冬青乔丹 ’06: 模型万博下载ios Passion is Infectious
冬青乔丹, ’06, loves working with students to share her passions for international relations, religious study and political thought. A leader in the 模型万博下载ios during her whirlwind education at Converse, 霍莉现在是一名博士生, 老师, and Model Program organizer at Virginia Tech.
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Always eager to accomplish as much as possible in the least time possible, Holly completed her Converse degree in three years. She majored in political science with a religion minor. In her second year, she wrote a junior thesis under Dr. Jeff Poelvoorde’s guidance which compared and contrasted views of marriage, 这个家庭, and politics in the Biblical book of “Genesis” and Aristotle’s 政治. 她的毕业论文,在博士的指导下完成. Joe Dunn’s guidance, consisted of an extended policy briefing on US-Egyptian relations.
“这是我为模拟北约服务的一部分, I attended a NATO youth summit in Reyjkavik, Iceland.”
Holly was an active 模型万博下载ios team member during all three years at Converse. In the Model Arab League (MAL) programs, 她的头衔包括委派, 正义, 助理首席法官, 首席大法官, 联合防御委员会主席. She was also a member of Converse’s first delegation to Model NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). “这是我为模拟北约服务的一部分, I attended a NATO youth summit in Reyjkavik, 2005年夏天的冰岛. 大四, I served as Head Delegate for the Model NATO class as well as the first female Secretary-General at Model NATO. For this, I was the first recipient of the Converse College Model NATO Award.”
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在万博地址之后,霍莉完成了一个M.A. in religion at the University of Georgia. Still, she couldn’t stay away from her alma mater. 她在佐治亚大学的这些年里, she returned to Converse yearly to assist with the Southeast Model Arab League. Holly is now a second year student in the interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in the Alliance for Social, Political, Ethical, and Cultural Thought at Virginia Tech. She is a teaching assistant in the department of religion and culture. Holly’s research is on the changes in Jewish and Muslim religious practices within Israel and Palestine in response to the founding of the state of Israel.
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“当我来到弗吉尼亚理工大学的时候, I became involved with the International Relations Organization student group and put together a partial delegation to compete at the Southeast MAL. The three of us took away two awards — having only had about two weeks to prepare!” This success emboldened Holly to approach the authorities at Virginia Tech to create a Model program. ”在一起 , we designed a senior-level special study in regional international organizations, 我们现在共同教授.” 在北约模型的第一年, Holly’s student team has already won an Honorable Mention Delegate in Committee award, and contributed as authors to communiqués in every committee. Of her team she says, “I could not be prouder!”
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Asked about the most satisfying aspect of her work with 模型万博下载ios students, 霍莉说, “我讨厌让他自负, 但我被他的观点所震撼. Dunn has been all these years about the value of these programs. I always understood how the programs had been valuable to me 作为学生和学者, and I knew how lucky I was to be surrounded by the brilliant women on our team at Converse. But it is something completely different to watch your own students go through the program.” “I just returned from a trip with seven undergraduates from Tech, and watching each of them grow in confidence both in their public speaking and their own research was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. 我现在完全明白为什么. Dunn has remained actively involved in the Model world all of these years, and I cannot see a future where I do not work with students in these programs.”