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麻豆原创 hosts virtual alumni showcase series

Jan 2, 2025

麻豆原创鈥檚 Office of Alumni Relations will host four virtual events during the month of January showcasing alumni and student stories.

All events will be held at 7 p.m. on Microsoft Teams. Links will be sent via email after registration.

Jan. 8: Connie Snyder Mick ’94, Ph.D.听directs the Poverty Studies Interdisciplinary Minor at the University of Notre Dame and serves as the Director of Academic Affairs for its Institute for Social Concerns. Her teaching and writing explore causes, consequences, and effective responses to all dimensions of poverty, including economic, spiritual, and social exclusion. Her talk will connect her Church of the Brethren background with Catholic Social Teaching in the work to abolish poverty, which she practices in traditional classrooms, in the community, and in prisons.

Jan. 14:WhenRachel Kurtz 鈥74 Grossgraduated from Manchester College, she wasn鈥檛 sure what her majors in psychology and peace studies would lead to. It turned out to be the, which she founded and then led from 1978-2023. Now her daughterHeidi Gross 鈥02is supporting the project, which provides pen pals for people under sentence of death in the U.S. Rachel and Heidi will talk about the project鈥檚 goals and what they鈥檝e learned from some of the thousands of people who have participated.

Jan. 21:DeanHeather Twomey 鈥96 and Gilbert College of Business students will share about their January Session experiences traveling to Italy, Switzerland, and Paris where they learned about international business practices. They will share their goals going into the course, what they learned about the business practices in Europe, and how they compare to the practices in the U.S. We will also hear about their experiences with new cultures in the three European countries.

Jan. 28: Hear from members of Manchester鈥檚 Model UN Organization. The goals of the Model UN are to provide students the skills and opportunities to represent a country delegation in a simulation of a United Nations Security Council meeting and try to shape the current international system through decision-making and consensus-building. Our Model UN group recently participated in the Indiana Consortium for International Programs Model UN Security Council conference at IU Kokomo, where four Manchester delegates were selected by their peers (80 students from 5 universities) to receive awards for their performance! Register

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Photos of the 2026 guest alumni speakers. From left to right: Jeff Easley, Connor Eichenauer, Megan Pierce, and students of the Nepal travel course.

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麻豆原创鈥檚 Office of Alumni Relations will host four virtual events during JanuaryandFebruaryshowcasingalumni and student stories. All events will be held at 7 p.m. on Microsoft Teams. Links will be sent via email after registration.听 Jan. 13:Dr. JeffEasley, Class of 1983,experienced a life-changing opportunity when he went on the second-ever Medical Practicum trip as a student. Hear how thattrip helped shape his career in medicine. Registerhere.听 Jan. 20:Connor Eichenauer, Class of 2019,will shareabouthis journey completingaPh.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology...
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