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International FOLIOa & b These photos – two of twenty displayed, byinvitation, at the Chicago World’s Fair – showwhat is believed to be an early business seminar.Note the woman recording the proceedings onher state-of-the-art typewriter. The year: 1893.c The Greggorian Club of 1939: With its takeoffon Gregg - a system of shorthand writing ascomplex and abstract as Sanskrit—this photocaptures the Business Club. Business programswere introduced during WWI . The BS degreerequired, in addition to regular courses,a proficiency in writing business letters inFrench, Spanish or German.gd A recent Irish studies group visits venerableTrinity <strong>College</strong> in Dublin, best known for itslibrary, which houses the Book of Kells.e The annual trip to Panama, under theguidance of Prof. Olga Karman, includesservice projects, often in small rural clinics.Shown here, a DYC student puts two younggirls at their ease by engaging them in aspontaneous craft project.fStudents living in Florence, Italy, enjoy theopen-air food markets after a day’s study ofItalian culture at The Center for AcademicPrograms Abroad Institute.g Multi-linguist Laryssa S. Petryshyn (daughterof Maria Kowal, ’73) is coordinator ofinternational student programs and alsoguides students through the complexities of INSregulations.h Sister Denise Roche signs a cross-culturalagreement with the Balassi Balint Institute,Budapest, Hungary, in fall 2004. Thelanguage program, applicable to theinternational business and global studiesdegrees, is expected to be popular with secondandthird-generation Hungarians who makeup a large part of the population of WNY andSouthern Ontario.jVincent J. Mancuso, senior executive vicepresident of HSBC and trustee of the college,presents Sister Denise with a check for theInternational Business Scholarship, a fundestablished by the worldwide bank in 2002.khjk Katerina Chernikova and Hanna Pryvalovatransferred to DYC when their universityin Minsk, Belarus, closed. Both are in theinternational business program.lPatricia Herevia, from Oruro, Bolivia, cameto DYC to study business accounting. “Life ishard in Bolivia,” she says and will continue hercommunity service when she returns home.m An outstanding student in biology, HoangNguyen of Vietnam will enter medical schoolnext fall.lSpotlightonInternationalStudentsmnn Adaora Otubelu came to the United Statesfrom Lagos, Nigeria, in West Africa to pursuea nursing career.17