Where are you now? How long have you been there? I am in Bogotá - Colombia. I came back in late July, after graduating with a Ph.D. degree in May 2013.
Where else have you lived? I am from Bogotá and I lived here during my entire life until I moved to Lawrence to pursue a Ph.D. in Public Administration at KU.
KU degrees? Ph.D. (2013) in Public Administration
Where are you now? How long have you been there? We (Jeb, his wife and their daughter) live in Kicevo, Macedonia and have been here since 2008.
Where else have you lived? Prior to living in Macedonia we lived and worked in Washington, D.C. Kristina is originally from Macedonia. I am originally from Basin, Wyoming. We met while I was teaching English in the Peace Corps.
Where are you now? How long have you been there? I currently live in Paris, France, and have lived there for the last five and a half years.
Where else have you lived? When I graduated from KU I moved to Bielefeld, Germany, to start the first part of my two year graduate program. It wasn't a good experience. After staying there for four months I then moved to Paris.
Where are you now? How long have you been there? I have lived in Mexico City since 1980.
Where else have you lived? I`ve lived in Spain in Madrid, for two years (1997-1999).
KU degrees? Doctoral student in Spanish, 1976-1980
Where are you now? How long have you been there? I currently live in Taipei, Taiwan, which has been my home for most of the past 37 years. I arrived in 1976 as part of a KU overseas study program. Since then I have had careers in advertising, marketing and public relations. Now I work as a professional trainer.
Where else have you lived? I have lived in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Seattle, Washington.
Where are you now? How long have you been there? My family and I have been in Hong Kong for the past 15 years, moving here right after the handover of sovereignty to the PRC. Before that I lived in Taipei and Jakarta, having spent most of my adult life in Asia. I did return to the states to get an M.B.A. at the University of Wisconsin to complement the B.A. from KU.
Where are you now? How long have you been there? I'm presently living in Singapore and have been there now for a year and a half. I moved at the beginning of 2012 to set up Labconco's first international representative office.
Where are you now? How long have you been there? I am living in Nairobi, Kenya, and I have been here for one year.
Where else have you lived? This is actually my first time living abroad, so every other place I've lived has been in the US.
KU degrees? B.A. (2003), M.A. (2010) in religious studies
This year's Homecoming theme is Jayhawks Around the World, which celebrates KU's global reach in terms of students, faculty and alumni. (Did you know KU alumni live in 150 countries around the globe?) We caught up with a few College of Liberal Arts & Sciences alumni whose careers take them around the world to see what it's like living so far from Lawrence. Click through our profiles to learn more about alumni living in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America.
In 2009 the final battle between superheroes and intergalactic spaceships ensued. Two battles had already occurred, and the intergalactic forces had won twice. Yet, in the final stand in Hollywood, superheroes – and a Jayhawk—prevailed.
At the Emmy awards that year, “Heroes,” the popular TV drama about everyday people with superpowers, defeated the sci-fi show “Battlestar Galactica” in Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series. The series had missed out on the honor to “Battlestar Galactica" the previous two years. Chris Martin, a graduate of the KU College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, accepted the award as Digital Compositing Supervisor for “Heroes.”
From rock chalk to rock and roll: KU was a launching pad for graduates’ band
Graduate's center for people with different abilities in Peru inspires internationally