Border Crossings

Stefan Koza, a senior majoring in Global Affairs (Asia concentration) with Japanese Studies minor, has been selected to serve as Goodwill Ambassador for this year's National Cherry Blossom Festival in DC.

More information about the National Cherry Blossom Festival Goodwill Ambassador Program at http://nationalcherryblossomfestival.org/cms/index.php?id=576.

Rosella Glenn, an alumna doing research while on a Fulbright scholarship in Tajikistan, writes:
“I am still in Tajikistan since September where I will be until August 2009. I am doing well, getting used to the challenging environment and improving my Russian and Tajik. Overall, this is a great experience; I am learning a lot and getting to know Tajiks and their hard-working women who are very hospitable. In a seven million-citizen-country, about one million men leave to work in construction and in fruit markets in Russia and Kazakhstan. … I just finished my 3 months Tajik course and in January I will start my research and go out around the country. I also hope to visit Afghanistan, security permitting. I was invited at an Afghan wedding but due to my first single-entry visa I could not go.
… Soli Nav Muborak (Happy New Year in Tajik)”

 

Rosella Glenn in Tajikistan