Inspiring Cultural Exchange Globally Through International University Fairs – Phillip Wenturine – Portugal 2016
I got my first real taste of international exchange during my final year of university where I studied in Beijing, China, and later on, got my first experience of teaching in Kunming, China, where I worked in an elementary orphanage. After that, I knew I wanted to work in education. After working for a few […]
Was it Just a Nightmare or Something Real? – António Pacheco Pires – Lisbon 1990
I was a Cornell University PhD student in Operations Research & Industrial Engineering from August 1990 until May 1994 when I visited New York City and the Twin Towers and fell in love. From what I remember on the afternoon of 9/11, a colleague of mine (Jaime Ramos) informed me at IST (Lisbon Institute of […]