ALO Newsletter

Sixth Edition: February 13, 2015 

Featured Member: Maddy Clough '14

My name is Maddy Clough, and I recently graduated from Elon in December 2014, a semester in which I was proud to serve as the President of ALO. While at Elon, I majored in International Studies with a concentration on the Middle East with a Spanish minor. My junior year took me to the United Arab Emirates, where I studied at the American University in Dubai for four months. After returning to the US for a month, I was off again to the Arab world for an extended stay in Rabat, Morocco, for a summer language program with the Critical Language Scholarship. In addition, I count my travels to Egypt and Jordan in 2014 among my most cherished memories. In 2015, I relocated to DC to begin working for a Middle Eastern cultural attaché, and I am fortunate to use my Arabic skills in a professional capacity. My career goals lie in cultural diplomacy in order to connect individuals of diverse backgrounds by celebrating difference as a positive foundation for educational exchange. I am confident that I will return to the Middle East in the future إن شاء الله.