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Dear Professor Juegensmeyer,
This is Ashley Snell here, one of the first global studies
graduates back in 2000. My brother also just graduated from
the program in 2005, so we have lots of family love for UCSB
and certainly for global studies!
I've posted one inform on the alumni page as to what I've
been up to since graduation, and would just like to share
my next adventure with you. I am very excited to be heading
to Zambia with the Peace Corps next week. I will be working
with the "Learning at Taonga Market" project which
is a weekly educational radio-broadcast for the most under-privileged
primary-school aged children of Zambia. I am especially
interested in sharing that one of my fellow PC trainees,
Matthew Grollnek (actually a Westmont grad) has created the
Tamani Project, which will serve as a blog space for some
of the PC volunteers in Zambia, but more importantly as a
forum for discussion on the major issues we will be facing
in Africa; AIDS and poverty.
I was wondering if you would be so kind as check out the
site, www.tamaniproject.com and if you like it, to perhaps
post it on the global studies page so we can get some good
forum discussions going with young minds who are interested
in the subject?
Thanks so much,
Ashley Snell
snellashley@hotmail.com
[posted: 1-17-06]
Hello Professor Juergensmeyer and fellow Global Studies
alums,
I am writing from Madrid where I have been living and teaching
English for the past two years. After graduation I worked
in Santa Barbara for Aspect International Language Academies
as liason between the international sales offices and schools
in the U.S. and Canada before fulfilling my desire to live
abroad and become fluent in Spanish by moving here to Spain.
Living abroad as an English teacher has been an extremely
enriching experience which I would reccommend to anyone interested
in languages and cultural exchange. The Spanish are always
intersted in sharing ideas as well as learning an American´s
perspective on everything from Spanish food to terrorism.
The March eleventh attacks on Madrid were not only extrememly
impactful for me because I live less than a mile from the
Atocha train station, but also because I have grown to really
love Spain as my own country, many of my Spanish friends here
insist that I am more Madrileña than many of the people
they know that were actually born here.
My next step in the lifelong process of global awareness
is learning Arabic, as well as hopefully returning to school
to study for a Masters Degree with the goal of a future career
in conflict resolution/ diplomacy. I am looking very forward
to spending the first half of the summer at the Arabic Language
School in Fez, Morocco, and the second half travelling around
Morocco with my good friend and her family from Marrakech.
Any feedback or suggestions on suitable Masters Programs would
be appreciated, or if anyone is planning on coming to Spain
or Morocco anytime soon please be in touch.
Best regards,
Ashley Snell
snellashley@hotmail.com
[posted: 5-27-04]
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