Kevin Hall, '12, the second consecutive CMU
student to receive the Fulbright English
Teaching Assistantship, shows off his
Chippewa Pride in Germany.
Student profile
Sean Martinez
Grade: Senior
Hometown: Battle Creek, Mich.
Major: International Relations:
Comparative Politics
Graduate school: Will pursue an MBA
with emphasis on international business
Career plans: Transnational business with
an emphasis on the Middle East
International introduction
International study
University of Jordan in Amman in fall 2012. Sean also completed an
internship with the Development and Free Zones Commission, which
manages a portion of Jordan's economic development.
Courses studied
Modern Standard Arabic, Jordanian Colloquial Arabic and Alternative
Perspectives in the Middle East
Sean's view
"I found the classes to be surprisingly similar, just in a very different
setting. The University of Jordan is the only major university in the
country, so they have many more students than CMU."
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Winter 2014 | Under Discussion
