Alison Ascher '96 checked in from the Bay Area, where she is working for Arriba Juntos, a San Francisco non-profit organization that focuses on English-language training, job placement, and basic life skills, especially for Latin American clients. She expects to begin graduate work in Teaching English as as Second Language next fall.

Alison joined the select group of alumni who have successfully challenged James Orton's Lake Titicaca jinx by crossing the body of water without mishap. Below are two photos sent by Alison, the first of traditional reed boats used on the lake, the second a picture of Alison and her hiking companion Jen Rubenstein '96 taken at Machu Picchu.

Yuet ("Adam") Chau '93 (here shown in an animated exchange with Emily Brown, age 2, daughter of Michael and Sylvia Brown) came through Williamstown last winter on his way to a job interview at Skidmore College. It was obviously a success: he has accepted a full-time teaching job there that begins next fall. Adam expects to complete his doctorate in anthropology at Stanford by the end of the summer.

	Suzanne (Jericho) Burg '87 sent us a picture of her classroom and students in Ethiopia. (See below.) She's now back in the US of A working on a doctorate in communications at the University of California, San Diego. Her husband, Mesfin, is struggling with the INS and its equally difficult counterpart in Ethiopia, but he hopes to be able to join her soon in California.

Emily Williams '99 recently had her fifteen minutes of fame when she was interviewed by National Public Radio in a story about Teach for America's elementary school programs in the Mississippi Delta. For a summary of the story, click here, where you'll also find a link to a Real Audio copy of the entire piece. (Credit for photo left, showing Emily teaching Durkheim and Weber to her students, is NPR.)

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