tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71727187590896033752024-03-26T23:38:03.331-07:00VCU HUMPHREY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMJust a little insight into the life and times of the Humphrey Fellows at Virginia Commonwealth University as they pursue their interests in Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, Policy and Research. There is so much to the program beyond the Individual Program Plan.VCU HUMPHREY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03240211888785313864noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172718759089603375.post-90541929892035074582013-01-02T12:10:00.000-08:002013-01-02T12:10:58.759-08:00"The Israeli Voice: Telling the November 2012 Story of the life of the VCU Humphrey Fellows" by Suzan Ben-Ezra (Israel)<div class="MsoNormal">
The adventures of the VCU Humphrey Fellows in November 2012
started with a tour to Williamsburg and Jamestown, VA, experiencing the American
history first hand; it was wonderful experience. The actors and the live
history that I shared with my friends was unique and helped us to understand the
American history of those days. We shared this experience with Bob and Crystal
that were our tour guides, friends and colleagues all together. We missed Bola and Jezelle on this tour, who could not join us.</div>
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We started with a briefing by Bob and then toured the city,
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In the evening we went to dinner at a local tavern.</div>
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On our way to Jamestown we took a break on the shore of James
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Historic Jamestown was the first English settlement in the
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November movie night in Dos Santos family house was a
cultural and happy social event. We continued our movie night tradition and
shared Brazilian food and movie. Claudemir picked a police movie and we learned
about the crime in Brazil. Sandra (Claudemir's wife) refined our shock from the
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November was a month of studying as well and we learned methods of "creating a change" with Dr. Mary Nash.</div>
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We had a visit in the Psychology lab (if you found an
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On our field trip to SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services) we met our Humphrey colleagues
from John Hopkins University. Winnie Mitchell, International Officer, and Nadine
Benton introduced us to the work and the different departments in SAMHSA. We
heard from the heads of departments an extensive overview and opportunity for
collaboration in the future. In the second day Dale Weiss, Associate Director
from NIDA joined us. It was a wonderful two days of meeting our friends from
John Hopkins and broadening our knowledge of SAMHSA's work.</div>
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At the end of the month Claudemir, Bola, Kouame and me went to VSU (Virginia State
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This is a typical Humphrey Fellow's month: we have cultural
and historical learning, we have friends to share quality time, fun and good
food, and we learn new skills and methods, enriching our networking and sharing
our experience with others. All of this is during our own individual schedule
and professional development activities, so I believe that from today our name
will not be Hubert Humphrey Fellows….It will be: The Hubert Humphrey
Super-Fellows!!</div>
VCU HUMPHREY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03240211888785313864noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172718759089603375.post-47352814065457199612012-12-20T10:37:00.000-08:002012-12-20T10:40:15.876-08:00"The Global Leadership Forum (GLF): A Fellow's Perspective" by Claudemir dos Santos (Brazil)<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Global Leadership Forum<br />From 21 to 25 October 2012</span></h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2012-2013 Humphrey Fellows Day 1 of the GLF</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Global Leadership Forum (GLF) was an event <span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333;">long awaited </span></span>by Humphrey Fellows for many
reasons, such as the opportunity to meet other fellows and make important
professional contacts, receive important information about the program and
issues and concerns of today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After a two-hour train ride we arrived at our destination
expected in Washington, DC. The Key Bridge Marriott Hotel was the scene of this memorable
event, where we were welcomed by the staff of the Institute of International
Education.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Fellows enjoyed a tour of Washington DC and visited many historical landmarks. MLK monument featured here.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">On the first day, we did a little tour through Washington, DC
and took pictures with the whole group in front of the Grant Memorial near the
Capitol. At night we had dinner and listened to the words of welcome from Judith S.
Gibson, Director, Humphrey Fellowship Program Division Institute of
International Education and Dr. John Sedlins, Chief of Humphrey Fellowships and
Institutional Linkages Branch U.S. Department of State. We parted after the
words of Dr. Allan J. Lichtman, Distinguished Professor of History at American
University.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">On Monday, in the morning we participated in a discussion to
reach consensus on key issues and priorities of today. The Global Leadership
Forum 2012 was designed to help Humphrey fellows to become strategic leaders
with a vision and a plan to reach your goals. The activity Consensus Building
gave us the opportunity to meet colleagues from other campuses and to work
together on a fundamental leadership skill: building a consensus on difficult
and contentious issues.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In the afternoon had a talk with Shanta Nagendram, SkillFocus Director of Consulting, Humphrey Fellow, Tufts
University: 1987 - 1988. The theme of the lecture SUCCESS! Shanta addressed
skills, perspectives and knowledge they need to become an effective leader in
the global 21st century. She shared her experiences of career and "lessons
learned" to explore ways we can shape our own personal and professional
future.</span></div>
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fellows in the area of drug prevention, treatment and education at Johns
Hopkins University and also a Brazilian representative of the Pan American
Health Organization, the UN body. Soon after we had a talk about leadership and
public service with Lenneal Henderson, Professor of Government and Public Administration of William
Donald Schaefer Center for Public Policy, University of Baltimore. Before lunch
we also had a lecture given by a judge Yussef Auf Work and Family, Supreme
Judicial Council's Court primary Giza, Humphrey Fellow, American University
Washington College of Law: 2011 - 2012. He discussed how maximized their
professional development activities during his year as Humphrey, utilizing
effective networking techniques. He also discussed the strategies that he used
to ensure a professional affiliation ideal for achieving your professional
goals and individual.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Tuesday afternoon was marked with great opportunities for
professional contacts. I (Claudemir) and Jezelle went to the Organization of
American States (OAS) where we were very well received by Marya Hynes,
Secretariat for Multidimensional Security from Inter-American Drug Abuse
Control Commission (CICAD), Organization of American States. We talked a lot
about the area of research and data on the Americas prevalence and patterns
of drug use. I had the opportunity to meet one of the National Anti-Drug Secretariat
of Brazil, who at the time was attending a meeting in the building. Rosie had a
meeting in the World Bank, Department of Education and Suzan met senior vice
president of Substance Abuse, Mental Health and Criminal Justice Studies of the
University of Chicago.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Wednesday morning we visited public schools, High Schools in particular,
in the Washington Metropolitan Area. In these visits we had the opportunity to
share our experience as Humphrey Fellows and professionals and a bit of the
culture of our countries. We also learned a bit about his plans and structure
that school provides to help them achieve their goals.</span></div>
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Abshire-Inamori Leadership Academy & Educational Director of the Center for
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">SEVEN REVOLUTIONS </span><br />
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This initiative strives to do what organizations are increasingly less able to
do - to consider the long term implications of global trends at work today. It maps seven key trends that will bring change to the year 2025 and
offers a detailed outline of the major challenges that lie ahead. The seven
"revolutionary" change areas are (1) population, (2) resource
management, (3) Technology (4); flows of information and knowledge, (5)
economic integration, (6) conflict, and ( 7) governance. Each of these
revolutions embodies both the promise and peril, and it is up to each of us to
determine the trajectory that these revolutionary forces will follow.</span><br />
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visit <a href="http://csis.org/program/seven-revolutions">http://csis.org/program/seven-revolutions</a>.</span></div>
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top floor we had a very pleasant evening with great music, dancing and fun. It
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Richmond we reach!!!!!!!!
We number seven and we are anxious but even more than that……..excited about the
next ten months of our professional lives! What a great group!!!!!!!!!!!!! An opthamologist, a psychiatrist, not one but two social workers, a police
officer, a teacher and a toxicologist. Nice mix 'ent?!?!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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August 7<sup>th</sup> and spent two weeks with Crystal, who by the way should
be the campaign person for the energizer battery, in a hectic orientation
program aimed in getting us settled in and equipped with the basic needs to
live in a foreign country with habits and customs different from our own cultures.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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turned generic apartments into homes, opened bank accounts, learnt the
transportation system, got our office spaces and VCU ID’s, shopped some more,
toured the campus and yes people we………………activated our gym memberships ……… I
guess Fitness should be one of our personal goals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The highlight of that week...a welcome pool party!!! We got to put faces with names we have only seen on paper and met the who's who of the VCU Humphrey Fellowship Program.</span></div>
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courses, meetings with individual advisors, everything we need to know about
remaining healthy and the assistance that can be provided by the GEO office.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So when you hear Pony Pasture what do you think?????? Check
it out………….No Ponies, horses or anything of the sort, at least not any
more. Now it’s just the most gorgeous
view of the James River and an opportunity to just get in a tire and relax in
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And finally, "Happy Birthday to you (pretend we singing) to Aunty Diane!!!" Randy helped us make sure it was a surprise. It was a nice way to end the very busy and eventful first two months here in Richmond, VA.</span></div>
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VCU HUMPHREY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03240211888785313864noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172718759089603375.post-25519674771822908662012-05-02T08:14:00.001-07:002012-05-02T08:14:50.249-07:00Together in Bloom - Spring Semester in Full Swing by Tin Moe Aung [Myanmar]<br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: normal;">"For the
First time in the history of mankind, one generation literally has the power to
destroy the past, the present and the future, the power to bring time to an
end." -- Hubert H. Humphrey</span></i></blockquote>
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one of the most exciting and happy trips. We all went together in the rain; including our Coordinators Dr. Mary Loos and our Assistant Coordinator, Crystal looked like a smart captain and the trip was full of fun. We were chatting, singing and
kidding each other the whole trip. Funny
and exciting 4-D cinema, clever dolphin shows, beautiful inner harbor of
Baltimore, amazing under water animals and a wonderful show from the aquarium, were distinct events that we Fellows will never forget.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">That's me, Moe, participating in the Prevention Specialist Training.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Fellows attended the Prevention Specialist Training from March 19<sup>th</sup>
to the 23<sup>rd</sup> and this training was very good. We were given a lot of tools to help us create a new project. Aizhan, Pedro, Natalia and I had a
great time in this training. <span class="gi">Michael Olsen, our trainer could
explain very well how to implement our
prevention program and experiences. Sharing information and having discussion with trainees was very helpful in helping the Fellows to understand the ideas. We had special chance to discuss specifically about substance abuse prevention,
prevention research, cultural competency and inclusion, prevention planning, evaluation
and using human development in prevention from this training. The </span>Group
Project presentation was also exciting for all of us as every Fellow had a chance to participate in different group. We created a nice presentation in cooperation with other trainees. Mike taught these tools of prevention to
all trainees by using all his energy for the whole week. Dr. Olson also described the brain effect very well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Grant-writing training was arranged at the end of March. Laurie
J.Rogers was easily able to explain and share a lot of information about grant
writing procedure and resources. Every Fellow has a specific intention to change something in their respective field in their own countries. So it was a special training and very supportive to our individual program plans which will help us to implement our
projects by receiving information and providing tools for the future. We were instructed that we can share our points of view from
different aspects to create funding and also understand how to write clear and successful
grant proposal.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our Coordinator Dr. Randy Koch introducing us before our presentations.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rogers Kasirye (Uganda) making his presentation to the Epi faculty members.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's me making my presentation to the faculty.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our colleague, Aizhan Zhumasheva of Kazakhstan also presented.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My friend Natalia Estoyanoff of Uruguay presenting as well.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">On March 27 the Humphrey Fellows participated in a panel presentation and informal social session
with VCU's Epidemiology faculty. After our Coordinator, J. Randy Koch introduced us to everyone, Natalia Estoyanoff, Roger
Kasiirye, Aizhangul Zhumasheva and myself made presentations about our countries' substance abuse issues and it was also great time to share and learn from
several points of view.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">March 29th was one of the wonderful days because we
were trained in Motivational Interviewing by Dr. Lori Keyser-Marcus and Dr. Thomas Moore. The training gave so many helpful ideas for building good substance abuse service programs in our
own countries. The Motivational Interviewing training was an excellent evidence-based
practice that we were able to learn and implement.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">VCU's Humphrey program always arranges administrative meetings nearly every Wednesday. This is also good time to share information and we get a chance
to plan our schedule. Sometimes we eat! </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">March, like the spring, was filled with colorful and useful
activities which can help to complete the future hopes of each Humphrey Fellow for their
own countries.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">On 27th March, we were also given very exciting to do poster presentation by Stephanie Hart, the Business Manager for the Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies, for the upcoming NIDA International Forum and CPDD in Palm Springs, CA coming up in mid-June, just as we end our program. She helped us a lot so that each poster will be the best it can.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>MARCH</b> was filled with tools and resources and items we will use to continue to pursue our dreams of serving our communities so for me <b>MARCH </b>stands for <i><b>M</b>aterial <b>A</b>wakening for <b>R</b>espective <b>C</b>ountries' <b>H</b>ope.</i></span></div>
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<br /></div>VCU HUMPHREY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03240211888785313864noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172718759089603375.post-8151989931109677522012-03-08T09:35:00.000-08:002012-03-08T09:35:54.941-08:00New Year, New Semester 2012 -- Lionel Kulathilake (Sri Lanka)<div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><em><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">This, then, is the test we must set for ourselves; not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.</span></em></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><em>Hubert H. Humphrey</em><o:p></o:p></span></div><h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">NIDA International Program- 2012 Fellows Orientation February 1-3</span></span></h3><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 13.5pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In 2012 the new semester started after one month of vacation. After traveling to some states during </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">vacation our VCU Humphrey group turned their heads to </span><st1:place style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">Washington</st1:state></st1:place><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> DC by train on the 31st of January in the morning for the NIDA 2012 Humphrey</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> F</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">ellows’ orientation. NIDA is the National Institute on Drugs Abuse. J. Randy Koch, Executive Director of the Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies, Mary Loos, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> also participated for this program. The intention was to enhance the opportunity to develop the collaboration between the Humphrey fellows’ organizations and the reputed institutions for substance abuse rehabilitation in the </span><st1:country-region style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. NIDA and SAMHSA have developed programs especially for substance abuse problems in the Fellows' countries. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This was a good opportunity for Humphrey Fellows to make their contacts with those institutions and get support to develop and implement their programs of substance abuse field in their countries.</span><br />
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<b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">SAMHSA Conference on January 31</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Just before we went to NIDA, our Coordinators arranged a visit to SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Healh Services Administration) first. </span> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">On Tuesday January 31,2012 we participated in a SAMHSA workshop</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. Women’s Treatment Issues, SBIRT on line training, Prevention Programs, Criminal Justice and Drug Court Programs and SAMHSA Policy and International Programs were the topics of the seminars. The experts of different sections from the substance abuse rehabilitation field gave presentations.</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Winnie Mitchell, International Officer, from SAMHSA,<span class="apple-converted-space"> organized this conference for the VCU Humphrey fellows. The intention was to create relationships with the experts of the substance abuse field and support for Humphrey fellows to develop their programs in substance abuse field.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWjgcfpzeBnwaAZ-4iMjK7qIClOyG_NskRoiuM2arBsNZIkTnIZmgLXTmD99Wg3Tlwx_r0cfaawcysBzO4NkfcGThUPwlJ3IhQX_BDATWQDF3TncrSgqQvRudyue_5fAtNGN8Ea644jmw/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWjgcfpzeBnwaAZ-4iMjK7qIClOyG_NskRoiuM2arBsNZIkTnIZmgLXTmD99Wg3Tlwx_r0cfaawcysBzO4NkfcGThUPwlJ3IhQX_BDATWQDF3TncrSgqQvRudyue_5fAtNGN8Ea644jmw/s320/3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">NIDA Oriented New Fellows about Research Resource in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The NIDA International Program welcomed 27 fellows from different countries as part of an orientation for new fellowship awardees. International Program Director Steven W Gust Ph.D. and Associate Director Dale Weiss hosted the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows from Virginia Commonwealth University and Johns Hopkins University, who were joined by NIDA INVEST and INVEST/CTN fellows for the 3-day orientation. Fellows had an opportunity to learn about the Institute’s international research priorities as well as NIDA and National Institute of Health resources and collaboration and training tools that the fellows can access during their time in the United States and after they return to their home countries to continue their research.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">National <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Institute</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Health</st1:placename></st1:place> and National Library of Medicine</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">On Wednesday, February 1, Humphrey Fellows from VCU, Johns Hopkins, INVEST/CTN fellows from University of Pennsylvania, University of Boston, University of California , Fellows from New York University and Associate campus collaborators from Virginia State University participated to NIDA International Program (Orientation meeting ) at National Institute of Health ( NIH). After the orientation they arranged for a tour of the NIH (National Institutes of Health). NIH has more than 75 buildings in a campus-like environment over 300 acres. Some research is performed on campus in state-of-the-art laboratory facilities, although more than 80% of research activities are conducted by scientists working in every state and around the world. The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in </span><st1:place style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Bethesda</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Maryland</st1:state></st1:place><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, is the world's largest medical library. The Library collects materials and provides information and research services in all areas of biomedicine and health care. These books have been translated to150 languages and it has 50million book shelves and 250 databases. The online resources are free and easy to access worldwide. Every day 7.5 million users around the world log in to these websites. It was a great opportunity.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><st1:placetype style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" w:st="on"><b>University</b></st1:placetype><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Maryland</st1:placename></b></span></div></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thursday, February 2, we went to </span><st1:place style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Maryland</st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> and had a good opportunity to listen to presentations from Humphrey Fellows, Invest Fellows and Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotion Research Presentations as well as VSU students. Humphrey and Invest Fellows presented their substance abuse problems in their countries while the other Fellows presented their research findings. Our VCU Humphrey Fellow from </span><st1:country-region style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Myanmar,</st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Dr. Tin Moe Aung did her presentation that day about substance abuse problems in her country. The Fellows from other universities and students from the </span><st1:place style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Maryland</st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> presented their research. Our Coordinator, Dr. Mary Loos graduated from this beautiful University.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><st1:placename style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" w:st="on"><b>Neuroscience</b></st1:placename><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Friday, February 3, 2012 we all were accompanied to the </span><st1:place style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Neuroscience</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> for discussions with NIDA division representatives. This was a good opportunity for the whole group to make collaborations with the NIDA representatives. This enabled Fellows from different universities to make connections for their interest fields and meet the experts in the field of substance abuse. They gave us information about their institution and the field that they have developed. And also they have revealed the possibility of receiving grants for their research activities. After the group photo we departed from </span><st1:state style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> to our home thanking Dale Weiss and Lisa Jordre for organizing this fruitful conference.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Snow in Richmond and Strange weather</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><st1:place style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Richmond</st1:city></st1:place><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> weather is always changing. We can’t predict what’s happening the next day. On 2/11/2012 Saturday at 1.30 pm snow fell in </span><st1:place style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Richmond,</st1:city> <st1:state w:st="on">Virginia</st1:state></st1:place><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. It was fantastic as it was most of our Fellows' first experience in their lives as they have no snow in their countries. It was beautiful snow, even if it didn’t last long. After this I was waiting to see snow the following day but the sun appeared instead of snow. The Fellows and I are waiting for snow again but after this day weather in </span><st1:city style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Richmond</st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> changed. I thought it was the only day I could see snow. The picture below shows how the snow fell the first day. This view is from my room.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Happy Hour”</span></b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As a lawyer, my interest in substance abuse relates greatly to policy. On 2/17/2012 A Bill to amend and reenact 4,1-111 of the code of </span><st1:place style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">Virginia</st1:state></st1:place><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> , relating to alcoholic beverage control; regulation of happy hour advertising. </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Alcohol beverage control advertising “Happy Hour” </b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">provides that nothing in ABC law and ABC Board regulations shall be construed to prohibit a retail on – premises licensee from advertising “Happy Hour” or “Drink Specials” and the time period during which alcoholic beverages are being sold at reduced prices using internet or similar forms of electronic communications media, provided the license complies with all other provisions of ABC law and Board regulations. The bill was considered this day and as Patron; Albo has decided to withdraw it and senators gave their permission. The officials of the Assembly said this Act would not come again. Some people opposed this Act as it is allowed to people to drink more, may increase accidents and cause health problems. So, advertising “Happy Hour” or “Drink Specials” won’t appear in liquor shops. I found this most interesting to see the cycle of the bill and discuss it with my cohort.</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Playing in the snow!</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In </span><st1:place style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Richmond</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Virginia</st1:state></st1:place><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> , On 2/19/2012 at 12.30pm snow started to fall again and lasted the following day morning. This time it was beautiful and nearly 3- 4 inches snow accumulated. The Fellows who hadn’t had a snow experience had a great time with their friends playing in the snow throwing snow balls at each other. This was a new experience for most of our Fellows those who have no snow in their countries. We had an opportunity to play in the snow and spent a nice time together. This gave us a memorable experience. Though we hoped for snow again we didn't expect it because </span><st1:place style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Richmond's</st1:city></st1:place><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> weather changes in every day. The following day was sunny and the snow completely melted away. We are still hoping for snow at least one more day.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;">Our Humphrey friend and colleague, Pedro Augusto Rodrigues of Brazil, celebrated his birthday party on Saturday February 25. He invited all of us to his apartment. It started on Saturday 25th at 4:00 pm and lasted at 4.00 am on the following day. The Fellows and his American friends also participated. As he said that we finished the party at 4.00 am. That's how they do it in Brazil! They prepared special black beans called "feijoada" and special drink with lemon. It was a great time!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: left; text-indent: 48px;">Lionel Kulathilake (Sri Lanka)</span></div>VCU HUMPHREY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03240211888785313864noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172718759089603375.post-57253664527589609392011-12-07T08:29:00.000-08:002011-12-08T08:41:09.044-08:00The Global Leadership Forum 2011 - by Natalia Estoyanoff (Uruguay)<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7172718759089603375&postID=5725366452758960939" name="_GoBack"></a><b>OCTOBER<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2011 Global Leadership Forum, October 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">O<span class="hps"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">n the morning of</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="hps"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">October 23</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="hps"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">we went</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="hps"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">by train to</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="hps"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">Washington</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="hps"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">DC</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="hps"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">to participate for</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="hps"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">four</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="hps"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">days</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;"> in </span></span><span class="hps"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">the 2011 Global Leadership Forum.</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;"> Because this wonderful VCU Humphrey Fellows team is destined to overcome several challenges, (I want to remind you that this group endured an earthquake and a tropical storm), the first challenge of the day was to keep calm in spite of the delay of the departure of our train to D.C!! However, as you can see in the picture below this text, we never lost our great humor sense and beautiful smiles!! <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting for the train to finally leave the Staples Mill Amtrak Station.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pan, Pedro and Lionel waiting on the Amtrak train to Washington.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2011-2012 Humphrey Fellows annual group photo.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKhkLcYxr1yMGoG8K56XSwNrqeDtSLkq-qOsDoaLqaRwj1kXsrSQZmHk1NkJLc2owglIsdu2XgWbeD_Sc14ONLv_z0WO6zyThT7RTwzMF5otUWuvwRnEBwoSot2MsMpc0kueqDtf_8QCA/s1600/Todos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">204 Humphrey Fellows from 93 countries met together for first time. It was a wonderful moment to see some familiar faces again (our colleagues from our pre-academic courses!) and meet new faces.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;">After taking a group photo we boarded the buses to take a tour of important places in Washington DC. We visited Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, Martin Luther King Monument, The White House, and other attractions.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_6" o:spid="_x0000_i1031" style="height: 233.25pt; mso-wrap-style: square; visibility: visible; width: 351.75pt;" type="#_x0000_t75"> <v:imagedata o:title="" src="file:///C:\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image005.png"> </v:imagedata></v:shape><span class="hps"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_7" o:spid="_x0000_i1030" style="height: 260.25pt; mso-wrap-style: square; visibility: visible; width: 347.25pt;" type="#_x0000_t75"> <v:imagedata o:title="" src="file:///C:\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image006.png"> </v:imagedata></v:shape><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(from L to R) Lionel, Pan, Me (Natalia) and Aizhan.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXuJlxHYMYIvJy5uEKJD0TX37GKmBpo8UB4RpFxczNDquUHH8xmmlRFYenfWzp3P1xJvZSfFuEZA7bJeKPjRVOzcY9LY737qwyAwgA6FqbKk_dypMP4tQOaMbmCd78aIKl5ZKsixwQqZw/s1600/Capitolio1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">During the Forum we had an important variety of activities: Humphrey alumni </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">speakers, workshops, time for professional associations, etc. but I would like to highlight two unforgettable events that personally, I enjoyed:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="hps" style="text-indent: -24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">2)</span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; text-indent: -24px;">Reception in the U.S Department of State: We all got dressed with our best clothes. IIE staff encourages us to wear national dress, so many Humphreys brought their traditional dress with pride. </span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-indent: -24px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="hps" style="text-indent: -24px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">Africa</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-indent: -24px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="hps" style="text-indent: -24px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">and Asia</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-indent: -24px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="hps" style="text-indent: -24px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">were highlighted for their beautiful colors, textures and attire</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -24px;">.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="hps" style="text-indent: -24px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;">But as I am</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-indent: -24px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"> </span></span><span class="hps" style="text-indent: -24px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;">of Latin America,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-indent: -24px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"> </span></span><span class="hps" style="text-indent: -24px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;">I want to highlight the beautiful Mexican dress of our colleague Margarita.</span></span></span><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_10" o:spid="_x0000_i1027" style="height: 411.75pt; mso-wrap-style: square; visibility: visible; width: 273pt;" type="#_x0000_t75"> <v:imagedata o:title="" src="file:///C:\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image009.png"> </v:imagedata></v:shape><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_12" o:spid="_x0000_i1026" style="height: 287.25pt; mso-wrap-style: square; visibility: visible; width: 383.25pt;" type="#_x0000_t75"> <v:imagedata o:title="" src="file:///C:\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image010.png"> </v:imagedata></v:shape><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Unfortunately we were not as lucky as the Humphrey's of the last year, to be received by Hillary Clinton, but we had the opportunity to meet Hillary Clinton’s Assistant, Hubert Humphrey’s niece and the Director of Humphrey Fellowship Program. After the speakers we enjoyed a great reception: delicious food and white wine!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span></div>VCU HUMPHREY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03240211888785313864noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172718759089603375.post-46421740797825565892011-10-25T12:49:00.000-07:002011-10-25T12:49:18.571-07:00New Year, New Fellows -- VCU Humphrey Blog #1 (2011-2012) by Pansak Pramokchon (Thailand)<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>This, then, is the test we must set for ourselves; not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.</em></span></span> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 107.55pt 10pt 117pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Hubert H. Humphrey</em></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Guardian Angel.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It was already dark when the turbop</span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">rop plane of the United Express pressed its gears upon the airstrip of Richmond International Airport.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Crystal had just dropped two Humphrey Fellows to their apartments at West Cary Street before hurriedly returning to the airport to pick up another fellow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This Fellow, Tin Moe Aung, was the last one of the group this year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was a Myanmar physician flew from Tucson, Arizona.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All Fellows, save Pedro–the psychologist from Rio de Janeiro, had their Pre-academic course somewhere else before flying to Richmond, the capital city of Virginia, which would become their home for the next eight months.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAJZTfQwNRjHG6roGE3U9EjfdbylUEw72lHcKmkKtyjfvcZQ0Qj0FE1GBT8DVGJ2mwAMQdiNT2hS4hr7bG3SRrlR8yqWPPKocz86sVu1Gskd35zdKnD80YLEtbfQ6r4kpXCeVML2L8OM4/s1600/pic9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAJZTfQwNRjHG6roGE3U9EjfdbylUEw72lHcKmkKtyjfvcZQ0Qj0FE1GBT8DVGJ2mwAMQdiNT2hS4hr7bG3SRrlR8yqWPPKocz86sVu1Gskd35zdKnD80YLEtbfQ6r4kpXCeVML2L8OM4/s320/pic9.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It was a long and weary day for Crystal who was addressed by Pan, the Fellow from Thailand, as the guardian angel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lean African-American lady drove into the wide lane in front of the in-bound terminal to meet the woman from Myanmar, Moe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She drove Moe to Cary Place in the west end of the city which was the same place where she had just dropped two Humphrey Fellows one hour earlier.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After leading Moe to her apartment and informing her of the next day’s schedule, she left Cary Place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was mid-night when she headed home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Humphrey Fellows were all on their warm beds, while Crystal was driving home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A long and weary day had ended, but there would be more long and weary days awaiting her.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It was not dark when Crystal parked the van in front of the house of the Breland's.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Randy stood by the doorway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His hand reached out to greet all the Fellows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The warm house of the Breland’s fulfilled with salutation, introduction and conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each one accosted the others and started chatting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a while, Daron, Crystal’s husband, along with their children, Zoe and Asa, joined the party.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alison, though worn out, pleasantly exchanged a colloquy with the fellows and other guests.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Suddenly, a little toddler bursted in with a high-pitched scream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was Rosy, Alison’s daughter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The little girl was running around the house playing hide-and-seek with, Pan, her new friend when she came across her mother.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">People chatted, exchanged their experiences and opinions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Daron played piano while Moe was singing along.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They became familiar with each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The party went on until 10:00 pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before repairing to their own residences, they bade the other goodbye.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some fellows approached Rosy to say goodbye.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the little girl was so shy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She kept resting her head on her father’s shoulder and gave no response.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs9U8qhsqMkBzDiYQe_ZVOn1gC8_gPi_pdShO_40QS5mW_ajZS90uFHcE9YkKyUIdi9_u8GxnDD2TEeKWJQa2FXuxc0KDbMhofnI8euExdm8P4jzMl8_saxaGFZ21v_8saMwVmk7Rueq8/s1600/pic10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs9U8qhsqMkBzDiYQe_ZVOn1gC8_gPi_pdShO_40QS5mW_ajZS90uFHcE9YkKyUIdi9_u8GxnDD2TEeKWJQa2FXuxc0KDbMhofnI8euExdm8P4jzMl8_saxaGFZ21v_8saMwVmk7Rueq8/s320/pic10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">New Home, Old Apartments.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Rogers was in his apartment for two weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The apartment was in good condition equipped with television and internet facilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everything looked anew.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a small one-bed-room apartment but he thought it was, somehow, too big for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It had a fine kitchen well provided with all kitchenware needed. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And also, it had laundry appliances, one restroom and one bedroom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a good location, not far from the GRTC bus stop and Cabell Library where the VCU bus connector stop stood.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Unfortunately, the TV and internet facilities did not work when he first moved in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps, it was because the previous resident had subscribed to cable TV which expired before he moved in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, Rogers was left in a mute and blind environment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had to go to the Humphrey center’s office to Skype home every time he needed to.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">He expected GEO to restore the facilities in no time, but at that time of year, the staff was too busy looking for residences for hundreds of new students who started to arrive at the same time as the Fall semester was about to start soon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was frustrated but eventually, the GEO staff came to fix the facilities as soon as they were able.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Rogers, relieved from the mute and blind environment, could settle into his new home at Cary Place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Richmond would be his new home at least for the next eight months.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT333A1CDFIx8KBDDmm1G1sXNtTVqYC-u-X62XQ2W_p4y_qlrfEUVmLJVCvPiorX2Cy8pDtBeuMDhwSBN6HrDzdyDNBqDqKNUgq9lcw9Px9TAAPlxQP8V6XHQ60X4h9YYsqQjjiRPNJiE/s1600/pic7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT333A1CDFIx8KBDDmm1G1sXNtTVqYC-u-X62XQ2W_p4y_qlrfEUVmLJVCvPiorX2Cy8pDtBeuMDhwSBN6HrDzdyDNBqDqKNUgq9lcw9Px9TAAPlxQP8V6XHQ60X4h9YYsqQjjiRPNJiE/s320/pic7.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Credit Class, Audit Class.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">At the beginning of the semester, all Humphrey Fellows were required to take at least one course in accordance to their specific interests.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most Fellows’ interests were substance abuse, so each of them chose a class relevant to substance abuse, for instance, epidemiology, drug addiction, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Moe decided to take a for-credit class as she planned to perhaps pursue her Masters degree in the future while the others took the course for audit.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">But Pan was different.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His interest was not directly about substance abuse but only as it related to the U.S. experiences in the establishment of E-government and E-organization pertaining to the Pharaceutical industry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Accordingly, he decided to take a class on Data Re-engineering which was facilitated by Dr. Peter H. Aiken of the School of Business at Snead Hall off the Monroe Park.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Alison had to contact Dr. Aiken several times to ensure that he would accept Pan in his class; not only because this class required a pre-requisite but also because Pan wanted to take the class for audit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eventually, Pan was accepted on one condition; if the seat would be available after the all full time students had finished their registration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But that was not the end of the hurdle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In order to register Pan for the class, he needed permission from the office of the Dean to override the rule.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Alison had to make several contacts to the office of the Dean to settle the problem while Pan had to go back and forth to the registration office for three times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the end of the week, everyone had their own class and they seemed to be happy with theirs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One month later, Moe started to think of redeeming her class from credit to audit!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8wXs59Bt_1guWzuyy8RPX78m-oPkHvm-U-J8OU4hrTBWIVfwsLx7_TQN2Dqg3sL2qtDPg4AT8188rmkjZgGxEm1I3lyIjT0lWsNwK_2RrimztXdvG1ugUgpzIrm4ZJ2UMI8VtxjaaQGE/s1600/pic5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8wXs59Bt_1guWzuyy8RPX78m-oPkHvm-U-J8OU4hrTBWIVfwsLx7_TQN2Dqg3sL2qtDPg4AT8188rmkjZgGxEm1I3lyIjT0lWsNwK_2RrimztXdvG1ugUgpzIrm4ZJ2UMI8VtxjaaQGE/s320/pic5.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Earthquake and Irene.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">August 23, 2011 was almost the last day of the Humphrey Program orientation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a fine day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The sky was clear but the weather reflected the Summer heat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone was in the office.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Randy chaired the conference.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mary Loos, an assistant professor with IDAS, joined the meeting as co-director with Randy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was her first year with the Humphrey program.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mary was also responsible for the collaboration between VCU Humphrey Program and Virginia State University (VSU) in compliance with the new requirement of IIE.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The meeting started as expected but a bit behind the schedule.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Getting all of the Fellows together and on time might be the greatest success for the coordinators.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a while, everyone felt a quiver.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It started from beneath their feet and then the building was shaking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lamp hanging from the ceiling above their heads swung to and fro.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everybody jumped on their feet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They quickly moved out of the meeting room.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Pedro, the psychologist from Brazil, moved towards the office door.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He determined to go by the book by leading everyone out of the building.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Suddenly, he felt something at odd.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nobody followed him to the office door.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead, all of them moved towards the window and kept discussing about the incidence before concluded that it was an earthquake, a huge magnitude one.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">“We are supposed to get out of the building!” Pedro said with horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was shocked, not from earthquake, but from the manner in which his fellow colleagues and the coordinators responded to the earthquake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Something came into his mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They did everything against the earthquake instruction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They stood by the window.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They stayed in the building.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At one point, he thought they all must be crazy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But that was not the only disaster they experienced that week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the following day, there was a report warning that a Hurricane was coming to the east coast of the United States.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was named Irene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Irene was expected to visit Richmond at around 08:00 pm of Saturday.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">On Friday evening, Crystal picked up the Fellows to visit the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, but the museum tour was cancelled in order to allow the staff to return home earlier.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During the return trip, Pan started to sing the song “Good Night Irene” to enjoy himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Irene came in accord with the appointment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>06:00 pm, rain, which had been showering for all day, began to pour heavier and heavier.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>09:27 pm, all the street lamps on West Cary Street went off, except the electricity supply for the residences in the area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The thundering sound of storm seemed to be fading away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The sound of sirens could be heard at a distance from time to time; apart from that it was the sound of silence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everything was fine at Cary Place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But in the vicinity outside the city, things were different.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">VCU - VSU Collaboration.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">On 16<sup>th</sup> day of September 2011, Tammie Smith reported on the Richmond Times Dispatch website that the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program at Virginia Commonwealth University had established a new collaboration with Virginia State University in Ettrick in order to seek the further broadening of "international understanding and exchange about issues with global impact," and to emphasize “partnership with universities serving rural communities or large minority populations.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Smith quoted Zewelanji N. Serpell, an associate professor of psychology at Virginia State as saying that, in the collaboration, "Ph.D. students in the health psychology program at VSU will work one on one with the VCU fellows on health campaigns and other projects."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, the fellows would also "do guest lectures for classes and speak during a brown-bag lunch series in the spring," Smith continued in the report.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfV2vpLMty-oBNcmj4naVKlJvTp1il0WmPVXa-7jeRSZj5fZIfOC-lWz1hB5MXi5DDIXRdRAqVKymo6HMOaid_dHZftc6p2Gw7xf5tk2KgGxhKaviJlStGa9RjBeMDxD9T0kDpoRpoqr4/s1600/pic14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfV2vpLMty-oBNcmj4naVKlJvTp1il0WmPVXa-7jeRSZj5fZIfOC-lWz1hB5MXi5DDIXRdRAqVKymo6HMOaid_dHZftc6p2Gw7xf5tk2KgGxhKaviJlStGa9RjBeMDxD9T0kDpoRpoqr4/s320/pic14.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sunset Winery, Harpers Ferry and National Museum of Air and Space at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">After the usual field trip on Friday September 23<sup>th</sup>, everyone returned to the office to change their cloths and preparing for a trip to Loudoun county.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John Sedlins had prepared this trip especially for the VCU Humphrey Fellows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Crystal was the chauffeur as usual despite the fact that she was not fully recovered from laryngitis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every time Crystal would cough during while driving, Pan would take the opportunity to tease that he would happily assume the driving on her behalf so that the Fellows could experience a Daytona race!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would end each offer with an evil laugh. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They arrived at Sunset Winery at almost 05:00 pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John guided the fellows around the winery house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They saw how wine was prepared and also tested their palate with the taste of wine.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhONEH4eVDRzOqKmOsEi_dIbBe8ONlttyW0ttGcktURT1-cLO73rWOQpNgLr6Y5cWOIK8BVRK0dp7zCUMKjR25UyhND5xtZq4l9eLexO-_a398CdYQn8k-W5Jv6_poEfq5XJMaAgBlqsN0/s1600/pic1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhONEH4eVDRzOqKmOsEi_dIbBe8ONlttyW0ttGcktURT1-cLO73rWOQpNgLr6Y5cWOIK8BVRK0dp7zCUMKjR25UyhND5xtZq4l9eLexO-_a398CdYQn8k-W5Jv6_poEfq5XJMaAgBlqsN0/s1600/pic1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The next day, John led them to the old town of Harpers Ferry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harpers Ferry was not just a historical site.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was the place where the civil war was ignited.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1859, John Brown killed 5 southerners and aroused the raid against slavery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Colonel Robert E. Lee was sent with a U.S. Marines troop to arrest John Brown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It would not be a surprise if Robert E. Lee would not accompany by John Wilkes Booth who was later the hit man who shot President Lincoln to death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John Brown was arrested.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A few months later he was convicted to death sentence and hanged in December 1859.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before execution, John Brown wrote that <i>“I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had, as I now think, vainly flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done.”</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two years later, the civil war erupted in June 1861 as he predicted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A song was composed dedicating to the heroism of John Brown namely John Brown’s Body or John Brown’s Song which, during the civil war, became the military marching song.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nearby the engineering house known later as “John Brown’s Fort” where he and his men were trapped before being arrested, stood a stone inscribed a eulogy for the 5 victims of John Brown.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6CUG8jqte8t8cJrFGpwdxIYksyFidpZ1jIWiNAsfxdyhaVme0lTzZ_1okSC-6_jheirjqk4NUUlIR4FHbH3ArJBufezmtT0gvyQom-N7iG4q4OvCRD6MG9ICqA4enIOcpY6xH8_xytSk/s1600/pic3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6CUG8jqte8t8cJrFGpwdxIYksyFidpZ1jIWiNAsfxdyhaVme0lTzZ_1okSC-6_jheirjqk4NUUlIR4FHbH3ArJBufezmtT0gvyQom-N7iG4q4OvCRD6MG9ICqA4enIOcpY6xH8_xytSk/s320/pic3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">After the tour, Crystal dropped John at the hotel where he left his car and headed for the National Museum of Air and Space at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pan was, thereupon, the walking GPS for Crystal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They arrived at the museum at around midday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The museum was a branch of the famous Smithsonian Institution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One among the spectacular flying machines was the aircraft that changed the face of warfare and the world politics once and for all. It was “Enola Gay.”</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In August 6<sup>th</sup> of 1945, A Boeing B-29 Super fortress bombing aircraft, inscribed the name ‘Enola Gay,’ took off from a secret airfield in Pacific Ocean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It headed towards Japan on a secret operation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The clear and simple order was to “drop the bomb over a Japanese city,” but none of the crews knew the exact target.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Four hours later, Colonel Paul Tibbets received another order.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It named the target point, Hiroshima.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At 8:15 am, the “Little Boy”, as the bomb was named, was dropped off the belly of Super fortress.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>62 seconds later, Hiroshima was filled with light similar to the Magnesium light but so bright that no one on board the Super fortress had ever seen before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Suddenly, Hiroshima had turned to the city of death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>80,000 people evaporated along with the buildings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>15 seconds later, the crews of Enola Gay felt the aircraft quivering as if it was being shaken by a gigantic hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tibbets turned the bomber around for observation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though, the crewmen expected a huge explosion, the sight stunned them into motionless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Oh my God, what have we done?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was probably the only words came into their mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, Enola Gay stands still in the grand exhibition hall of the National Museum of Air and Space at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center as if to remind the audiences of the holocaust of Hiroshima.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUh50qCJXdvViowxPS_MeWMgtjBv2uyqfNtbLR8INrmA7opR0TP4ERuEZfg1x4-Zq_NgH1BFm14QAJqpAuVU2IhhRgozHe4HlO-BCYITMljtnTak1Da7Ew19Nq-4qV-Z9HW76oVrBM7lk/s1600/pic6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUh50qCJXdvViowxPS_MeWMgtjBv2uyqfNtbLR8INrmA7opR0TP4ERuEZfg1x4-Zq_NgH1BFm14QAJqpAuVU2IhhRgozHe4HlO-BCYITMljtnTak1Da7Ew19Nq-4qV-Z9HW76oVrBM7lk/s320/pic6.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Thus far the year has been filled with a lot of settling in and travel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are looking forward to more and will keep you updated. Next blog to be updated in the next few weeks!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">-- Pan Pramokchon (Thailand)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjev1UmBHvbL5p-1a8YkgEN-g0rYZkGjzbMSOX6TNMqa7Nd10q8_wsHBnT-AkeylONZhm98B9pr1xiReuj169tO_H-RWH_7u782Se7siItnK7rs__3RShUjB3RpqHpGz5vLobzaUGdijas/s1600/pic4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjev1UmBHvbL5p-1a8YkgEN-g0rYZkGjzbMSOX6TNMqa7Nd10q8_wsHBnT-AkeylONZhm98B9pr1xiReuj169tO_H-RWH_7u782Se7siItnK7rs__3RShUjB3RpqHpGz5vLobzaUGdijas/s320/pic4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>VCU HUMPHREY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03240211888785313864noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172718759089603375.post-27001382387589358102011-06-15T08:30:00.000-07:002011-06-15T09:03:14.162-07:00A Wonderful Moment With Wonderful People in our Certificate Ceremony-- What an Exciting Time!!!! by Dorra Amira (Tunisia) & Mario Sergio Sobrinho (Brazil)<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In our last administrative meeting with Randy, he mentioned that we (myself and Mario) would have to do the next blog about the VCU Humphrey certificate ceremony. We were excited by the idea. However, at the same time we had the feeling that it would be a big challenge for us because we don’t have experience writing blogs. When we started to think about, there was a big discussion between us in order to get the best content.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Finally, we <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>agreed about the idea and the pictures that we were going to present. Hope that you enjoy it ……!!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Graduation Program</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;">We had many guests arriving that mingled at the Richmond Valentine History Center. Here is how the ceremony started.</span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;"></span></span></div><div class="ListParagraph" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;">The opening remarks were made by our "diamond" (<city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Crystal Thomas, Assistant Coordinator</place></city>). After that the "big boss" (Bob Balster, Coordinator) presented the Fellows to the audience. Randy Koch (Associate Coordinator) played the part of the fashionable presenter so he introduced Dr. R. Mackenna Brown, the Executive Director of the VCU Global Education Office to give the keynote speech.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="ListParagraph" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;">Maia and Omar gave an entertaining presentation about what we accomplished over the year and some of the fun times that we had.</span></span></div><div class="ListParagraph" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;">Nut had special presentation also; singing the song “You’ve Got A Friend” by James Taylor and the audience joined in. It was such a spontaneous, memorable and sensitive moment !!! </span></span></div><div class="ListParagraph" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;">-</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;">Surely, we cannot forget the big support from the U.S. Department of State, as John Seldins offered his usual words of inspiration.</span></span></div><div class="ListParagraph" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;">At the end we (the Fellows) presented some gifts to our coordinators. It was just a symbol to express our feelings of gratitude and appreciation to them.</span></span></div><div class="ListParagraph" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>We will misssssssssss<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>uuuuuu<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Guys : Bob, Randy, Crystal and Alison</em></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">L</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here we would just like to say that our VCU Humphrey coordinators and the IIE (Insitutue of International Education) staff have done very good job with all of us during this year. Unfortunately, Judy Gibson who is the current Executive Director at IIE, couldn’t come. She had a previous engagement but IIE sent a wonderful letter expressing their sentiments. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) was represented by Dale Weiss and Lisa Jordre who attended. They provided for us all the news and information that we need regarding the grants and research opportunities.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;">The Department of State gave us the support that we need to accomplish our individual missions and to continue our careers in the best ways with the best opportunities (Thanks John Sedlins)</span>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Humphrey’s receiving the certificates</span><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;">:</span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In these pictures you may see from left to right John Sedlins (State Department), Dale Weiss (NIDA), Robert Balster, "Humphrey graduate", J. Randy Koch, Alison Breland and Crystal Thomas (VCU Humphrey Program coordinators and staff). </span></span></div> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;">Here you can see Maia (<country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Russia</place></country-region>) with Taisiia (her daughter) who was sticking close to her. Maybe she was scared that her would mom go too far away from her </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;"></span></span></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;">This is Omar (Egypt) you can see him smiling aning like he appears in this picture all the time. </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;"></span></span></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;">Here you can see Nut (Thailand) our Humphrey photographer with her amazing national dress</span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;"></span></span></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;">This is Rogerio (<country-region w:st="on">Brazil</country-region>) our DJ since we were in <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Eugene</place></city> together </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;"></span></span></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtiaSGWbJLUlzPNa2EZqy49h-Xd7Ujw74f07GSJnUHksquT0Rv6kJYgAE5pWyuxA9eegFZC9sdtM-laVjd8Xg2jBZmPlmEGKk1yn4jQuOTzc6yI9iPoqDditpdWNAeujIJteJWHBNRo1E/s1600/DSC_8921.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="205px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtiaSGWbJLUlzPNa2EZqy49h-Xd7Ujw74f07GSJnUHksquT0Rv6kJYgAE5pWyuxA9eegFZC9sdtM-laVjd8Xg2jBZmPlmEGKk1yn4jQuOTzc6yI9iPoqDditpdWNAeujIJteJWHBNRo1E/s320/DSC_8921.jpg" t8="true" width="320px" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here you can see Moses (<country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Nigeria</place></country-region>) enjoying his moment </span></span></div></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Ceremony guests </strong></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All friends, advisors and friendship families of the Humphrey Fellows were invited and we shared great time together at the reception in "The G<place w:st="on"><placetype w:st="on">arden"</placetype> of <placename w:st="on">Richmond Valentine History</placename></place> Center. It lasted about one hour and half and finished at 7pm. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Through these pictures that Mario and I will present to you will notice the nice ambiance that we experienced. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;"></span><span style="font-family: 'Engravers MT'; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aharoni; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>LET’S SEE…. !!!!</em></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%; mso-no-proof: yes;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Moses with his Nigerian friends from the church</span></span></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Maia with her two daughters (Diana & Taisiia), her mother and her friendship family, The Hoffmans</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Randy, his<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> w</span>onderful wife Diane (she gave us much support during this year) and Bob’s wife, Sam </span></span></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Here you can see my wonderful friendship family (Lynn, Chip and their two beautiful daughters)</span></span></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;">In the middle is Larry, half of Dafina's Friendship Family (his wife Trudie is not pictured), and I could say mine too (I’m lucky</span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;">).</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mario, his wife Suili, two daughters Amanda and Bianca, their friend from <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Brazil</place></country-region>, Andrea (Rogerio’s wife) amd me (Dorra)</span></span></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">As usual we like to have a funny picture with The Big Boss Bob </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></span></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is Maia's daughter Diana. She left our celebration to play in the water fountain. So cute!</span></td></tr>
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had a most memorable afternoon. It was an excellent ending to a year of growth and enrichment. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hope you liked this blog and see you next time with Rogerio’s blog about our end Retreat in <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Cumberland</place></city> and I think it will be very exciting. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;">Bye …..!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">~~</span>with love from <country-region w:st="on">Tunisia</country-region> and <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Brazil</place></country-region> (Dorra and Mario) </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span></span></div><br />
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</div>VCU HUMPHREY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03240211888785313864noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172718759089603375.post-54746567647778240742011-04-19T14:21:00.000-07:002011-04-19T14:21:12.913-07:00The End of the Program is Coming! ~~by Dafina Muqaj, Kosovo<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The end of program is coming!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Everyone is working hard toward the end of program. Everyone is trying to accomplish their goal of being here and working on their projects to take back home. Spring semester has been very busy for us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> For that reason, I will call this the</span> “busy “ blog. I wish I could write more about the fun parts, but I don’t think I would have a lot to write... let’s just wait until the end of the story! <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I am very excited to tell that every Fellow is doing at least one of their professional affiliations in very important institutions in the city of <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">Richmond</city></place>: </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Dorra is working in the Toxicology Laboratory at VCU Medical Center</div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Omar is part time between Richmond and West Virginia University with his hybrid affiliation</div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Mario is working with the Virginia Supreme court</div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Rogerio is woring with the Chesterfield County Mental Health</div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Nut, Moses and I are working at the Richmond Behavioral Health Authority (RBHA). Nut and Moses in prevention and I am in the treatment sector.</div></li>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">On February 2- 4, together with Humphrey Fellows from John Hopkins University we had an orientation of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It was a great experience, most impressive was the orientation of National Library, as well as visit at National Institute for Drugs and Alcohol (NIDA).</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We also had our last journal club, which is a part of our Humphrey Seminar facilitated by Alison Breland, our Academic Coordinator. Each Fellow had to present a scientific journal article while group made critiques on the topic followed by discussion. I have to mention that Maia’a journal was most discussed. Why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Love Addiction” was the topic. I think you already understand why. <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is the fun part; movie nights! We had a Russian Movie "Mermaid", excellent movie, I recommend to everyone watch it. We also enjoyed delicious Russian food.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We believe that the RAMS next year will be champions. “MAKE IT HAPPEN”; it’s not just a wish but they played a great game. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div>VCU HUMPHREY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03240211888785313864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172718759089603375.post-29054501109815255192011-02-04T11:05:00.000-08:002011-02-04T11:07:59.145-08:00HALF-WAY THROUGH THE HUMPHREY YEAR - Maia Rusakova (Russia)<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Business first! </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We are lucky to report that our group is very talented, smart and successful. Everybody who had exams had the best marks – A's. Congratulations folks! </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Rogério took an AMA (American Medical Association) seminar “7 habits of Highly Effective People” in <place w:st="on"><state w:st="on">New York</state></place> – now he knows how to manage himself <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Christmas time in <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Richmond</place></city> was very interesting. First of all, most of our Fellows never had this experience before. It looks that only Rogério, Mario and Moses celebrate it in there countries. So, all of us were exited to find how it looks in the <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">US</place></country-region>. Some findings:</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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I don’t know how about other Fellows, but I couldn’t listen to Christmas carols any more! It was very interesting cultural experience; for 1 whole month they are everywhere and after that you have 1 year of rehabilitation.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Snow panic in Richmond</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Winter means…. that sometimes you have snow. If anybody told me that people would react in such a way to snow … I would never believe them. O.K. what is so special? SNOW!!! Wow!!! You think these 3 inches is snow? Yes, because everything closed – schools, courts, DMV. One of my colleagues even canceled a Skype conference call because of snow!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Christmas tree in our office</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Mario brought wonderful Christmas tree to our office. We all decorated it together and this wonderful magic Christmas atmosphere came to our working place. I brought cup cakes. Actually it was our first cup-cake cooking experience with Dora. I hope they were edible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">International Christmas party</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Mario and Suely invited everybody to there place for a Christmas party. It was great!!! We had a very international dinner because everybody cooked something. We had Brazilian music and now we know how to dance salsa. Everybody got a present. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also entertained friends: Humphrey Fellows from other Universities including Olga Buchko (Ukraine) from Penn State University, Arumugham Raju (India) from Michigan State University, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Koku Kokoroko (Togo) from Washington College of Law. It was fantastic night. Thank you Mario for your hospitality!<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Winter break</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Rogério and his wife Andrea</i></b> traveled home to <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Brazil</place></country-region>. Now we are big Brazilian fans. Look to the photo everybody is in the team. Thank you dear for wonderful presents. We were happy like children when you bring big bag full of t-shirts to the office.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Omar and his girlfriend Freia</i></b> were in <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">India</place></country-region>. Thank you for nice presents which you bring for all of us. It was so kind of you.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Special thank you </span></b>to Diane Wresinski – our special VCU Humphrey Fellows Angel. She takes care of us all this time with a long list of problems, questions and needs. Many of us also spent some time with our host families and it was great experience. For example I was attended very good Christmas concert at church. Dafina and Dora went to the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens and enjoyed an incredible illumination.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div>VCU HUMPHREY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03240211888785313864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172718759089603375.post-5438665697497600332010-12-17T12:41:00.000-08:002011-04-26T09:42:43.024-07:00The VCU Humphrey Fellows "Make It Happen"!!!<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 16pt;"></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f"><stroke joinstyle="miter"></stroke><formulas><f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"></f><f eqn="sum @0 1 0"></f><f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"></f><f eqn="prod @2 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @0 0 1"></f><f eqn="prod @6 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></f></formulas><path gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" o:extrusionok="f"></path><lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></lock></shapetype></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 16pt;"></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1EIDjFAVy46SpM3h9GhWxGT3WkKM8O6dPiDpFg3fqUBNL1KsVtYHSCwN9eNkVljGD98ZppS6FeBSYefAM20Jl9jtCmwgs8HtpLB_B7lZExV-jy_NJp-KICvQds8ioYAMoD2XK70TmCz4/s1600/150294_164667006899739_100000693216455_373114_1534095_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1EIDjFAVy46SpM3h9GhWxGT3WkKM8O6dPiDpFg3fqUBNL1KsVtYHSCwN9eNkVljGD98ZppS6FeBSYefAM20Jl9jtCmwgs8HtpLB_B7lZExV-jy_NJp-KICvQds8ioYAMoD2XK70TmCz4/s320/150294_164667006899739_100000693216455_373114_1534095_n.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Hi everybody, I named this blog “Make It Happen” because I found the strength in our 2010-11 VCU fellows’ team that we can always really make it happen. There are lots and lots of things that I would like to tell you in this blog to show how we can make it. Our team became close more like a gang. It’s pretty hard to find single photos these days from several events that we have been through. By the way, it’s my first time to write a blog and I would prefer to tell our story in chronological order, I hope I will do a good job for all! <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">The last blogger left us with a precious moment we had had together in Jamestown and Williamsburg. This trip was considered an invaluable travel that all of us spent a first overnight and historical study tour together about the USA in the eighteenth century during 8 – 9 October, 2010. <city w:st="on">Jamestown</city> and <city w:st="on">Williamsburg</city>, two cities of the historic triangle that gave birth to the <country-region w:st="on">United States</country-region>, and a huge nation grew from a tiny place in <place w:st="on"><state w:st="on">Virginia</state></place>. In that same tiny place, Europeans, American Indians, and Africans first lived together and became the seed of the American people. You could read more from<br />
<a href="http://historictriangle.com/historicTriangle/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://historictriangle.com/historicTriangle/</span></a>. I would like to share with you some of our group photos<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span>.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Once we got back from the trip to <city w:st="on">Jamestown</city> and <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Williamsburg</place></city>, we had a chance to welcome a visitor, Lauren Stewart, from Institute of International Education (IIE), during 12 - 13 October 2010. Lauren spent two wonderful days with us and we took her out for a nice dinner together. We promised to see each other again at the Global Leadership Forum in <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">Washington</city> <state w:st="on">D.C.</state></place> at the end of October</span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span>.<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=330958&id=100000693216455"><span style="color: #3b5998; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><shape alt="" id="myphoto" o:button="t" o:spid="_x0000_i1032" style="height: 129pt; width: 162pt;" type="#_x0000_t75"><imagedata cropright="7710f" croptop="4406f" o:href="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs792.snc4/67202_157379037628536_100000693216455_330960_8060151_n.jpg" src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Staff\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image015.jpg"></imagedata></shape></span></a></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=330958&id=100000693216455"><span style="color: #3b5998; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><shape alt="" id="_x0000_i1033" o:button="t" style="height: 177pt; width: 252pt;" type="#_x0000_t75"><imagedata cropbottom="7282f" cropleft="4369f" croptop="971f" o:href="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs394.ash2/67202_157379024295204_100000693216455_330956_5827308_n.jpg" src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Staff\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image017.jpg"></imagedata></shape></span></a></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
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There are many opportunities provided for VCU Humphrey fellows and family by the Global Educational Office (GEO) of VCU besides our normal HHH program. One interesting activity is the camping and hiking trip to the Blue Ridge Mountains, the place where <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Richmond</place></city> folks believe that it is always the most beautiful place to smell the mountain air of a fresh autumn forest color during October 16 – 17, 2010. Unfortunately, due to prior engagements of most of the fellows, only I and Mario’s family could join this activity. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was really happy to hike up to the highest point of the mountain and had a photo shoot with other GEO students during that time<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">The most auspicious moment we all had was a chance that all Humphrey fellows met with Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, during Department of State reception held on October 26, 2010. This event was part of a week long Global Leadership Forum hosted by IIE for the 2010 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Her speech for <span style="letter-spacing: -0.5pt;">all Humphrey fellows can be obtained at <a href="http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/10/149938.htm"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/10/149938.htm</span></a></span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; letter-spacing: -0.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.5pt;">.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
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On Hanover Street, downtown <city w:st="on">Richmond</city>, we gathered ourselves at a friend of Randy’s house, watching <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Richmond</place></city> folks decorated themselves as ghosts (lovely ghosts) and houses horribly as well as observing activities along the road. It’s AWESOME!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">VCU Humphrey Fellows Study Visit to SAARA, Richmond </b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">Among all busy days, HHH Program at VCU still continued enhancing our professional knowledge and network. On November 5<sup>th</sup>, 2010, we visited Substance Abuse and Addiction Recovery Alliance or SAARA of Virginia which is a recovery community organization for drug addicts. Membership includes individuals in recovery from alcohol and other drug addiction, their families, friends, and dedicated community supporters. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a wonderful work and they could make it happen<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span>.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">From the last Blog, we introduced Mario’s family and here is his nice family photo</span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">-</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Next, I know that VCU Humphrey fellows are waiting to welcome Moses’s family which is planned to arrive in Richmond in December<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span>.</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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I hope you could catch on what we had made it happen by VCU Humphrey fellows after the first introduction blog that should be shared at this time. There is a photo confirming that VCU Humphrey fellows will always “Make It Happen” as it rests in our spirit! <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">Next,VCU fellows will talk to you more on our next blog! <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>VCU HUMPHREY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03240211888785313864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172718759089603375.post-71071383731245932052010-10-20T08:22:00.000-07:002010-10-20T08:22:45.165-07:00The Humphrey Fellowship Culture at VCU!!! by Omar El Shahawy<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Starting the BLOG series...</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I am not sure if you have direct connections to this Humphrey Fellowship Program, but since you are reading these lines, most of you probably do in some way! There are all sorts of things I want to post; they are all amusing in many ways, at least to me, but I think we should have a short introductory blog. It’s my first time writing a blog, so I hope I do an OK job!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Also, this is one of the things the fellowship provides; on the job <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Fellowship” </i>training. There are interesting opportunities offered all the time to enhance our experience here that I am sure you will get to know as we post our blogs. It might seem like an easy task, to be the first one to post a blog about our group but ,it’s hard if you want to capture what’s beyond the basics of the group. Every one is unique and we have two Brazilians, which is not easy if you think about it. ;)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The easy thing about this group though, is that I won’t worry about paying attention to "balancing" my notes, balanced in the sense that our group is made up of four women and four men; as diverse as backgrounds could be. But still, there is an amazing harmony embedded in the group dynamics. I don’t know if it’s the program or just my personal experience that I gave me such positive vibes about coming to VCU, but if you stick around til the end of the blog you might know for yourself.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Coming to VCU and meeting the Fellows</span></b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I will try to sum up some basic info from the beginning so that you all get to know the people I am talking about. Starting with the basics, please check our biosketches through </span><a href="http://www.vcu.edu/idas/humphrey/fellows/index%2010-11.html"><span style="color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">http://www.vcu.edu/idas/humphrey/fellows/index%2010-11.html</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> I will include some info from that later.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Professional Field trip to the Division of Legislative Services</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This is a picture of our first field trip to Division of Legislative Services, Ms. Sara Stanton (on the right) was our host. Please visit this link to see the professional pictures for this year </span><a href="http://pictures.vcu.edu/galleries/#id=album-18&num=4320"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">http://pictures.vcu.edu/galleries/#id=album-18&num=4320</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">.</span> <br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 4in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Housing</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>The special thing about this year was the QUEST for housing. Some of us were lucky to find something <u>quickly</u> but, we all got lucky in the sense that we got what we wanted <u>eventually</u>. Some of us did it the easy way (looking around for a week or so) and some of us did it the hard way. I don’t think you have time to understand what that means, it’s a LONG story :). Thanks to Pam Haney from Global Education Office at VCU, she gave all of us a good hand and sound advice to help us make good choices. Our coordinators also helped a lot and made us feel we had a family here in the <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">US</place></country-region>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Host Families</span></b> I first did not understand the concept of host families till I came here and went through, along with other fellows, the orientation week. It was not until I met my host family that I realized what a great idea this is. My host is faculty at VCU as well and guess what >>?? He Lived in <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Egypt</place></country-region> for 13 years teaching English there. So, I got my conversation partner set all right :), (one thing got done by itself in my IPP). I went to his house one time to have a great Sunday brunch with his family including his Mum and Dad. I simply enjoyed every minute of it. He has two kids that are simply ACTIVE, I know I am getting old but I succeeded to keep up with them so I think I can make this conclusion; Host Families keep you in shape along with the other cultural expected part :). I think each one of us would talk about his or her host family, but there is Larry and his wife that I must mention who are the host family of Dafina. He is a dear friend to all of us now! He is Faculty at VCU as well, but has a sense of humor off the charts! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I will start now with talking about all the crew individually. Since this Blog’s audience would be primarily the VCU Alumni. I should not really talk about Bob, Randy or Crystal since you all know them. Or maybe I should put it in one word, simply AWESOME! I would elaborate later, but in case you don’t know why then I guess there is only one way to find out, become a Humphrey Fellow at VCU!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I mentioned t I would speak of certain events later; but actually I want to leave it to other Fellows for later. But, I sneakily want to post the above picture of our trip to <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Williamsburg</place></city>. It is phenomenal to be able to live in the past for a bit, we kind of did!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><shape alt="" id="_x0000_s1029" stroked="t" style="height: 182.25pt; left: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 1.8pt; position: absolute; text-align: left; width: 243pt; z-index: 4;" type="#_x0000_t75"><imagedata o:href="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs702.snc4/62224_153657954667311_100000693216455_310685_5129302_n.jpg" src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Staff\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image005.jpg"></imagedata><wrap type="square"></wrap></shape><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>Dafina Mu</b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">ç</span>aj </b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">(pictured below, second from the left)</span>, from Kosovo, is a trained in psychologist and works with substance abuse clients. She is a good listener and likes to think of all the odds before taking a decision. She has an outgoing personality.</span><br />
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</tbody></table></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><shape alt="" id="_x0000_s1028" stroked="t" style="height: 207pt; left: 0px; margin-left: 57.7pt; margin-top: 168.6pt; position: absolute; text-align: left; width: 154.95pt; z-index: 3;" type="#_x0000_t75"><imagedata o:href="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs321.ash2/60108_151201608246279_100000693216455_296022_5822621_n.jpg" src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Staff\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image007.jpg"></imagedata><wrap type="square"></wrap></shape><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>Dorra Amira</b> (Pictured above, first from the left), working in toxicology laboratories, made her precise and has an eye for detail which again made the matters better or I should say different when she and Dafina decided to team up to look for an apartment. That sounded easy in the beginning<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">, but some of us thought to post a bet on the day they would get it, unfortunately this didn’t get operational. They wanted to get something good and I must say their efforts paid off at the end and they are in this beautiful BIG apartment in a very nice area. They promised to invite us all for a party. The reason I mention that now is to make it public and BINDING, although I think what I said might exclude me from the guest list</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. ;)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Maia and her husband Sergey and youngest Diana at Byrd Park by the duck pond.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>Maia Rusakova</b>, she has multiple ongoing affiliations and a beautiful family. She is a very cheerful and knowledgeable person. She shares the office space with Dafina, Moses and me (Omar). We have our bits of fun working in the same room in the office. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mario and his family daughters Amanda and Bianca, his son Bruno and wife Suely at our Brazilian Barbecue</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>Mario Sobrinho</b>, aka ‘Drug Courts’, is a Public Prosecutor from <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Brazil</place></country-region>. You can sense the warmth of his personality in his voice and he is a family man as you can see from the picture above! </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">He is also the author of the very famous quote “If it’s FREE, invite ME”. This was a joke we had during the start of the year regarding student events that took place around campus. He is a wonderful and generous host, we are waiting for a second Brazilian barbecue, and then we’ll wait for the third and so on!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><shape alt="" id="_x0000_s1030" stroked="t" style="height: 202.5pt; left: 0px; margin-left: 189pt; margin-top: 3.3pt; position: absolute; text-align: left; width: 270pt; z-index: 5;" type="#_x0000_t75"><imagedata o:href="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs324.ash2/60418_150697984963308_100000693216455_293248_851010_n.jpg" src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Staff\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image011.jpg"></imagedata><wrap type="square"></wrap></shape><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>Moses Ojo</b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">, (pictured below on the left) one of the psychiatrists we have in the group. He is a wonderful person, seems quiet but gives excellent feedback all the time. And if there is someone laughing in the room, it’s either Moses or Moses and someone else. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Moses and Omar at the official VCU Humphrey Professional Photo Shoot</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>Omar</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">El Shahawy</b>, (pictured above on the right). As I am the blogger now I will not talk a lot about myself. I am sure the next blogger would enjoy getting back at me for what I have written ;). I am impressed so far with the way we all interact; feels like a family in many ways, especially in our interaction with the IDAS staff.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong>Oranooch Sungkhawanna, </strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">(pictured below in front)<b> </b>A very cheerful lady from <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">Thailand</country-region></place> with excellent<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>photography skills. She works at the Headquarters of the National Drug Control Policy Unit in <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">Thailand</country-region></place>. Other than that, she is the devoted camera-woman of the team and we are all grateful for that. It's worth it to mention that all the pictures added to this blog are from her camera. Her nickname is Nut (pronounced as “Noot”). Nut and I study together and attend the same courses, so we are called “Study Partners”. I enjoy it a lot; she is a hard worker who knows how to make the learning process enjoyable.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Assistant Coordinator Crystal Thomas, Rogerio da Paz and Oranooch (Nut) Sungkhawanna</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>Rogerio da Paz, </b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">(pictured above on the right)</span>. The other psychiatrist in the group; someone who brings a smile to the group and good with gadgets. He is a fun loving person and has lots of professional activities too; I should say he has a witty sense of humor. He is from <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Porto Alegre</place></city>, you should come and hear him talk about it and then you would book your ticket the next day to go there. He is known as the COFFEE MAN of the group, we became addicted to the coffee he makes. I could just say he has lived (as a Brazilian) up to our expectations! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Omar getting grilling lessons from Dr. Bob Balster at the Labor Day Pool Party</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Ongoing Events Round the Clock</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><shape alt="" id="_x0000_s1033" stroked="t" style="height: 195.75pt; left: 0px; margin-left: 225pt; margin-top: 3.65pt; position: absolute; text-align: left; width: 261pt; z-index: 8;" type="#_x0000_t75"><imagedata o:href="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs212.ash2/47488_148396405193466_100000693216455_280381_3083486_n.jpg" src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Staff\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image015.jpg"></imagedata><wrap type="square"></wrap></shape><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It’s really hard to touch upon what’s going in our lives here at VCU, either professionally or socially, because there is too much to talk about! We had some parties at Bob’s , others planned at our houses, we’ll start the movie night soon, our professional contacts are growing and you can see that in the way we dress up on a certain day (when we have scheduled meeting I mean) . I think it’s better to leave the events to the next blog, not to make this one super long. In short it’s busy in a very pleasant way. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I am sure you all know most of the Humphrey Program Staff, I think; Bob, Randy and Crystal and how great and helpful they are. We cannot measure the degree of devotion they give to the program. One thing we all share though, we don’t think they are just doing their jobs, they do it form the heart which makes it worthwhile. We are also thankful to Diane and Lana of all the help they have given us so far. I think you all probably know them(if you are a VCU alumnus)! I am sure we willcover more in the upcoming blogs. If I missed basic info, it's because I figured you knew already!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">One of the many professional field trips</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I hope you enjoyed this little introduction about the Fellows of this year. There is one more thing that should be shared. There is a photo we took just for fun during our professional photo shoot. I think it reflects the spirit of this year’s fellows, I think it’s a very interesting photo!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">'The Real Humphrey Fellows of VCU'</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Have a good day; another colleague will talk to you on our next blog. Now it’s 9 pm in the East Coast on October, 13<sup>th</sup>, 2010. Wow, I mentioned the month first; I am such a fast learner that I impress myself at times!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Warm regards from lovely <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">Richmond</city></place>...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Omar El Shahawy</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
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