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U.S, Canadian Institutions Named 2005 Goldman Sachs Global Leaders
NEW YORK, The Goldman Sachs Foundation and the Institute of International Education (IIE) today announced that an extraordinary group of 20 sophomores from leading U.S. and Canadian colleges have been named as 2005 Goldman Sachs Global Leaders, the fifth class of students to be so honored. For five years, the Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Program, developed by The Goldman Sachs Foundation, has been a pioneer in identifying and developing some of the worlds most promising future leaders. Todays honorees are among 100 outstanding second-year students selected this spring from over 70 of the worlds top colleges and universities.
Goldman Sachs Global Leaders, who represent more than 40 countries to date, are chosen precisely because they already know how to make a difference in the world. In addition to their academic achievements, many have already begun to find solutions for problems across the globe. For example, one student founded a scholarship program for Ugandan refugees, while another raised funds to provide clean-burning stoves to rural Peruvian communities, and a third created an organization that is helping to develop a computer laboratory in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Global Leaders are extremely talented academically and have already shown proven leadership abilities and a strong interest in global affairs, said Stephanie Bell-Rose, President of The Goldman Sachs Foundation, as she announced the 20 U.S. and Canadian 2005 Goldman Sachs Global Leaders. Goldman Sachs and IIE created this program to help these promising young people - at a critical juncture in their academic careers - develop their leadership skills and goals in order to become even more effective agents of change.
The U.S. and Canadian students selected as 2005 Goldman Sachs Global Leaders are:
U.S. STUDENTS
Krystal Banzon, Smith College
Eman Bataineh, Barnard College
Mira Christanto, Northwestern University
Eric Glustrom, Amherst College
Priyanka Handa, University of Miami
Raj Hathiramani, Princeton University
Viet Minh, Huynh Stanford University
Adeel Iqbal, University of California, Berkeley
Robert Klaber, Brown University
Carly Knight, Duke University
Richard Ludlow, Yale University
Eniola Mafe, Spelman College
Christine Nguyen, University of Texas at Austin
Megan Peppel, University of Pennsylvania
Edward Smith-Lewis, Morehouse College
Matthew Zedler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
CANADIAN STUDENTS
Pamela Chan, University of Western Ontario
Homan Cheng, Queens University
Julia Ishak, McGill University
Tiffany Vogel, University of Western Ontario
Five hundred students from around the world have been identified and honored as Goldman Sachs Global Leaders since the program began in 2001. They have built an extensive network with one another and, with modest seed funding from the programs Social Entrepreneurship Fund, have joined forces to launch innovative social ventures, including a school in rural India, a technology education program in China, an art therapy program for AIDS-affected children in Namibia, a micro-enterprise initiative for women entrepreneurs in Macedonia, a Malaria prevention campaign in Nigeria, a recycling program in Albania, and a meals program for schoolchildren in Sri Lanka.
Each Global Leader receives a $3,000 grant for educational expenses. In addition, 50 of this years 100 Global Leaders, including 10 from U.S. and Canadian universities, will also be selected to participate in the annual Goldman Sachs Global Leadership Institute, July 10-15, in New York City. At the Institute, they will spend time with renowned leaders from the private, public and nonprofit sectors, learning about leadership and global issues. Past Institute speakers have included experts in leadership; diplomats from the United Nations; executives from Goldman Sachs and other private companies; and leaders of influential NGOs, including the International Crisis Group and the International Rescue Committee.