Shisir Khanal graduated December, 2002 with a degree in International Political Economy & Diplomacy. He is currently a graduate student in the La Follette School of Public Affairs in the University of Wisconsin - Madison.
Harumi Kawamura graduated May, 2002 with a degree in World Religions. She received a scholarship to Harvard Divinity School.
Gigliola Danko graduated May, 2002 as a Social Science major. She is currently attending George Washington University as a graduate student.
2001
Minori Oshika graduated May, 2001 as an International Political Economy & Diplomacy major. Currently a graduate student at Fordham University, is part of the International Political Economy and Development Graduate Program.
Miroslava Borissova graduated May, 2001 with a degree in International Political Economy & Diplomacy. She is currently attending the Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs and is a Ph. D. candidate.
Nataliya Tcherneva graduated May, 2001 with a degree in Social Science. She is a graduate student in Counseling and Human Resources at the University of Bridgeport.
Tsurue Nakano graduated May, 2001 obtaining a degree in International Political Economy & Diplomacy. She is currently attending Fordham University as a graduate student.
2000
Alejandro Gonzalez graduated December, 2000 with a degree in International Political Economy & Diplomacy. He is currently a trader in UBS-Warburg.
Ashok Regmi graduated May, 2000 with a degree in International Political Economy & Diplomacy. He works as a Program Manager at the International Youth Foundation.
1998
Zhengfan Sun graduated May, 1998 with a degree in Social Science. Currently holding a position at the United Nations as Accountant in the UN Office of Programme Planning, Budget, and Accounts.
Department of Mass Communications Alumni
2002
Luke Meadows was named head coach of a Connecticut Olympic developmental team, while also working as a soccer coach at UB.
E-mail: lukey8@aol.com
Anthony Pla' currently works at the University of Bridgeport as an Assistant Sports Information Director.
E-mail: FPB20@aol.com
Diana Vaptzarova of Bulgaria graduated with a dual Bachelor's degree in Mass Communications/International Political Economy & Diplomacy, BA and Marketing, BS. She currently works as an Account Executive for CDHM Advertising, Inc. in Stamford, CT and plans to do her MBA in the United States, then go to Europe to study International Relations and eventually move back to Bulgaria.
E-mail: diana_vaptzarova@yahoo.com
2001
Roxann Blackburn currently works in the Pace Center at Yale University.
E-mail: Rnblack40@hotmail.com
Kenichi Ebina is a professional dancer who co-founded his own dancing group - BiTriP - in February 2001. They perform all over the Tri-State area in both community and corporate events.
E-mail: ebiken@hotmail.com
Shailendra Karki of Nepal is working to establish his own business.
E-mail: sdkarki@hotmail.com
Abhishek Shrestha of Nepal is working at a company in Connecticut while at the same time running his own business.
abshake@rocketmail.com
Sara Warfield is currently working at Northwest Youth Corps, a nonprofit organization in Eugene, Ore. that provides conservation education and job training to young adults. She was previously an associate editor for Media Ventures, Inc., a Norwalk, Conn. publishing company.
s_warfield@hotmail.com
2000
Angela Currie is currently pursing her Masters degree at the College of Law in the University of LaVerne.
E-mail: Amc0678@aol.com
Simon Kay of United Kingdom now travels between Great Briton and the United States for his work.
E-mail: el_piman@hotmail.com
Nam Ryul Kim of South Korea went on to graduate school and obtained his master's degree in computer science at UB. He is currently working at the Paradigm Global Advisor in New York.
E-mail: namryul@hotmail.com
Nelta Sanon is currently preparing to go to law school.
E-mail: nelta73@hotmai.com
Naiden Stoyanov of Bulgaria currently works as an Operations Analyst at UBS-Warburg in Stamford, CT. He also runs his own website with information about Bulgaria. His interest in mass communications developed when he was in the eighth grade, when he won a contest and became a radio anchor for a Bulgarian radio station.
E-mail: naiden@bgworld.com
1999
Ikenna Emehelu went on to Yale Law School after graduating from UB, where he obtained a JD in 2002. At Yale, he worked on various research and advocacy projects relating to indigenous rights, refugee rights and racism at the Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic. He is currently a general practice associate at Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP in New York.
E-mail: emehelui@sullcrom.com
Naya Kolarova of Bulgaria is now working at Stanton Crenshaw Communications, a NYC-based Public Relations agency.
E-mail: naya_k@hotmail.com
Sharon Loh of Malaysia is currently working for ESPN in Connecticut.
E-mail: sharonweili@yahoo.com
Anna Kleshelskaya of Moscow, Russia received an M.A. degree in Comparative Literature from Dartmouth College in 2000. Following graduation, she worked as an Account Executive at the New York office of Foote, Cone & Belding (a world-wide advertising firm) for 19 months. She is currently an M.A. candidate at the Steinhardt School of Education at New York University in teaching Spanish and English as a Second Language (ESL). She also works as an ESL/Spanish Instructor at various educational institutions.
E-mail: anab20@hotmail.com
Carina Knutson moved back to Sweden, her home country, after working for a year as an Office Manager at a Communications company in San Francisco. She is now temping in Stockholm through staffing agency Manpower and enjoying long travels to countries such as New Zealand and Australia.
E-mail: bilinak@hotmail.com
1998
Melisa Cehajic of Bosnia and Herzegovina is currently working as a Media Director for Martino & Binzer, an advertising firm in Connecticut.
E-mail: melisa973@yahoo.com
Nikolay Kralev of Bulgaria got his Master's degree in Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 2001. He now works in Washington, DC as a foreign affairs reporter for the Washington Times as well as a special correspondent for the Financial Times in London. Please visit his personal website at www.nickolaskralev.com.
E-mail: nkralev@hotmail.com