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2011 Johnson Opportunity Grant Winners

  • Samia Alam '12
    Johnson Opportunity Grant Winner Works in an Urban Health Clinic in Bangladesh
    Samia Alam is a Biology major from Woodside, N.Y. She spent her summer working in an urban health clinic in Bangladesh through the Distressed Children and Infants International (DCI) Volunteer Program.
  • Lauren Bardin '12
    Johnson Opportunity Grant Winner Explores Moscow
    Lauren Bardin, a senior global politics and Russian Area Studies double major from Salem, N.Y., spent the summer staying with a Russian family and teaching them English through Geo Vision's Conversation Corps Russia program.
  • Chloe Bellomy '12
    Johnson Opportunity Grant Winner Creates ABC's for Change
    Chloe Bellomy is an English major with a minor in creative writing from Santa Barbara, Ca. She spent her summer as an intern with Independent Education, an educational non-profit in Washington, D.C., while also pursuing an education fund-raising start-up called ABC's for Change.
  • Megan Bock '13
    Johnson Opportunity Grant Winner Interns in Chilean Medical Clinic
    Megan Bock is a biology major from Holmdel, New Jersey. She spent the summer as an intern at the public medical clinic in Valparaiso, Chile, through Experiential Learning Abroad.
  • Blaise Buma '13
    Johnson Opportunity Grant Winner Addresses International Youth Summit
    Blaise Buma is a junior mathematics and economics major Cameroon. He was one of 32 delegates chosen to debate six key resolutions at the One Young World international youth summit in Zurich, Switzerland this fall.
  • Steele Burrow '13
    Johnson Opportunity Grant Winner Aids Conservation Efforts in Southern India
    Steele Burrow is a junior politics major with a global focus from Dallas, Texas. He undertook a resource development/artistic marketing internship this summer with the nongovernmental organization Touchwood Ecological and Social Foundation based in Kotagiri, India.
  • Grace Cushman '12
    Johnson Opportunity Grant Winner Interns with Forensic Psychologist
    Grace Cushman is a psychology major with a minor in mass communications from Wilton, CT. She spent the summer as a clinical and forensic intern with Psychological Health Associates in Winchester, Va.
  • Alexandra Fernandez '13
    Johnson Opportunity Grant Winner Studies Law and the Environment in Ecuador
  • Dana Fredericks '12
    Johnson Opportunity Grant Winner Helps Create Arable Land at 13,700 Feet
  • Nico Gioioso '12
    Johnson Opportunity Grant Winner Studies the Value of Water in Argentina
  • Tyler Grant '12
    Johnson Opportunity Grant Winner Teaches English in China
  • Joseph Moravec '13
    Johnson Opportunity Grant Winner Studies Conservation and Resource Management in Kenya
  • Hang Nguyen '13
    Johnson Opportunity Grant Winner Studies Global Business in China
  • Ben Oddo '12
    Johnson Opportunity Grant Winner Learns the Ropes as a Hollywood Intern
  • Rachael Petry '13
    Johnson Opportunity Grant Winner Studies Health Care in Thailand
  • David Severson '12
    Johnson Opportunity Grant Winner Hikes the Appalachian Trail
  • Xinnan Wang '12
    Johnson Opportunity Grant Winner Explores Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine
    Xinnan Wang is a senior biology and economics major from Rockville, Md. She used her Johnson Opportunity Grant to study traditional medicine with acupuncturist Dr. Lin Lua in Chengdu, China.
  • Uri Whang '13
    Johnson Opportunity Grant Winner Connects American Students and North Korean Refugees