Monica Bridle
Class of 2002

Aloha to my favorite professors/mentors: Juergensmeyer, Appelbaum and of course Orfaela (in no particular order), and ex-global colleagues,

After graduating in 2002 I began working at a university in Prague, Czech Republic. There I helped the Vice Dean revise grant proposals for the European Union (they enter 2004) and taught Business English classes to professors and some students. I was chosen to represent the university at a forum for Ethical European Businesses and was quick to pick a friendly fight with the representatives of Shell. I had a field day when the topic of Nike came up and was grateful for my Global Studies knowledge of sweatshops and individual examples to throw at them. When my traineeship was over I backpacked around Europe: Hungary, Austria, Greece & their islands, Italy, France, Spain, Amsterdam, England and Ireland for 3 months.

I returned to California for a mere month and then moved to Honolulu, Hawaii where I now happily reside. At this point I'm looking into getting my MBA/MA in Global Leadership and a position with an international advertising and PR firm. I might be in contact very soon for some letters of recommendations :)

I hope your days are bright in Santa Barbara!

Ahoj (pronounced Ahoy ? Czech for hello and goodbye)

Monica Bridle
(global/international studies, politics & socio-economics, Europe, --- history minor)
Monicabridle@hotmail.com
[Posted August 4, 2003]

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