News: January 2010
Item Posted: January 29, 2010 Indonesian Fellow has an entrepreneurial heartAs Executive Director to IBEKA (People Centered Business and Economic Institute), Tri Mumpuni Iskandar, ’09 Indonesia, helps empower poor and rural communities by providing them with electricity and energy from renewable sources. Her work was recently highlighted in an issue of Globe Asia. Click here to read more about it.
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Fellow from India gives hope to othersSubroto Das, '09 India, was selected as one of Times of India's Heroes of Hope this month for his work in helping those less fortunate and help them "aspire to a better life." He founded the Lifetime Foundation in 1999 to provide free highway rescue services to accident victims in his region. |
Under the proportional representation system, Niki Tzavela, '96 Greece, was recently elected as a Member of European Parliament. One of her main roles will be the Vice-Chairwoman for the Europe of Freedom and Democracy group. |
Martin Burt, '94 Paraguay, and his Teach a Man to Fish program, won The Japanese Award for the Most Innovative Development Project for the Financially Self-Sufficient School at the Global Development Network Annual Conference in Prague last week. For more information, click here. |
With his production company, Abbey Theater, Fiach MacConghail, '04 Ireland, is producing Sam Shepard's Ages of the Moon, an off-Broadway show, at the Linda Gross Theater in New York City. The show is open through March 7, 2010. For more info, click here. |
Item Posted: January 21, 2010 China (Taiwan) Fellow promoted to CEOWen-Ching "Wenny" Wang, '06 China (Taiwan), was promoted from editor-in-chief to CEO of Business Weekly Group this summer and is currently teaching at The Graduate Institute of Journalism at National Taiwan University. |
Human rights leader in India elected to state assemblyAfter running as an independent candidate on a platform of anti-corruption, social unity, and transparent development, Vivek Pandit, '00 India, was recently elected to the Maharashtra State Assembly. |
USA Fellow from Philadelphia promotedDan Castro, '01 USA, was promoted from captain to inspector by Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey. Inspector Castro is the new Commander of the Department's Traffic Division responsible for all special events in Philadelphia, including sporting events, concerts, parades, and logistics for all visiting dignitaries. |
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Item Posted: January 21, 2010Item Posted: January 15, 2010 2010 USA Eisenhower Fellows SelectedEisenhower Fellowships is proud to announce the selection of the 2010 class of USA Fellows. In one of our most competitive selections to date, nine Fellows were selected from our leadership initiatives in New England, Philadelphia, St. Louis and one for our Agriculture program in one of our most competitive selections to date. Seven of the nine Fellows will participate in the fall 2010 Women's Leadership Program, joining Fellows from 12 countries around the world. In a new feature of the USA program, a trio of women Fellows focused on developing political leadership will travel together in Latin America for a substantial portion of their fellowship After joining our spring 2010 Multi Nation Program Fellows for an orientation seminar in Philadelphia, the 2010 USA Fellows will embark upon individual customized programs in Asia, Latin America, Australia, Russia, and the Middle East. They look forward to meeting Fellows around the world and to joining the alumni network. The 2010 Fellows are listed below. Click here for bios and photos. |
Marti Cortez Cynthia Figueroa Lucinda Holt Adrienne Kravitz |
Diane Mulcahy Giovanna Negretti Cherelle Parker Steven Pelch Robert E. Shanklin |
Esteban Bullrich '06 Argentina appointed as Minister of Education for the city of Buenos AiresOn December 23, Esteban Bullrich, '06, Argentina, was sworn into the office of Ministry of Education of the City of Buenos Aires under the National Deputy (PRO) Party. Previously, he was a representative in the National House of Representatives of Argentina. |
Radio Journalist wins national prizeSilvia Bacher, '01, Argentina, received the 2009 University of Buenos Aires First Prize of Disclosure of Educational Contents (1° Premio UBA de Divulgaci—n de Contenidos Educativos 2009). She accepted it on behalf of herself and FM Continental. The award ceremony was led by the university rector, Ruben Hallu, and the members of the awards jury. |
Item Posted: January 9, 2010 New Vice Minister of Defense for ColombiaJorge Eastman, '02, Colombia, has been selected as the country's Vice Minister of Defense. At the time of his fellowship, he was a Special Advisor to the Secretary General of OAS for counter-terrorism and most recently, he was the Advisor to the President of Colombia for Communications. |
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