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May
Mandy Stein's (EWS '09) Supports Uru Community in Tanzania
Read MoreEmery/Weiner alumna Mandy Stein was just a teenager when she first went to Africa and fell in love with the people in Tanzania. While in college, she had the bold idea to help the children there get an education, and more remarkably, with the help of many Houston-area neighbors, she started a school that now supports hundreds of students, even one of whom is now a doctor."I believe in the power of one," Stein said. "I also know that I can't do everything, but I can do something."Mandy Stein lives in Tanzania, but she returns home to Meyerland to visit friends and family and also to garner donations from the community, which has supported her Tanzanian school for more than a decade. This time, she'll fill a container that will ship bikes, books, clothes, and more 8,800 miles away.
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April
EWS Alum Simon Gerst '19 Selected for Fulbright Program
Simon Gerst (EWS '19), a senior triple-major in Jewish Studies, German, and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, has been selected for a Fulbright award to study in Kyrgyzstan for the 2024-2025 academic year.Read More
While in Kyrgyzstan, Simon will undertake research on a project entitled “No One is Forgotten: Rediscovering Kyrgyzstan’s Lost Jewish Émigrés.” He will be a visiting scholar at the Central Asian Studies Institute at the American University of Central Asia in Bishkek.
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