Yale Bulletin and Calendar

September 17, 2004|Volume 33, Number 3

The 2004 Yale World Fellows and associate fellows, pictured here with Yale mascot "Handsome Dan," are (from left) Nachiket Mor (India), associate fellow Elizabeth Addonizio (political science Ph.D.), Sang-Jo Kim (South Korea), Karina Dashko (Russia), Emran Razzaghi (Iran), Heather Stevens (Northern Ireland), Robert Piper (Australia), Mteto Nyati (South Africa), Aboubakr Jamai (Morocco), Olivier Cattaneo (France), associate Bryan Leach (Law School), associate fellow Weslynne Ashton (Forestry & Environmental Studies, Ph.D.), Ilir Dugolli (Kosovo), associate fellow Katherine Southwick (Law School), John Kingman (United Kingdom), Cecilia Barja-Chamas (Bolivia), Michael Ma (China), Tinatin Khidasheli (Georgia), Nay Win Maung (Myanmar), J.R. Nereus Acosta (Philippines) and Paul Kwengwere (Malawi).

Series will introduce new World Fellows
to Yale community

Members of the campus community will have the opportunity to become better acquainted with the rising world leaders who came to campus this fall as Yale World Fellows at a new lecture series being launched this month.

The Yale World Fellows Thursday Lecture Series will begin on Sept. 23 at 5:30 p.m. in the Sterling Memorial Library lecture hall, 128 Wall St. The series, which is free and open to the public, will continue on Oct. 7 at 5 p.m. in the same location.

During the series, the World Fellows will share their individual leadership experiences in panel discussions offering multiple perspectives on international themes of overlapping concern. Each lecture will be followed by a question-and-answer session and a reception, where audience members can meet the World Fellows.

This year's World Fellows were formally welcomed to Yale at a barbeque on Sept. 8.

President Richard C. Levin greeted the World Fellows and their guests, saying: "While Yale has a long tradition of training future leaders, we foresaw a need for an innovative program for those currently occupying leadership positions around the world. Today we welcome those leaders, the third class of World Fellows, to Yale." Faculty, staff and students who have been affiliated with the program over the years were also on hand for the occasion.

The 17 World Fellows were selected as "catalysts of change" from around the globe, and were brought to Yale for a semester to hone their leadership and critical thinking skills. In addition, the program allows the participants to build an international support network to help them make an even greater impact when they return home.

This year's World Fellows class includes a Philippine congressman, a Georgian revolutionary, a Chinese environmentalist, an Iranian government official, journalists from Myanmar and Morocco, business leaders from India and South Africa, and the director of the United Nations Development Program in Kosovo. (The April 23 Yale Bulletin & Calendar announcing this year's fellows can be found at www.yale.edu/opa/v32.n27/story100.html.)

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