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2022

Alumni

Sara Abou Rashed '21: How cookies make community

Sara Abou Rashed '21 shares how her mother’s cookie recipe helped her form a friendship with an unlikely neighbor in a Columbus performance.

Date: May 18, 2022

2021

Alumni

2021 International Studies Alumni Updates

Our alumni share where they are and what they are doing now.

Date: June 10, 2021

2020

Alumni

Richie Huang '13, Operations Program Manager at Apple

Since graduating from Denison, Richie Huang '13 got his MBA at the Kellogg School of Management and started at Apple.

Date: March 9, 2020

Spotlights

Denison Magazine

Unlocking Potential: Yazmina Ameerah Salahuddin-Robinson ’22

Yazmina Salahuddin-Robinson’s intense curiosity about languages and cultures drew her to the international studies major.

Overcoming doubt

Writing, illustrating, and self-publishing a book involves dozens of opportunities to learn something new.

Khalil Bentley '20 awarded graduate school scholarship

International Studies major Khalil Bentley '20 has been awarded a prestigious Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Graduate Fellowship.

Denison Magazine

Unlocking Potential: Adam Cromwell ’21

Adam Cromwell ’21 looks at the role soccer plays in national identity.

Bloomberg Terminals: Real-time market data

Bloomberg Terminals give students access to real-time financial news and data — and help prepare them for careers in business and finance.

Taka Higuchi '20 celebrating commencement

The Value of Empathy

As a patient care assistant in a children’s hospital Taka Higuchi ‘20 provides a welcoming and calming presence at the start of an anxiety-filled day.

Magazine internship builds hard and soft skills

In the Summer of 2020, Sarah Hume '22 found a great internship with Story magazine through a Denison Narrative Journalism program.

Denison students and Sri Lankan performers dance in concert

How We Learn

Sri Lankan Odyssey

A five-year immersion in Sri Lankan culture gives Denison students a profound cross-cultural experience.

Where We Go

A Fulbright Connects a Student & Her Family History

A Fulbright Teaching Assistantship to Turkey gives Madina Khudaynazar ’19 an opportunity to revisit her own family’s roots.

Where We Go

Full Circle

“When you’re a Latina in education, it’s about giving back,” says Fulbright award-winner Andrea Vallejo ’19.

How We Live

An Exceptional Experience Yields an Outstanding Performance

Mentoring by faculty & professionals Columbus gave Sara Abou Rashed ’21 the confidence to create a one-woman show about her experience as an immigrant.