2008 Graduating Class

This section provides brief profiles and photos of the Davis United World College Scholars Program’s graduating Class of 2008.

During the preparation of this yearbook, each senior scholar responded to several questions from the Davis UWC Scholars Program. They wrote about the impact of their college experience on their lives, learning, and goals. Many also briefly described their plans and hopes for the future. The profiles that follow quote from their responses.

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	Tugce Erten Turkey UWC of the Adriatic, Italy Middlebury College At Middlebury College, every day you travel to a different part of your mind to discover and to plant seeds. Here, every student is a leader, an initiative-taker, a world citizen. By just being in such an environment, one enriches the mind and the soul. However, the most important aspect of my education was learning to gain from the offered and to give back to the in-need. That’s what I am taking with me as I step out into the real world.

	Faika Farhana Bangladesh Li Po Chun UWC, Hong Kong Princeton University In many ways Princeton has been an incredible journey. It has allowed me to be involved in a number of extracurricular activities, such as the organization of the International Festival and the establishment of an educational volunteering program in Trenton. But, perhaps more important, it has given me the opportunity to meet amazing people who have helped define my experience.

	Papa N. Faye Senegal UWC of the Atlantic, Wales Middlebury College My academic concentrations have been economics and political science. I also played soccer, managed the language tables’ dining services, and led the International Students’ Organization. Throughout these activities, I helped broaden students’ international perspectives and introduced foreign cultures on campus. As for my future plans, I am leaning toward banking on Wall Street, but I hope to return home and join the Senegalese political scene as soon as the opportunity arises.

	Felicia Ferrara USA Waterford KaMhlaba UWC, Swaziland School of the Art Institute of Chicago My focus in film, video, and liberal arts has encouraged me to do political and social critique in small and extensive media projects. This included a 2006 screening of my film at the Chicago Art Department. In my junior year, I was the production intern for a national PBS series, “CEO Exchange.” I’m now ready to use my knowledge and creativity to develop projects outside of SAIC. In January 2008, I’ll be in Mozambique to assist production and editing of documentaries for a local production organization.

	Annelene Fisher South Africa Pearson UWC, Canada Colby College My journey to graduation at Colby has been long and winding. I have experienced much, learned much, and changed much along the way. I am grateful for the various experiences that Colby and Davis have afforded me that have helped shape the person I am and strive to be. They also provided the tools to impact the present, reach toward excellence, and influence the future. I am not sure what my final destination is, but I am hopeful and looking forward to the change.

	Frederik Thoring Flagstad Denmark Red Cross Nordic UWC, Norway Macalester College I want to say thank you for the opportunity to see yet another part of the world and the chance to get a world-class education. I learned a great deal about people and culture at UWC, and that learning continued at Macalester College. Great people have been the constant in my life over the past six years, and I know that I can count on these people for the rest of my life. There are so many moments I will remember. Thank you.

	Vivek Freitas India Mahindra UWC, India Colby College Four years in a waking dream — an apt description of my college life — signifying both pain then pleasure. I’ve cherished it all. The study of literature has dominated my life at Colby, sprinkled with a little intoxicating theatre, a dash of sobering music, and some unbelievably revitalizing teaching — both from my professors and by me. The single person to whom I owe the most gratitude — in learning, and in friendship — is Professor Anindyo Roy. Thank you Mr. Davis; your support was a rock.

	Bronson Fung Hong Kong UWC of the Adriatic, Italy Princeton University Princeton challenged me to rethink my preconceptions and to pursue unfamiliar paths. I studied language in France, taught English in China, and started doing graphic design. Princeton inspired me to combine my interests in design and urban issues as an architecture major. I aim to pursue graduate studies in architecture and urban planning and eventually focus on sustainable design or disaster-relief housing. I hope to help shape an increasingly urbanized world by designing for the people who can afford it least but need it most.