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Aaron Shiffrin learned the Tongan language in country and then set about a monumental task: creating and initiating a national science curriculum project for the country's secondary school system
Aaron Shiffrin learned the Tongan language in country and then set about a monumental task: creating and initiating a national science curriculum project for the country's secondary school system
Among this year's crop of returnee-students at IUB are Aaron Shiffrin of Bloomington and Erik Boyle of Covington, Ky. The two roommates met at orientation at SPEA last month. Shiffrin, a graduate of the University of Michigan with a degree in psychology is, incidentally, the son of Richard Shiffrin, the Luther Dana Waterman Professor of psychology and director of the Cognitive Science Program at IUB. And though Bloomington is familiar to Shiffrin, the strength of the faculty and SPEA's resources, combined with SPEA's granting of credit for Corps service and national reputation, led him to a joint masters' program that combines public affairs and environmental science. "I do call Tonga home," said Shiffrin, who served in that country for two years. "A part of Tonga will always be with me."
He learned the Tongan language in country and then set about a monumental task: creating and initiating a national science curriculum project for the country's secondary school system. Ahead, he foresees more travel overseas and a career in international development.