May 19, 2013

Looking back

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This post is by Alie Tawah ’11, a Health: Science, Society & Policy and Biology double-major.  Alie was a a Hiatt WOW Fellow who interned in Cameroon in July 2009. It has been two years since I began my story of my experience in Cameroon. I gave an introduction then disappeared from this site and [...]

Building Sustainable East African Coffee Businesses

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Zach Cohen ’09 was an International and Global Studies major at Brandeis.  He works for the international non-profit TechnoServe in East Africa. Before jumping into the details of my East African adventure, I would like to give you a background of the company, TechnoServe (TNS), I worked for while there. TNS is a non-profit organization [...]

Lakhpat – One of my first work projects

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Brandeis alum Jamie van Wagtendonk ’09 reports from India, where he is working in Bhuj, Gujarat through the American Jewish World Service. You can view the original posting here. Imagine the rumblings of an earthquake, spreading from the sea to your west, from the desert to the east to your house, cracking the spine of [...]

Nutrition for Kids: Morsels from Japan

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This guest post on comparative nutrition practices is from Jennifer Lin ’09, who just spent the past year in Japan as a participant in the prestigious Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme. Previously, Jennifer also lent her talents as communications assistant in the Office of Global Affairs at Brandeis. Lunchtime! I imagine that most of [...]

Flat New World

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Jacob Bockelmann graduated from Brandeis in 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts in Politics and Economics, with a minor in business.  After taking a class on globalization taught by Professor Thomas Friedman, Jacob gained a new perspective on global issues.  Upon his graduation, he decided to spend his first several months out of college traveling [...]

Brandeis in China

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This post is from Prof. Detlev Suderow ’70 (International Business School), who just returned from co-leading the 2009 Alumni Travel Program to China. The 2009 Brandeis Alumni Association Alumni Travel program trip was a tremendous success with 27 Brandeis community participants, including 16 Brandeis alumni, who sojourned in China from June 10 – 23 led [...]

Mission: Script

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The Revive Mumbai student group is continuing their teaching work with the children of the Wadala community. They will be working with the students to produce a street play to be performed this coming Monday, June 29th. A week away from the big day, one participant Juhi Chadha ’09, reflects on the last preparations and [...]

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