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ALUMNI NOTES
Kim Thompson is an Environment Officer for the United
States Agency for International Development (USAID). She
works on environmental compliance and advising for USAID’s
international development projects. She is currently in training
in Washington, DC, but will soon be stationed internationally.
In the past she worked as a Consultant for World Resources
Institute in Washington, DC, an international environment and
development policy think-tank. She conducted research on
access to justice, human rights and climate change adaptation
planning. She also worked as a Lead Academic Instructor in
the International Sustainable Development Studies Institute
in Chiang Mai, Thailand where she taught academic courses
to college juniors from the USA on the topic of sustainable
development in Thailand.
College: BA Sociology, 2002 Kalamazoo College.
MS Environment and Development, 2008 London School
of Economics.
International Experiences: Lived and worked in Thailand.
Joined the foreign service with USAID and will be working
internationally starting in 2011.
Justin Volmert is an attorney in Chicago, IL.
College: A.B. Human Biology (Child & Adolescent
Development), 2002 Stanford University. J.D., 2007 George
Washington University.
CLASS OF 1999
Melinda (Mindy) Dalcour Jones lives in Lowell, AR and is
a Registered Nurse on a Surgical/Seniors Unit at Washington
Regional Medical Center. Previously she worked at Target as a
Team Leader. She is married and has two children and is a member
of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.
College: BS Biology, BS Business Administration,
2004 Oregon State University. BS Nursing, 2009 University
of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
Reflections: “IHS provided me with a well-rounded education
that more than adequately prepared me for college as
well as the ability to see life from a different perspective. I
have an appreciation for different cultures and peoples of the
world. In 1995, I had the privilege of traveling to Australia
for the IB Conference with some other IHS students. It was
an amazing, eye-opening experience. A couple years later,
I traveled to Japan as an exchange student. Both of these
international experiences and IHS have shaped the way I
view the world today. In the future, I plan to travel to other
countries on short term mission trips as a nurse.”
Carolyn (Frosaker) Williams is married and lives in Eugene,
OR. She is a 4j substitute teacher. She subbed in the Sheldon
library long term earlier this year and is now subbing long
term in Eugene IHS.
College: BA in English, 2004 Oregon State University.
MAT, 2009 Pacific University.
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International Experiences: United States Peace Corps
Volunteer in Azerbaijan (2007-2008). She taught English at
a public school and ran music, writing, cultural and language
clubs for community children. She has also travelled in
Europe (England, France, Switzerland, Italy), Turkey, Costa
Rica and Venezuela.
Reflections: “IHS helped foster my love of travel and my
desire to see the world. It also helped me understand that
knowledge of the world, especially first-hand, would help
me become a better teacher and a better citizen.”
Jennifer (Miner) Weaver lives in Greensboro, NC and is a
Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro. She does research on parenting
and young children’s social development and is currently
working with a group of researchers on a longitudinal study
looking at the social, cognitive and emotional predictors of
academic success in the early school years. She is married,
and last June welcomed their son with great joy.
College: BA Psychology, 2003 University of Oregon, Clark
Honors College. MA Social Ecology, 2005 University
of California, Irvine. Ph.D. Developmental Psychology,
2009 University of California, Irvine.
Reflections: “The IB experience was a wonderful preparation
for the pace and intensity of college life.”
EUGENE IHS FACTOID #9:
Ugly Sweater Day has become a tradition in
some 9th Grade Global Literature Classes.