2006 Global Scholars
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Eric Allen
Hometown: Clive, Iowa
Favorite part of Global Scholar: Videoconference
Wants to travel to: The Middle East
Global issue of most interest: Democracy around the world |
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Morgan Arnold
Hometown: Athens, GA
Favorite part of Global Scholar: Scavenger Hunt
Wants to travel to: Australia/New Zealand
Global issue of most interest: crisis in the Congo
Hobbies: Singing, Dancing, Acting, Reading, Lacrosse (Go Bears!) |
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Feruz Asmelash
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
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Nouria Bah
Hometown: Rockville, MD
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Lauren Barr
Hometown: Ellicott City, MD
Favorite part of Global Scholar: Learning from the other participants
Wants to travel to: Too many to name one
Global issue of most interest: The Middle East Conflict
Hobbies: Junior Statesmen of America, Musicals, Madrigals, Volunteering, Youth Group, Traveling, Reading, Tennis |
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Afiya Bediako
Hometown: New York, NY
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Mohit Bhake
Hometown: Parsippany, NJ
Favorite part of Global Scholar : The balance between lecture and free time. I also liked the trip to Washington D.C. and the videoconference.
Wants to travel to: Any Scandanavian country
Global issue of most interest: the Genocide in Darfur
Hobbies: Playing any type of sports, Dancing, Traveling, Video games
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Rachel Braun
Hometown: Westfield, Indiana
Favorite part of Global Scholar : Scavenger Hunt, Capital Day and the Final Simulation!
Wants to travel to: Africa, especially Nigeria, Liberia and South Africa
Global issue of most interest: The changing face of terrorism in an increasingly globalized world, and the methods being used to eradicate it
Hobbies: Volleyball, Lacrosse, Speech and debate, Model UN, DECA, Traveling, Chillin like a villain, and Ridin' dirty |
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Michael Brown
Hometown: Galveston, TX
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Toafa Cattell
Hometown: Hyde Park, NY
Favorite part of Global Scholar: Precept discussions
Wants to travel to: Vietnam
Global issue of most interest: US-Russian relations and the rise of Chinese economic power.
Hobbies: Snowboarding, Piano, Poker |
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Maxwell Alexander Clarke
Hometown: Albany NY ( ye uh)
Favorite part of Global Scholar: Meeting new people and being introduced to new ideas with wide perspectives.
Wants to travel to: I hear South Africa's nice.
Global issue of most interest: Population dynamics
Hobbies: Frisbee, Being a gangsta, Reading, Keepin it real, Listening to music |
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Michael Collins
Hometown: Glastonbury, CT
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Alexandra Courtis
Hometown: Davis, CA
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Christopher Dhanaraj
Hometown: Carmel, IN
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Binta Diallo
Hometown: Labe,Guinea (in West Africa) but I'm currently located in Burtonsville, MD
Favorite part of Global Scholar: I would have to say getting to meet different people. I also liked most of the lectures and I LOVED the FOOD.
Wants to travel to: South Africa
Global issue of most interest: Health
Hobbies: Volunteering at hospitals, Soccer, Ballet, and SHOPPING!!! |
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Steve Gaertner
Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Favorite part of Global Scholar: Washington D.C. panelists
Wants to travel to: Hong Kong and China
Global issue of most interest: Middle Eastern conflict
Hobbies: Soccer, Running, Hanging out, Camping, Backpacking, Canoeing, and Swimming |
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Ruben Gaytan
Hometown: Kennett Square, PA
Favorite part of Global Scholar: Meeting people from around the world and making new friends
Wants to travel to: Jerusalem
Global issue of most interest: Latin American Politics
Hobbies: Soccer, Traveling, Reading, Meeting new people, Going to the movies, Having fun with friends |
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Meg Greenhalgh
Hometown: Berryville, VA
Favorite part of Global Scholar: There are too many favorite parts! My most favorites were: capture the flag, how people would still talk about the lecture long after it ended, DC Day, the Video Conference, and meeting so many wonderful people!
Wants to travel to: The whole world but especially Argentina!
Global issue of most interest: The environment
Hobbies: POLO!, Riding, Model UN, The outdoors and the ocean (Sailing, Kayaking, Hiking) and Traveling anywhere! |
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Denzel Hawker
Hometown: Manhattan, NY
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Leah Heist
Hometown: Fairfax, VA
Favorite part of Global Scholar: The trip to D.C.
Wants to travel to: Spain
Global issue of most interest: Education
Hobbies: Running, Sailing, Piano, Clarinet
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Chloe Herman
Hometown: Potomac, MD
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Dwight Hobbs
Hometown: Menlo Park, CA
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Shamira Ibrahim
Hometown: New York, NY
Favorite part of Global Scholar : Meeting people from across the nation (and Canada) that are just as passionate and interested about international issues as I am.
Wants to travel to: Dubai because I would like to see for myself how the conflation of secular and religious values has successfully come together, in the midst of a region that
has large hostility towards the Western World.
Global issue of most interest: The current immigration problem. I feel that this is an issue that has been put on the back burner for too long, and now that it is in the forefront of north american politics, a resolution needs to emerge, and one that does not involve deporting 18 million undocumented aliens, an effort that is highly unnfeasible, and directly tied to the detriment of our economy.
Hobbies: Debate Team, and Step Team. |
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Jelena Jozic
Hometown: Louisville, KY
Favorite part of Global Scholar: Running through the sprinklers on W&L's field with Katya, Fernanda, and Leah.
Wants to travel to: The moon! So I can see the world from a different view!
Global issue of most interest: Poverty, because so little can be done to help a great deal, and yet there are people who still don't.
Hobbies: Running, Watching the O.C., and Eating! :) |
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Aakashdeep Kumar
Hometown: Plano, TX
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Katya Leonov
Hometown: Tampa, FL
Favorite part of Global Scholar: Going crazy on the last night, scavenger hunting, running through the sprinklers on the track, taking naps in the women's resource center, videoconferencing, 4th of July
Wants to travel to: I'd love to travel to Thailand.
Global issue of most interest: Fighting the war on terror, nuclear proliferation, role of media
Hobbies: I like to travel, figure skate, shop, eat, go to the beach, read, fish, dress up, and wear pink! |
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Fernanda Lima
Hometown: Birmingham, AL (originally from Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
Favorite part of Global Scholar: Videoconference
Wants to travel to: Italy
Global issue of most interest: Debt relief and poverty in Africa
Hobbies: Dance, Music
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Daniel Lippman
Hometown: Gt. Barrington, MA
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Erin McKenney
Hometown: Hyde Park, NY
Favorite part of Global Scholar: Meeting new people and learning new things
Wants to travel to: China
Global issue of most interest: Israel and Lebanon
Hobbies: Lacrosse |
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Will McNutt
Hometown: West Caldwell, NJ
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Bill Mergner
Hometown: West Caldwell, NJ
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Robert Murstein
Hometown: Boca Raton, FL
Favorite part of Global Scholar: The friends I made
Wants to travel to: England
Global issue of most interest: Nuclear proliferation
Hobbies: Golf, Bowling, TV, and Movies |
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Robin Peterson
Hometown: Troy, OH
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Emily Pickens-Jones
Hometown: Campbell, California
Favorite part of Global Scholar: It's so hard to pick one favourite moment...I'd have to say the video conference and getting to know everyone so well.
One place you'd like to travel to: We're only supposed to pick one place? How is that possible? Argh...fine...I'll pick India!
Global issue of most interest: the situations of poverty in Africa. Nothing specific or detailed but I want to dedicate my life to doing the best I can to solve it.
Hobbies: Reading, Singing, Listening to and making music, Watching/analyzing movies, Studying the world through news and people. |
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Marco Sabatino Romeo
Hometown: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Favorite part of Global Scholar: I really enjoyed the final simulation, because it allowed us to apply the knowledge we had gained on the trip and have fun as well.
Wants to travel to: Russia, specifically Moscow, Stalingrad and Leningrad.
Global issue of most interest: The eradication of the AIDS pandemic is the global issue that most interests me.
Hobbies: My favorite hobbies are reading, debating, doing community service, and playing soccer.
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Sugandha Singh
Hometown: Dalton, GA
Favorite part of Global Scholar: The intense intellectual and political debates about the Middle East, economics, nuclear proliferation... that would last for what seemed like hours till they eventually turned into debates over whether we should play ultimate frisbee, foosball, pool, capture the flag, or soccer and then eventually we would just go eat some food and give each other a huge group hug. I couldn't pick a favorite part so I tried to write one long sentence that encompassed everything.
Wants to travel to: I'd like to travel around the Planet Earth. Africa, the Middle East, India, China.
Global issue of most interest: The Middle East.
Hobbies: Playing the violin, pretending that I can dance and coreographing to the songs that I play on the violin, working out, friends, reading, surfing
the internet for what would seem like useless information but i always manage to pull it out and sound smart once in a while. |
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Meliha Skaljic
Hometown: McLean, Virginia
Favorite part of Global Scholar: Washington DC Day, listening to all the different panelists
Wants to travel to: Spain
Global issue of most interest: Nuclear proliferation in Iran
Hobbies: Tennis, Model UN, Running, Volunteering, Reading |
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Chanel Angelique Skyers
Hometown: Conyers, GA
Favorite part of Global Scholar: Videoconference
Global issue of most interest: Darfur, other African related issues
Hobbies: Reading and chilling |
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Caroline Solis
Hometown: Findlay, OH
Favorite part of Global Scholar: The videoconference with college students from Ghana, Uganda, Morroco, and Jordan was the best experience that Global Scholar or any program like it has ever given me.
Interacting and listening to the voices of students from across the world contribute their thoughts on issues opened up my eyes and mind to see how important United Nations reform is, and how much the War in Iraq has an effect on the world.
One place you'd love to travel to: I would like to travel to Sub-Saharan Africa in order to interact with the people who have been dealt the hand of extreme poverty. When here I would like the opportunity to visit schools and see the differences but also see the similarities. The suffering the people of Africa face daily would be a large part of the trip but also I want to see the joy they are able to have in such extreme conditions.
Global Issue of most concern: The enviorment has been one issue I have sincerly dedicated myself to learning about as well as spread awareness about. With a lack of international effort to truly target this issue (the failure of the Kyoto Protocol, and a very general mention in the Millenium Developement Goals) it is an issue that is more global than we can even image. Unlike any other issue it effects every single person on the earth.
Hobbies: Currently I participate in the Junior Statesmen of America were I will undertake to the a Department of Activism across Ohio, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, and West Virginia. I have also become a member of NetAid's Global Citizens Corps to spread awareness of global poverty in my school. Swimming has continued to be a large part of my activities as well. I enjoy black and white photography in my spare time as well. |
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David St. John
Hometown: Virgina Beach, VA
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Nishant Surapaneni
Hometown: Novi, MI
Favorite part of Global Scholar: Capital Day
Wants to travel to: Italy
Global issue of most interest: Nuclear proliferation/ WMD treaties
Hobbies: Tennis, Reading books/magazines, Browsing the internet, Watching movies, etc.
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Malavika Tampi
Hometown: Pickerington, OH
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Nicholas Ten Brink
Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI
Favorite part of Global Scholar: The teleconference and meeting new people.
One place you'd like to travel to: Egypt
Global issue of most concern: Poverty and debt relief in Africa and around the world
Hobbies: Playing Drums and DJing |
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Jordan Whisler
Hometown: Hilliard, OH
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Johnathan Williams
Hometown: Lethonia, Ga
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