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… Why did you choose to apply for this award? Entering my sophomore year I knew I wanted to study abroad, and after evaluating my program options, I determined that an internship based summer abroad experience would be best for me. A previous award … Aurelia Mendez-Ortega '28 received the Benjamin A. Gilman …
… scholar programs. Six Occidental students and alumni were awarded 2024-25 Fulbrights to work and study abroad, and nearly 150 Occidental students and alumni have earned … selected on the basis of academic and professional achievement as well as demonstrated leadership potential in their …
… the scheduled renovation and expansion of its Career Development Center, which has been housed in the same space since … '61, coupled with generous support from other donors, will nearly double the space currently occupied by the CDC while … of career development, pre-health advising, and national awards together. "The new Career Development Center will be a …
… students approach the pool at Oshun Swim School in Renton, Wash., it’s not unusual for pulses to quicken and for breath … no ordinary fear of water for the dozen assembled African American women. “There are layers of historical and cultural … in which black families don’t feel safe in the water or near the water,” says Chandrika Francis ’10, who founded the …
… Why did you choose to apply for this award? Last summer, I took part in Occidental’s Justice Summer Internship . … an NGO for refugees and asylum-seekers in Athens, Greece, I was met with both a necessity and desire for the Arabic … Ruby McDonald '26 was awarded the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to …
… afternoon and a perfect day for a stroll in the quad or a moment by the Gilman Fountain, but I’m in my room, hurriedly … major, Diplomacy & World Affairs, by creating a website . DWA majors know that this is an unconventional way of completing the project, so how did I get here? Let’s …
… lobby. "Oxy is where the president took his first steps toward a career in public service, and I can’t think of a more appropriate venue for David to share some of his insights into Obama and his early career," said … interests toward politics and writing … And it was where, near the end of his Oxy days, in anticipation of that still …
… for Global Affairs, for which he is an advisory board member. He delivered a lecture within the context of an ISIS … "pleasure and joy" to its sympathizers. The end of the Cold War brought in a new form of militancy—one that is … fights the West, ISIS instead focuses "inside," with its near enemies, waging war with "devil worshippers," as …
… Obama ’83 steps from his RV in small, union-friendly Ottawa, Ill., about 80 miles southwest of Chicago. The hot dogs … and corn on the grill go untasted as the boyishly handsome politician—fresh from his career-making speech at the … problems.” That plays so well it finds its way into nearly every speech that follows. Obama comes into his …
… Ireland comes to Occidental from Pasadena City College, where she had … to commit to living in Los Angeles. That meant that I was limited to applying to teaching jobs in the LA area. … I’ve never been more excited to apply for a job than I was when I read the listing for the position I now hold at …