Author: Margaux Fimbres
ABROAD
After spending the fall of 2008 in Hangzhou, China, Alex Kent '10 made returning to the country a top priority. Through the Department of Chinese at Middlebury, Kent discovered an internship opportunity with Emerging Asia, a consulting firm with offices in Shanghai started by a Middlebury alumnus. Kent's tasks will involve conducting research and interviews in Chinese with clients and professionals in a variety of fields. While in Shanghai, Kent will either be living with other Middlebury students in China or with a host family.
"The thing I'm most looking forward to is taking the train to Hangzhou for a weekend to see my Chinese friends and stroll through my old haunts," said Kent. "My former roommate told me that the cramped, lurid street lined with noodle shops and fruit stands where we used to get food every day hasn't changed a bit." Kent is also planning to pick up his old bike from Hangzhou and take it back with him to Shanghai.
Christian Gettermann '11 is tentatively planning to work for a language school in M
Students take the world in stride as they embark on summer vacation
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