The year after graduating from Dartmouth, Laura traveled to India and China studying urban planning with the H. Allen Brooks Traveling Fellowship from Dartmouth. She went on to get my masters in urban planning from MIT.
[more]David Brown '79 has used his geography education every day of his professional life. His career started in urban planning in Monroe, MI and Flint, MI. David then began his career in the economic development leading an industrial development organizations in Monroe,MI. From there to Fort Wayne, Indiana as VP for Economic Development at the Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce. Then to president of the Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce. Moved to Greenville, SC to be the president of that Chamber and now he is President of the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce. Each of the chambers he has led are
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On the road with a teenage Syrian refugee, traveling the underground railroad from Sicily to Sweden’s doorstep. Mackenzie's latest article: http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/02/13/catch-me-if-you-can-syrian-refugees-europe-italy-sweden/ To learn more about Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin '07 you can visit his website at mkcimage.com.
[more]Ben Hughey '12 makes maps. As a kid growing up in Alaska, he used a GPS to hike off-trail. Then, as a college junior, he combined his GPS skills with his mapmaking ability to help three indigenous communities in Ecuador create maps of their lands, which they'll use to defend themselves against future land incursions. Now, at age 25, Ben is using mapmaking to try to get people on board land conservation projects in Washington State, in the north-western United States.
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