Category Archives: International Development

Julie Kern Smith, Assistant Director of Career Services

Posted on August 21, 2012 by SEEDS

Kern Smith is a founding board member for Ko-Falen Cultural Center with her artist husband, Arvie Smith, and as the long-imagined project of close friend and Malian artist, Baba Wagué Diakité and his artist wife Ronna Neuenschwander. In Bambara (the … finish reading Julie Kern Smith, Assistant Director of Career Services

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Ellie Angelova, Economics, Class of 2009

Posted on August 21, 2012 by SEEDS

Angelova manages development activities of World Pulse, an action media network and magazine that is based in Portland but powered by women from over 190 countries. While at Reed, Angelova was actively involved with the International Students Advisory Board and co-founded InterConnect, a peer-mentoring … finish reading Ellie Angelova, Economics, Class of 2009

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Dana Bays, Assistant Dean of Students for International Student Services

Posted on August 21, 2012 by SEEDS

Bays is currently serving her second year on the Board of Directors of Abby’s Closet, a non-profit organization (started by Bays’ childhood best friend) that provides 2000 free prom gowns each year to high school teenagers, many of whom do … finish reading Dana Bays, Assistant Dean of Students for International Student Services

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Chiara Packard, Undecided, Class of 2014

Posted on August 21, 2012 by SEEDS

In the summer of 2011, Packard interned for Bay Kids in San Francisco, an organization that practices art therapy in hospitals. Packard also worked for Emergent Art Space, which encourages cross cultural communication through art by creating an online gallery. … finish reading Chiara Packard, Undecided, Class of 2014

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Chanelle Doucette, Psychology, Class of 2014:

Posted on August 21, 2012 by SEEDS

In the summer of 2011, Doucette participated in the Reed Service Project in Ecuador. The Reed Service Project works with other students from universities around the world to design and implement humanitarian projects to benefit indigenous and/or impoverished people of … finish reading Chanelle Doucette, Psychology, Class of 2014:

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Alex Wood, Undecided, Class of 2015

Posted on August 21, 2012 by SEEDS

Wood is a member of the Board of Directors for and a past participant of Bold Leaders, a Denver-based international non-profit that takes students from all over the world on international trips to study leadership, international development, and conflict resolution. … finish reading Alex Wood, Undecided, Class of 2015

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Shimon Prohow, History, Class of 2002

Posted on August 21, 2012 by SEEDS

Prohow previously worked with Population Services International, the world’s largest distributor of condoms in the West and Central Africa. Now Prohow works for the US Agency for International Development’s Office of HIV/AIDS on the Multilateral Team. USAID’s mission is to … finish reading Shimon Prohow, History, Class of 2002

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Megan Jones, English, Class of 2012:

Posted on August 19, 2012 by SEEDS

In the summer of 2011, Jones traveled to Maharashtra, India to create a social development handbook for a non-profit called Watershed Organization Trust, which provides rural villages with the skills to sustainably develop their watersheds.

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