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    Devin Reese '18
    Watson Fellowship Confronting Entropy: Elder Care in an Aging World Devin Reese '18
    Devin Reese '18

    Watson Fellowship

    Confronting Entropy: Elder Care in an Aging World

    Hometown: San Francisco

    Major: biology and film and media studies

    Interests: documentary film, rugby, nursing homes

    Best Travel Experience: visiting distant relatives in La Marche, Italy.

    What People Don't Know About Me: I always listen to music with my headphones on full volume.

    Words to live by: If it's exciting and scary, you should probably do it.

    Marra Clay
    Fulbright U.S. Student Program English Teaching Assistantship, Malaysia Marra Clay '17
    Marra Clay

    Fulbright U.S. Student Program

    English Teaching Assistantship, Malaysia

    Hometown: Minnetonka, Minnesota

    Major: Chemistry-Environmental Studies

    Interests: Trail running, creative nonfiction, outdoor education

    Best travel experience: Camping in Iceland with Whitties the summer after graduation.

    What people don't know about me: I love to take in new landscapes in a creative way. Whenever I travel or go on long hikes, I bring my watercolor paints and moleskin notebook along. I think art and poetry are wonderful ways to explore the colors, culture and world around you.

    Word to live by: "UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." (Dr. Seuss, The Lorax)

    Nina Finley
    Watson Fellowship Independent travel and study in Brazil, Madagascar, Indonesia, Malaysia and Russia Nina Finley '17
    Nina Finley

    Watson Fellowship

    Independent travel and study in Brazil, Madagascar, Indonesia, Malaysia and Russia

    Hometown: Seattle, Washington

    Major: Biology-Environmental Studies

    Interests: wildlife disease, geckos, collaborative survival with microbes, the Anthropocene extinction, Ultimate frisbee

    Best travel experience: Bathing in streams everywhere I go, whether I'm sitting under a pounding waterfall in Brazil or pouring gold-flecked water over myself in Madagascar.

    What people don't know about me: My spirit primate is the greater dwarf lemur because it cradles its nest in a tree fern.

    Words to live by: "I've been watching stars rely on the darkness they resist." (Mark Nepo)

    A portrait of Sam Perkins
    Watson Fellowship Independent travel and study in Australia, Chile, Japan and Nepal Sam Perkins '17
    A portrait of Sam Perkins

    Watson Fellowship

    Independent travel and study in Australia, Chile, Japan and Nepal

    Hometown: Seattle, Washington

    Major: Environmental Sociology

    Interests: Climbing, skiing, kayaking, surfing, reading, writing, making new friends

    Favorite memory: Learning a new language or being chased by a kangaroo.

    Words to live by: Don't be afraid to allow your heart to be as big as it can possibly be.

    Arthur Shemitz
    Capital Fellows Programs Executive Program, California State Government, Sacramento Arthur Shemitz '17
    Arthur Shemitz

    Capital Fellows Programs

    Executive Program, California State Government, Sacramento

    Major: Gender Studies

    Interests: Social justice, fashion, indie music

    Best travel experience: Seattle, post-graduation, because if you go to Whitman then that's where all your friends move to.

    What people don't know about me: I once got kicked out of a game of Bananagrams for winning too much.

    Words to live by: "It's so easy to laugh, it's so easy to hate. It takes strength to be gentle and kind." (Morrissey)

    Brigit O'Sullivan
    French Teaching Assistants Program (TAPIF) English Teaching Assistantship, Bordeaux Brigit O'Sullivan '17
    Brigit O'Sullivan

    French Teaching Assistants Program (TAPIF)

    English Teaching Assistantship, Bordeaux

    Hometown: Portland, Oregon

    Major: Sociology

    Interests: Travel, French language, cycling

    Best travel experience: I have found travel to be the most rewarding when I stay several weeks or months in one place and integrate into the culture.

    What people don't know about me: I have an EU passport, making my life abroad about 100 times easier.

    Words to live by: "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go." (Dr. Seuss)

    Hillary Smith
    French Teaching Assistants Program (TAPIF) English Teaching Assistantship, Orleans-Tours Hillary Smith '17
    Hillary Smith

    French Teaching Assistants Program (TAPIF)

    English Teaching Assistantship, Orleans-Tours

    Hometown: Sequim, Washington

    Major: English

    Interests: Creative writing, music, solo travel, history, running, cooking, strange outfits, Corgis

    Best travel experience: I'm living it right now!

    What people don't know about me: I take a really long time to grocery shop.

    Words to live by: "Live your emotional truth, man." (my stellar English friend Rosanna)

    A portrait of Gillian Gray
    Beinecke Scholarship Graduate study in the arts, humanities and social sciences Gillian Gray '17
    A portrait of Gillian Gray

    Beinecke Scholarship

    Graduate study in the arts, humanities and social sciences

    A portrait of Griselda Guevara-Cruz
    Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Griselda Guevara-Cruz '11
    A portrait of Griselda Guevara-Cruz

    Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute

    Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute

    Hometown: Everett, Washington

    Major: B.A, Foreign Languages and Literatures: Spanish (with honors)

    Interests: Pre K-12 Education Policy. I have a passion for, and a commitment to, serving our youth. I am passionate about contributing my time and effort toward diminishing inter-generational poverty, mentoring young people and engaging my community to become civically engaged.

    Best travel experience: Toledo, España

    What people don't know about me: Spanish is my third language. My primary language is Mixteco. I learned English in grade school. I began taking Spanish classes in high school because I wanted to fit in as a Mexican, as a Latina.

    Words to live by: Be kind. Work hard. Practice self-care. Serve with humility. Go through all experiences with an open heart and an open mind. And, always remember: "¡Si se puede!"

    Alex Waheed gives a thumbs up.
    Fulbright U.S. Student Program English Teaching Assistantship, Malaysia Alex Waheed '17
    Alex Waheed gives a thumbs up.

    Fulbright U.S. Student Program

    English Teaching Assistantship, Malaysia

    Hometown: Chicago, Illinois

    Major: Geology

    Interests: Summer, podcasts, running, taking showers, going on adventures

    Best travel experience: Going to Los Angeles and the ocean with my cross country team.

    What people don't know about me: Before I saw it for myself in college, I thought the Milky Way was a myth.

    Words to live by: "Climb the mountain not to plant your flag but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air, and behold the view. Climb it so you can see the world, not so the world can
    see you." (David McCullough Jr.)

    Sarah Cornett '16
    Core Fellows Program Fellow in Public Affairs at FOCUS, St. Louis, Missouri Sarah Cornett '16
    Sarah Cornett '16

    Core Fellows Program

    Fellow in Public Affairs at FOCUS, St. Louis, Missouri

    Hometown: Sacramento

    Major: History

    Interests: Running slowly and reading long form journalism

    Best travel experience: Trying to find a train with friends in the Czech countryside while studying abroad.

    What people don't know about me: I love listening to Top 40 in the car.

    Words to live by: "Go to where the silence is and say something." -- Amy Goodman

    Olmedo '12
    Princeton in Asia Fellowship Environmental Conservation with TRAFFIC, Hanoi, Vietnam Alegria Olmedo '12
    Olmedo '12

    Princeton in Asia Fellowship

    Environmental Conservation with TRAFFIC, Hanoi, Vietnam

    Hometown: Quito, Ecuador

    Interests/pleasures: Charcoal drawing, dancing, running, writing

    Best travel experience: Visiting Burma's ancient capital, Bagan, in 2011

    What people don't know about me: I really wish I could sing well.

    Words to live by: "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." (Dr. Seuss)

    Salvador '07
    Fulbright U.S. Student Program English teaching assistantship, Bolu, Turkey Jessica Salvador '07
    Salvador '07

    Fulbright U.S. Student Program

    English teaching assistantship, Bolu, Turkey

    Hometown: Seattle, Washington

    Interests/pleasures: teaching, cooking, preserving food, backgammon, painting

    Best travel experience: Trying a macaroon for the first time in Paris when I was 13. We called them "dessert hamburgers"!

    What people don't know about me: I could grow old happily in Walla Walla.

    Words to live by: "Alice laughed. ‘One can't believe impossible things.' ‘I daresay you haven't had much practice,' said the Queen. ‘. . .Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.'"
    (Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass, 1871)

    Hardee '12
    DAAD InternXchange Program Radio journalism and production, Berlin, Germany Anya Caitlin Hardee '12
    Hardee '12

    DAAD InternXchange Program

    Radio journalism and production, Berlin, Germany

    Hometown: Seattle, WashingtonMajor: German Studies

    Interests/pleasures: radio, music, journalism, travel, languages

    Best travel experience: Wandering Istanbul with my Kumpels.

    What people don't know about me: Although I keep ending up in landlocked places, I love surfing. In my old age, I will become a beach bum.

    Words to live by: "All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night . . . wake in the day to find out that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible." (T.E. Lawrence)

    Lowry '12
    French Teaching Assistants Program (TAPIF) English teaching assistantship, Auch, France Cara Lowry '12
    Lowry '12

    French Teaching Assistants Program (TAPIF)

    English teaching assistantship, Auch, France

    Hometown: Hermosa Beach, California

    Major: Foreign Languages and Literatures (French)

    Interests/pleasures: Reading, new foods, museum-hopping, cats

    Best travel experience: Marseille, Aix-en-Provence and Arles, Fall 2012

    What people don't know about me: I have a male alter ego named Carl.

    Words to live by: "Il est utile de connaître d'autres langues que la sienna . . . C'est comme de connaître d'autres gens, d'autres pays." ("It is useful to know languages other than your own . . . It's like knowing other people, other countries.") (Assia Djebar)

    Brandner '13
    Goldwater Scholarship Science research scholarship Dieter Brandner '13
    Brandner '13

    Goldwater Scholarship

    Science research scholarship

    Hometown: Anchorage, Alaska

    Major: Biology

    Interests/pleasures: biology, reading, foreign-exchange markets, technical writing, flightless birds, human evolution, carotenoids

    Best travel experience: Italy, 2011, with professors Chris Wallace and Ginger Withers for International Brain Organization World Congress.

    What people don't know about me: I've always wanted to live in Arizona.

    Words to live by: "Theories have four stages of acceptance: 1) this is worthless; 2)this is an interesting, but perverse, point of view; 3)this is true, but quite unimportant; 4) I always said so." (J.B.S. Haldane)

    Kevin Michael Dyer ’13
    DAAD Summer Study Grant German studies, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany Kevin Michael Dyer ’13
    Kevin Michael Dyer ’13

    DAAD Summer Study Grant

    German studies, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

    Hometown: Carson City, NevadaMajor: English

    Interests/pleasures: writing, reading, swimming, magic, music (The Gathering)

    Best travel experience: climbing the Volkerschlacht Denkmal in Leipzig, a massive memorial commemorating the defeat of Napoleon near Leipzig.

    What people don't know about me: While I'm an introvert at heart, I really enjoy meeting new people, even if I don't show it at the time.

    Words to live by: "We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams." (Arthur Edgar O'Shaughnessy)

    Nathan Abrams ‘12
    Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology Nathan Abrams ‘12
    Nathan Abrams ‘12

    Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship

    Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology

    Hometown: Bainbridge Island, WashingtonMajor: Applied Physics (through the 3/2 program)

    Interests/pleasures: skiing, basketball, sailing, baseball, coffee

    Best travel experience: Sailing with my family in the San Juan Islands.

    What people don't know about me: I worked for a summer at a salmon processing plant in Alaska.

    Words to live by: "Ask people how they got there, because I guarantee that no one took a direct path with no detours."

    Seth Bergeson '10
    Watson Fellowship Independent travel and study in Belgium, France, Egypt, UAE, China Seth Bergeson '10
    Seth Bergeson '10

    Watson Fellowship

    Independent travel and study in Belgium, France, Egypt, UAE, China

    Hometown: Seattle, WashingtonMajor: History

    Interests/pleasures: cycling, chocolate fondue, people, "oldies" records

    Best travel experience: An 88-hour bus trip across Senegal and Mali.

    What people don't know about me: I'm a scholar of British romantic comedies.

    Words to live by: "If things start happening, don't worry. Don't stew. Just go right along, and you'll start happening too." (Dr. Seuss)

    Patricia Vanderbilt ‘12
    Fulbright U.S. Student Program Hindi studies, Jaipur, India Patricia Vanderbilt ‘12
    Patricia Vanderbilt ‘12

    Fulbright U.S. Student Program

    Hindi studies, Jaipur, India

    Hometown: Bellingham, Washington

    Major: English

    Interests/pleasures: creative writing, Drama Club, The Pioneer

    Best travel experience: Study abroad in India, 2010.

    What people don't know about me: In high school I was a member of a mime troupe.

    Words to live by: "Vertigo is the conflict between fear of falling and the desire to fall" (Rushdie)

    Nicholas Gottschall '09
    Fulbright U.S. Student Program English teaching assistantship, India Nicholas Gottschall '09
    Nicholas Gottschall '09

    Fulbright U.S. Student Program

    English teaching assistantship, India

    Hometown: Walla Walla, Washington

    Interests/pleasures: Music, food, playing drums, travel, reading, baseball, trying to speak foreign languages

    Best travel experience: Independent study project in Bodhgaya, India, on study abroad, 2007.

    What people don't know about me: I'm a synaesthete; I experience music and sound as colorful, visual shapes and landscapes in my mind's eye.

    Words to live by: "How strange it is to be anything at all." (Jeff Mangum)

    Lian Caspi '13
    Watson Fellowship Independent travel and study in United Kingdom, India, Nepal, South Africa and Colombia Lian Caspi '13
    Lian Caspi '13

    Watson Fellowship

    Independent travel and study in United Kingdom, India, Nepal, South Africa and Colombia

    Hometown: Seattle, Washington

    Major: Psychology

    Interests/pleasures: Music, hiking, new ways to dance and move, baking, slacklining, chocolate, rafting, languages, swimming, travel, new instruments

    Best travel experience: Going to a friend's village to visit his family for Teej, the women's festival, in Nepal.

    What people don't know about me: My feet are as flat as a pancake.

    Words to live by: "Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground." (Rumi)

    Jeremy Norden ’12
    Davis Projects for Peace “Building Community and Ultimate Peace,” Colombia Jeremy Norden ’12
    Jeremy Norden ’12

    Davis Projects for Peace

    “Building Community and Ultimate Peace,” Colombia

    Hometown: Seattle, WashingtonMajor: Social Psychology

    Interests/pleasures: international travel, Ultimate Frisbee, ceramics, whitewater rafting, snowboarding

    Best travel experience: Hearing our team's name echo from the stadium speakers as World Champion and "Spirit of the Game" award recipient for sportsmanship. Never have I had a prouder moment as a coach.

    What people don't know about me: Growing up, I spent multiple nights sleeping in igloos on snowboarding trips in the Northwest.

    Words to live by: Live in the moment and cherish every moment.

    Gabriella Friedman ’13
    Beinecke Scholarship Funding for graduate study in arts, humanities or social sciences Gabriella Friedman ’13
    Gabriella Friedman ’13

    Beinecke Scholarship

    Funding for graduate study in arts, humanities or social sciences

    Hometown: Glendale, WisconsinMajor: English

    Interests/pleasures: Literature, literary theory, continental philosophy, swimming, ceramics, French, cats, board games

    Best travel experience: study abroad in Paris.

    What people don't know about me: I was not born in the United States.

    Words to live by: "It is as if I am indebted to - I don't know to whom - to thinking responsibly. I am in a situation of trying to learn to whom, finally, I am responsible." (Jacques Derrida)

    Jay Barlow ’14
    Killam Fellowship Independent study, University of Alberta Jay Barlow ’14
    Jay Barlow ’14

    Killam Fellowship

    Independent study, University of Alberta

    Hometown: Missoula, MontanaMajor: BBMB (Biophysics, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

    Interests/pleasures: biking, skiing, hunting

    Best travel experience: Killam vs. Fulbright hockey game in Ottawa.

    What people don't know about me: My favorite season is fall.

    Words to live by: Git 'r done.

    Xialing Ann Chen ’14
    Critical Language Scholarship Korean Studies, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea Xialing Ann Chen ’14
    Xialing Ann Chen ’14

    Critical Language Scholarship

    Korean Studies, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea

    Hometown: San Francisco, California

    Major: Film and Media Studies

    Interests/pleasures: Language learning, astronomy, reading, writing, filmmaking, karaoke, blogging, badminton, contemplating about the meaning of life

    Best travel experience: Whitman Summer Studies in China - Yunnan

    What people don't know about me: I aspire to learn fluent Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Mandarin and Cantonese.

    Words to live by: "Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)

    Maxx Borges '18
    Fulbright U.K. Summer Institutes Academic study, Wales Summer Institute Maxx Borges '18
    Maxx Borges '18

    Fulbright U.K. Summer Institutes

    Academic study, Wales Summer Institute

    Hometown: New Bedford, Massachusetts

    Interests/pleasures: Being a writer who doesn't write and a reader who never has time to read; alternatively, dogs and keeping my ears warm

    Best travel experience: A night on the town in Aberystwyth, Wales

    What people don't know about me: I wrote a book! I'm still editing it, though.

    Words to live by: "Faithless is he who says farewell when the road darkens." - J.R.R. Tolkien

    Rhiannon Clarke ’15
    Fulbright U.S. Student Program English Teaching Assistantship, Argentina Rhiannon Clarke ’15
    Rhiannon Clarke ’15

    Fulbright U.S. Student Program

    English Teaching Assistantship, Argentina

    Hometown: Olympia, WashingtonMajors: Spanish, Philosophy

    Interests/pleasures: Creative writing, foreign languages, drawing, animals

    Best travel experience: the walk from the Blue Mosque to the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul

    What people don't know about me: I keep a detailed dream journal.

    Words to live by: "Let the beauty of what you love be what you do." -Rumi

    Janni Conrad ’15
    Fulbright U.S. Student Program Research: Arsenic contamination and human health, Mexico Janni Conrad ’15
    Janni Conrad ’15

    Fulbright U.S. Student Program

    Research: Arsenic contamination and human health, Mexico

    Hometown: Granby, ColoradoMajor: Chemistry

    Interests/pleasures: oatmeal, coffee, socks

    Best travel experience: saving a trapped donkey in Spain

    What people don't know about me: I consider all squirrels to be my arch nemeses.

    Words to live by: "How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time."

    Sarah Debs '15
    NIH/IRTA National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, Maryland Sarah Debs '15
    Sarah Debs '15

    NIH/IRTA

    National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, Maryland

    Hometown: Monte Sereno, CaliforniaMajor: Biology

    Interests/pleasures: Sharks, hiking, brains

    Best travel experience: Nine hours in New York

    What people don't know about me: Eating ice cream as a full meal is acceptable at all hours

    Words to live by: "All things grow."

    Molly Emmett '15
    Fulbright U.S. Student Program English Teaching Assistantship, Czech Republic Molly Emmett '15
    Molly Emmett '15

    Fulbright U.S. Student Program

    English Teaching Assistantship, Czech Republic

    Hometown: Long Beach, California

    Major: English

    Interests/pleasures: Beach volleyball, languages, films, books, music (whatever, whenever)

    Best travel experience: reading Ulysses aloud in Dublin with a bunch of Irish seniors

    What people don't know about me: I write reminders on my hands every day.

    Words to live by: "to hate/is an easy lazy thing/but to love/takes strength/ everyone has/but not all are/willing to practice" - Rupi Kaur

    Nina Finley '17
    Watson Fellowship, Fulbright, Udall Scholarship (2), Goldwater Scholarship, Hollings Scholarship Environmental studies and leadership Nina Finley '17
    Nina Finley '17

    Watson Fellowship, Fulbright, Udall Scholarship (2), Goldwater Scholarship, Hollings Scholarship

    Environmental studies and leadership

    Hometown: Seattle, WashingtonMajor: Biology-Environmental Studies

    Interests: Ultimate Frisbee, birding, raising meat rabbits

    Best travel experience: floating the Tiputini River in the Amazon rainforest during my sophomore year abroad

    What people don't know about me: I started college as a dairy science major.

    Words to live by: "The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it." - Neil deGrasse Tyson

    Mackenzie Gerringer '12
    NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Organismal biology, University of Hawaii Mackenzie Gerringer '12
    Mackenzie Gerringer '12

    NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

    Organismal biology, University of Hawaii

    Hometown: Lafayette, CaliforniaMajors: Biology, German Studies

    Interests/pleasures: Walks in pretty places, crochet, coffee, books, fruit, "Star Trek"

    Best travel experience: adventures in New Zealand

    Words to live by: "Connect."

    Caitlin Morley '15
    Fulbright U.S. Student Program, Marshall Scholarship finalist English Teaching Assistantship, Colombia Caitlin Morley '15
    Caitlin Morley '15

    Fulbright U.S. Student Program, Marshall Scholarship finalist

    English Teaching Assistantship, Colombia

    Hometown: Seattle, WashingtonMajor: Anthropology

    Interests: reading, especially murder mysteries or anything macabre; drawing; new places; new and weird foods.

    Best travel experience: hitching a ride on a tractor in Chile or encountering a family of howler monkeys while hiking along Colombia's Pacific Coast

    What people don't know about me: I love to collect new words. I have sticky notes and old receipts with new words littering my purse and every drawer.

    Words to live by: "Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." - Oscar Wilde

    Brian Raftrey '14
    NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Cell biology, Stanford University Brian Raftrey '14
    Brian Raftrey '14

    NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

    Cell biology, Stanford University

    Hometown: Palo Alto, CaliforniaMajor: Biology

    Interests/pleasures: hiking, skiing, gardening

    Best travel experience: backpacking in Kings Canyon National Park, California

    Dani Hupper '17
    Udall Scholarship Environmental Studies Scholarship Dani Hupper '17
    Dani Hupper '17

    Udall Scholarship

    Environmental Studies Scholarship

    Hometown: New YorkMajor: Environmental Studies- Politics

    Interests: Environmental policy, climate action, environmental education, and all things energy!

    Best travel experience: Going to Montreal with two of my best friends over winter break on the coldest week of the year. All we had was a bulk pack of Hostess pink snowballs, a newly-rented Ford Fiesta, and a semblance of a plan.

    What people don't know about me: I'm addicted to Cherry Pepsi and country music.

    Words to live by: "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." -MLK

    Katie Steen '16
    Austrian Teaching Assistantship Program English Teaching Assistant, Austria Katie Steen '16
    Katie Steen '16

    Austrian Teaching Assistantship Program

    English Teaching Assistant, Austria

    Hometown: Boulder, ColoradoMajor: Gender Studies

    Interests: Since being in Austria, I have tried slam poetry, partner ballroom dance classes and reporting on the radio.

    Best travel experience: I loved seeing Venice during the high water and dancing in the flooded Piazza San Marco to the live orchestral music.

    What people don't know about me: My room has a chandelier with glass fruit on it!

    Words to live by: "Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open."-Albus Dumbledore

    Samuel Curtis '16
    Princeton in Asia English teaching assistantship, KIMEP University, Kazakhstan Samuel Curtis '16
    Samuel Curtis '16

    Princeton in Asia

    English teaching assistantship, KIMEP University, Kazakhstan

    Hometown: Corvallis, OregonMajor: BBMB

    Interests: Cross-country skiing, Russian language, and musical theater

    Best travel experience: For winter break, I stuck around in Kazakhstan. It was a break chock-full of skiing, curriculum development, and exploring downtown Almaty's vibrant nightlife.

    What people don't know about me: My age! Some of my students are my age, or even older. I try not to reveal that.

    Words to live by: There's an interesting Russian equivalent to our "no pain, no gain," that goes: "without effort, you can't even pull a fish out of the pond."

    Audrey Inglis ‘16
    French Teaching Assistantship English teaching assistantship, Lyon, France Audrey Inglis ‘16
    Audrey Inglis ‘16

    French Teaching Assistantship

    English teaching assistantship, Lyon, France

    Hometown: San Carlos, CaliforniaMajor: Biology

    Interests: Gelato, yoga, coffee, guitar, and new languages

    Best travel experience: Volunteering at an animal rescue sanctuary in Costa Rica

    What people don't know about me: I love spending time in airports

    Words to live by: "I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it" - Pablo Picasso

    Andrew Reckers '16
    Princeton in Asia International Water Management Institute, Kathmandu, Nepal Andrew Reckers '16
    Andrew Reckers '16

    Princeton in Asia

    International Water Management Institute, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Hometown: Danville, CaliforniaMajor: Environmental Studies-Biology

    Interests: Plants and baseball

    Best travel experience: Can't go wrong with couchsurfing.com

    What people don't know about me: Six toes on my left foot

    Words to live by: Defense wins championships

    Mary Brady '18
    Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship Academic funding and summer training from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Mary Brady '18
    Mary Brady '18

    Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship

    Academic funding and summer training from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

    Hometown: Redmond, WashingtonMajor: Biology

    Interests: Being outside as much as possible

    Best travel experience: Watching thunderstorms roll over the mountains of New Mexico

    What people don't know about me: I have yet to find a fruit I don't like

    Words to live by: If there is anything you can do to help, do it even if you think it is too small to make a difference

    Jeremy Nolan '16
    Fulbright U.S. Student Program English teaching assistant, Mexico Jeremy Nolan '16
    Jeremy Nolan '16

    Fulbright U.S. Student Program

    English teaching assistant, Mexico

    Hometown: Vista, CaliforniaMajor: Biology and Spanish

    Interests: bike touring, backpacking, skiing, photography, and flying

    Best travel experience: Solo biking 4,558 miles from Astoria, OR to Yorktown, VA on the TransAmerica Trail

    What people don't know about me: I love any and all forms of melodic percussion

    Words to live by: "The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun." -Christopher McCandless

    Mathias Sanyer '15
    Fulbright U.S. Student Program English teaching assistant, Malaysia Mathias Sanyer '15
    Mathias Sanyer '15

    Fulbright U.S. Student Program

    English teaching assistant, Malaysia

    Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah Major(s): Studio Art and Psychology

    Interests: You can find me scaling mountains, skiing, and scuba diving. I love art of any form, but especially painting. I also enjoy strumming on my guitar.

    Best Travel Experience: In Malaysia I got tattooed by the Iban people of Sarawak. My tattoo is the bundas terong: an eggplant flower containing the rope of life (a spiral). Iban men are given this tattoo when they leave on their berjalai (walk), to explore the outside world.

    What people don't know about me: I love to dance. While in Malaysia I'm trying to learn traditional dances as well as dance to some live music at a good watering hole.

    Words to live by: You can do anything you want, just make sure you help others.

    Beverly Li '14
    Lantos/HIA Congressional Fellowship Appointment to the office of U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) Beverly Li '14
    Beverly Li '14

    Lantos/HIA Congressional Fellowship

    Appointment to the office of U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.)

    Hometown: San Francisco, California

    Major: Psychology

    Best travel experience: backpacking across Europe by myself

    What people don't know about me: I can't drive, swim or ride a bike

    Words to live by: "Your silence will not protect you." -Audre Lorde

    Rand '13
    Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs Leadership training Cory Rand ’13
    Rand '13

    Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs

    Leadership training

    Hometown: Mill Valley, California

    Interests/pleasures: Running, climbing, reading science fiction

    Best travel experience: Semester abroad in Serbia, Bosnia and Kosovo

    What people don't know about me: I can't watch horror movies because I get too scared.

    Words to live by: "If we were supposed to talk more than we listen, we would have two mouths and one ear." (Mark Twain)

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