College Credits: Northbrook Resident Graduates From Ohio U

NORTHBROOK, IL — We're keeping track of all the major higher education accomplishments of area students. Send your submissions to eric.degrechie@patch.com.

Sung Receives Degree From Ohio University

Jim Sung, of Northbrook, graduated with a Master of Engineering Management from Ohio University. More than 1,900 students graduated with bachelor's, master's or doctorate degrees from Ohio University for summer semester 2020. The graduates represented many areas of the United States and an abundance of countries, including: Vietnam, China, Chile, Iran, Mexico, and Great Britain.

— Merit Pages News

Pick Makes Dean's List At Bradley University

Zachary Pick, of Northbrook, has been named to the dean's list at Bradley University. The Glenbrook North High School graduate is a sophomore, studying manufacturing engineering.

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Simon Interns With Entrepreneurs In Africa

When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down college campuses and businesses, thousands of planned summer internships disappeared too. But 36 students in the Tippie College of Business —including Michael Simon, of Northbrook, who is majoring in finance — found a Plan B summer internship thanks to the university's relationship with the U.S. State Department's Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. The Tippie students interned during the summer with alumni of the Mandela Washington Fellowship who own businesses in their home countries in Africa.

"It worked really well for the students and the fellows," says Dimy Doresca, director of the Institute for International Business in the Tippie College of Business and academic director of the Mandela Washington Fellowship at Iowa. "The students who wouldn't have anything to do received a unique international business experience and cross-cultural opportunity, while the alumni fellows received advice to help their businesses grow."

The Mandela Washington Fellowship started in 2014 and brings hundreds of young entrepreneurs and policymakers from African countries to the United States every summer to learn about business and government. Since its inception, nearly 4,400 alumni have completed the fellowship. Iowa has hosted 25 fellows every year since 2016, and now has 100 alumni.

— Merit Pages News