American University trustee Stephanie Bennett-Smith hails from Albuquerque, New Mexico, but claims higher education as her hometown. “It’s all I’ve ever done and all I ever wanted to do,“ says the president emerita of Centenary University in New Jersey.
As the country develops solutions for the COVID-19 pandemic, American University is also working toward addressing future requirements in healthcare and how to support visionaries in the field.
American University has been central to the lives of Sandra Baxter and Richard Bennett for over 40 years.
After Laura Ragusa, SPA/BA '77, completed a bachelor's in political science, she remained at American University—for 40 years and counting.
Triple Eagle Sara Nieves-Grafals, CAS/BS '75, CAS/MA '79, CAS/PhD '80, spent lots of time on campus during her studies, but rarely visited once her career as a psychologist was underway.
George and Lois Schaefer met in economics class at AU in October 1971. The couple began dating and married three years later, after George, SPA/BA '72, completed his MPA at Syracuse University.
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