Guestbook

Ann Helm

College of Staten Island, City University of New York

Thank you for inviting me to the celebration of 25 years of the USBT.
Unfortunately, your original invitation did not reach me for some
reason.I apologize for my late response.

I will not be able to attend NAFSA this year due to special events on
campus, unfortunately. Therefore, I will miss a celebration I would
truly like to attend, yours.

The very first year of the USBT was a major collaboration of the US
Information Agency, the College Board and NAFSA. As temporary
appointees to USIA, Patricia Biddinger and I worked with a team to
design and fund the program and the participation of 50 educational
advisors. I managed the program for USIA. The head of the office
(E/AS), Joe Bruns, and his deputy, Addie O'connell, were strong
supporters of the increasing the professional roles of the advisors.
The success of that first USBT convinced all the stakeholders to make
further investments and develop new structures to support the work
done around the world on behalf of US higher education.

I congratulate the advisors and celebrate the success of your many
contributions over the past 25 years (and more)!

Ann Helm
College of Staten Island
City University of New York

Heidi Gregori-Gahan

University of Southern Indiana

Dear colleagues
Congratulations on 25 years of successful collaboration and cooperation! Through your hard work, creative energies, and dedication to the field, you all have played a significant role in making the world a better place. It has been an absolute privilege and pleasure working with you, and I am so grateful to you for the wonderful work that you do. Celebrate yourselves!!
With best wishes, Heidi

Liz Holbrook Woyczynski

Case Western Reserve University

I hope you have a wonderful, celebratory reunion. I wish I could be there with you.

It was a very great pleasure to coordinate the visits of overseas educational advisers to schools and universities in Northeast Ohio, including Case Western Reserve University.

Although I no longer work in international admissions, I am still involved as a volunteer to ESL students and at the Cleveland Council on World Affairs. I would love to hear from any of you...

Best wishes,

Liz Woyczynski
Secretary of the University Faculty
Case Western Reserve University

Dr. Roberta James Paola

Former Educational Adviser, Durban, South Africa 1988-2004

Hey all my old buddies!
Please enjoy your USBT in my hometown! If any of you are brave enough, take a tour of East LA, my old stomping ground. I'm not serious, don't go there!
As you are enjoying LA, I'm at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, undergoing 4 months of chemo, but I see it as a wonderful chance to get well again.
Learn lots, have fun, and I wish that I could be there too.
Take care,
Roberta James Paola

Patrice Mulholland

San Francisco State University

Hello from San Francisco State University to all USBT Advisers and thank you for all your effort and dedication throughout the years.

San Francisco State University is looking forward to meeting some of you after the NAFSA conference.

Congratulations on the 25th Anniversary of United States Based Training Program!