Bjorn Tibell (Sweden, '94) finished his army obligation in early November and returned to Uppsala University. In March 1997, he completed a 90 km cross country ski race.
Chieko Honda (Japan, '89) is living in Chicago and just took her bar exams to practice law.
Dae-Seog Choi (Korea, '96) is back working for Samsung Electronics in Seoul.
Eun Mi Kang (Korea, '96) is working in the Overseas Operations and Strategy Department for Cheil Communications in Korea.
Eun-Young Hwang (Korea, '97) has joined the MBA program at the University of Texas.
Ji-young (Sophia) Shim (Korea '97) began graduate school at Georgetown University in the fall.
John Zigakis (Greece, '93) graduated from the University of Delaware and is planning to begin dentistry school in 1998.
Juno Lo (Hong Kong, '95) has a new job as a public relations executive in Hong Kong, China, and was expecting a visit from newlyweds Alicia Soto Moreno (Mexico, '95) and Yutaka Kusumoto (Japan, '96) this fall.
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Teacher Ricka Grollitsch at the April wedding of Alicia Soto Moreno (Mexico, '95 and Yutaka Kusumoto (Japan, '94) in Mexico City. |
Kenny Lee (Korea, '96) is working for the Ministry of Government Administration in Korea.
Kenzi Ogoe (Japan, '96) is now teaching English as a Foreign Language to school children in Saitama, Japan.
Kyoko Hara (Japan, '94) is an executive secretary for Foseco Japan Ltd, a British metallurgical chemical company. She recently climbed 3,000 m. to the top of Jyo-do Mountain in Tateyama, a.k.a. the Japanese Alps.
Mario Baracaldo (Colombia, '96) was accepted into the Master of Veterinary Science Program at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
Mayumi Ishihara (Japan, '88) has received an MBA in finance and is working as an equity analyst for Morgan Stanley Japan, Ltd.
Mehmet Sukru Gulay (Turkey, '95) is finishing his master's degree in veterinary medicine at the University of Florida.
Michel Kahn (France, '93) graduated from the University of Delaware in business and is working in London for an international finance firm.
Motoe Greene (Japan, '95) and Dicken Greene, who met at ELI, recently were blessed with two beautiful twin boys: Alexander and Oscar.
Mutsumi Ishikawa (Japan, '97) is a graduate student in the ESL program at the University of Delaware.
Nestor Blanco (Venezuela, '94) is in the MBA program at the University of Virginia.
Nobuyuki Sanuki (Japan, '96) is working as a technician for NTT DoCoMo. He graduated from Del Tech in Computer Information Systems in 1997.
Oscar Castillo (Venezuela, '93) graduated from the University of Delaware majoring in economics and Spanish and returned to Venezuela in June.
Patricia Oliveira (Brazil, '95) former New Voice editor, is working as a graphic designer in Sao Paolo and hopes to attend the School of Visual Arts in New York in 1998.
Rie Miyake (Japan, '93) is working for an importing company in Nagoya, Japan.
Sharon Beach, former ELI tutor and study tour teacher, wed Daniel Strickler on June 21. The couple is living in Baltimore, MD, where Sharon is working on her master's in leadership and teaching at Notre Dame College.
Sung-sook Park (Korea, '96), former New Voice editor, a.k.a. "accident girl," is in her last semester in Seoul, where she recently recovered from an appendectomy.
Yasuo Kato (Japan, '95) has passed three phases of the four-part American Certified Public Accounting Examination. He returned to Alaska to take the final portion in November '97.
Yuki Sato (Japan, '95) graduated in March from Asia University and is working for a judicial foundation in Tokyo.
Yunwhe Koo (Korea, '96) is working for Fujitsu Korea Ltd, a Japanese computer company, in the marketing department.
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Eun Joo Lee Greenhouse (Korea, '94) married Stephen Greenhouse in June 1996. The couple has returned to the University of Delaware where Eun Joo has entered the MBA Program. |
| Gladys Alvarez (Venezuela '95) and Christian Halm (Germany, '95) wed on June 7 in Caracas, Venezuela, and spent their honeymoon at Disneyland. | 
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Thank you, alumni, and keep those cards, letters and e-mail coming!
A scholarship fund in honor of an outstanding ELI graduate who died last January has been established at ELI. The Andres de Zubiria Duque Memorial Scholarship Fund, explained ELI Director Dr. Scott Stevens, will award a full tuition scholarship yearly to a student "who emulates the spirit of academic excellence and dedication that Andres embodied and who shows potential for building upon Andres' efforts to foster greater understanding among individuals from other cultures and nations."
While at ELI in 1996, Andres took advanced level courses in the business and academic tracks. He is survived by his family in Colombia and by his wife, Silvia Isabel Escobar Uribe, also an ELI graduate.