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Alums
Wen Han '12: Moments in the US
“Students are often times multilingual and have lived in a number of different countries.”
full article »Madeline King '11 Encounters a New Language in Kenya
“I realized how much communication just relies on body language and those pure emotions, like laughter.”
full article »Ernie Imhoff '59, Journalist
Born of German immigrants, Ernie Imhoff ’59 knew from the age of seven that he wanted to be a newspaper man. When he arrived in Williamstown for college, he decided to major in German, but picked up summer jobs at the North Adams Transcript to pursue his interest in journalism. After attending the Pulitzer School more »
"Views and Values": Adriana Mendoza Leigh '12 from Peru
“One’s environment may propitiate change, but it is ultimately upon the individual to decide how they change and grow.”
full article »Asad Liaqat '11 from Pakistan
“I only decided to apply to colleges in the US the summer before my senior year of high school. At that point, I had never set foot outside Pakistan….”
full article »Ville Satopää '11 from Finland
“I came to Williams with an open mind! I really wanted to understand and learn from the American culture.”
full article »Annelise Snyder '11 in Fiji
“At the end of the lab period, the local students asked if they could eat the sea urchins we studied.”
full article »Thammika (Prim) Songkaeo '11
Originally from Thailand, Prim graduated in 2011 and is about to embark on a PhD program in Comparative Literature at UT Austin.
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full article »Emily Spine '11: "Intercambios en Española"
“For me, study abroad was a time for exploration. I grew personally, becoming more self-reliant on myself, due to traveling.”
full article »Crossing Cultural Boundaries: Sara Wild '11 in Senegal
“Everything is joked about in Senegal–and is not viewed as an intrusion of personal privacy.”
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