The Eisenhower Experience: A Day in the Life...

a day in the life 2005

a day in the life 2004

Masha Lipman ’01, Russia, en route to the Grand Canyon.

Since 1997, Fellows have gathered at the Grand Canyon at the mid-point of their programs. These now-traditional weekends allow Fellows to enjoy the synergy of the larger group and recharge for the second half of their travels.

"Even though we all hail from different backgrounds in profession and tradition, we express the spirit of one global community that is able to coexist in peace and tolerance. I have the impression that I have met the finest people I could ever meet."

"The Fellowship has taken me to the Mountaintop. I have seen the world and need not speculate again."

April 17, 2006: A day in the life of four 2006 MNP Fellows
	In Cambridge, Massachusetts Representative Esteban Bullrich, Argentina, spends the day discussing education reform with leading thinkers in the field. At Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education, he meets with child psychology expert Professor Kurt Fischer and then with Tony Wagner, the co-director of the school’s Change Leadership Group, which prepares teams to be effective change leaders in schools and school districts. Later in the day, he sits down with Professor David E. Pritchard at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to discuss the RELATE Program, which strives to encourage and evaluate education innovations—technological and otherwise—to improve the results of educational reform efforts.
	Mercy Wanjau, Kenya, begins a two-day visit to the Navajo Nation near Window Rock, Arizona. During her time there she meets with Ernest Franklin, Jr., executive director for the Navajo Nation Telecommunications Regulatory Commission. She finds that the challenges faced by Franklin and the Navajo in bringing telecommunications technology to rural areas are similar to her challenges in Kenya. The next day she will attend the Nation’s legislative council session and meet with key council members, including Joseph Shirley, president of the Navajo Nation.
	Nicklas Lundblad, Sweden, enjoys a stimulating day discussing technology, security, and the law with researchers and industry leaders in the Silicon Valley. He spends the morning at Intel, meeting with members of the executive team responsible for information security and innovation there. In the afternoon, he heads to Santa Clara University’s School of Law to sit down with Dr. David Friedman, a leading thinker on issues of technology and privacy. He ends his day with Andrew McLaughlin, legal counselor at Google.
	In New York, architect Carlos Labarta, Spain, sits down with Alex Garvin, who, among his other professional accomplishments, led planning and design at the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, which oversaw the redevelopment of the World Trade Center site and the revitalization of lower Manhattan after September 11. According to Labarta, the meeting provides him with "a deep view of the interaction between architects, urban planners, and society," as they discuss the role of the public and private sectors in some recent planning projects in the city.

May 2, 2006: A day in the life of four 2006 MNP Fellows
	A business journalist whose program focuses largely on design and innovation, Ji Young Choi, Korea, spends the day touring the Nike Lab in Portland, Oregon. There she sees one of the only two machines in the U.S. that measures changes in human temperature and humidity in more than twenty different positions while exercising. (The other one belongs to the U.S. army.) A highlight of her program, the day gives Choi insight into the design programs of one of the world’s most successful companies.
	Rahmad Pribadi, Indonesia, has a packed day at the University of Oklahoma, thanks to the office of Ambassador Ed Corr at the university’s International Program Center. In the morning Pribadi discusses energy and engineering with professors who specialize in the subject and then enjoys lunch with more members of the university faculty and Ambassador Corr. In the afternoon, he meets with Mike Bergey, president of Bergey WIndpower, the world’s leading supplier of small wind turbines to learn more about alternative energy. The busy day concludes with some southwestern hospitality, at a dinner hosted USA Fellow Laura Boyd ’99 and attended by Oklahoma’s secretary of energy, David Fleischaker.
	Outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Judge Jimena Cayo, Peru, attends the last day of the three-day Judicial Conference of the Third Circuit at the invitation of Judge Anthony Scirica, a longtime friend of EF and chief judge of the Pennsylvania Third Circuit. The conference includes sessions on timely issues such as protection of the press, judicial philosophy, and improving federal appellate practice as well as addresses by U.S. Supreme Court Justices Alito and Souter.
	Ana Carolina Letichevsky, Brazil, meets with the Public Education Network in Washington, D.C. PEN’s objective is increase to public and corporate involvement in public education and mobilize resources for quality education for all children. In addition to PEN’s work in the U.S., the organization cooperates with affiliates in Mexico, Peru, and the Philippines, and is looking to expand its international efforts . What was scheduled as a meeting for information exchange soon becomes a conversation about future collaboration that would introduce PEN to Brazil.

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