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alumni CLAS COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS & SCIENCES,notes UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA SPRING 2008 journey to the white house CLASact Thy M. Nguyen is arguably one of the University of Florida’s Thy M. Nguyen most successful young alumni. Graduating a mere seven About CLAS years ago, she has earned an M.A. in strategic studies and B.A., Political Science, 2001 The College of Liberal Arts international economics from Johns Hopkins University, and Sciences at the University and landed a job as a Foreign Affairs Officer in the Bureau of Florida is the largest college for International Security and Nonproliferation. In between assignments in Austria, Vietnam, China, on campus, with more than 700 and Japan, she debriefed Alumni CLASnotes on faculty members responsible her life at the U.S. State Department. for teaching the majority of the university’s core curriculum to at ACn: What does an average day look like for you? least 35,000 students each year. TN: A typical day starts off with checking diplo- matic reporting that has come in overnight from CLAS has more than 12,000 around the world concerning the key countries undergraduate students pursuing and issues I cover. Then I check to see whether a variety of disciplines through I have been assigned to draft any briefing its 42 majors and 42 minors. Ad- materials for my bureau leadership or depart- ment principals to prepare them for meetings, ditionally, nearly 2,000 graduate hearings, and high-level visits. Generally this students are attaining advanced includes briefing papers, press guidance, pre- degrees in the college.
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