AUK Welcomes Fall 09 Dartmouth Interns

AUK welcomes the Fall 2009 Dartmouth interns, Charlie Dameron and Matt Forman. Charlie and Matt are the 10th pair of Dartmouth interns to join AUK since the program's inception and will be staying until the end of November 2009.

 
Charlie Dameron.

Charlie Dameron, a junior from San Antonio, Texas, is majoring in Government and History modified with Arabic. He graduated with a Classical Diploma from the Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire in 2007, where he was student body president his senior year. He attended Duke University for one year before transferring to Dartmouth. At Duke, Charlie took an interest in Arabic and Islamic Studies, and attended the Jeddah Economic Forum in Saudi Arabia with several others from his Islamic Studies seminar program. At Dartmouth, Charlie is a rower for the Men's Lightweight team, a member of the Beta Alpha Omega fraternity, and Executive Editor of The Dartmouth Review, a bi-weekly independent newspaper. 

Charlie will be working in the Gulf Studies Center, with The Voice of AUK, and a third area still to be determined.

 
Matthew J. Forman. 

Matthew J. Forman is a member of the Class of 2011 at Dartmouth College. A major in History with concentration in History of Science and minor in Music, Matthew is excited to further develop his relationship with the American University of Kuwait. Drawn to the intern program through the teleconferences of Fall 2008 with Dr. Awwad's and Dr. Eickelman's students, he is very much looking forward to working with the students, faculty, and staff at AUK. At Dartmouth, Matthew is very active in the musical life of the College. He sings with both the Dartmouth Chamber Singers, a smaller a cappella vocal ensemble, and the Handel Society of Dartmouth College, a larger oratorio society founded in 1807. Matthew also plays in the trombone section of the Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble. Outside of his musical pursuits, he has worked as a tutor through Dartmouth's Academic Skills Center and has written articles on the history of science for the Thayer School of Engineering magazine, Dartmouth Engineer.

Matt will be working in the Arabian Heritage Project, the Intensive English Program, and with The Voice of AUK.