By Kimberly Collins, Global Competency Intern
Friday evening the Indianapolis Public Library Foundation honored best-selling author Khaled Hosseini with the Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Literature Award. Because of our involvements with the library, The International Center was given two tickets to the lecture and backstage reception. And as an avid proponent of the mantra “read a zillion books,” and especially as one of the many who has poured over The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and And the Mountains Echoed time and again, I snagged them right up.
Aung San Suu Kyi: One Indelible Impression
By Billie (Scott) Fouts, VP - Marketing and Development
September 25, 2012
Nothing much moves me.
September 25, 2012
Nothing much moves me.
But my colleague Magdalena and I traveled to Fort Wayne this morning to witness Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi address a loving and appreciative crowd – most, like her, native Burmese.
New Faces: Juan Fernando Gonzalez Jaimes
By Peter Robbins, Communications Intern
When Juan Gonzalez’s testimonial appeared in 2007’s New Faces at the Crossroads, the then-Fifth Third Bank Assistant Vice President stressed the need for an increase in global awareness in Indiana, which he suggested could be implemented in the education of young people in schools. As a native Colombian, Gonzalez, who is now a vice president at Key Bank, believes many people in America take the privileges of the American lifestyle for granted.
Juan Gonzalez - Vice President, Key Bank
Country of Origin: Colombia
When Juan Gonzalez’s testimonial appeared in 2007’s New Faces at the Crossroads, the then-Fifth Third Bank Assistant Vice President stressed the need for an increase in global awareness in Indiana, which he suggested could be implemented in the education of young people in schools. As a native Colombian, Gonzalez, who is now a vice president at Key Bank, believes many people in America take the privileges of the American lifestyle for granted.