The first annual EAP breakfast was such a success, we wanted to repeat and expand it!
This year we asked all EAP alumni to bring an "artifact" that captures some key aspect of your experience abroad!
Nearly 50 UCSB EAP alumni gathered for a breakfast reception at the beautiful new Mosher Alumni House on a gorgeous day in April as part of the UCSB All Gaucho Weekend. What fun. Were you there??? Mark your calendars now for next year’s EAP event so you don’t miss out! April 25, 2009.
The morning was flavorful – and not just with good food. Informally, folks reminisced over coffee and breakfast treats and shared the impact EAP had in their life.
Many caught up with old friends and made new ones, expanding their EAP network.
A highlight of the reception was a lively interactive session where we all learned who studied where – from one end of the globe to the other; who had returned to their country of study; and who uses a foreign language today. A few prizes were earned for those who married another EAP participant or someone from their host country; who has a kid who is, has gone, or plans to go on EAP; who studied on the earliest Program; and who weathered through an EAP program that had some major upheaval or is now closed.
Bill Allaway, EAP’s founder and university-wide director for its first 30 years, shared anecdotes about China during the Tiananmen Square incident in the 80s when our program officially closed, but a few EAP students didn’t come home – and he saw them on TV serving as translators for CNN!
Questions?
Contact Valerie Swanson Eurman (Madrid '77-78)
EAP Reunion Committee Chair
(805) 683-1237
veurman@cox.net
