Alumni in Action: Global Engagement


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Veteran and Dickinson College Alumnus Treks in Antarctica for the Common Good
Cameron Kerr '09 takes on an eight-day trek in Antarctica to raise awareness about conservation and wounded veterans.
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Dickinson Alumna Finds Fulfilling Work as Peace Corps Volunteer
Olivia Bailey '18 embraces "beautiful and breathtaking" experiences as a Peace Corps volunteer in a Botswana health clinic.
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Dickinson College Russian and International Studies Major Carves Out Successful Foreign Service Career
As a foreign services officer in Budapest, Hungary, Kevin Doyle ’16 helps policymakers wrestle with energy security and Hungary-EU relations.
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Secrets of a Global Game-Changer
Find out how Ed Harrell ’55 used Dickinson's global education to become a game-changer in global economics, entrepreneurial training, tech commercialization and investment.
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Laying the Foundation for Foreign Service
Linda Specht '82, P '20, sees the "intellectual resilience" she gained at Dickinson as the key to her successful foreign service career.
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Reflecting Back and Looking Ahead
In his first Dickinson Magazine column as Alumni Council president, David Carlson ’99 reflects on his experience and shares some plans for the future.
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Critical Languages, Essential Experiences
Austen Dowell '17 builds on a rich portfolio of intercultural immersion at Dickinson with Turkish language study in Azerbaijan through a prestigious U.S. Department of State-funded scholarship.
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Four Summers, One Promising Career
Will Kochtitzky ’16 discusses how global student-faculty research at Dickinson set him on the course to earn a National Science Foundation graduate fellowship.
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Kabul Connections
Three Dickinsonians find each other in the American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Delving In
Sasha Shapiro ’15 will study Russian bioethics through a prestigious University of Virginia graduate fellowship.
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‘We All Want to Be Free’
Noorjahan Akbar ’14, an internationally renowned advocate for Afghan women, returns to Dickinson to co-screen a documentary about contemporary journalism in her home country.
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A Deep and Nuanced Understanding
Robert Hindle '64's lifelong study of international business and culture deepened while working in Egypt during the 9/11 attacks. Today, he helps support Dickinson's Middle East studies program.
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Sparking Change
Hannah Huber '02 launched Amsterdam Academy as an opportunity for Americans living in Amsterdam to connect with local culture, ideas and innovators.

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Going Antiviral
Devy Emperador ’08 uses the "breadth and depth" of her Dickinson education to take on infectious disease.
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Lifelong Impact
Christina Baum ’14 is spending two years in the Peace Corps, and she’s out to make a difference.
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A Peace Corps Volunteer in Peru
Alexandra Kaye ’13 discusses how her work with the Peace Corps “is having a measurable impact.”

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Making a Difference, Adventurously
Maggie Murphy ’06 finds adventure, cultural exchange and opportunity to make a difference through global public-health career.
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Back in the (Former) USSR
Olivia Stevens '12 finds herself living in a tiny, landlocked country, and that's just fine with her.
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Fulbrighters: Where are they now?
What do our young alumni do after completing the Fulbright program? We checked in with a few recent grads to find out.
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Working Free Will
Chris Roberts '11 tackles the practicalities behind the philosophies of business, development and democracy.