UW-Madison alumna Becca Onken ’13 learned how vital it was to balance her students’ emotional and social needs with academic skills and engaging content during the unpredictable school year that was 2020-21. “My students were …
Alumni Spotlights
From a Fulbright in Kazakhstan to Teach For America: Catching up with REECAS Alumnus Joshua Dufour ’15
UW-Madison REECAS MA alumnus Joshua Dufour ’15 shared the news with CREECA that he has accepted a new opportunity with Teach For America, his next professional move after completing a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship in Kazakhstan …
REECAS alumna Caroline Savage’s storied career as a Foreign Service Officer and advice to future REECAS graduates
Since REECAS alumna Caroline Savage joined the Foreign Service 16 years ago, she has done work in DC and overseas in four of the five specialties of the Foreign Service within the State Department: Consular, …
Alumni Profile: John Riordan
Name: John Riordan Program Completed: MA in REECAS, 2003 Works as: USAID Development Advisor to U.S. Special Operations Command (Tampa, Florida); formerly Country Director, USAID Uzbekistan Program (Tashkent) 2014-2017, and Country Director, USAID Belarus Program …
Spring 2018 Alumni Profiles
We catch up with alumni Robert Cemovich and Tom Van Rooy about their accomplishments, careers, and how the CREECA experience shaped their direction in life. Name: Robert Cemovich Program Completed: Law degree and graduate certificate in Russian …