2005-07 - International Christian UniversityName: Cherine Badawi
Rotary Center: International Christian University
Class: 2005-07
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of North Oakland, USA
Sponsor District: 5170
Citizenship: USA/ Egypt
Languages: English, French, and basic Arabic
Applied Field Experience: International Bureau of Education – UNESCO, Geneva, Switzerland
City: Oakland
Country: USA
Current Position: Director of curriculum and training for a social justice education non-profit called the Mosaic Project, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Mosaic Project unites students of diverse backgrounds in a unique human-relations outdoor school, equips them with essential skills to thrive in an increasingly diverse society, and empowers them to strive for peace. (www.mosaicproject.org)
Name: Mélanie Bennett
Rotary Center: International Christian University
Class: 2005-07
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Cornwall Sunrise, Canada
Sponsor District: 7040
Citizenship: Canada
Languages: English, French, Japanese
Applied Field Experience: Action Femmes Juristes, Rabat, Morocco
City:
Country: Canada
Current Position: Teaching French (mother tongue) and modern dance in a minority French school in English-speaking Canada. She is also a member of two committees that monitor education in Ontario through research and standardised tests. She works as part of the comite de sensibilte for the standardised literacy tests for grade 3 and grade 6 students as well as the test de competences linguistiques (language competency, or literacy) for grade 10 students. The mandate is to ensure that the content of standardised tests are not offensive to minorities (i.e. cultural or religious minorities, disabled students) and that the tests are void of sexist or racially sensitive content, etc.
Name: Cathy Brown
Rotary Center: International Christian University
Class: 2005-07
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of San Francisco, USA
Sponsor District: 5150
Citizenship: USA
Languages: English, Italian, and intermediate Japanese
Applied Field Experience: Duke University and University of Geneva Program on Global Policy and Governance, also The South Centre Trade and Development Program, Geneva, Switzerland
City: Copenhagen; Alnarp, Sweden in Sept. 2008
Country: Denmark
Current Position: She is an Erasmus Mundus Scholar in Sustainable Forestry and Nature Management (SUFONAMA) program in Copenhagen. This is a two year program, one year in Denmark and one year at the Swedish University for Agricultural Sciences in Alnarp (beginning Sep. 2008). At the end she will have two master's (on in Forestry and one in Land and Conservation Management).
There is a conflict management element to the coursework in Denmark and her personal interest is to work in conflict management with regard to allocation of forestry resources.
Name: Ryan Fenwick
Rotary Center: International Christian University
Class: 2005-07
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Cape Girardeau, USA
Sponsor District: 6060
Citizenship: USA
Languages: English, Spanish, and Mandarin Chinese
Applied Field Experience: Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association, Beijing, People's Republic of China
City: Washington, DC
Country: USA
Current Position: Assistant account executive on the International Affairs team at Edelman Public Relations.
Name: Carys Hughes
Rotary Center: International Christian University
Class: 2005-07
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Sponsor District: 1080
Citizenship: UK
Languages: English, German, and French
Applied Field Experience: IIMCR symposia intern, Nicosia, Cyprus and Prague, Czeck Republic
City: Zurich
Country: Switzerland
Current Position: Executive assistant with UBS Bank in Zurich, Switzerland in the internal audit department.
Name: Nai-Hua Wu
Rotary Center: International Christian University
Class: 2005-07
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Norman, USA
Sponsor District: 5770
Citizenship: Taiwan
Languages: Mandarin Chinese, English, some Cantonese and Japanese
Applied Field Experience: Green Belt Movement, Nairobi, Kenya
City: Taipei
Country: Taiwan
Current Position: Assistant manager in the Human Resources Department for the Standard Chartered Bank of Taiwan. She works for the Head of the Human Resources Department and is responsible for talent management projects.
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