Alumni Abroad

The Guilford College Alumni Office estimates that approximately 205 alumni are currently living abroad in 60 different countries. The largest number (40) lives in Japan.

Guilford College is tied for 25th place in the United States for college graduates (68) who have joined the Peace Corps.

Jason Katz, who graduated with majors in International Studies and Sociology/Anthropology in '98, works for the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. As an undergraduate, he did a summer internship in the Philippines; immediately after graduation he taught English in a small town in the Japanese mountains. Part of his work for this Washington, D.C. institute included monitoring the elections in Mexico.

Jeannette Dye '97 studied Spanish and double-majored in International Studies at Guilford. She is now a district manager for National Educational Travel Council in Boston.

Ellen Yutzy, a 2001 History graduate, received a Fulbright Award to study at the University of Marburg in Germany for the 2001-2002 academic year. And Lyndsay Elias, who also graduated in 2001, has been accepted to Middlebury College's Master of Arts in French with Internship program.

Peter Morschek '00 worked for the Friends Committee on National Legislation, Quaker Lobby, in Washington, D.C., after graduation. Peter, who spent a year in Japan as a Guilford student, says, "the International Studies major got me my job!"

Arthur "Gil" Green '99 graduated with a degree in International Studies and Sociology/Anthropology. As a student, Gil taught English as a Second Language and worked with refugees and immigrants in Greensboro. He also spent a year studying in Japan. Upon graduation, he worked for a Minnesota wind generator firms, which led to a stay in Polynesia helping local farmers. He then traveled to Hawai'i, Japan, New Zealand, Thailand-where he did research on one of the last hunter-gatherer tribes in Southeast Asia-and Malaysia. He is now getting ready for the Peace Corps program that allows him to work in a developing country while earning a Master's Degree.

Allison Powell '96 spent a semester in Beijing, China, as a student and returned to work for Global Silverhawk, a firm of international movers, in Beijing and then Hong Kong after graduation.

Lindsey Oldenski '00, was a French and Sociology/Anthropology major (and an Economics minor) at Guilford before enrolling at the Kennedy School of Government for International Studies. While enrolled at Guilford, Lindsey spent a semester in France and went to Thailand to learn about development projects one summer.

Agnesa Secerkadic '99, one of our many international alumni, wrote the following about her Guilford years: "I moved from Sarajevo in 1994 and started my college career at Guilford College in 1995. I realize that Guilford's Quaker community offered me intellectual growth, an opportunity to work with a very motivating faculty, and friends from all over the world. Guilford takes a very special place in my heart." Agnessa has an administrative position at Stanford University.

Several graduates returned in the spring of 2001 to participate in a panel on "International Careers." One was History major Anthony Briggs '92 who now prepares high school and college students for trips to the Caribbean. At Guilford, Anthony says he "learned how important it is to learn the language, culture, and history of another country before visiting or working there because this knowledge helps you respect the people and fit in." Rachel Madenyika '00, a Management and International Studies major, works as an intern/program assistant for the Quaker United Nations Office in New York, a non-governmental organization. A native of Zimbabwe, Rachel spent a semester in Mexico for her International Studies major and also participated in a spring- semester work trip in Cuba.

A faculty survey completed in the summer of 2001