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Wyatt Erchak '12 continues as always to cartoon for Skidmore News, and work on his graphic novel projects when he has the time. He is Co-President of one of the newest clubs on campus, FAD (Friends of Anxiety Disorders), which he enjoys immensely and is pleased to report is going very well. After graduating this May, he will be staying in Saratoga Springs for the summer to work and play before traveling to Moldova to work in the National Museum of History of Moldova as a volunteer (Moldova being Europe's poorest country, by the numbers), or otherwise in a Moldovan non-governmental organization.

Dominic Green, ‘12 , has been awarded one of the inaugural SEE-Beyond Awards for summer 2012. This $4000 award will allow Dom to complete an exciting summer project; he'll be the research assistant for one of the country's leading EU scholars, David Calleo from Johns Hopkins University, who is working on a book about the Eurozone crisis. The best part ? They'll be living and working on Elba, an island off the coast of Italy where Napoleon was imprisoned in 1814 (before busting out and enjoying another 100 days of trying to conquer Europe again. Didn't work.). Congratulations, Dom, and have a wonderful time !

Emma Kurs, ‘12 , and Kate Graney, Associate Professor of Government, have been awarded a Faculty-Student Summer Collabo-rative Research Grant to work on a manuscript tentatively entitled Re-Orienting Europe: Culture and Politics in Europe’s Post-Soviet Periphery . Emma's grant includes room and board at Skidmore for 10 weeks this summer, plus a $2000 stipend. She will be working with Prof. Graney on developing maps, charts, and other graphics for the manuscript. Congratulations, Emma !

Jeremy Wood, ’13 will be attending the Engalitcheff Institute on Comparative Political and Economic Systems at Georgetown University this summer. While in Washington D.C., Jeremy will intern with a federal agency to complement his coursework. Con-gratulations!