Lynn has just published a book on the “Rural Roots of Reform before China’s Conservative Change*, available in either hardcover or paperback. Routledge, the publisher, offers this link at which the full text may be viewed by anyone for a few weeks. The book is dedicated to my students and teachers, including those whom I […]
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Melani Shahin ’14
I was recently awarded a 2018-19 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Germany. As part of this fully-funded, ten-month grant, I will be teaching German students English and serving as a cultural ambassador for the U.S. Melani Shahin CdeP 2014
Randolph Head ’74
In November 2017, I traveled to Zurich to receive the Max Geilinger Prize, awarded for building cultural relations between Switzerland and the English-speaking world. Celebrating over lunch at a 300-year-old guild house was quite an experience. Randolph Head CdeP 1974
Maggie Reniers ’92
With our son home safely from the Marines and our daughter headed off to Davis in the fall, Gwyn and I are excited to get back down to Ecuador to work on getting our foundation (Latitude) off the ground. We will open both a community acupuncture clinic and an English-language school on our hotel property, […]
Ami Becker Aronson ’86
Hard to believe I have lived in DC the past 20 years! I love our nation’s capital and my children are 6th generation. I manage a private foundation and invest in people and ideas (www.bffdc.org). Any toads are always welcome to share arts, culture and democracy! I spent a few days in Reno with Leslie Clark […]
Randy Head ’74
I learned in January that I’ve been awarded the Max Geilinger Prize in Zurich, Switzerland. The prize is given every two to three years for work that “encourages cultural relations between Switzerland and the Anglo-Saxon language region.” The prize ceremony will take place in November 2017, in Zurich. Read more about Randy’s acknowledgement Randy Head […]
Jackson Howard ’12
My business partner, and I, just celebrated the two year anniversary of Not Mad—our online publication of art, music, culture and personal narrative for young people. Check it out! We’re always looking for submissions, too! www.notmad.us Jackson Howard CdeP 2012
Dawn Murray ’89
I was invited to the Kingdom of Bhutan as a professor in the BSc Environmental Science and Management Program at The Royal Thimpu College (RTC). I took a leave from my job as Chair of the Undergraduate Program at Antioch University Santa Barbara and my sons, 13 and 11 years old, and I have been […]
Tom Bard ’72
After nearly 36 years as a Geologist for Chevron, I am ready to begin my new adventures in retirement (hiking, biking, traveling, and golfing with other fellow Toads). I’ve been really fortunate to have had the opportunity to live in, travel to, and experience so many different countries, cultures, and personalities throughout my career. Karen […]
Kim Chase ’68
Just finished 3 years working in remote Alaska planning a new $300M plus new culturally and environmentally relevant hospital/clinic for the Yupik Eskimo. Working with the Yupik was a rare experience as they are one of the few intact native American cultures that is thriving even in the face of global warming/melting of the permafrost […]