinical health care. in medical anthropology, have shaped my desire todiseases effect insocial California. These experiences, together withpreparedness my research policies against bio-terrorism and highly infectious drug-resistant tuberculosis in Russia and worked on public health change through personal contact with others. begins through interactions and that I am capable of great positiveme of two things – that healing, whether physical, social,and intellectually or cultural, challenging. However, this researchtalking hasto cancerconvinced patients and oncologists has been both emotionally physicians. The visceral experience of observing, interviewing,structures and the and transfer of knowledge between patients and place in my life where I could inspire others to dream big. student. Without UWC, it is unlikely I could haveLondon reachedin 2006, such a I also served as a mentor to an ethnic-minority UWC has taught me about giving back. While I studied abroad in my college career, and I have no doubt that many will be lifelong. Attending a UWC also enabled me to appreciate difference in a I hope to attend medical school and focus on international In the past summers, I conducted biomedical research on multi- Lastly, through its generosity in funding my higher education, Institute in Boston, where I studied power General Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer has been fieldwork research at Massachusetts My most formative experience at Wellesley Wellesley College Pearson UWC, Canada Malaysia Caroline Mei Shan career in medicine. But then, a class with Almost six years ago, I was headed for a this thought never ceases to amaze me. UWC changed my life’s course, and Colby College UWC of the Atlantic, Wales Ghana Andra O fosu O ng piece about my grandmother. and adults in Guatemala City while completing a longer fiction Colby’s Writers’ Center to develop writing programsexperience. for children Before then, I plan on using the skills I haveconstantly learned working at with ideas that are deeply rooted in my Colbyhelping others through the study of philosophical texts, while be, making peace with change and difference along the way.been constantly evolving and growing into the person I am meantobituaries, to filmed beauty, sat with death, and contemplatedBuddhist. fear. I’ve climbedI’ve mountains, jumped into rivers,a feminist, written long an existentialist, a Christian, a Marxist,academic a cognitivist,exploration, introspection, and a and creative processes.unimaginable ways. I’ve beenMy time at Colby has been one of intense fiction in my spare time. But college has opened my horizons in first step is to listen. Here at Wellesley,we think I have their liveslearned to shouldlisten. be. In seeking to understand condescendingpeople, in the that we are imposing on people a model of what that the idea of saving the world or making a difference can be university in Nairobi. African literature, cinema, and media and, eventually, teach at a for introducing me to African cinema. a potential tool of social commentary, and I thank Professor Obeng paper in Accra, Ghana, and, studied in Dakar,in Nairobi, Senegal. studied at the University of Ghana, internedworld with a Idaily come from. I also have worked with an HIV/AIDS center have undertaken bothjourneys. In the future, I would like to train as a philosophical psychoanalyst, The greatest lesson I learned as a UWC-Davis Scholar is I hope to work for a year and then enter graduate school to study I have developed a passion for cinema and other forms of media as I’ve majored in Africana Studies and have learned more about the contemplative lifestyles, or writing short thinking about the moral implications of writing a senior thesis on compassion, Five years ago, I couldn’t have imagined Colby College Pearson UWC, Canada Guatemala O after that. As aDavis-UWC scholar, I the world gainsthemostmeaningonly inwards,journey outinto thatventuring They sayis the journey thegreatest Wellesley College UWC-USA Kenya Gladys Akinyi . R ocío O rantes

O s r a l o h c S e g e l l o C d l r o W d e t i n U s i v a D 7 0 0 2 nyango guide my future endeavors as a citizen of the world. to be an effective activist, and I amgrateful that these skills will help social events, such as the first All Ivy Drag Competition.non-discrimination policy, as well as hosting community-buildinglobbying to include “gender identity and expression” inPrinceton. Princeton’s part, has been within the LGBT community in my college years at aspirations of sustainable development. identify ways in which people in the developing world can fulfill ethnographic work in cross-cultural settings. creating new international legal statutes and the ethical questionsThrough of an interdisciplinary education, I have been challengedenvironmental with and social work at the local and global levels. received the training to do so effectively. never would have engaged in global politics, and I wouldUnited have States. not Without the support from the Davis foundation,Thailand, I Mexico, United Arab Emirates, Canada,advise onBrazil, climate policy and theand energy projects in Kenya, Costalaw. Rica, Through my work with UNEP and COA,other I disciplineshave been necessary able to for meaningful and effective internationalchallenge. COA helped me integrate environmental policy with Atlantic College and Princeton have given me the tools necessary I plan to continue working on climate and energy policy to My college years have been a time to fulfill my passion for

I have involved myself in such projects as successfully my time to activism, which, for the most has influenced me to dedicate much of forever will play a key role in my life. The United World College movement Princeton University UWC of the Atlantic Canada Paul Pawlowski Program (UNEP) would have been a advisor to the United Nations Environment available at COA, my appointment as Without the flexibility and resources College of the Atlantic Pearson UWC, Canada Costa Juan P. R ica H offmaister Patiño

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2/14/07 12:41:09 PM Davis UWC Scholars Class of 2007 of Class Scholars UWC Davis 161.06_Report_P5.indd 38-39 Davis UWC Scholars Class of 2007 Kong meant a chance to live have just listed two reasons why. again.” I learned this while at Middlebury College. to which those in positions of making choices will return again and art is to provide a culture’s moral spinal cord, the artpoint forms, of reference here’s what Tom Stoppard had to say: “The function of making films can trigger that transformation. occur; there must be a transformation in thought.’ I problemsbelieve ofthat activism, there is a deeper level at which theychange invariably must arrive at this conclusion: ‘Besides theout organizational there, working with NGOs in places where need is dire,new ways and of thinking.” I have spoken with friendswriting, of mine who and are to find new ways of writing, one usually has to find dreams. It is time to live life. mistakes, and learned from them. I have spent enough mytime aspirations. building Colby has been all about finding myself.seminars I have helped made me learn more about myself, about my identity,more to a Colbyand student’s life than just getting an A in the class. Her career options. school. I am now a chemistry and classics major, with acoaster. lot more When I started Colby, my goals were geared toward medical being one. was the infinite array of opportunities that UWC offered, Colby 38 I have never felt the need to justify myself for being a film major. I And speaking of the long-term benefits of filmmaking and other Professors like Nikky Singh have made me realize that there is Each year at Colby has been unique and somewhat of a roller had planned for me. Thus, moving to Hong I was steering towards a path someone else came when I was beginning to wonder if The opportunity to study at Li Po Chun Colby College Li Po Chun UWC, Hong Kong F Archana Prasad can prompt scholars to find new ways of with new approaches to the medium Middlebury once told me: “Making films My film and media culture advisor at Middlebury College UWC of South East Asia, Singapore Mexico F

iji elipe Pruneda-Sentíes my dreams. What I didn’t bargain for

s r a l o h c S e g e l l o C d l r o W d e t i n U s i v a D 7 0 0 2 passions and tried my best to win the challenge. The UWC sparked to lead the way. And so I did. citizenship. The UWC handed me a lantern; Middleburychallenged asked meme to prove I am worthy of the responsibility andUWC showed me my responsibility as a global citizen; Middleburyme a virgin land where I could start following those dreams. The academia there. in computerscience, eventually toIndiaenter returning vibrancy ofthatcity. After Wellesley, adoctorate Ihopetopursue culture and the University therich ofEdinburgh andexperience at-risk girls from the Boston area. an organization that provides self-defense and life-skills training for and dance of Africa as it exists today in Haiti and Brazil. Yanvalou, a campus folkloric group that performs traditionalSlater music International Student Organization. I am also a drummer in both the Wellesley Association for South Asianscience Culture and and mathematics the major, I have been an active member of which proved to be one of the best learningworked experiences for Itwo had. consecutive summers with the ADA office on campus, committed fellow students and staff members. We Owe the World student organization, withStudents the help ofAgainst a few Sweatshops, and when I returned, I newlystarted establishedthe sweatshops in my home country through Uniteda passion in me for sweatshop-related issues, so I researched the Over the past four years, I committed myself to a variety of In the spring of2006,In thespring tostudyabroad Ihadtheopportunity at I am completing training to be a certified teacher for Girls’ LEAP, Middlebury also sparked a passion for disability- related issues. I for making this possible. A computer country; I am very grateful to the Davises to Wellesley was my first time out of the I am from Mumbai, India, and coming Wellesley College Mahindra UWC of India India V armed me with dreams; Middlebury offered me what reality looks like. The UWC could look like, then Middlebury showed If the UWC showed me what the ideal Middlebury College UWC-USA Jordan Adriana Qubaia asumathi R aman doctorate in aerospace engineering. science. I plan to extend and deepen my knowledge by pursuingengineering a and certificates in physics, finance, and computerand width in my knowledge by pursuing a degree in aerospace have selected a diverse collection of courses, and achievedmy life both at depth Princeton, from my social life to my academic career. I good. meaning where others see absolutes of black and white, eviland and narrow-minded worldviews and to see shades and nuances of with different opinions that helps usrise above our limited horizonsthe interaction with different people from different backgroundsopinion, and and to be an efficient agent in the marketplace of ideas. It is never ending, and that leaves me truly grateful to all my teachers. action and reflection as a way of naming the world. popular education inspired by the Freirean tradition, which calls for study, a truly transformative experience. Oriental and African Studies in London, in intensive Arabicimportantly, language I was able to spend my junior year at theAwareness School of Day, which was attended by an IsraeliJewish-Arab filmmaker. summer campMost and organized the annual Israel/Palestine engage in more familiar subjects such as history and education. other. I was able to challenge myself with science courseshow as welldifferent as systems work interdependently to complete each ones. I was able to focus not on a particular field but to understand I have remained committed to diversity in almost every aspect of I now have a more complete understanding that knowledge is Recently, I have been examining various methodologies in In collaboration with the COA community, I raised funds for a environment, to value differences in enabled me to thrive in a multicultural UWC is the value of diversity. It has The most important thing I learned from Princeton University UWC of the Atlantic Bulgaria D and experiential passions and discover new allowed me to pursue my initial academic curriculum at College of the Atlantic The experience of designing my own College of the Atlantic UWC of the Atlantic, Wales Israel E lisheva zhelil R ufat R ubin

s r a l o h c S e g e l l o C d l r o W d e t i n U s i v a D 7 0 0 2 hopefully, will help consolidate our integration in the globaltechnical world. expertise but also my new vision of the world, which, public.greater projects thatcanresult anddevelopment ininfrastructures forthe whilegettinginvolved myto pursue passioninengineering in of society, influenceonme. hasbeen agreat Ithasconvinced me initiative academicknowledge andturn intobenefitsforthe rest to make a difference in my environment. also to gather knowledge that will be useful in my future endeavorshave been able to choose academic paths to satisfy my curiosity abut single individual can make on his/her immediate environment.not have I had otherwise. I have learned to appreciate the impact that grateful forthegenerositythatenablestheseexcellent Davis UWCScholarsProgramdovetailsperfectlywith I am hoping to return to my country and offer not only my An entrepreneurship class, where Iwas taughthow totake institution thatplacesapremiumontheimportance citizenship. Theuniqueculturalexperiencesthatthe Scholars bringtoourcampusareinvaluable.We are Tufts’ focusoninternationalperspectiveandactive of livinginaglobalcommunity. Themissionofthe students tobeapartoftheTufts community.” “Tufts Universitylonghasbeenregardedasan Lawrence S.Bacow, President kaleidoscope of perspectives that I would brought me to see the world through a helped me grow intellectually and has My Davis UWC scholar experience has Princeton University UWC-USA Senegal F atou Sagnang Tufts University 39

2/14/07 12:41:13 PM Davis UWC Scholars Class of 2007 of Class Scholars UWC Davis 161.06_Report_P5.indd 40-41 Davis UWC Scholars Class of 2007 people across the globe. theatre, dance, politics, law, and social activism to connect with post-conflict development in the Balkans. Bosnia, Serbia, and Croatia during my junior year abroadorganization to study creating awareness about global conflicts. I traveled to that mattered to me. to use my leadership skills and enthusiasm to effect change in issuesthe debate group, and taking part in school plays spurred my interest living many wild dreams, yet I was so humbled by the people(and illegally!) I met. at an old Italian castle by the Adriatic coast to– I was Venice, backpacking around Westernon a Europe,Saturday morning camping and spontaneously overnight deciding to take a train Christmas in Vienna, attending a conference in Geneva, waking up Wellesley College, where I belong. looking back at all my past experiences, I know that it is here, at will last a lifetime. make a difference in the world. The friendships I haveintelligent made here and ambitious young women who will undoubtedly responsibility. but also I learned about time management, camaraderie, and in college. Not only did I learn advanced tennis skills and strategiesamong the most challenging and rewarding experiences I have had great. The two years spent playing for the tennis team proved to be generously presented tothem. 40 The future will have to merge my passions for talking (a lot!), At Middlebury, I was inspired to establish Dialogues for Peace, an Weekly community services in a Slovene refugee camp, leading Wellesley College has shaped me into the person I am today. And It is here at Wellesley where I have met some of the most My Wellesley College experience has been nothing less than make so themostofopportunities so many students. Iamsure they will tothelivessuch bigcontributions of I highlyrespect Mr. Davis formaking Wellesley College UWC of South East Asia, Singapore Indonesia L Florence with week-old friends, celebrating Sleeping overnight in a train station in UWC education, they were exploded. My horizons weren’t just stretched by a Middlebury College UWC of the Adriatic, Italy Singapore V alitya Sastrawinata ani Sathisan

s r a l o h c S e g e l l o C d l r o W d e t i n U s i v a D 7 0 0 2 support. I also volunteered in a local hospital by providingprimary school assistance children, bringing them moral as well as academic I got the chance to volunteer in areas that interest me. humanitarianI mentored actions to community service. Wanting challenges.to be a doctor, I have accomplished different tasks ranging fromexperience at Colby have put me through tough but rewardingam majoring in biology and French literature. My studies and interesting and meaningful ones. that my choices, in the short- and long-term, will be infinitelydoing work that combines urban planning and education. I believe institutional framework for such values was absent. accumulated at UWC and Colby manifest in settings where the open discussions. Most importantly, it was reassuringwith to oursee statusvalues as foreigners offering opportunities for constant, American students led me to understand American culture better,post-college life because of this experience. Being in France with independence in designing my major. have ensured rigor in my work, while giving me unparalleledfor this. On the academic front, Professors Morrione and CommunicationsArendell and Mark Godomsky in athletics are to be thanked relationships with Colby staff. Steve Collins and the Department of whenever I get the opportunity to do so. a leader in my society and to lend a helping hand to my fellowme man the willpower and eagerness to walk forward and get involvedpart of my as community and helping it to evolve efficiently that makegives unique contributions to my society. It is this feeling of being to patients in the post-surgery section. The end of senior year is yet another beginning. I am interested in Junior year abroad was life changing, and I feel more prepared for My experiences at Colby have helped me understand that I could about Colby and helped me forge strong jobs that have widened my understanding been fortunate to hold fun, on-campus Throughout my time at Colby, I have Colby College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC, Swaziland N Jui Shrestha in the United States at Colby, where I UWC of the Atlantic and continued international understanding started at My journey of persistent striving for Colby College UWC of the Atlantic, Wales Morocco Kenza Sayegrih epal Above right: NEW PHOTO CAPTION HERE. juveniles, grow old. storyteller, tell one more, oh, tell another of yourthat can’t tales while be foundwe, inside, the a madman blowing on his trumpet? Oh, account on my life, it is this: May all beings be happy.while wind and streams of evanescence wash all away.breakwater If there between is an the past and future. A photograph of static now, field. I’ll meet you there. memories. Out beyond all ideas of right- and wrong-doing, there is a counted and my life with them. direction in which my palm is facing. In a moment, the years will be individual and has shaped who I have become. knowledge that has played a significant role in my development as an focusing on the genetics of disease and immunology. be involved in working towards achieving preventivecareer health path care,in the pharmaceutical and biotech sector. I wantinsightful to experience has led me to pursue a of a monoclonal antibody developed against pancreatic cancer.genetics laboratoryThis on a project determining the sequence specificity as a citizen of society. nurture a diverse set of skills and understanding both as a studentexperiences and of my life, this time has offered me the opportunity to And to those with whom I’ve shared my life, there is a place, Thank you, Mom; thank you, Dad, for being good to me. The Through all the memories, I fail to remember myself, only the As a UWC Davis scholar, I have accumulated a wealth of My most rewarding experience at Wellesley has been working in a difference between ‘yes’ and ‘no’ is just burning.the In a moment of truth, the in my mind. A little flame doesn’t stop When looking back, I see images glittering Colby College Red Cross Nordic UWC, Norway L Maris Skujevskis one of the most valuable educational UWC Davis scholar. In addition to being definingfactor of my experience as a My undergraduate years have been the Wellesley College Mahindra UWC, India India Parul Sharma atvia of experience abroad. Primarily a graduate school, R native tongues, and we had interpretersparticipants for four of[in those the globallanguages: trade course]wide event,were there. a trade They negotiation spoke in theirsimulation development — and andall trade19 of programs.the “Justthe this week, we held a campus- I “Some of the professors here have beenglobal-trade working at fellowthe World Daniel Bank, Tan the (Singapore,here train UWC-US people that go on to actually work in these fields,” says January. development; the first two were delivered last summer, the third in project management, nonproliferation studies, and global trade and made the commitment. The mini-courses focus on development fellowship programs for Davis UWC Scholars, three dozen Scholars internationally oriented careers. academics with the building of practical skills and experience for outside the U.S., and 90 percent of its higher education: California is among the most international learning communities in I A SpecialChancetoLearnataGloballyFocused School F M ussian, Spanish, French, and Chinese.” ellows in Making Change F. t was a natural match. M M M iddlebury College — offered a new set of intensive, three-week Though the fellows came from various campuses and UWC The Davis fellows “contributed by bringing their backgrounds to “ So when the Institute — which last year became an affiliate The onterey Institute,” says Carolyn Taylor, who coordinates both the M any universities don’t have this kind of course.” IIS essentially is like a professional school — and the professors M onterey Institute of International Studies ( M ore than a third of its 750 students come from A merican students have some M A IIS blends , Vassar ‘09). M IIS) in 2/14/07 12:41:16 PM

161.06_Report_P5.indd 42-43 Davis UWC Scholars Class of 2007 42 been pleasedtowelcomeScholarsourcampus—and, treasuring our environment. community, particularly educating people about the importancelife ofwill take, but I hope that it will involve giving back to the positive step toward reducing our carbon intensity. interested in the carbon emissions trading in the EU. I viewand Caicos it as Islandsa studying marine parks management. I am also me to exciting experiences, including a month spent in the workTurks toward a certificate in environmental studies, whichhere hasamong led the foremost experts on the subject. It pushed me classto opened my eyes to the wealth of knowledge that I could mine and I got to read, think, and write about that issue.highlights of my experience. My seminar was on global warming, perspective totheCollege,Scholarshaveemergedas student leaders.TheyhavesimplyenrichedUnionandits Scholars Programgivesrealitytotherhetoric.Unionhas in additiontobringingtalentedstudentswithaglobal “There hasbeenmuchtalkinhighereducationcircles Now as I look to the future, I am not sure what direction my I have always been interested in environmental concerns, but that American campuses.TheDavisUnitedWorld College about theneedtoglobalizeandinternationalize campus lifebeyondwords.” Stephen C.Ainlay, President Princeton. Ironically, it has been one of the was the worst class they had to take at compulsory freshman writing seminar Most people will tell you that the Princeton University Li Po Chun UWC, Hong Kong Malaysia Pei Chieng Soh Union College

s r a l o h c S e g e l l o C d l r o W d e t i n U s i v a D 7 0 0 2 that has had the most influence on me has been StartingBloc, an it is up to me to make the most of these opportunities. The activity my view of the world. scholar helped me better understand my identity and how it affects think like an entrepreneur. Coming to Colby as a Davisclasses UWC taught me new ways to approach and solve problems and know I can accomplish anything I want. have learned these last six years at UWC and Middlebury College,the army I in Greece. I am not worried because, with everythingthe United I States for another five years. If not, I would have to join I think I did well. tried to keep a balance between my social and my academic life,publishing and my first scientific paper in a physics journal. I flamencohave guitaralways trio in a number of concerts around campus and than any other time. life at Middlebury College has made me grow up and mature more disappointment once you leave. However, mywhere social everything and academic seemed to fit in so perfectly can bring about a business as a tool to effect social change. make a difference. I hope to pursue a career in business meand that use it takes a conscious effort to promote the UWC ideals and participation as a fellow in their workshops in winter 2006 remindedorganization that uses business as a tool to effect social change. My I am applying to graduate schools and, hopefully, I will stay in Colby has opened a number of opportunities and possibilities, and The most memorable events have been playing guitar in a concerned. Two years spent in a place as far as social and academic life is Adriatic, one usually has high expectations Having attended a place like UWC Middlebury College UWC of the Adriatic, Italy Greece N Colby and Dartmouth. The engineering degree engineering program between year at Dartmouth as part of the dual- I had the opportunity to spend my junior Colby College Mahindra UWC, India India Pranay Sonalkar ikitas Stamatopoulos and international institutions. school in order to be better prepared for a career in governmental the hallmarks in this regard. internship at the Vaclav Havel Library, toin organizethe Czech a Republic,conference on wereAfghanistan at Middlebury and the me and gave a refreshing new stimulus to my own work.I was fortunateThe effort to meet many accomplished individuals who inspirednurtured the idea that I could become a competent economist. economics. Professors pushed me beyond my limits and carefully up to the UWC obligation. overwhelmed and confused. I felt I did not possess the meanscontribute to live to a good cause, but, at the same time,in I thefound remotest myself parts of the world. I was full of ideals and ready to people, and, ultimately, contribute to them. government. I aspire to revisit my roots, gain an understanding of my can define success for myself. become so far. Wellesley has taught me that I amGradually, the only one who I became comfortable with who I am, and whatimportance I have of remaining a fluid self to absorb myriad ideas. concepts. I learned to accept the vastness of the world,was and exposedthe to numerous economic, political, and philosophicalsignificantly in the process. I took challenging classes in whichThe I extraordinary liberal arts education it provides has helped me know myself or what I believed in. stood for, listened to their accounts, and discoveredat that WellesleyI did not College. I became fascinated with what these women After a brief intermezzo in the field, I will return tograduate At Middlebury, I developed my passion for the study of My plan is to return to Hong Kong to pursue a career in Wellesley inspired me to embark on a journey of self-discovery. some responsibility for what took place questioned, and, above all, I was assigned discontent in the world, my beliefs were At the UWC, I was exposed to all the Middlebury College Red Cross Nordic UWC, Norway Czech Pavel Svaton women with strong ambitions and goals graduation, I found myself surrounded by interest in other people’s stories. After At Pearson College, I developed a keen Wellesley College Pearson UWC, Canada H Shirla ong Kong R N epublic ga Wan Sum

s r a l o h c S e g e l l o C d l r o W d e t i n U s i v a D 7 0 0 2 of us. improve the lives of others who have not been as fortunateprogram as some in economic development and use my knowledge to help and finance. In the long term, I would like to pursue agraduate I become a part of. to be a more responsible and active member of any community culturalthat differences. The UWC and Colby experience has taughton a college me campus helps us all appreciate and learn from our are different from mine. I believe that a strong international presence individuals who have truly enriched my life. of receiving a quality education and meeting some remarkable the public sector someday. open, and to appreciate what others have to offer. unexpected situations and places, to keep your eyes and aears Davis always Scholar is to seek out opportunities to learn in the most engagement space for community high school students. The Underground Café, a student-run coffee shop, art,Last andyear, civic I was among a group of Hamilton students who founded value all I have learned from my professors and classmates.class on Caribbean carnivals with just one other student. has afforded me many opportunities – from summer research to a assumptions, and beliefs everyday. Department challenged me to think critically about my values, College comes to a close, I happily admit I was mistaken. After Colby, I hope to gain some work experience in consulting I have learned to be much more open to ideas and opinions that The Davis UWC Scholars program has allowed me the luxury My experience at Hamilton has reaffirmed my belief that to be I continue to learn from others outside the classroom as well. My coursework, professors, and classmates in the Africana Studies greatly influenced my decision to work in I took in public economics and politics enjoyable and fulfilling. The courses that My year abroad in the UK was very Colby College Pearson UWC, Canada Bhutan Jamyang Tashi UWC family had. would challenge me as my 300-strong I would find another community that When I left the UWC I was uncertain Hamilton College UWC of the Adriatic, Italy USA N atalie K. Tarallo

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2/14/07 12:41:20 PM Davis UWC Scholars Class of 2007 of Class Scholars UWC Davis 161.06_Report_P5.indd 44-45 Davis UWC Scholars Class of 2007 44 an abiding faith in the ramblings of a madman. and equity around the world. thinking that I can make a useful contribution to the cause of peaceand our comfortable lives. A Colby education has seducedrendered me into invisible by corrupt governments, self-serving ideologies,The burning idealism of UWC continues to drive me into terrain human rights organization fighting domestic violence and trafficking.a Burmese refugee camp, and Cambodia, where I worked with a the shining light of my closest friends. love of my parents, the intellectual example of Colby inspiringprofessors, experience. and My path is illuminated by the unquestioningtower of academia in the United States has been an unsettling and Economic Consulting.’ I hope you enjoy the show.coming play is called ‘Learning to Solve Problems,’of this or life could‘The be rehearsed,Way of improved, and then hasperformed. become a way of life, and Colby the stage where the first acts the people I studied with in Chile and Russia. brought it over to the people I worked with in the Philippines,Through them, to Colby gave me freedom, and then I tookan exampleit. for meAnd to I follow – professors, classmates, and friends. And then it asked, ‘What are you going to do with this freedom?’ gave me more questions. providing me with answers to those important questions, typically, As I dream of a career in human rights advocacy, I must confess to This path has taken me to places like Thailand, where I taught in Rather than being just another point in my biography, the UWC Colby confronted me with many free-spirited people who set It taught me responsibility. It taught me about freedom of choice. four years ago, I think Pearson, instead of what I am to do with myself. Looking back myself wondering who I am, why I am, and In this final year at Colby, I often find Colby College Pearson UWC, Canada Bulgaria Magda Tsaneva the formative years at UWC to the ivory from the controlled chaos of India through I would travel far in life. Truly, Athe Burmese journey madman once prophesied that Colby College Mahindra UWC, India India Jayadev V adakkanmarveettil

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The me to change the world. chemistry and become a teacher. I find teaching is the best way for and economics, and act on stage, among many other activities.years I had a chance to volunteer in schools, do researchleaving in chemistry as a chemist, economist, and sociologist. Inme theto understandpast three it. I came to Middlebury as a scientist, and I’m supported me at different points in my exploratory learning process. well as friends and family, have deeply inspired and coursesunconditionally and experiences. Meanwhile, faculty and staff at COA,dignified as livelihood?’ was added to the list, therebyneeds. inspiring other The question, ‘How can education helpconsider students a createdignified a livelihood the most important of their basic education for justice?’ education to a student? What is just education? And,have ‘What gained is clarity and urgency since then: ‘What is a meaningfulof their low-quality education and its false promises. My questionsslums led me to empathize with their perspective on the futility conversations with middle school dropout students in Mumbai to a powerful volunteer experience the following summer.2005, Informal an independent study on non-formal education in India led challenged me to listen to my questions. For example, in winter After graduating, I plan to enroll in a doctoral program in That summer, I also learned that most people from the slums sources, and to acquire skills that empower about the world, often from primary College enabled me to continue learning Being a Davis Scholar at Middlebury Middlebury College Red Cross Nordic UWC, Norway H L directed, lifelong learning but also has It has reinforced my passion for self- has been both priceless and challenging. Freedom to create my curriculum at COA College of the Atlantic Mahindra UWC, India India Shehzia ivia ungary V astag V aliulla UWC cause of global understanding and cooperation. how to apply the knowledge acquired at Middlebury to further the the last year of studying, traveling, and interning has shown me well as a field trip to the Balkans to study post-war reconstruction.included talks with various political and religious leaders/activistsBuenos as Aires, I gained practical experience. Thesemester D.C. program on program peace and conflict resolution and a term in gave me the freedom to satisfy both. Through the Middlebury’sWashington liberal education curriculum and fabulous professors relative powerlessness, pushed me to study politics.to take action, coupled with an awareness of my own naivetéteachers enhanced and my political consciousness. A compellingUWC, urge the plurality of perspectives represented by my friendsconditioned and behavior of my pet gerbil colony. Later, at Li Po Chun research and policy-making. hope this will allow me to have a positive impact throughexperience academic in these areas before returning to graduate school. I reduction, and I plan to take a couple of years to gain field issues I care about, and, for that, I could not be importantly,more thankful. it has given me the tools to think rigorouslyhelped about me the define where my strengths and interests really lie. More discussions, and performed standup comedy. create a college community as an RCA, participated in forums andand the history of pornography in the Renaissance. I have helpedresearch youth criminality in Brazil. I have learned econometricsto learn Arabic in Egypt, to film a documentary in India,gave and to me the tools to pursue that interest. Here, I have been able While my families at home and at UWC have shaped my values, Although I was caught between two compelling passions, I have taken a great interest in issues of corruption and crime Princeton has exposed me to a wealth of passions but also social welfare, but it was Princeton that my interest in issues of development and the rooftops of Mahindra College awoke The sights of India and the discussions on Princeton University Mahindra UWC of India Portugal André meticulous documenting of genetic versus since childhood; I fondly remember the philosophy of the mind have fascinated me Neuroscience, psychology, and the Middlebury College Li Po Chun UWC, Hong Kong Iceland Sigrun Birta F ilipe V V

eiga idarsdottir s r a l o h c S e g e l l o C d l r o W d e t i n U s i v a D 7 0 0 2 mind as one continuous adventure. after six years abroad, Hong Kong and Vermontfriends will evenbe linked more in diversemy than at UWC. When I go backwould. to Norway And believe it or not—I am now armed with a groupexperienced of much more and slept a lot less than I ever thought I when I arrived on campus in rural Vermont. I have learned and from Middlebury. Kong were mind-blowing, intense, irreplaceable;that Ithe expected choice noI hadless made was the right one. My two yearsfrom in Hong college, but the Davis UWC connection gave me confidence enables ustogreatlybroadenourreachbothnationally and internationally, attractingstudentswhobringwith exceptional leveloftalent.Thesestudentsare,infact, Things have turned out to be very different from what I imagined them aglobalvision,anintelligentcuriosity, andan “The DavisUnitedWorld CollegeScholarsProgram San Francisco ArtInstitute Chris Bratton,President among ourbest.” soil. I had little idea about what to expect College, I took my first step on American orientation was to start at Middlebury The day before international student Middlebury College Li Po Chun UWC, Hong Kong N E irik orway V ikum 45

2/14/07 12:41:24 PM Davis UWC Scholars Class of 2007 of Class Scholars UWC Davis 161.06_Report_P5.indd 46-47 Davis UWC Scholars Class of 2007 46 relationships formed with increasing sensitivity and compassion. core of my learning. The future will be an attempt to Thedo justiceethical tochallenges of interpersonal relationships have been atwith the whom I’ve lived and worked, alongside, and in collaboration. my ability to hear whispers and tell of what I hear. quiet concerns, each lamenting their lack of power. Iworld. hope to refine Underneath their bellowing lies the whispers of a millionrespect for and equal suspicion of those who are given voice infor our comprehension and expression. Ultimately, I haveacting havegained greatformed an ecology of language on which I can draw my understanding of language. New ways of seeing, hearing,idioms of sound, and image, and gesture have complicatedbeyond and enriched this discourse. It has been a time of language learning. The Marshall, andinspiresmetokeepthegoaloffostering devotion tothisidealgovernsalltheydoatFranklin & Scholars understandthatglobalpeaceandprosperity My exploration has never been a solitary one, and I thank those empowers Franklin &Marshalltorecruitandeducate an extraordinarycadreofglobalcitizens.DavisUWC begin withrespectamongtheworld’speople.Their “The DavisUnitedWorld CollegeScholarsProgram intercultural understandingattheforefrontof Franklin &MarshallCollege college’s mission.” John A exploration through, around, behind, and discourse. These years have been an acutely aware of the power of established At no other time in my life have I been so College of the Atlantic Pearson UWC, Canada Canada Shamsher . Fry, President V irk

s r a l o h c S e g e l l o C d l r o W d e t i n U s i v a D 7 0 0 2 beauty withineveryone. non-disabled people’s behavior andhelpthemrealize thatthere is people candothesamethingsother peoplecan. Iwant tochange of thepublic towards disabled peopleandtoshow thatdisabled disabilityactivist tohelpincreasean international theawareness to betreated like any othernon-disabled citizen. Iwant tobe people. helped me understand more about the needs of other disabled both stand-up and sit-down dancers). That professionalarts experience NGO, Dancing Wheels (which promotes integrated 2006,dance for I worked in Cleveland as a marketing assistant atfurther a performing enriched my exploration in international business. In summer creating constructive communities, and building good relationships.I studied human ecology and its role in solving social problems, understanding. ideologies and has enormous potential to contribute to international economic situation through the field of arts. Art is linkedand to apply political the skills I have acquired to improve the politicalcan communicate. and Ultimately, I aspire to return toother Colombia culturally. Dance is a mechanism through which countriesand has led me to see that countries can learn a lot from each migration to France and how dance can reflect this phenomenon. my academic interests since they are investigations of Colombiandance performance. These projects are the palpable culminationParis, of where I conducted research for my senior thesis andand final dance through the independent scholar program. I studieddesign in my major by combining international studies, anthropology,During my sophomore year at Middlebury, I had the opportunity to My dream istoimprove lifeforthosewhomust fighthard Studying for a semester at Washington University in St. Louis This experience has sharpened my interest in foreign issues in life. COA was like a second UWC; more confident with my goals and passion think, and understand but also how to be UWC not only taught me how to speak, College of the Atlantic Red Cross Nordic UWC, Norway Wenao Jian Wang at first glance they seem to be unrelated. develop all my academic interests, even if scholar has been the opportunity to One of the highlights of being a UWC Middlebury College Li Po Chun UWC, Hong Kong Colombia Tatiana V irviescas Mendoza as a socially responsible physician. future, I would like to alleviate the disparities in accesshealth to healtheducator, care resident assistant, and student healthtaken advisor. on demanding In researchthe projects and leadership roles as a sexual physician specializing in infectious diseases. disparities. That confidence was just the first step in Imy acquired plan to bethe a confidence to actively engage in tackling health exposed me to the spirit of activism. It was at Atlantic CollegeFund to thatundertake cancer-related research. My UWC experience project that resulted in the synthesis of a new anti-tuberculardrug agent. resistant tuberculosis through an organic chemistry researchsophomore, I had an opportunity to tackle the problem of multi- and eventually work at an international organization. confidence tomake adifference insociety. UWC hasshapedwhoIam, and Wellesley hasgiven methe active memberinmany multicultural events and organizations. Chinatown after-schoolprograms. Oncampus, Ihave beenan volunteered inthe Wellesley Words on Wheels andtheBoston activities.continue andextracurricular community service I andFrench.performance Inaddition, Ihadthechanceto my college life. advisor, and she gave me the most important guidance throughoutdevelopment. The professor of this class, policiesAnn whenVelenchik, third-world countries is try also to translatemy growth into the most. It showed me the power of designing effectiveabout publicin UWC. The economic development class inspiredunderstanding me about many of the topics that I was so passionate At Wellesley, I learned to take responsibility for my plan. I have During the last two summers, I received funding from the Staley I plan to obtain my graduate degree after working for a few years Wellesley alsoallowed my meto pursue passionsinmusic the effects of tuberculosis. Thereafter, as a infection rates are very high, I witnessed community in Nairobi, where HIV While working in a low-income Wellesley College UWC of the Atlantic, Wales Kenya R courses in those majors, I gained in-depth interests in economics and math. Through During my first year, I discovered my Wellesley offers tremendous opportunities. Wellesley College Red Cross Nordic UWC, Norway China Wenao Wang uth W. (Shesh) Wang’ondu

s r a l o h c S e g e l l o C d l r o W d e t i n U s i v a D 7 0 0 2 contribute draws me in this direction. and dedication. Although I still have much to learn, the passion to for the month-long International Festival atpromote Princeton. Chinese culture by fundraising anddiversity. arranging cultural shows I also tried to encourage internationalAmerican and internationalunderstanding students and could appreciateChinese cross-border students but also a platform for culturalmy visionexposure was where to create both not just a forum forplayer, social bonding I chairedamong the Chinese and Hongwith Kong others. students’ Thus, associations; on top of my commitments as a varsity squash interactive crisis simulation. among people of all nations; that is why I led the Princeton to impact tomorrow. I hope to promote harmonious relationshipsDavis UWC Scholars, we are participative global citizens who strive Upon graduation, I intend to serve my home country with loyalty My goal is to extend the UWC ideals through close interaction financial engineering. have majored in operational research and influenced who I became. At Princeton, I My UWC experience prepared me and Princeton University Li Po Chun UWC H V Princeton University UWC of the Adriatic USA Amity Weiss ong Kong incent Yu

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2/14/07 12:41:28 PM Davis UWC Scholars Class of 2007 of Class Scholars UWC Davis 161.06_Report_P5.indd 48-49 Davis UWC Scholars Class of 2007 Wellesley who gave me consistent support. the country a little bit. I met great professors and friends hereresearch, in had an internship in New York,organizations’ and traveled around boards, assisted professors in math and economics honor’s degree in economics. two years in Hong Kong, I never would have been able to come here. international systems of governance. voices of communities that are not given a voice in the formationlaw, of which seems to best combine my passions. I feelhope I’mto amplifyon the rightthe path in pursuing international human rights to be a better human being. UWCers and friends, whose courage and compassion teach me how I have found my greatest source of inspiration to be my fellowParis, and to discover new landscapes, from Egypt tohave Laos. traveled to better understand familiar places such as children’sTehran library,and where we shared stories fromhave across engaged the world. with the world I outside academia, including thetable local and through student groups such as the Global Issues Forum. I myself and of my world. 48 I am planning to attend graduate school after Wellesley. During my time in the United States, I served on several student I am an economics and math double major and am pursuing an After a summer working at Human Rights First in New York, I I have been committed to good debate – both across the dinner to end up in Wellesley College; withoutthe my first time I left home. I never expected When I went to Li Po Chun UWC, it was I was born and raised in Hangzhou, China. Wellesley College Li Po Chun UWC, Hong Kong China Chenying Zhang me to redefine, repeatedly, my views of often surprising challenges and compelling intense introspection, confronting me with My years at Princeton have been a time of Princeton University UWC-USA Australia N

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s r a l o h c S e g e l l o C d l r o W d e t i n U s i v a D 7 0 0 2 students and the people in rural China. really made a difference in the local community, and highhave schools helped in theone of the poorest cities in rural China. I feel I have community as well as to get to know the people around me better.events, through which I was able to contribute to the collegeorganizations allowed me to initiate and to lead a number of campusAssociation, and Investment Society. Participatingorganizations, in these student such as the Chinese Students’ Association,At Wellesley, Pre-Business I have been actively involved in a number of student eventually return to China, where I believe I can be the most useful. an experience I will hold close to my heart always. of singing in St. Stephen’s Cathedral was magical and breathtaking,the spring of 2005, as part of the Colby Choral trip. passionThe experience for singing and performing led me to Vienna and Praguemajor in in economics and mathematics while minoring in music. My academics. enabled me to develop and grow in ways beyond the sphereto theof merelives of others. me a keen desire to play my part in bringing this joy and knowledgeColby have given me rich, precious experiences, and they have given During the summer of 2005, I taught English, as a volunteer, in After Colby, I intend to work in the financial industry and Taking full advantage of a liberal arts education, I pursued a double

The privilege of a liberal arts education has power to take your breath away. and depth of experiences that possess the breaths you take. Life is not measured in the number of Colby College UWC-USA China Jingjing Zhou tried to make differences in my community. Scholar in Wellesley College, I have alwaysof the Atlantic and being a Davis UWC Coming out of the United World College Wellesley College UWC of the Atlantic, Wales China Jingyu Zhuang

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privilege to have such an experience. of my heart, for granting me this wonderful opportunity and East. history or in Near Eastern studies focusing on the Medieval Middle learning. privilege of experiencing a completely different style of teaching and senior thesis on Jewish family relations in the Islamic Middle beenAges. trying to master the Judeo-Arabic of the Cairo Geniza for myMiddlebury College’s Summer Language School), and recently I have history and, recently, to Near Eastern history. that made me excited. So I switched – first to European intellectualstudy physics, but, within less than a year, I realized it was history I would like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Shelby Davis, from the depth I plan to continue with my studies in graduate school, either in I spent my junior year in Oxford at Christ Church and had the During my years in Princeton, I learned Arabic (with a summer in to yet another. I thought at first that I would moving from one very intense environment army service in Israel. I had quite a shock I came to Princeton University after my Princeton University Pearson UWC, Canada Israel O ded Zinger A parts of the world — that seems like a very good idea,” she reflects. programs are doing something important. A to enjoy getting together for meals with various Davis UWC Scholars. through a gift to the University of Florida Foundation. and decided to fund a portion of one Davis UWC Scholar’s educationScholars from Italy and Nepal. Later she met several a more M Scholars, usual life by watching the development of these students.” students and admission staff.” she added. “This will create a very powerful partnership betweensecondary schools in their home countries in the summer vacation,”A very excited about, is providing small stipends to year. funding for admission staff recruitment trips to both continentsall their each four years at the college. The program also provides some Piggott, special assistant to the Davis UWC Scholars Program in several ways,” said financial-aid policies to those students. international students on campus, and extend its need-blindA Inspiring Koenig’s gift, in part, was a recent recommendationstudents by and staff at succeed, both at trips to those regions. Latin investment: it will benefit talented students of limited means from Koenig Scholarship Program. Koenig calls the program an a of promising international students. UWC Scholars Program will provide exciting support for theA studies New Creativity at Amherst & FloridaInvesting in International Students: or “It will support entering cohorts of five students from Latin lifelong educator, Dr. Early believes the Davis and the UWC merican students who do recruitment work at underserved mherst’s faculty that the college increase the number of rthur W. Koenig ‘66 is enabling argaret Early was inspired by a lunch she had with Davis UWC A frica each year, meeting their full demonstrated financial need for “ “I prefer not to know which one!” said Dr. Early, who continues “Personally,” said “ “The structure of the Koenig Scholars Program is modeled on Koenig hopes not only that the scholarship recipients will A scholarship initiatives inspired by or modeled on the Davist M M t the University of Florida, emerita professor of education Dr. pledge of $6 million over the next six years by alumnus merica and A ixing young people from many different nationalities and r. Koenig’s unique twist on the UWC model, that we are all mherst College and the University of Florida, new A mherst and in their lives, but also “that the A frica, and will also support annual recruitment A A mherst are influenced by these students.” rthur Koenig, “I would like to step out of my A mherst President A mherst College to create the A nthony W. A frican and Latin R obyn 2/14/07 12:41:32 PM M A

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Class of 2008 Anton Altement Estonia Nadine Abdallah Red Cross Nordic UWC Lebanon Middlebury College “At St. Lawrence University, our UWC Davis Scholars UWC-USA Earlham College Felix Kwabena Amankona- exhibit leadership skills and a generosity of spirit Diawuo Sanjeeva Abeyasekera Ghana that remind us of the importance of celebrating our Sri Lanka UWC-USA different social and cultural histories and recognizing Li Po Chun UWC Carleton College College of the Atlantic the values we share as fellow human beings. Their Nurzhan Amanov Awo Aboagye Kazakhstan unique experiences and perspectives show us the Ghana Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC of the Atlantic Methodist University hopeful possibilities that emerge when people Swarthmore College work across differences to better the world. The Shauna Aminath Awo Addo Maldives dedication, wisdom, and curiosity of these talented Ghana Pearson UWC of the Pacific Red Cross Nordic UWC Westminster College young students are an inspiration to us all.” Princeton University Dechan Angmo Daniel F. Sullivan, President Tatiana Aguayo India St. Lawrence University Colombia Mahindra UWC of India UWC of the Atlantic College of the Atlantic College of the Atlantic Alessandra Aponte Tamim Akiki Honduras Lebanon Pearson UWC of the Pacific Karolis Balciunas Basudha Bhattarai Red Cross Nordic UWC Carleton College Lithuania Nepal The Undergraduates Hamilton College UWC of the Atlantic Waterford UWC Southern Africa Dafna Ashkenazi Harvard College Hood College Huseyin Akturk Israel Turkey UWC-USA Ajit Balkawade Aubrey Bodden Waterford UWC Southern Africa Wellesley College India USA The following pages list the undergraduate Davis United World College Colby College Mahindra UWC of India UWC-USA Ali Aslah Westminster College Cornell University Scholars — the members of the Classes of 2008, 2009, and 2010. Saed Al Shonnar Maldives Palestine Mahindra UWC of India Angela Barrett Kristine Boehm The scholars are listed alphabetically by class. Each scholar’s name is UWC-USA Westminster College USA Guatemala Princeton University Pearson UWC of the Pacific UWC-USA followed by his or her home country (or countries), UWC school, and Rina Ayob Colby College Harvard College Zain Omar Ali Malaysia present college or university. Ghana UWC-USA Itamar Bar-Zakay Nienke Boer Israel South Africa UWC-USA Princeton University Carleton College Li Po Chun UWC Waterford UWC Southern Africa Anga’aefon Bain-Vete Princeton University Princeton University Nima Alidoust Australia Iran UWC-USA Almas Bektassov Makwach Bol Kazakhstan Kenya Pearson UWC of the Pacific San Francisco Art Institute Middlebury College Mahindra UWC of India Li Po Chun UWC Monica Balan Westminster College Earlham College Margret Allam Romania Sudan UWC of the Adriatic Ishna Berry Melvin Brown India Jamaica UWC of the Atlantic Middlebury College Westminster College UWC of South East Asia UWC of the Atlantic Princeton University Westminster College

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161.06_Report_P5.indd 50-51 2/14/07 12:41:33 PM Anita Buragohain Suxin Cheah Maria Da Silva Felicia Ferrera Shathel Haddad Janet Hung India Malaysia USA USA Jordan USA Mahindra UWC of India Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC-USA Waterford UWC Southern Africa Pearson UWC of the Pacific UWC of South East Asia Colby College Skidmore College Brown University School of the Art Institute of Chicago Macalester College Wellesley College

Orchid Burnside Weiwei Chen Aman Dang Annelene Fisher Jeremiah Hendren Wing Sze Hung Bahamas China India South Africa USA Hong Kong Pearson UWC of the Pacific

The Undergraduates Pearson UWC of the Pacific UWC of South East Asia Pearson UWC of the Pacific UWC of South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC Vassar College Wellesley College Colby College Colby College Harvard College Yale University

Carolina Caeiro Janepicha Cheva-Isarakul Janey Daniels Frederik Flagstad Wonder Hermand Natalia Iliyashenko Argentina Thailand South Africa Denmark Swaziland Russia UWC of the Atlantic Pearson UWC of the Pacific UWC of the Atlantic Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC of the Adriatic Middlebury College Westminster College Dickinson College Macalester College Methodist University College of the Atlantic

Margarita Capi Yeguang Chi Zinaida Dedeic Vivek Freitas Georgina Herrera Moreno Plamen Ivanov Albania China Serbia-Montenegro India Mexico Bulgaria UWC-USA Pearson UWC of the Pacific UWC-USA Mahindra UWC of India Mahindra UWC of India UWC of the Adriatic Vassar College Harvard College College of the Atlantic Colby College Smith College Princeton University

Karamo Ceesay Ho Ming Chiu Innocent Dlamini Bronson Fung Natasha Hilt Malgorzata Jarema Gambia Hong Kong Swaziland Hong Kong USA Poland From Silence to Science Red Cross Nordic UWC Li Po Chun UWC Mahindra UWC of India UWC of the Adriatic UWC-USA UWC of the Atlantic AIDS Took a Scholar’s Parents; Methodist University Yale University Macalester College Princeton University Macalester College Methodist University Now, She Takes Aim at the Virus Dhaval Chadha Azjargal Chuluumbaatar Nikolay Domashev Elias Gebrehiwot Jonas Hiltrop Nihit Joshi India Mongolia Russia Ethiopia Germany Nepal hen Chikoti Mibenge’s father died in Kitwe, Zambia, she and Mahindra UWC of India Mahindra UWC of India Pearson UWC of the Pacific UWC of South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC UWC of the Adriatic her younger brother were told he’d been a victim of Harvard College W Methodist University Westminster College College of the Atlantic Macalester College Colby College witchcraft. When her mother took sick, Chikoti, then 17, cared for Amon Chafukira Claire Chun Emmanuel Drabo Nyambura Gichohi Marek Hlavac Aditi Joshni her as her condition worsened. Her mother never admitted what Malawi Malaysia Burkina Faso Kenya Slovakia India was wrong, and the family could afford neither testing nor UWC of the Atlantic UWC-USA UWC-USA Waterford UWC Southern Africa UWC of the Adriatic Mahindra UWC of India Westminster College Johns Hopkins University Bates College Wesleyan University Princeton University Bryn Mawr College treatment — but, by then, Chikoti knew this was AIDS. “After her death, her sisters were very harsh on us,” Chikoti William Chang Janny Concha Urday Zaa Natasha D’Souza Mauricio Gomez Diaz Edina Hot Jawad Joya says. “They felt we had brought shame. I decided, ‘If this is what you Malaysia Peru India Colombia Serbia-Montenegro Afghanistan UWC of South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC Mahindra UWC of India Li Po Chun UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC of the Adriatic think about me, let me change that, and do things for myself.’” Cornell University Earlham College Bates College Macalester College College of the Atlantic Earlham College She won a Zambian national scholarship to UWC of the Adriatic. “That became a place where I started to grow, to be open.” Chulu Chansa Lawson Connor Varun Dutt Dorothy Gondwe Taylor Howard Katarina Jurikova Zambia Antigua & Barbuda India Tanzania USA Slovakia At first, she told her new friends that her parents had died in a car UWC of the Atlantic Pearson UWC of the Pacific UWC of South East Asia Waterford UWC Southern Africa UWC-USA Mahindra UWC of India crash. Then, on the first anniversary of her mother’s passing, “I Connecticut College Macalester College Macalester College Macalester College Dartmouth College College of the Atlantic gathered the closest of my friends, sat down with them, and told Rishi Chatrath Kristofer Cortez Tugce Erten Yuki Goto Alexis Howland Joseph Kaifala them exactly how my mother had died.” India USA Turkey Japan USA Sierra Leone It was a breakthrough. As a biological chemistry major who Mahindra UWC of India UWC-USA UWC of the Adriatic Pearson UWC of the Pacific UWC-USA Red Cross Nordic UWC graduates this spring from Wellesley College, Chikoti has become Colby College Johns Hopkins University Middlebury College Grinnell College Brown University Skidmore College a promising young researcher in the quest for an AIDS vaccine. Isaias Chaves Leonardo Costa Faika Farhana Sergey Grechukhin Katarina Hruba Victor Kai-Rogers She worked as an intern at the Partners AIDS Research Center in Colombia Brazil Bangladesh Russia Slovakia Sierra Leone Charlestown, Mass., where her research, the basis for her senior UWC-USA UWC-USA Li Po Chun UWC UWC-USA Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC-USA Harvard College Colby College Princeton University Earlham College Macalester College St. Lawrence University thesis, focused on how key protein receptors are recognizing the AIDS virus in cells. Aynara Chavez-Munoz Stephanie Crnkovic Papa Faye Ricardo Guzman Allyson Humphrey Sunita Kannan Chikoti’s work “positively” can contribute to the search for a Mexico Zimbabwe Senegal Honduras Grenada India vaccine, says her advisor, Jean Glasscock Professor of Biological UWC-USA Pearson UWC of the Pacific UWC of the Atlantic Li Po Chun UWC Pearson UWC of the Pacific UWC of South East Asia Colby College Princeton University Middlebury College Macalester College Lake Forest College Wellesley College Sciences Mary Allen: “She really has pushed the boundaries.” Last autumn, Chikoti was named one of Glamour Magazine’s 52 2007 Davis United World College Scholars

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Joanne Kwan Victor Llanque-Zonta Shui Kee Mak Hameeduddin Mehri Daphne Morrison Priyanka Nair Hong Kong Bolivia China Afghanistan Canada India Li Po Chun UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Li Po Chun UWC Pearson UWC of the Pacific Pearson UWC of the Pacific Mahindra UWC of India Cornell University Macalester College Cornell University Westminster College Middlebury College Lafayette College “The Davis United World College Scholars Program makes Siu Yu Kwan Joshua Loehrer Thabo Malakane Gautam Mehta Jessica Mowles Ramiro Nandez Acosta a valuable contribution to our campus community. The Republic of Singapore USA Lesotho India USA Uruguay

The Undergraduates Scholars are excellent students, and they bring a variety UWC of South East Asia UWC of the Atlantic Mahindra UWC of India Mahindra UWC of India UWC-USA Pearson UWC of the Pacific Cornell University Princeton University Middlebury College Middlebury College Macalester College Macalester College of experiences and perspectives into our classrooms Lok Man Lam Jane Lole Daniel Mancilla Cortez Araceli Mendiluce Munoz- Makhethe Mpoti Sanval Nasim and residence halls. They are building personal Hong Kong Sudan Venezuela Reyes Lesotho Pakistan relationships that over the years will expand itnernational Li Po Chun UWC UWC of the Atlantic Li Po Chun UWC Bolivia UWC-USA UWC-USA Middlebury Colllege Williams College College of the Atlantic UWC-USA Smith College Colby College understanding. This program helps Vassar fulfill its goals, Oberlin College Pranat Laohapairoj James Lojogo Lombe Simon Katlo Manthe Mukhaye Muchimuti Husein Nasiro-Sigo including the education of national and international Thailand Sudan Botswana Lucia Mendoza Kenya Ethiopia Red Cross Nordic UWC S. Bolivar UWC of Agriculture Pearson UWC of the Pacific Peru Waterford UWC Southern Africa UWC of the Adriatic leaders ‘who will be distinquished both in their Macalester College College of the Atlantic Macalester College UWC-USA St. Lawrence University Methodist University professional careers and in service to their communities Hood College Pui Chi Lau Jimmy Longun Kennedy Maring John Mumo Latif Nasser and the world.’” Canada Sudan Sudan Simon Michaud Kenya Canada Li Po Chun UWC UWC of South East Asia UWC of the Adriatic Canada UWC-USA Pearson UWC of the Pacific Catharine Bond Hill, President Dartmouth College Macalester College Macalester College Pearson UWC of the Pacific Lafayette College Dartmouth College Vassar College College of the Atlantic Yu Wing Lau Chao Lu Kenneth Martin Nao Munemura Elisabeth Ndour Hong Kong China USA Moustapha Minte Japan Senegal Li Po Chun UWC UWC-USA UWC of the Atlantic Senegal UWC-USA UWC-USA University of Virginia Princeton University Earlham College UWC of the Adriatic Macalester College Harvard College Dickinson College Shira Kaplan Talha Khan Nhung LE Thembumenzi Lukhele AliciaRose Martinez Kithinji Muriira Nomvula Ndwandwe Israel Pakistan Vietnam Swaziland USA Tarani Mohan Kenya Swaziland UWC of the Adriatic Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC of the Atlantic UWC-USA UWC of the Atlantic India UWC of the Atlantic Red Cross Nordic UWC Harvard College Macalester College Westminster College Connecticut College Colorado College Mahindra UWC of India Princeton University Skidmore College Wellesley College Manjola Karame Guyenbaatar Khandsuren Kieran Ledwidge Wing Ma Paninya Masrangsan Nokwazi Aretha Adelina Mustafa Albania Mongolia Australia China Thailand Amanda Monnye Ndzabandzaba Kosovo UWC of the Atlantic UWC of the Adriatic UWC-USA Li Po Chun UWC Pearson UWC of the Pacific South Africa Swaziland UWC of the Adriatic Lake Forest College Middlebury College Princeton University Colby College Smith College UWC-USA UWC of South East Asia Earlham College Connecticut College University of Richmond Aneth Kasebele Mei Ai Khoo Yeatso Lhamo Nicholas Macfarlane Sefalana Matambo Tubotu Musumali Tanzania Malaysia Bhutan Canada Botswana Scott Moore Mija Nenezic Zambia UWC-USA Li Po Chun UWC UWC-USA Pearson UWC of the Pacific Li Po Chun UWC USA Serbia-Montenegro UWC-USA Wesleyan University Wellesley College Wellesley College Princeton University Carleton College Li Po Chun UWC UWC of the Atlantic Colby College Princeton University Wellesley College Ashlesha Khadse Stephanie Kingman Jireh Li Nhlanhla Maduna Cheryl McClurg Purushotham Naidu India USA China Swaziland South Africa Lucia Morales Cariani Kin Fung Ng India Mahindra UWC of India Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC Waterford UWC Southern Africa Venezuela Hong Kong Red Cross Nordic UWC College of the Atlantic Princeton University Princeton University Earlham College Middlebury College Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC Methodist University Mount Holyoke College Middlebury College Ahmad Khairi Vera Kiss Haydee Lindo Tiri Maha Martin McIntyre Gautam Nair Jordan Hungary Jamaica China USA Vladimir Morar Brett Nitchke India Pearson UWC of the Pacific UWC of the Atlantic Mahindra UWC of India UWC of the Atlantic UWC of South East Asia Romania Canada Mahindra UWC of India Harvard College Princeton University Williams College Middlebury College St. Lawrence University UWC-USA Li Po Chun UWC Colby College Connecticut College Princeton University Ahmad Moustafa Khalil Yukta Kumar Celene Lizzio Priyanka Mahadevia Mehvish Mehrani Egypt India USA India Canada Pearson UWC of the Pacific UWC of South East Asia UWC-USA Mahindra UWC of India Pearson UWC of the Pacific University of Richmond Whitman College Princeton University Macalester College Wellesley College

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U.S. Colleges Distribution by Class Year Undergrad Undergrad Pattarapong Nitikarn Aadhithi Padmanabhan Shikha Rawat Jyotsna Shivanandan U.S. College 2007 2008 2009 2010 U.S. College 2007 2008 2009 2010 Thailand India India India Total Total UWC of the Atlantic UWC of South East Asia Mahindra UWC of India Mahindra UWC of India Amherst College 3 4 7 Lehigh University 2 2 Franklin & Marshall Harvard College Princeton University Whitman College Art Institute of Chicago 1 2 0 3 Lewis & Clark College 1 1 4 6 Julio Noguera Hector Pascual Alvarez Ana Maria Rey Martinez Sujit Shrestha Barnard College 1 5 6 Luther College 2 10 12 Venezuela Spain Colombia Nepal Bates College 2 2 1 5 Macalester College 33 19 16 68 The Undergraduates Pearson UWC of the Pacific Li Po Chun UWC Mahindra UWC of India Mahindra UWC of India Westminster College Macalester College College of the Atlantic Colby College Boston Conservatory 2 1 3 Methodist University 13 5 9 27 Petra Norlund Petko Plachkov Joo Ree Kang Richards Subechya Shrestha Bowdoin College 0 0 1 1 Middlebury College 26 22 35 16 99 Sweden Swaziland USA Nepal Red Cross Nordic UWC Waterford UWC Southern Africa Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC Brandeis University 5 1 6 Mount Holyoke College 1 2 2 5 Macalester College Princeton University Carleton College Macalester College Brown University 2 14 13 29 Oberlin College 2 1 2 5 Kamila Nowak Diego Ponce de Leon Barido Elona Rika Deepak Shrestha Bryn Mawr College 2 0 1 3 Princeton University 17 27 25 20 89 Poland Mexico Albania Nepal UWC of the Atlantic UWC of the Atlantic UWC of the Adriatic Red Cross Nordic UWC Carleton College 1 5 4 5 15 San Francisco Art Institute 1 1 0 2 Bryn Mawr College Macalester College College of the Atlantic Methodist University Claremont McKenna 1 1 2 Skidmore College 3 4 6 13 College Natsai Nyakudarika Nina Porst Bo Rong Amit Shrivastava Smith College 4 5 8 17 Zimbabwe Denmark China India Colby College 24 24 23 21 92 St. Lawrence University 3 10 7 20 UWC of South East Asia Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Mahindra UWC of India Colgate University 1 0 1 Princeton University Macalester College Methodist University Westminster College Swarthmore College 1 1 1 3 College of the Atlantic 20 15 11 7 53 Ivan Obarski Lopez Ana Kamila Quijano Sana Sabri Amro Shurrab Trinity College 0 0 2 2 College of Notre Dame Uruguay Philippines India Palestine 0 0 0 of Maryland Tufts University 5 5 10 Li Po Chun UWC Pearson UWC of the Pacific Mahindra UWC of India UWC of the Adriatic Colby College Earlham College Methodist University Middlebury College College of Holy Cross 0 0 Union College 4 4

Udochukwu Obodo Nondumiso Qwabe Edgars Safronovs Yauheniya Sidarchuk Colorado College 1 1 1 3 University of Florida 10 10 Nigeria Swaziland Latvia Belarus Columbia University 4 4 University of Pennsylvania 7 7 Pearson UWC of the Pacific Waterford UWC Southern Africa Li Po Chun UWC UWC of the Adriatic Macalester College Middlebury College University of Richmond Colby College Connecticut College 1 5 7 5 18 University of Redlands 0 0 0 0 Cornell University 7 10 8 25 University of Richmond 6 11 7 24 Brendan O’Connor Karel Raba Godsway Sappor Carlos Roberto Siekavizza- USA Czech Republic Ghana Robles Dartmouth College 4 10 15 29 University of Virginia 3 5 6 14 UWC-USA UWC-USA S. Bolivar UWC of Agriculture Guatemala Vassar College 4 2 4 10 Johns Hopkins University Earlham College Westminster College Red Cross Nordic UWC Dickinson College 2 0 3 5 University of Richmond Washington & Lee Earlham College 11 17 18 46 1 5 5 11 Adaobi Onyenwe Elad Rachevsky Meike Schallert University Nigeria Israel Germany Ishan Singh Franklin & 1 1 3 5 Washington University UWC of the Adriatic UWC-USA UWC-USA India Marshall College 0 0 in St. Louis Wellesley College Macalester College Harvard College UWC of South East Asia Grinnell College 2 1 3 Colby College Wellesley College 18 15 19 15 67 Stijn Ortega Coppin Alia Radman Flemming Schneider Rhode Hamilton College 1 3 0 2 6 Venezuela USA Denmark Simran Singh Wesleyan University 3 4 2 9 Harvard College 12 11 11 34 UWC-USA UWC of the Atlantic Red Cross Nordic UWC India Westminster College 16 28 37 81 Colby College Wellesley College University of Richmond UWC of South East Asia Haverford College 1 0 1 2 Lewis & Clark College Wheaton College 3 4 7 Bamidele Otemuyiwa Faria Rahman Sidharth Sethi Hood College 1 2 2 3 8 Whitman College 2 4 2 8 Nigeria Bangladesh India Joachim Skyaasen Johns Hopkins University 5 6 5 16 UWC of the Atlantic Mahindra UWC of India Li Po Chun UWC Norway Williams College 3 2 4 9 Princeton University Middlebury College University of Virginia UWC of the Atlantic Kenyon College 3 3 Middlebury College Yale University 2 0 4 6 Batnairamdal Otgonshar Valery Rashkov Julia Shalnova Lafayette College 2 9 2 13 Totals 109 276 349 369 1103 Mongolia Bulgaria Russia Lake Forest College 3 5 2 10 Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC of the Adriatic Macalester College Princeton University Wellesley College

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Gary Soedarsono Ronald Tjiho Ryan Vincent Xiangming Wu Atta Addo Victor Anciano Indonesia Namibia Canada China Ghana Venezuela UWC of South East Asia UWC-USA Waterford UWC Southern Africa Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC-USA Cornell University Westminster College Colby College Methodist University Harvard College Earlham College “Some of the most educationally meaningful

Himali Soin Stephanie Sik Chin Tong Beslan Visambiev Ntokozo Xaba Hasan Adwan Fernando Aragon interactions that students have happen in their India Hong Kong Russia South Africa Palestine Peru everyday exchanges with one another: in the

The Undergraduates Mahindra UWC of India Li Po Chun UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC of the Atlantic Red Cross Nordic UWC Pearson UWC of the Pacific Middlebury College University of Virginia Middlebury College Hamilton College Westminster College Middlebury College residence hall, in the lab, or in between classes. It

Aminata Sougou Javier Torres-Hughes Nela Vukmirovic Sunny Yang Rishika Agarwalla Hugo Arellano-Santoyo is in these informal contacts, in subtle ways, that Senegal USA Serbia-Montenegro USA India Mexico Li Po Chun UWC UWC of South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC UWC of South East Asia UWC of the Atlantic UWC of South East Asia the knowledge of others is transferred. The greater Macalester College Colby College Williams College Cornell University Wellesley College Princeton University the variety of students we welcome to Amherst, the

Kathrin Strothe Emily Trostle Magarya Waitara Zhiwen Ye Anthony Agbaje Joseph Arthur Behrens greater the inventory of knowledge and culture there USA USA Tanzania China Nigeria Venezuela Li Po Chun UWC UWC of the Atlantic Red Cross Nordic UWC Mahindra UWC of India UWC of the Atlantic UWC of the Atlantic is to share. An institution that strives to serve the Wellesley College Smith College Macalester College Wellesley College Dartmouth College Middlebury College world must be a part of the world. The Davis United Anastasia Sulzhenko Pema Tshomo Philosophy Walker Natallia Yesaulenka Farhan Ahmed Munkhtsetseg Ayurzana World College Scholars Program is helping to make Russia Bhutan USA Belarus Bangladesh Mongolia Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC of the Atlantic UWC-USA Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC of the Adriatic the world more a part of us.” College of the Atlantic Middlebury College Vassar College Methodist University Middlebury College Skidmore College Anthony W. Marx Chun Yi Sum Aidan Tumas Stephen Wambiga Neha Zaigham Sara Akant Neetika Bachlaus Amherst United Kingdom USA Kenya Pakistan USA India Li Po Chun UWC Pearson UWC of the Pacific Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC UWC of the Atlantic UWC of South East Asia Washington and Lee University Vassar College Earlham College Colby College Wesleyan University Cornell University

Erisha Suwal Anthony Tumuhimbise Dong Wang Guillermina Zamora Lopez Mirza Alas Portillo Darren Ball Jamilla Belo-Osagie Hilbert Billones Nepal Uganda New Zealand Nicaragua Costa Rica USA USA Philippines UWC-USA UWC of the Atlantic Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC of South East Asia UWC of the Atlantic Li Po Chun UWC Wellesley College Connecticut College Macalester College Methodist University College of the Atlantic Brown University Harvard College University of Richmond

Senate Taka Justin Turkus Hui Wang Class of 2009 Mohammed Almzayyen Violeta Florica Banica Hatem Ben Moussa Elrico Bok Lesotho USA China Hong Kong Romania Tunisia Namibia Pearson UWC of the Pacific UWC-USA UWC of the Atlantic Mahmoud Abdou Li Po Chun UWC UWC of the Adriatic UWC-USA UWC-USA Dartmouth College Haverford College Harvard College Palestine Middlebury College Princeton University Princeton University Westminster College Red Cross Nordic UWC Hwinei Joanna Tavengwa Rita Udisho Magdalena Wierzbicka Hussein Alramini Nikolai Barnwell Middlebury College Husain Bengali Dimitar Bounov Zimbabwe Iraq Poland Jordan Denmark India Bulgaria UWC of the Atlantic UWC of the Adriatic UWC of the Adriatic Ali Abdullah Li Po Chun UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC of South East Asia UWC-USA Wesleyan University Westminster College Hamilton College Pakistan Middlebury College Colby College Cornell University Brown University Li Po Chun UWC Vareeya Thangnirundr Remiko Ueda Allison West Juan René Alvarez Paula Barrantes Gonzalez Earlham College Agnes Bezeczky Joanna Bronowicka Thailand Japan USA Guatemala Costa Rica Hungary Poland UWC-USA Pearson UWC of the Pacific UWC-USA Nuriesya Abu Bakar UWC of the Adriatic Pearson UWC of the Pacific UWC of the Adriatic UWC-USA Johns Hopkins University Macalester College Middlebury College Republic of Singapore Princeton University San Francisco Art Institute Brown University Harvard College Pearson UWC of the Pacific Joerose Tharakan Maulik Vaishnav Kris Wilson Alpar Amanzholov Jana Bauerova Wellesley College Aparna Bhasin Jerome Brown India India USA Kazakhstan Czech Republic India USA Mahindra UWC of India Mahindra UWC of India UWC-USA Kadrieh Abu Shchada Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC of the Atlantic UWC-USA Colby College Lake Forest College Middlebury College Israel Brown University Colgate University Macalester College Johns Hopkins University Li Po Chun UWC June Tibaleka Rasa Verseckaite Woan Foong Wong Qiamuddin Amiry Siddharth Baveja Oberlin College Rashmi Bhure Oleg Buldakov Uganda Lithuania Malaysia Afghanistan India India Russia UWC-USA Red Cross Nordic UWC Mahindra UWC of India Li Po Chun UWC Mahindra UWC of India Mahindra UWC of India UWC of the Atlantic Johns Hopkins University University of Richmond Oberlin College Colby College Middlebury College College of the Atlantic Lake Forest College

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Megan Chiao Julia Daniels Daniela Duca Bridget Maureen Flannery- Michelle Goh Henrik Hakonsen Republic of Singapore USA Moldova McCoy Republic of Singapore USA UWC of South East Asia UWC-USA UWC of the Adriatic USA Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC “I am very impressed with the contributions that UWC Princeton University Earlham College Lafayette College UWC of the Atlantic Brown University Macalester College Princeton University students make to the educational and residential life of Shuk Yi Chow Berta Darakchieva Jan Duchoslav Daniel Gomez Raneen Hasuna Hong Kong Bulgaria Czech Republic Emily Foraker Colombia Jordan Carleton College. The more we interact with Davis United USA

The Undergraduates Li Po Chun UWC Pearson UWC of the Pacific UWC-USA Mahindra UWC of India UWC of the Atlantic World College Scholars, the more we understand that Cornell University University of Richmond Lafayette College UWC-USA Colby College Lake Forest College Colby College we have a lot to learn from UWC. As Carleton reviews Helen Chow Divvya Dasan Tenzin Dolma Dulal Anne Gonzalez Andrea Herrera Moreno Australia Republic of Singapore Nepal Felix Forster USA Mexico its international and cross-cultural studies programs, UWC of the Atlantic UWC-USA UWC of the Adriatic Germany UWC-USA UWC of the Atlantic Dartmouth College Middlebury College Westminster College Macalester College Colorado College we will be studying the ways UWC works with students UWC-USA Lafayette College to develop skills in conflict resolution and intercultural Vijay Chowdhari Doris Dekovic Regina Edifor Sriram Gopalakrishnan Ling-Wei Hew Kenya Croatia Ghana Lynn Foumena India Malaysia communication.” Pearson UWC of the Pacific UWC-USA UWC of the Atlantic Cameroon Mahindra UWC of India UWC of South East Asia Middlebury College Connecticut College Wellesley College Mahindra UWC of India Lafayette College Wellesley College Robert A. Oden, Jr., President Westminster College Carleton College Ruo Mei Chua Denila Deliallisi Elgita Eglite Anand Gopalan Virve Hirsmaki Republic of Singapore Albania Latvia Peter Frank Republic of Singapore Finland UWC of the Atlantic UWC of South East Asia UWC-USA Jamaica UWC-USA Mahindra UWC of India Brown University Lafayette College Middlebury College UWC-USA Wesleyan University College of the Atlantic Westminster College Katerina Byanova Chung Lung Chan Sai Men Chua Mthokozisi Dlamini Andrzej Ejsmont Jermaine Green Eric Ho Bulgaria Hong Kong Malaysia Swaziland Canada Eric Frisanco Jamaica Canada Red Cross Nordic UWC Li Po Chun UWC UWC of South East Asia Waterford UWC Southern Africa Pearson UWC of the Pacific Switzerland Red Cross Nordic UWC Li Po Chun UWC Amherst College University of Richmond Cornell University Westminster College Cornell University UWC of the Atlantic Westminster College Cornell University Brandeis University Hans Cabra Wa Chan Felipe Cordero Waylon D’Mello Irem Ekmekci Dereje Gudeta Kazi Hoque Colombia Hong Kong Chile India Turkey Martin Gachoro Ethiopia Bangladesh Red Cross Nordic UWC Li Po Chun UWC Pearson UWC of the Pacific Mahindra UWC of India Mahindra UWC of India Kenya Red Cross Nordic UWC Li Po Chun UWC Middlebury College Wesleyan University Westminster College Middlebury College Lake Forest College UWC of the Atlantic University of Richmond Earlham College Earlham College Alois Camm Mingyui Kevin Chau Adriana Cordero-Calderon José Domingos Diana Escobedo Lastiri Lin Guo Eran Houja Namibia Australia Costa Rica Angola Mexico Ishani Gammana Liyanage China Israel UWC of the Atlantic Pearson UWC of the Pacific Li Po Chun UWC Waterford UWC Southern Africa Mahindra UWC of India Sri Lanka UWC of the Atlantic Mahindra UWC of India Methodist University Carleton College St. Lawrence University St. Lawrence University College of the Atlantic UWC-USA Westminster College Boston Conservatory Earlham College Zheng Cao Sin Ming Chau Neil Coutinho Micaela Dominguez Prost Meredith Ewer-Speck Rahul Gupta Wenjin Huang China Hong Kong Uganda Argentina USA Apoorv Gehlot India China Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC Waterford UWC Southern Africa Red Cross Nordic UWC Li Po Chun UWC India Mahindra UWC of India UWC of the Atlantic Colby College University of Virginia St. Lawrence University Middlebury College Harvard College Mahindra UWC of India Colby College Wellesley College College of the Atlantic Mi Cao Sara Cheche Luisa Covaria Rodrigo Dominguez Villegas Hiba Fakhoury Tanya Gupta Kathy Huen Vietnam Tanzania Colombia Mexico Jordan Larry Gibson India Canada Pearson UWC of the Pacific Pearson UWC of the Pacific Mahindra UWC of India Li Po Chun UWC Pearson UWC of the Pacific Bahamas Mahindra UWC of India Li Po Chun UWC University of Richmond Harvard College Middlebury College Middlebury College Middlebury College UWC-USA Cornell University Brown University Johns Hopkins University Tendayi Chakanyuka Andrea Cheney Maciej Czos Andres Douglas Castroviejo Ling Fang Thanh Ha Wing Chun Eric Hui Zimbabwe USA Poland Spain China Siboniso Ginindza Vietnam Hong Kong Pearson UWC of the Pacific UWC-USA UWC of the Atlantic UWC of the Atlantic Pearson UWC of the Pacific Swaziland Pearson UWC of the Pacific Li Po Chun UWC St. Lawrence University Macalester College Tufts University Brown University Middlebury College UWC of South East Asia Westminster College Princeton University Whitman College Elim Chan Joanne Cheung Quoc Binh Dang Ha Christina Dragon Daniela Fiedler Hong Kong Hong Kong Vietnam USA Germany Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC Mahindra UWC of India UWC-USA UWC of South East Asia Smith College Dartmouth College Princeton University Smith College Middlebury College

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Tashfin SamiulH uq Ncamiso Khanyile Nontombi Kraai Liise Lehtsalu Ka Yan Luk Lauren McClurg Bangladesh Swaziland Botswana Estonia Hong Kong South Africa Mahindra UWC of India Red Cross Nordic UWC Li Po Chun UWC UWC of the Adriatic Li Po Chun UWC Waterford UWC Southern Africa Princeton University University of Richmond Williams College Wellesley College Dartmouth College Colby College “We have a saying here at Westminster that ‘Our College Ana Ila Rashna Kharas Sonia Krader Miroslav Lestanin Ragnhild Lunnan Gcinisizwe Mdluli is in Fulton, but our classroom is the world.’ We live Croatia India USA Croatia Norway Swaziland

The Undergraduates Red Cross Nordic UWC Mahindra UWC of India Mahindra UWC of India Pearson UWC of the Pacific Waterford UWC Southern Africa Waterford UWC Southern Africa up to those words with our steadfast commitment Wellesley College Middlebury College Smith College Macalester College Princeton University Vassar College to providing our students with real world and global Fern Jeremiah Yuehaw Khoo Elira Kuka Wai Leung Mattia Mabellini Degen Mehari Tekhle Malaysia Malaysia Albania China Italy Sudan experiences. At Westminster College, we don’t just talk Mahindra UWC of India Li Po Chun UWC UWC of the Adriatic Li Po Chun UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC of the Adriatic about the international community, we live it. I strongly Colby College University of Virginia Wellesley College Colby College Hood College Earlham College feel that, as a result of the Westminster experience, both Chenxin Jiang Gcinile Khoza Najada Kumbuli` Man Chung Li Sithembile Mabila Emmanuel Mensah Hong Kong Swaziland Albania Hong Kong Swaziland Ghana the domestic and the international students who attend UWC of the Adriatic Waterford UWC Southern Africa UWC of South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC Pearson UWC of the Pacific Pearson UWC of the Pacific our college will be well prepared to live lives of success, Princeton University Westminster College Macalester College Princeton University Westminster College Dartmouth College significance, and service in an international context that Sabastian Jones Elena Khramova Escar Kusema Stephanie Sze Lim Nomthandazo Malambo Naleli Merojele USA Russia Zimbabwe Malaysia Zambia South Africa will contribute to world peace and prosperity.” UWC of the Adriatic Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC of South East Asia Mahindra UWC of India Waterford UWC Southern Africa UWC-USA Princeton University Westminster College Colby College Luther College Harvard College Wheaton College Fletcher M. Lamkin, President Westminster College Sarah Joseph Kurien Sandile Khumalo Pradeep Kushwaha Kristofer Lindahl Tarini Manchanda Meryana Meryana India Swaziland India Sweden India Indonesia Mahindra UWC of India UWC-USA Mahindra UWC of India Red Cross Nordic UWC Mahindra UWC of India Pearson UWC of the Pacific Colby College Washington and Lee University University of Richmond Westminster College Colby College Earlham College

Zandile Kabayadondo Peter King Siu On Kwan Ioana Literat Zainab Mansaray Hiroyuki Miyake Carolina Moro Solano Depapa Mulimbi Zimbabwe USA Republic of Singapore Romania Sierra Leone Japan Costa Rica Democratic Republic of Congo Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC of the Atlantic UWC of South East Asia Pearson UWC of the Pacific UWC of South East Asia Pearson UWC of the Pacific Red Cross Nordic UWC Waterford UWC Southern Africa Wellesley College Brown University Wheaton College Middlebury College Macalester College Macalester College Macalester College Westminster College

Lucie Kalousova Tomas Kiselak Christian Kyamatare Yuen Liu Sebastian Marambio Emery Mizero Elishibah Msengeti Pancho Bernard Mulongeni Czech Republic Slovakia Rwanda China Chile Burundi Kenya Namibia UWC of the Adriatic Red Cross Nordic UWC Waterford UWC Southern Africa Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC of the Adriatic UWC-USA UWC of the Adriatic Earlham College Amherst College St. Lawrence University Macalester College Harvard College Macalester College Wellesley College Princeton University

Dzmitry Kanunnikau Allan Kisoma Pem Lama Jia Liu Evgenia Marova Nontokozo Mngadi Ng’ang’a Muchiri Agathamarie Mushi Belarus Uganda Bhutan China Russia Swaziland Kenya Tanzania UWC of the Adriatic UWC-USA UWC-USA Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Mahindra UWC of India UWC of South East Asia Red Cross Nordic UWC Methodist University Washington and Lee University Tufts University Westminster College Westminster College Earlham College Lafayette College University of Richmond

Kanupriya Kapoor Joshua Todd Knight Jessica Lanham Brais Louro Larino Nkhahle Marumo Eden Ahmed Mohammed Brighton Mudzingwa Adam Musial India USA USA Spain Lesotho Ethiopia Zimbabwe Poland UWC of the Atlantic UWC of the Atlantic UWC of the Atlantic UWC-USA Red Cross Nordic UWC Waterford UWC Southern Africa UWC-USA Li Po Chun UWC Tufts University Princeton University School of the Art Institute of Chicago Connecticut College Skidmore College St. Lawrence University Harvard College Colby College

Justin Karfo Jeffrey Koh Michelle Lawrence Chen Lu Fadomba Matturi Aakash Mohpal Rahila Muhibi Ephraim Musokwa Burkina Faso Canada Australia China Sierra Leone Nepal Afghanistan Tanzania UWC-USA Li Po Chun UWC Pearson UWC of the Pacific UWC of the Adriatic UWC-USA Mahindra UWC of India Pearson UWC of the Pacific Waterford UWC Southern Africa Princeton University Dartmouth College College of the Atlantic Princeton University Lafayette College Middlebury College Methodist University Macalester College

Chama Kateule Henry Kpaka Sharon Lee Flora Lujana Ndeye Mbow Basha Mokhawe Raashi Mukherji Fathimath Musthaq Zambia Sierra Leone Zimbabwe Sudan Senegal Botswana Republic of Singapore Maldives Waterford UWC Southern Africa UWC of South East Asia UWC of the Atlantic UWC of the Atlantic Pearson UWC of the Pacific Red Cross Nordic UWC Li Po Chun UWC UWC of the Atlantic Westminster College Whitman College Brown University Lake Forest College Earlham College Smith College Wellesley College Williams College

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161.06_Report_P5.indd 62-63 2/14/07 12:41:36 PM Karen Mwaniki Shannon O’Connor Jose Juan Perez Orozco Hannah Rabinovitch Marie Reyes Samuel Rugunda Kenya USA Guatemala Canada Philippines Uganda Mahindra UWC of India UWC-USA S. Bolivar UWC of Agriculture Li Po Chun UWC UWC of the Adriatic UWC-USA Wellesley College Johns Hopkins University College of the Atlantic Middlebury College Wellesley College Connecticut College

Gorret Namuli Adebayo Omole Lokendra Phadera Regan Rahardja Gladys M Reyes Chiapas Fang Rui Uganda Nigeria India Republic of Singapore Honduras China

The Undergraduates Red Cross Nordic UWc Pearson UWC of the Pacific Mahindra UWC of India UWC of South East Asia Pearson UWC of the Pacific Pearson UWC of the Pacific Middlebury College Cornell University Middlebury College Claremont McKenna College Methodist University Princeton University

Maria Namwanje Bonface Omudi Laura Pineiro Nogueira Prabhav Rakhra Denis Reyna Ruiz Maeesha Saeed Uganda Kenya Spain India Nicaragua Maldives UWC of the Adriatic S. Bolivar UWC of Agriculture Li Po Chun UWC Mahindra UWC of India Li Po Chun UWC Mahindra UWC of India Grinnell College College of the Atlantic Grinnell College Colby College Colby College Earlham College

Sanjay Nand Chukwuemeka Onyenwe Jaree Pinthong Nikhil Ram Mohan Abdul Rezai Brenda Salas Neves Fiji Nigeria Thailand India Afghanistan Peru Li Po Chun UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Pearson UWC of the Pacific Mahindra UWC of India Mahindra UWC of India Li Po Chun UWC Franklin & Marshall Skidmore College Wellesley College Johns Hopkins University Westminster College Lewis & Clark College

Mlungisi Ndwandwe Svitlana Orekhova Sebastian Plano Domoina Rambeloarison Alaina Robertson Saumya Sankaran Swaziland Ukraine Argentina Madagascar USA India From Horror to Hope — with Hard Work Waterford UWC Southern Africa UWC-USA UWC of the Adriatic UWC of the Atlantic Mahindra UWC of India Mahindra UWC of India An Afghan Scholar Aims to Repay What He Has Received Methodist University Bates College Boston Conservatory Connecticut College Middlebury College Brandeis University

Lilla Nemeth Fiorella Ormeno Incio Laura Pohjola Yashodhara Rana Eduardo Rodriguez Yunior Santiago Riveron olby College sophomore Qiamuddin Amiry sums up his life Hungary Peru Finland Nepal Argentina Cuba Cunder the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan as a time of emptiness, Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Pearson UWC of the Pacific UWC of the Atlantic Red Cross Nordic UWC Macalester College Macalester College College of the Atlantic Dartmouth College Washington and Lee University Westminster College grinding labor, and periodic horror. “I always compare it to Orwell’s 1984 — how education was Yina Ng Toshihiro Osaka Francine Polet Sarojini Rao Olivia Rodriguez Bobadilla Reuben Sanyika trying to brainwash you,” he says. “There was no freedom of speech or Hong Kong Japan Netherlands India Mexico Zimbabwe Li Po Chun UWC UWC of the Atlantic Li Po Chun UWC Mahindra UWC of India UWC of South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC anything.” Middlebury College Wesleyan University Harvard College Carleton College College of the Atlantic Lake Forest College The teenager stayed away from his Taliban-controlled school

Ka Yi Ngai Richmond Adusei Owusu Nicholas Ming Fung Poon Sadia Raveendran Karlis Rokpelnis Bassirou Sarr to weave carpets to help support his family. He looked forward to Hong Kong Ghana Canada India Latvia Senegal watching weekly soccer matches in the city stadium. But sometimes Li Po Chun UWC UWC-USA UWC-USA Mahindra UWC of India UWC of the Adriatic UWC-USA the Taliban would lock the gates and tell the crowd inside that instead Wellesley College Princeton University Brown University Wellesley College Whitman College Carleton College of a game, there would be executions and punishments for alleged David Ng’ang’a Tugce Ozsoy Reut Porat Saranya Ravi Harriet Rollitt Kiwamu Sato crimes. Kenya Turkey Israel India Barbados Japan “You work 14 hours a day, hoping to watch a soccer game on UWC of South East Asia Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC of South East Asia Mahindra UWC of India UWC-USA UWC of South East Asia Friday — but you wind up seeing someone’s hand cut off instead,” Wheaton College University of Richmond Brandeis University Mount Holyoke College Earlham College University of Virginia Qiam says. “And you come home to weave carpet again. It was a Minh Olivier Nguyen-Dang Marcela Palau Becerra Darut Prasertsri Dheeraj Ravi Veronica Romero Sabina Sayeed nightmare.” Republic of Singapore USA Thailand India Venezuela India In 2000, the young man shook off his depression to resume UWC of South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC UWC of the Atlantic UWC of South East Asia UWC of the Adriatic UWC of South East Asia Princeton University Brandeis University Earlham College Swarthmore College Colby College Wellesley College studying English. After 9/11 he got a job as a translator for British Special Services, patrolling nights in the city. He heard about Tsering Norbu Irene Oi-ying Pang Wanwisa Promsote Mandla Reissmann Risa Roppongi Federico Segura application forms for five national UWC scholarships. Tibet Hong Kong Thailand Swaziland Japan Colombia Mahindra UWC of India UWC of the Atlantic Red Cross Nordic UWC Waterford UWC Southern Africa UWC of South East Asia UWC of South East Asia “It was kind of a fairy tale. Nobody thought I could get it,” he Middlebury College Johns Hopkins University St. Lawrence University Westminster College Middlebury College Macalester College says. But he did. That led to two years at Li Po Chun UWC in Hong Kong — “We had people from 75 countries there! It was the best Pavan Nyama Carlos Paredes Daniel Quesada-Lombo Krishan Rele Natalie Ross Likeleli Gladys Seitlheko India Ecuador Mexico India USA Lesotho two years of my life” — and then to Colby, where he’s majoring in Mahindra UWC of India Pearson UWC of the Pacific Mahindra UWC of India Mahindra UWC of India UWC-USA UWC-USA government and philosophy. Tufts University Earlham College Cornell University Colby College Wellesley College Princeton University In time, Qiam hopes to go home, to work for Afghanistan’s renewal. If he can. 64 2007 Davis United World College Scholars

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Breanna Skinner Holger Jens Staude Christoph Terwitte Brian Wadugu Karl Anthony Yoder Oscar Ahumuza USA Germany Germany Tanzania USA Uganda UWC of the Atlantic UWC of the Atlantic Mahindra UWC of India Waterford UWC Southern Africa Li Po Chun UWC UWC of the Atlantic Wellesley College Princeton University Carleton College Colby College Princeton University University of Florida “Educational opportunities such as the ones offered through the Davis United World College Scholars Kinga Skomra Ivo Stranic Kishor Thapa Wei Wang Hong Yoong Nazley Albertus Poland Croatia Nepal China Malaysia South Africa

The Undergraduates Program do more for the promotion of peace Mahindra UWC of India UWC of South East Asia Mahindra UWC of India Li Po Chun UWC UWC of South East Asia Waterford UWC Southern Africa Princeton University Cornell University Connecticut College University of Richmond Hood College Westminster College and tolerance than politicians and diplomats can Nicholas Smith Shruti Subramanian Ekkaphap Thengtrirat Dror Weiss Yun Feng Yu possibly accomplish in the same amount of time. Our Bahaa Al-Dahoudi USA India Thailand USA China Palestine community is enriched and enlivened by the presence UWC-USA UWC of South East Asia UWC-USA UWC-USA Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC of the Adriatic Dartmouth College Skidmore College Washington and Lee University Brandeis University Westminster College Westminster College of our international students from the UWC.” Carly Smith Jun Carlo Sunglao Ediz Tiyansan Martha Were Mei Yuan Jennifer Alexander Stephen D. Schutt, President Fiji Philippines Turkey Uganda China United Kingdom Lake Forest College Pearson UWC of the Pacific Pearson UWC of the Pacific Waterford UWC Southern Africa Pearson UWC of the Pacific Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC of the Atlantic Earlham College Connecticut College Dartmouth College Lafayette College Westminster College Westminster College

Christina Sok Nicole Szucs Ilinca Todorut Jason Williams Tihtina Zenebe Gebre Nasser Alidoust Democratic Republic Korea Bolivia Romania Jamaica Ethiopia Iran UWC of South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC of the Atlantic UWC-USA UWC of the Atlantic Relebohile Sekonyela Hay Wan Shek Barnard College St. Lawrence University Middlebury College Westminster College Brown University Middlebury College Lesotho United Kingdom Siim Soplepmann Daniel Tan Phuong Thu Tran Lara Wilson Lei Zhang Li Po Chun UWC UWC of the Atlantic Damian Almiron University of Richmond School of the Art Institute of Chicago Estonia Republic of Singapore Vietnam USA China Paraguay Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC-USA UWC of the Adriatic Mahindra UWC of India Li Po Chun UWC UWC-USA Letlabika Senaoana Helena Shilomboleni Macalester College Vassar College Amherst College Brown University Colby College Earlham College Lesotho Namibia Carina Soroceanu Pik Han Tang Mung Wa Tsang Susanna Wong Ling Zhu Waterford UWC Southern Africa Li Po Chun UWC Jorge Alvarez St. Lawrence University College of the Atlantic Moldova Canada Hong Kong Australia China Guatemala UWC of the Adriatic Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC Pearson UWC of the Pacific UWC-USA Katyayni Seth Stela Shkodrani Westminster College Brown University Middlebury College University of Virginia Colby College Harvard College India Albania Jose Soto-Fuentes Andres Felipe Tapia Lan Tsoi Wai Wu Jan Zilinsky Mahindra UWC of India UWC of the Atlantic Chinyere Amadi Colby College Dartmouth College Republic of Panama Argandona Hong Kong Hong Kong Slovakia Zambia UWC-USA Bolivia UWC of the Adriatic Li Po Chun UWC UWC of the Atlantic Pearson UWC of the Pacific Kabir Sethi Mohammed Shoushi Lafayette College Red Cross Nordic UWC Macalester College University of Virginia Harvard College Middlebury College India Jordan Luther College Soule Sow David Urbaneja Furelos Sonam Yangden Yetta Joy Ziolkowski UWC of South East Asia UWC of the Adriatic Muhammad Amjad Macalester College Middlebury College Senegal Linda Vongai Taremeredzwa Spain Bhutan USA Pakistan Red Cross Nordic UWC Zimbabwe Li Po Chun UWC Pearson UWC of the Pacific UWC of the Atlantic Red Cross Nordic UWC Motseoa Seutloali Ria Shroff Colby College Li Po Chun UWC Connecticut College Westminster College Princeton University Princeton University Lesotho India Bates College Alice Speri Colette Van der Ven Tsering Yangzom Mahindra UWC of India Mahindra UWC of India Class of 2010 Andres Angel Earlham College Middlebury College Italy Yara Terrazas Netherlands Tibet India UWC-USA Bolivia UWC of the Atlantic Red Cross Nordic UWC Ibrahim Abdoulaye Ly Mahindra UWC of India Pooja Shahani Prabhdeep Singh Harvard College UWC of the Atlantic Middlebury College Mount Holyoke College Niger Claremont McKenna College India India Smith College Li Po Chun UWC Nenad Stamatovic Nicole Van Tongeren Hila Yashar Mahindra UWC of India Mahindra UWC of India Earlham College Kwaku Anno Middlebury College Colby College Croatia Alfredo Terrero Garcia Netherlands Israel Ghana Mahindra UWC of India Venezuela UWC-USA Pearson UWC of the Pacific Mikus Abolins-Abols Waterford UWC Southern Africa Shazia Shahnaz Tsering Sither Westminster College UWC of South East Asia Johns Hopkins University Washington and Lee University Latvia Franklin & Marshall Bangladesh Tibet Tufts University Li Po Chun UWC Stiliyana Stamenova Aakanksha Veenapani Desmond Yengi Waterford UWC Southern Africa UWC of the Atlantic College of the Atlantic St. Lawrence University Middlebury College Bulgaria India Sudan UWC of the Adriatic UWC of South East Asia UWC of the Atlantic Macalester College Whitman College Westminster College

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161.06_Report_P5.indd 66-67 2/14/07 12:41:37 PM Leonor Ano Camilla Bakklund Hillary Borcherding Alexander Chan Emily Cohane-Mann Eyob Demeke Argentina Sweden USA Canada USA Ethiopia UWC-USA Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC-USA Pearson UWC of the Pacific UWC-USA UWC-USA Macalester College University of Florida Smith College Dartmouth College Tufts University Westminster College

Neda Ansaari Sakshi Balani Imani Brown Yi Nok Chan Jeremy Coutinho Branka Denkova India India Jamaica Hong Kong Uganda Macedonia

The Undergraduates Mahindra UWC of India Mahindra UWC of India Pearson UWC of the Pacific UWC of the Atlantic Waterford UWC Southern Africa Li Po Chun UWC Whitman College Colby College Dartmouth College Dartmouth College St. Lawrence University Westminster College

Sameera Anwar Savina Balasubramanian Stephanie Brown Shinjini Chatterjee Tamara Cupara Tilman Dette India India Canada India Croatia Germany Mahindra UWC of India Mahindra UWC of India UWC-USA UWC of South East Asia Red Cross Nordic UWC Pearson UWC of the Pacific Colby College Colby College Wellesley College Brown University Macalester College Dartmouth College

Anthony Anyona Cristina Balbas Martinez Danielle Brown Brijlal Chaudhari Vania Damanso Rohan Dhir When Home Is a Camp Kenya Spain Jamaica Nepal Angola United Kingdom A Sahrawi Scholar Recalls a Country She’s Never Seen Red Cross Nordic UWC Li Po Chun UWC UWC-USA Red Cross Nordic UWC Waterford UWC Southern Africa UWC of South East Asia Dickinson College Princeton University Wellesley College St. Lawrence University Westminster College Columbia University enia Bachir-Abderahman (Western Sahara, Red Cross Nordic UWC, Mt. Holyoke ‘10) grew up in a tent. Her family’s tent is in a Anzor Anzorov Devona Ball Oliver Bruce Ivan Chavdarov Yahor Darashkevich Sidy Diakhate S Russia USA New Zealand Bulgaria Belarus Senegal giant refugee camp, home to 159,000 people, in a remote desert UWC of the Adriatic UWC of South East Asia Pearson UWC of the Pacific Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC of the Adriatic UWC-USA region of Algeria. Her family has existed there since the 1970s, when Westminster College Tufts University College of the Atlantic Hood College St. Lawrence University Earlham College the Sahrawi people of Western Sahara began fleeing their country Julian Arni Makaula Bam Rachel Bryan-Auker Ka Yuk Cheung Amer Dastgir Cory Diers during a war with Morocco that would last until 1991. Brazil South Africa USA Hong Kong Bangladesh USA Senia was born in the camp, where 80 percent of the residents Mahindra UWC of India UWC of the Adriatic Mahindra UWC of India Li Po Chun UWC Waterford UWC Southern Africa UWC-USA are women and children. About one in four children there is Harvard College Amherst College Bowdoin College Cornell University Middlebury College Johns Hopkins University chronically malnourished. Working very hard at school in Algeria, Edinson Arrieta Astrid Batchelor Thomas Bukowski Melissa Cheung Darcia Datshkovsky Saenz Masa Dikanovic Senia learned to speak English, Spanish, French, and Arabic, along Colombia Jamaica USA Hong Kong Mexico Serbia-Montenegro with her native Hassaniya. Three years ago, she was 15 when a UWC of the Atlantic UWC of the Atlantic Red Cross Nordic UWC Li Po Chun UWC Mahindra UWC of India Li Po Chun UWC Westminster College University of Pennsylvania Dartmouth College Wellesley College Union College Wellesley College delegation from the Norwegian UWC Selection Committee entered the tent where she lived with her mother, stepfather, and five brothers. Khizir Aydamirov Dulguun Bayasgalan Federico Burlon Gladys Wing Yue Choi Ingrid Davalos Lopez Mlungisi Dlamini They were offering good students the chance to apply for a UWC Russia Mongolia Argentina Hong Kong Paraguay Swaziland Red Cross Nordic UWC Mahindra UWC of India UWC of the Adriatic Li Po Chun UWC Pearson UWC of the Pacific Waterford UWC Southern Africa scholarship. It would be the first such opportunity for a Sahrawi. Westminster College Dickinson College Macalester College University of Virginia Smith College Franklin & Marshall “I thought, ‘I don’t think I’ll get in, but at least I’ll have tried,’” Senia recalls. She did try. She won the scholarship. During her two Akin Aytekin Mustafa Bdraldeen Ulrika Carlstrom Chong Kheng Chua Whitney Day Melusi Dlamini years at UWC, each summer she returned to teach English to other Turkey Iraq Finland Malaysia USA Swaziland Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC of the Adriatic Red Cross Nordic UWC Li Po Chun UWC UWC of the Atlantic Waterford UWC Southern Africa refugee women at the camp. Now at Mt. Holyoke College, she hopes Westminster College Westminster College Smith College University of Virginia Princeton University Harvard College to major in biology and to work in health care one day. She also runs,

Aleksander Azarnov Ermir Bejo Suzana Carp Hernan Cipriotti Tenzin Dechen Celani Dlamini cross-country skis, sings, plays African drums, and wears the hijab, the Estonia Albania Romania Argentina Tibet Swaziland Muslim woman’s head scarf. And, just about everyday, Senia finds UWC of the Adriatic UWC of the Adriatic UWC-USA Pearson UWC of the Pacific Mahindra UWC of India UWC-USA herself explaining to someone where her country is in the world. Skidmore College Earlham College Westminster College Smith College Whitman College Macalester College “No one’s ever heard of Western Sahara,” she says. “No one Senia Bachir-Abderahman Caterina Benini Anton Chaevitch Nerina Cocchi Gilia Degange William Guy Dobyns knows that the camp I come from is the biggest refugee camp in the Algeria Italy Netherlands Italy USA USA world.” How has she changed since that day when the Norwegians Mahindra UWC of India Red Cross Nordic UWC Waterford UWC Southern Africa UWC-USA UWC-USA Red Cross Nordic UWC came to her tent? Mount Holyoke College Middlebury College Harvard College Middlebury College Vassar College Lewis & Clark College “I’m more concerned,” she muses, “about the cause of Western Smriti Bajracharya Michael Beshara Cassie Chambers Margina Cocozza Bendaña Jhon Delhy Nolivos Volkan Doda Sahara and my people. I never realized how much conflict is forgotten Egypt USA Costa Rica Ecuador Turkey Nepal and unknown. Now, I understand more what it means to struggle. Li Po Chun UWC Pearson UWC of the Pacific UWC-USA Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC of the Atlantic UWC of the Adriatic Colby College Cornell University Wellesley College Methodist University Colby College Yale University “To me, then, my life in the camp didn’t seem so strange,” she says. “I understand how different it is, now.” 68 2007 Davis United World College Scholars

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Mura Dominko Hayley Faba-Sack Nakhshab Farhikhtah Rajika Goel Halimatou Hima Moussa Kevin Jackson Kunal Kathpalia Wanlapa Komkai Croatia Israel Sweden India Dioula Venezuela India Thailand Mahindra UWC of India Red Cross Nordic UWC Pearson UWC of the Pacific Mahindra UWC of India Niger UWC-USA UWC of South East Asia Red Cross Nordic UWC Lake Forest College St. Lawrence University Union College University of Virginia UWC-USA Dartmouth College Cornell University Westminster College Wellesley College Dongwi Dongwi Ruakiri Fairhall Qekisi Fiee Alice Gonzalez Cavalcanti Saaniya Jairath Oliver Kazenga Nicole Kouri Namibia New Zealand Lesotho Brazil Anna Hitzemann India Rwanda USA Germany

The Undergraduates UWC-USA Pearson UWC of the Pacific Pearson UWC of the Pacific Pearson UWC of the Pacific Mahindra UWC of India Li Po Chun UWC UWC of the Atlantic Westminster College Westminster College Earlham College Lehigh University Mahindra UWC of India Carleton College University of Richmond Barnard College Wellesley College Makhosazana Dube Aichatou Fall Ferdinand Flagstad Steven Gotama Tenzin Jamyang Tara Kelton Besjona Kreka Swaziland Senegal Greenland Indonesia Mark Hiza India USA Albania UWC of the Adriatic Li Po Chun UWC Pearson UWC of the Pacific Pearson UWC of the Pacific Tanzania UWC of the Atlantic UWC-USA UWC-USA Washington and Lee University Colby College Earlham College Earlham College Waterford UWC Southern Africa Union College Wesleyan University Macalester College Westminster College Nicholas Elser Liangyi Fan Daniel Franz Joonas Mikael Govenius Jonathan Jenner Razan Khabour Rajat Krishna USA Chile USA Finland Joycelyn Ho USA Jordan USA Li Po Chun UWC UWC-USA UWC-USA Red Cross Nordic UWC Malaysia UWC-USA UWC-USA UWC of South East Asia Cornell University Colby College Kenyon College Princeton University UWC of South East Asia Earlham College Connecticut College Princeton University Colby College Sigifredo Enciso Val Andrew Fano Jennifer Fritsch F. Joshua Grehan Nokuzola Jenness Nadira Khudayberdieva Nana Grace Kwapong Mexico Philippines Germany Canada Emily Hogin USA Uzbekistan United Kingdom Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC-USA Waterford UWC Southern Africa Pearson UWC of the Pacific USA Waterford UWC Southern Africa Mahindra UWC of India Red Cross Nordic UWC University of Pennsylvania Luther College College of the Atlantic Princeton University UWC-USA Brown University Earlham College Luther College Harvard College Luis Enriquez Mohammad Farahi Eva Gabrielsen Deeksha Gupta Vaikath Job Alexander Kim Aneth Laban Colombia Afghanistan Norway India Jeannine Hollaus India Uzbekistan Tanzania UWC of the Atlantic Mahindra UWC of India Red Cross Nordic UWC Mahindra UWC of India Austria Mahindra UWC of India UWC-USA UWC-USA Luther College Middlebury College University of Florida Brown University UWC-USA Cornell University Wheaton College Colby College Wellesley College Sakun Gajurel Andres Guzman Alberto Jurado Varela Jordan King Yu-Chun Eugene Lai Nepal Mexico Abdulrahman Hussein Mexico USA Australia Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC-USA Ethiopia Red Cross Nordic UWC Mahindra UWC of India Li Po Chun UWC Methodist University Earlham College UWC of the Atlantic Princeton University Williams College Vassar College Lafayette College Sonate Gandonu Bizuwork Hailegebriel Katrin Kabral Divya Kirti Christopher Lam “We are proud to be the headquarters and home Nigeria Ethiopia Saila Huusko Estonia India Hong Kong Finland campus for the UWC Scholars Program, a visionary and UWC of the Adriatic Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC-USA UWC of South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC Skidmore College Westminster College Mahindra UWC of India Dartmouth College Cornell University Middlebury College transformative initiative for undergraduate education. Middlebury College Jean Gilles Gardy Alouat Hamoudi Chilungamo Kadzanja Chi Ching Ko Tsewang Lama By bringing together intelligent and intellectually hungry Haiti Algeria Lelde Ilzina Malawi Hong Kong Nepal UWC-USA UWC of the Adriatic Latvia Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC students from around the world, the program enriches Hood College Westminster College UWC of the Adriatic Wheaton College University of Virginia St. Lawrence University the educational experiences of thousands of students at Macalester College Christie Gibson Maurifa Hassan Sadiatu Kamara Benjamin Eliot Koczwarski Dominic Law 76 campuses, challenging them to engage, confront, and Canada Maldives Anas Iqtait Sierra Leone Canada Hong Kong Mahindra UWC of India UWC-USA Palestine UWC of South East Asia Waterford UWC Southern Africa Li Po Chun UWC understand difference. What better way to prepare the Cornell University Connecticut College UWC-USA Skidmore College Princeton University University of Virginia Methodist University next generation of global leaders, ready to confront the Atang Gilika Nisreen Hejab Lakshmi Kannan Eva Kolker Ha Thai Le great challenges of the 21st century.” Botswana Palestine Marc Iserus India USA Vietnam UWC-USA UWC-USA USA Mahindra UWC of India UWC-USA Mahindra UWC of India Macalester College Middlebury College Connecticut College Brown University Colby College Ronald D. Liebowitz, President UWC of South East Asia Columbia University Middlebury College Gustavo Godinez Rudy Herrera Marmol Gerald Kaseger Patryk Kolmer Hong Phuc Le Costa Rica Guatemala Indonesia Poland Vietnam Pearson UWC of the Pacific Red Cross Nordic UWC Pearson UWC of the Pacific UWC-USA Pearson UWC of the Pacific Westminster College Macalester College Westminster College Trinity College Colby College

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Meng Shu Lee Saneliso Mabuza Martin Marcinko Sascha Meijers Anandita Mukherji Josephine Nalule Daniel Ochoterena Laposse Stuti Parasrampuria Taiwan Swaziland Slovakia South Africa India Uganda Mexico India UWC of South East Asia Pearson UWC of the Pacific UWC of the Adriatic UWC of South East Asia Mahindra UWC of India UWC-USA Pearson UWC of the Pacific Mahindra UWC of India Cornell University Washington and Lee University Kenyon College Carleton College Luther College Princeton University University of Richmond Johns Hopkins University

Jeena Lee Eugenia Machado Marco Marin Mesay Melese Edward Munyeshuli Sneha Narayan Rinchen Olthang Kayton Parekh Democratic Republic Korea Venezuela Colombia Ethiopia Swaziland India India USA

The Undergraduates UWC of South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC Pearson UWC of the Pacific UWC of the Adriatic Waterford UWC Southern Africa Mahindra UWC of India Mahindra UWC of India UWC-USA Macalester College Haverford College Methodist University Colby College Westminster College Oberlin College Colby College Macalester College

Sonam Lhamo Rodney Machokoto Sanda Markovic Christine Meling Catherine Munyua Arjun Narayan Richard Onekayon Dobromir Parushev Bhutan Zimbabwe Bosnia-Herzegovina Sudan Kenya India Sudan Bulgaria UWC-USA UWC of the Atlantic Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC of the Adriatic Mahindra UWC of India UWC of the Atlantic UWC of the Adriatic Wheaton College Methodist University Methodist University Luther College Lafayette College Williams College Methodist University Princeton University

Ma. Andrea Liamzon Janeen Madan Astrid Martin Baldera Jonia Mendonca Guterres Adam Muro Khadeeja Naseem George Osei-Mensah Yanislav Petrov Philippines India Venezuela Timor-Leste Tanzania Maldives Ghana Bulgaria Pearson UWC of the Pacific Pearson UWC of the Pacific Waterford UWC Southern Africa Li Po Chun UWC Waterford UWC Southern Africa Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC of the Atlantic UWC-USA Lewis & Clark College Vassar College Colorado College St. Lawrence University Macalester College College of the Atlantic Middlebury College Harvard College

Oscar Lied Darshini Mahadevia Sicelo Masango Takudzwa Mhundwa Tendai Musakwa Eng Han Ng Olufunmilola Osinupebi Erika Phelps Norway India Swaziland Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Malaysia Nigeria USA Red Cross Nordic UWC Mahindra UWC of India UWC of South East Asia UWC of South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC UWC-USA UWC of the Atlantic Li Po Chun UWC Hamilton College Colby College Carleton College Hood College Vassar College Dartmouth College Wellesley College Earlham College

Sheila Lin Manel Mahroug Hormuz Masani Alexander Mirzoyan Shelter Musasa Sikachila Ng’andu Rosie Osire Jonathan Pinto United Kingdom Algeria India Russia Zimbabwe Zambia Kenya Portugal UWC of South East Asia UWC of the Adriatic Mahindra UWC of India Pearson UWC of the Pacific UWC of the Atlantic Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC-USA Mahindra UWC of India Brown University Dickinson College Franklin & Marshall Westminster College Earlham College Luther College Wellesley College Westminster College

Maira Lisiakova Tatenda Makanza Thupten Mathangtsang Nafisa Mohammadi Jennifer Muskrat Sandiso Nkambule Sanzhar Ospankulov Ma Khin Pyi Son Slovakia Zimbabwe India Afghanistan USA Swaziland Kazakhstan Myanmar Red Cross Nordic UWC Pearson UWC of the Pacific Red Cross Nordic UWC Mahindra UWC of India Pearson UWC of the Pacific Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC-USA Wellesley College Earlham College Westminster College College of the Atlantic Carleton College Grinnell College Westminster College Williams College

Kalu Long Brajesh Malla Eduardo Matute Roya Mohammadi Priscilla Mwamba Sibusiso Nkambule Emmanuel Osuwu- Yiming Qi USA Nepal Honduras Afghanistan Zambia Swaziland Amankwah China UWC-USA Mahindra UWC of India Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC-USA Mahindra UWC of India Waterford UWC Southern Africa Ghana Mahindra UWC of India Skidmore College Connecticut College Amherst College Smith College Westminster College Westminster College UWC-USA Dartmouth College Amherst College Matthew Lowell Ola Malm Tahl Mayer Mohapi Mohapi Nungari Mwangi Andrew Nkumbula Zuguang Qi Malta Norway USA Lesotho Kenya Zambia Iyayi Oyegun Sweden Pearson UWC of the Pacific Mahindra UWC of India UWC-USA Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC of the Atlantic Waterford UWC Southern Africa United Kingdom UWC-USA Westminster College Yale University Brandeis University University of Florida Brown University Harvard College Waterford UWC Southern Africa Dartmouth College Barnard College Yang Lu Lukas Manka Mame Coumba Mbodji Sudeep Moniz Kevin Mwenda Leanne Norman Mirandilla Nicolas Raga China Czech Republic Senegal India Kenya United Kingdom Rafael Palomino Badilla Chile UWC-USA UWC-USA UWC of the Adriatic Li Po Chun UWC Pearson UWC of the Pacific Li Po Chun UWC Mexico Red Cross Nordic UWC Dartmouth College Earlham College Methodist University Columbia University Dartmouth College Dartmouth College UWC of the Atlantic Skidmore College Princeton University Valerie Lucero Salek Maoloud Lebaihi Thembi Mdluli Alejandro Monroy-Huerto Sylvia Nabukeera Ernesto Nunes Poorva Rajaram USA Algeria Swaziland Mexico Uganda Angola Jahnvi Pananchikal India UWC-USA UWC of the Atlantic Waterford UWC Southern Africa Red Cross Nordic UWC Mahindra UWC of India Waterford UWC Southern Africa India Mahindra UWC of India Smith College Methodist University Johns Hopkins University Westminster College Luther College Macalester College Red Cross Nordic UWC College of the Atlantic Westminster College Jason Ma Oleno Marchenko Sidhant Mehra Joshua Muketha Shyama Nair Anita Nwachukwu Canada Ukraine USA Kenya Republic of Singapore Nigeria Li Po Chun UWC UWC of the Adriatic UWC of the Adriatic UWC of South East Asia Red Cross Nordic UWC Pearson UWC of the Pacific Brown University Colby College Williams College Princeton University Hamilton College Wellesley College

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Anirudh Rajashekar Ahmad Sahray Amma Serwaah-Panin Sougrynoma Sore Sasiya Supprakit Nemanja Tepavcevic USA Afghanistan Ghana Burkina Faso Thailand Serbia-Montenegro UWC of South East Asia Pearson UWC of the Pacific Waterford UWC Southern Africa Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC-USA UWC of the Adriatic Amherst College Westminster College Dartmouth College Macalester College Earlham College Middlebury College

Harivony Rakotoarivelo Henry Salas Lazo Prerna Seth Maria Soria Diaz Karishma Sushilkumar Vero Testa Madagascar Peru India Spain India Italy Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC-USA Mahindra UWC of India Red Cross Nordic UWC Mahindra UWC of India UWC-USA University of Pennsylvania Lake Forest College Middlebury College Washington and Lee University Luther College Brown University

Akshatha Ramakrishnan Diomedes Saldana Greco Thulani Shabangu Michelle Soto Premchai Susophit Samira Thomas Australia Republic of Panama Swaziland Ecuador Thailand Canada UWC of South East Asia Pearson UWC of the Pacific Waterford UWC Southern Africa Pearson UWC of the Pacific Red Cross Nordic UWC Pearson UWC of the Pacific Barnard College University of Richmond Westminster College College of the Atlantic Westminster College Brown University

Nikhil Ramburn Alaa Saleh Mohamed Shakir Ramon Srour Abinash Swain Travis Thompson Mauritius Palestine Maldives Italy India USA Mahindra UWC of India Li Po Chun UWC Pearson UWC of the Pacific Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC of the Atlantic Middlebury College Middlebury College Westminster College Lewis & Clark College Westminster College Colby College

Making Change, Person to Person Manaswini Ramkumar Babui Salsabil Mio Shimma Martin Stojanov Kei Wen Tam Tenzing Yangchen Thondup India Bangladesh Japan Sweden Hong Kong India Colby Team Connects with a Crowd of Learners in India Mahindra UWC of India Mahindra UWC of India UWC of South East Asia Red Cross Nordic UWC Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC Luther College University of Richmond Carleton College St. Lawrence University Swarthmore College Barnard College hen over two dozen students from Colby College, including Wthree Davis UWC Scholars, traveled to a school named for Michael Reiss Maria Salvador Arthur Sillah Ana Stolar Hok Sze Tang Pablo Touchard Pelluz USA Spain Sierra Leone Croatia China Spain Mahatma Gandhi in northeastern India to teach about 250 young UWC of South East Asia UWC-USA Li Po Chun UWC UWC-USA Li Po Chun UWC Waterford UWC Southern Africa people music, dance, poetry, English, and current world issues, the Tufts University Earlham College Macalester College Earlham College Brown University Yale University results were — in the Colby students’ own words — “incredible ... Brigitte Remy-Yee Alex Samma Gustavo Andres Silva Cano Tonje Stolpestad Pui Lam Tiffany Tang Sze-Ngar Tsang amazing ... intense ... having an impact capable of lasting in our USA Burkina Faso Colombia Norway Hong Kong Hong Kong absence.” UWC of South East Asia UWC-USA Li Po Chun UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC of the Atlantic Li Po Chun UWC This story began when Colby music professor Steven Nuss saw a Princeton University Connecticut College Princeton University Smith College Princeton University University of Florida

PBS special about the Gandhi Ashram, which provides free schooling Anna Reznickova Sami Saqer Benjamin Silverstein Lukas Strnad Afia Tasneem Maria Tsvetkova to low-income children in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal State. Czech Republic Palestine USA Czech Republic Bangladesh Russia All students at the school participate in an orchestra whose quality, UWC of the Adriatic Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC-USA UWC of the Atlantic Mahindra UWC of India UWC of the Atlantic and renown, inspired the PBS special. Smith College Macalester College Johns Hopkins University Harvard College Wellesley College Union College Nuss contacted the Gandhi Ashram, and worked with fellow Druvinda Rodrigo Sayed Sarchashamah Precious Simalundu Daniel Stuber Harsha Tata Diana Tung professor Anindya Roy and Indian student Ratul Bhattacharyya to Republic of Singapore Afghanistan Zambia USA India Australia organize the trip. Last January, the two professors and 27 Colby UWC of South East Asia UWC-USA Mahindra UWC of India UWC-USA Mahindra UWC of India UWC-USA Wheaton College Skidmore College Westminster College Earlham College University of Florida Bryn Mawr College students flew east to spend three weeks teaching third through eleventh graders. Daniela Rodriguez Da Silva Shejuti Sarwar Aparajita Singh Arvis Sulovari Ramon Taylor Pacific Tuyishime “Our mission was to provide the kids with an environment where Venezuela Bangladesh India Albania USA Rwanda UWC of the Atlantic Li Po Chun UWC Mahindra UWC of India UWC of the Adriatic UWC-USA UWC of the Atlantic they could freely express themselves through sports, music, crafts, and Brown University Yale University Washington and Lee University Dartmouth College Johns Hopkins University Tufts University several other activities,” reported Daniel Gomez (Colombia, Mahindra Niyati Roy Obakeng Seitshiro Mary Slattery Mi Sun Yu Tazawa Jayakrishna Upadhyay UWC, Colby ‘09), who taught percussion, guitar, and Latin dancing. India Botswana USA China Japan Nepal “I formed some very strong bonds with the students there,” said UWC of South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC Pearson UWC of the Pacific Pearson UWC of the Pacific UWC of the Atlantic Mahindra UWC of India Vivek Frieates (India, Mahindra UWC, Colby ‘08), who taught English Columbia University University of Richmond Oberlin College Middlebury College University of Pennsylvania Colby College and poetry. “I hope to go back early next year.” The third Scholar on Bridget Sackey Davis Sengeh Michael Smith Zahid Sunderani Cristina L Tedman Estafania Vaca Zabala the trip was Sameera Anwar (India, Mahindra UWC, Colby ‘10). Ghana Sierra Leone Republic of Panama Canada Republic of Panama Bolivia Music was a focus of many interactions. “We had a rocking jam Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC of the Atlantic UWC-USA Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC University of Pennsylvania Harvard College Princeton University Princeton University University of Florida University of Florida

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161.06_Report_P5.indd 74-75 2/14/07 12:41:41 PM Po Yin Wong Hassen Yesuf A Commitment to the China Ethiopia Most Vulnerable Kids “I’m trying to stimulate the leaders of the future Pearson UWC of the Pacific Red Cross Nordic UWC Colby College Princeton University to make a difference, through the grounding in Julia Neubauer Co-Creates a Visionary Charity Ka Ho Wong Ho Ling Yip education that I’m helping to give them. When China China here are 18 million street children in India. There are six

The Undergraduates Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC young women from six different nations on the board of I started my business career, I took my own history T Colby College Wesleyan University the Ashraya Initiative for Children, a non-profit that three of lesson from Princeton: I learned how leaders make a Yan Wong Vanessa Hiu Yan Yu them started after working with kids at Mahindra UWC in India. difference, in their countries, in their centuries. China Hong Kong “At some point you’re going to realize that it’s worth Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC giving somebody else a chance, because you got one,” observes So I invested in leaders, and that investment helped University of Florida Princeton University Davis UWC Scholar Julia Neubauer (Austria, Mahindra UWC, me to be successful. ... I’m looking now to invest Hon Leung Wong Oleh Zadoretskyy Princeton ‘07). Julia co-founded the initiative (in Hindi, ashraya again in leaders of the future.” Hong Kong Ukraine means “hope,” “trust,” “shelter,” and “protection”) with fellow Mahindra UWC of India Pearson UWC of the Pacific Mahindra grads Elizabeth Sholtys, an American now at Emory Shelby M.C. Davis University of Pennsylvania Lewis & Clark College University, and Kaminika Morjaria of England and India, who Michelle Wong Miljan Zecevic now studies at the London School of Economics. United Kingdom Serbia-Montenegro at Mahindra, the three resolved to come back to India to Li Po Chun UWC UWC-USA Wellesley College Bates College work again with kids. They’d moved on to college when, in April Nandita Vaidyanathan Crystal Wai ‘04, Liz Sholtys emailed the others and asked, Why not now? India China Meina Xin Liliane Zeh Moto China Cameroon “We both said, ‘We’re in,’” Julia recalls. UWC of South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC Brown University Colby College Li Po Chun UWC Mahindra UWC of India In June ‘05 they christened the new organization, which University of Richmond Luther College now rents an apartment in Pune that is the full-time home Deniz Vatansever YiLiAlly Wang to nine children and two live-in caregivers. The program Turkey Hong Kong Jing Xu Zhujun Zeng Sweden China also runs an outreach effort that provides for the education, UWC-USA Li Po Chun UWC Trinity College Lehigh University Li Po Chun UWC Pearson UWC of the Pacific medical, and other needs of 20 more kids. Brown University University of Pennsylvania Each of the original board members — now joined by Pedro Veintimilla Torres Lijuan Wang Ecuador China Laura Yakas Anni Zha Jasleen Anand of Canada, Asami Matsumoto of Japan, and New Zealand China UWC of the Atlantic Red Cross Nordic UWC Amber Wang of the U.S. — commits to spending time working Westminster College Macalester College Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC in Pune with the children. They have weekly phone conferences, Kenyon College Washington and Lee University Tejaswi Velayudhan Xiaoxue Weng and each is raising funds in her home country and community. India China Fei Yao Pawel Zimoch “We really want to assure donors that we consider these China Poland Mahindra UWC of India Pearson UWC of the Pacific kids as our kids — and we take responsibility for them,” Julia Wellesley College Middlebury College UWC of the Atlantic UWC of the Atlantic Colby College Harvard College says. Mario Villalba Ferreira Benjamin Whitney Julia will spend part of this summer working for the Xiang Ling Yap Ali Zuaiter Paraguay USA Princeton University Investment Company, where she has been Malaysia Jordan Red Cross Nordic UWC UWC of the Atlantic interning, then will spend time in Pune before returning to the University of Richmond University of Virginia Pearson UWC of the Pacific UWC of the Atlantic Harvard College University of Florida Princeton job. Andreas Vindenes Yaru Wu “What she brings to us is a person we can rely on — that Norway China Christopher Yarnell Yuki Goto Canada Japan she’s going to do the right thing,” says Andrew Golden, UWC-USA Red Cross Nordic UWC Tufts University Mount Holyoke College Pearson UWC of the Pacific Pearson UWC of the Pacific president of the investment firm. Julia won the university’s 2006 Princeton University Grinnell College International Service Award for her work with Ashraya and her Rasa Vitkauskaite Chauntez Wilson three fellow volunteers. Lithuania Bahamas UWC of the Adriatic Pearson UWC of the Pacific “We all see this as a lifetime project,” she sums up. Boston Conservatory Barnard College

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161.06_Report_P5.indd 76-77 2/14/07 12:41:43 PM Sebastien Douville Kido” Kidolezi Biodiesel Entrepreneur Opening Opportunity

The world’s energy needs may soon be met in part with fuels The journey that took Yohanne “Kido” Kidolezi (Tanzania, Red made from plant oils, and Sebastien Douville (Canada, UWC Cross Nordic UWC, Middlebury ‘05) from a small town in central of the Atlantic, Princeton ‘06) is working hard to help make Tanzania to Norway and Vermont now has him in Boston, that happen. working as an economic analyst in the consulting industry. But Last summer, together with Princeton classmate Nate not long ago, he went back home — and that made yet another Lowery of Seattle, Sebastien founded Axios Energy LLC, a difference in his life. startup that aims to contribute to the development of cost- For his Middlebury senior thesis on child labor in his home effective biodiesel. Biodiesel is a fuel that’s made from mixing nation, Kido got a grant from the college to return to Tanzania a fatty plant oil, such as soybean or canola oil, with alcohol, in summer ‘04. He spent two and a half months interviewing and can be used in diesel engines with no modifications. A s Graduates in Action child laborers. mechanical and aerospace engineering majors at Princeton, “It was definitely an eye-opening experience!” he says. “I Ud mod dolorem incin vulla feumsandre molobor iusto dolor Sebastien and Nate invented an exceptionally efficient way to was lucky enough to go to UWC, and then really lucky to go to mix those components; they developed a business plan that amcommodipit wis estrud dolore feuisl del eum in ut irilit, quat Middlebury as a Davis UWC Scholar. I really identified with those won Princeton’s 2006 Business Plan Competition. child laborers, because I knew there was a real chance I could adipsum in hendipit augait at aliquis nos nim adit nullamet aute at their commencement last May, the two accepted have been there, doing what they’re doing.” two more honors: the Calvin Dodd MacCraken ‘40 Senior feugiam, consed delenim dolore tincidunt niam el do odolore dioEnibh after graduation, Kido went to work in the Boston offices of Thesis/Project Award from the School of Engineering and et laore dolore te min exero et vel ipis dipsuscilla feu facipsu scilit, the Analysis Group, Inc., which provides economic, financial, and Applied Science, and the Donald Janssen Dike Award for business strategy consulting to law firms, corporations, and Excellence in Undergraduate Research from the Mechanical quatet iliquam, quissit, se facidunt nonse vel in vulla feumsan exerill government agencies. As an economic analyst, Kido provides and Aerospace Engineering Department. uptat. El inim quissi tat, sequatie tem dolorperat. Ut prat. Ibh euiscing analysis of economic data and studies that can be key to legal after traveling to Ethiopia during the summer, to proceedings, business strategy, or public policy. eriustrud min vel utpat, quatum ipit, suscil ipit, quat aliquam digna feu spend some time working on an irrigation project through “I like the academic rigor, the academic challenge that facil dunt wismodolore magnis dolore velis eugait am ver sed duisi tion Engineers Without Borders, Sebastien rejoined Nate to grow comes with this work,” he says. “I like the collaboration that’s Axios from their office in Jersey City, N.J. For the near term, ea feu facidui ex eraessequisl ut utpat lut wis ese mod modolor si. involved in finding results from data.” the partners have set their sights on offering consulting Looking ahead, Kido would like to earn an M.B.A., then services within the fast-emerging biodiesel industry. They are Ut lore min utpat, sequam adignit ad ero core te dolum iure corem bring that to a career in the non-profit sector. The difference he also working to help meet the industry’s most pressing issue: would like to make in the world goes back to the opportunities dolorer sustrud ea faciliquis nonsecte dipit lamcomm odolore dunt providing genuinely sustainable and affordable raw materials he had — and to those that so many child laborers do not. for producers of the fuel. “I’m passionate about children and education,” Kido says:

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161.06_Report_P5.indd 78-79 2/14/07 12:41:43 PM Elizabeta Gorgoska: Nikhit D’sa: Paulina Ponce de León Baridó’s Understanding Asthma Stories from the World’s Street Kids Global Journey

“After graduating from Colby, I was a research assistant for Traveling alone to countries far from home, seeking to enter the Peru, Sri Lanka, the Dominican Republic, Mali, Madagascar, Professor Jeffrey Fredberg at the Molecular and Integrative lives of some of the world’s estimated 150 million street children: Switzerland, and Sweden.That’s not an everyday itinerary! At the SPARKS Academy, an early childhood development center Physiological Sciences Program at the Harvard School of Public This has been the year’s Watson Fellowship project for Nikhit D’sa Yet those were the countries to which a 365-day journey, that Davis UWC Scholars helped create in Kabul, Afghanistan, Health,” reports Elizabeta Gorgoska (Macedonia, Red Cross (India, Mahindra UWC, College of the Atlantic ‘06). made possible by a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, took Paulina Nordic UWC, Colby ‘04). She hopes to graduate next in “Research with at-risk youth is a precarious affair no matter Ponce de León Baridó (Mexico, Pearson UWC, Wellesley ‘05) last Davis UWC Scholar Samira Thomas (Canada, Pearson UWC, January from HSPH, with a master’s degree in health policy where it is conducted,” Nikhit emailed recently from Ghana. year. Now back in Massachusetts, she is a graduate student Brown ’10), at center in white, and her sister, Davis alumna Rishma and management. “Most street children have been through traumatic events. It attending the Technology and Policy Program at MIT, with much Thomas (Canada, Atlantic College UWC, Princeton ’05), visit with Elizabeta’s work with Prof. Fredberg focused on asthma. takes tact to talk to them without unpacking a can of suppressed help from a prestigious 2006 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation a group of Afghan children from the Koochi nomadic community. “Since there is little known about what causes asthma,” she issues.” Graduate Scholarship. Rishma and older brother Karim (Canada, Pearson UWC, Princeton explains, “we were investigating how much the mechanical ghana is one of six nations — along with Ireland, the United of the Watson journey, Paulina recalls, “I was very willing to ’04) started the student service organization SPARKS in their home properties of the airway’s smooth muscle cells contribute to Kingdom, Fiji, Jamaica, and Grenada — in which Nikhit planned do it, but I was very scared.” The experience brought her, she nation, then brought it to Princeton. The SPARKS Academy in inflammation and airway constriction during attacks.” Her to spend time doing that. His project has been to learn, then says, to a better understanding of how appropriate energy Kabul opened its doors in November 2003. The academy recently work led to a paper that she co-presented at the 2005 meeting write stories, about the lives of the street kids he gets to know. technologies can help poor countries to develop — that was her moved into a larger facility, and can now serve over 200 students. of the American Thoracic Society, in San Diego, with Seven An, “I want fleshed-out stories that are readable and project’s focus — and, unexpectedly, to a deeper understanding Its first group of graduates have begun their studies at Afghan an associate professor at Johns Hopkins University. interesting,” Nikhit writes. “I would like to publish these stories of herself. public schools — and evaluations show that they are top students In Boston, Elizabeta is involved with the Ex-Yugoslavian on a web site or blog, so that people can share in my experience. “The Watson was a constructively uncomfortable in each school they attend. The school Director is now working MIT Society, and has been involved with a social group created “Even with the language barriers, these street children have experience,” she said in giving a talk at Wellesley last fall. “The with the Ministry of Education to promote strategies for bringing by a friend, the Boston Nightlife Group. “We are currently made a concerted effort to befriend a foreigner interested in world surprised me — its fragility, its richness, and goodness. In a working on expanding the group, and organizing events with their lives. And the best part is that none of them has ever asked way, the world gave itself to me.” early childhood education to children across Afghanistan, with the the Social Committee of the Harvard School of Design,” she me for money or any kind of payment. My curiosity about their “Now that I’m back in school,” she adds, the experience “has SPARKS Academy serving as a model. reports. lives was reciprocated by an abundant curiosity about my life in helped me to be a much more balanced person. I value my With her master’s degree and research experience, India.” friends and family, which of course I did before; but there is an Elizabeta hopes to pursue a career in health-care consulting — Nikhit has contended with immigration bureaucracies, made extra something now in my relationships with people, both old “most likely in the Boston area, since I’ve somewhat settled networks of friends in each new country, and gained, he says, and new, and with myself.” there and made some good friends,” she says. “amazing insight into life in a different country. Wellesley’s first winner of a Cook Scholarship, which funds “Hopefully I will be able to contribute towards efforts to “Through my stories, I want people to realize that these up to six years of graduate study, Baridó is hoping to build her improve insurance schemes in the States, focusing on the idea children live their lives in days measured by hopes and dreams, skills and knowledge at MIT for a career direction that took form of national insurance policies and a more egalitarian like all of us, and not simply by the atrocities they have faced.” during her Watson journey. She would like, she says, “to belong approach,” she adds. “In the long run I plan to return to to the private sector and participate in the development of Macedonia, and apply what I’ve learned to our health care system to better its efficiency and quality.”

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161.06_Report_P5.indd 80-81 2/14/07 12:41:45 PM Applying to the Acknowledgments and Credits Davis UWC Scholars Program For all their work on this project and assistance with it, many thanks to the following people: he Davis UWC Scholars Program annually reviews The Power of Colby College: Linda L. Goldstein, Assistant Vice President for College Relations and Director of Corporate those institutions selected for participation in and Foundation Relations; Bets Brown, Associate Tthe program. It welcomes letters of request for Private Philanthropy Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations; Susan consideration from the presidents of American colleges and M. McDougal, Associate Dean of Students; and Laura D. universities explaining in some detail why their schools Meader, Administrative Secretary. would be good candidates for the program. College of the Atlantic: Sarah Luke, Coordinator of Essential to any applicant school is its alignment with rivate philanthropy can be transformative. Through Dr. Philip O. Geier International Student Services. the program’s key goal of internationalizing the American the Davis United World College Scholars Program, Executive Director undergraduate experience through building clusters of Middlebury College: Mike Schoenfeld, Vice President talented individual students and outstanding Davis UWC Scholars Program globally aware students, particularly graduates of the UWC P for College Advancement; and Michele Almeida, schools worldwide. Letters may be submitted at any time educational institutions are being transformed by the Adirondack House Stewardship Officer. philanthropic investments of Shelby and Gale Davis. Middlebury College during the academic year, but no later than May 31, so that Their long-term goal is to create greater international Middlebury, VT 05753 Princeton University: Beth Lind, Assistant to the decisions can be rendered each year in August. understanding among future generations of the world’s President for Capital Projects; and Sharon Bresley, Office The Davis UWC Scholars Program makes grants only FPO New Copy To Come decision-makers, by bringing together a growing number Tel: (802) 443-3200 Assistant, Office of Development. to institutions and not directly to any individual student. of promising students from diverse cultures and supporting Fax: (802) 443-3230 Grants are in support of need-based scholarship awards Wellesley College: Gail Jong, Director for External to eligible graduates of the United World College schools their undergraduate educations at selected American E-mail: [email protected] Relations; and Lynn Miles, Director for Leadership Gifts worldwide who matriculate at the selected schools. colleges and universities. [email protected] and Assistant Vice President, Office for Resources. If you are inclined to invest your own philanthropy Or visit: www.davisUWCscholars.org in a college or university of your choice, in the program For assistance and/or to learn more, Photography: shown here or in the United World Colleges, we Jane Schoenfeld please contact: p. 7, T. Kevin Birch; p. 14, Gary Gold; p. 16, Christopher encourage you to do so. Your investment can help change Assistant to the Executive Director Connell; p. 18, Mary Ellen Czerniak; p. 25, Seamus Abshere; Jane Schoenfeld the world. For assistance, please contact: E-mail: [email protected] p. 30, Fred J. Field; p. 43, Michael Lutch; p. 49, Greg Helgeson; p. 61, Andy Duback; p. 65, Jim Roese; p. 72, T. Assistant to the Executive Director Kevin Birch, Beth Lind, and Tad Merrick. Davis UWC Scholars Program Adirondack House Photographs on pp. 20-45: Middlebury College College of the Atlantic senior portraits by Ken Woisard; Middlebury, VT 05753 Colby College senior portraits by Fred J. Field; Middlebury College senior portraits by Tad Merrick; Princeton Tel: (802) 443-3180 University senior portraits by T. Kevin Birch; Wellesley Fax: (802) 443-3230 College senior portraits by Michael Lutch. E-mail: [email protected]

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161.06_Report_P5.indd 84-85 2/14/07 12:41:50 PM PAGE 74 overs PAGE 41 overs session this morning,” reported American student Suzanne Merkelson backgrounds, “the moment we meet, we just start a conversation,” ‘09, on a blog the Colby team kept from area Internet cafes. “The kids notes Elias Gebrehiwot (Ethiopia, UWC Singapore, College of the love Green Day — we tried not to take offense when they requested Atlantic ‘08), who attended both the development-project and global the song ‘American Idiot.’” trade programs. “It was as if we were brothers and sisters. The project’s culminating performance featured the students’ “As a UWC student, you want to make the world a better place,” work with their American instructors in harmony singing, salsa he reflects. “In the end, I think what this course has taught me is that dancing, poetry reading, blues singing, and more. the force of change and development has to come from the highest “After UWC we tend to want to make global change — but often level. And anyone interested in change and improvement really has to we forget that big changes come from smaller changes at a local understand the overarching issues. level,” Daniel Gomez reflected afterward. “We might have not even “I wouldn’t claim to be an expert by any means,” Daniel adds. created a change on the local community as a whole, but I dare to say “But certainly, as much as you can do in three weeks, I think my that individuals were affected by us as much as they affected us.” time was well-used.”

PAGE 53 overs PAGE 78 overs (Sebastien) Top Ten College Women of 2006. When she went up on stage at “We’re trying to find innovative and forward-thinking solutions the New York City ceremony, having shared her story, women in the for our strategic partners,” Sebastien says. audience were in tears. The field, he adds, is exploding. “In 2003, there were about “Oh my God, I just didn’t expect this story would have such 12 million gallons of biodiesel produced in the US. In 2006, an impact,” Chikoti muses. “But I’m glad it did.” Her family now there were about 175 million gallons.” expresses admiration for how far she has gone. But Chikoti isn’t as they build their team and their credentials and through. connections within the field, Sebastien and Nate hope to win “I see myself breaking barriers,” she reflects — “and giving backing and investment for the long-term projects they are people things they can hold onto in their lives.” developing. “Our goal is to ensure that biodiesel has a truly green, sustainable, yet profitable future,” Sebastien says. PAGE 65 overs “If there is another Taliban regime, it will be too dangerous for PAGE 78 overs (Kido) someone with new ideas,” he says. “But if it’s more stable, I want to “I would like every child to have the opportunity I have had. To me, eventually live in Afghanistan. The international community gave a education opens the possibility to do whatever you want. I’m saying, gift to the people of my country, through helping me.” ‘Give kids a chance, and what they do with that is up to them.’ Qiam is already working to develop a program that would “I’m one of the few who really got that chance,” he adds. enable deserving Afghan teenagers to attend American prep “When I went home, it hit me how lucky I was.” schools. “He’s working very, very hard,” observes Joe Feely, the Colby College architect. PAGE 81 overs (Paulina) Feely, his wife Caroline, and their family have served as a host public-private partnerships that can successfully address poverty family for Qiam. “The impact that he has made on our lives,” Joe and environmental problems. Feely says, “is pretty profound.” “I’m still trying to figure out the details — but I really believe that the private sector has so much to offer, in terms of development and of balancing a lot of things that are not really balanced right now.”

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