Ten AGS Students and Alumni Meet Pennsylvania Governor

Ten AGS alumni and students met with Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett during a reception hosted for the Governor's first investment and trade mission to France. The reception was open to alumni and students of all Pennsylvania colleges and universities residing in France. The Master's in International Relations and Diplomacy at AGS being an affiliated program of Arcadia University in Pennsylvania, Arcadia President Carl (Tobey) Oxholm III invited AGS to represent Arcadia University at the reception, as alumni of this program are also alumni of Arcadia University.

The Governor spoke to each of the AGS/Arcadia participants and met with Alexis Delabre, chairman of the board of AGS, and Eileen Servidio, president of the School of International Relations and Diplomacy at AGS who were also in attendance. In his speech about economic, cultural and educational development in Pennsylvania, Governor Corbett then cited Arcadia as one of the state's major universities represented at the reception.

"Through its affiliation with Arcadia, and through the very nature of its programs, the American Graduate School in Paris hopes to take a small part in the larger mission of transatlantic cooperation between France and the US. Discussing these matters with Governor Tom Corbett and his Cabinet members was therefore a very constructive opportunity as they seem extremely keen on encouraging this kind of cooperation," says Alexis Delabre.

The reception was held in Paris at the George C. Marshall Center, one of the buildings of the US embassy in France, located near Place de la Concorde. Representing AGS and Arcadia were:

• Alumni Adam Kegley (class of 2011), Mairi Lee (class of 2005), Amandine Muskus (class of 2010), Sarah Pedersen (class of 2008), and Jennifer Wright (class of 2009).

• Graduate students Lisa Albright (class of 2012), Ruth Atoyebi (class of 2012), Caroline Meyer (class of 2012), and two students enrolled in the ;Arcadia/AGS dual Master's in International Peace and Conflict Resolution / International Relations and Diplomacy, Ryan Godfrey (class of 2012), and Carlyle Taylor (class of 2013).

"We are very proud of our long and deepening affiliation with the American Graduate School in Paris," says Arcadia President Oxholm. "Because of the high regard in which AGS is held in Paris and by the international community, our students are able to be taught by some of the best in the diplomatic field. We are very glad that Governor Corbett was able to meet our students and faculty, and see firsthand the potential value to Pennsylvania from our excellence in study abroad."

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