Wednesday, Feb. 14: “Opportunities and challenges of establishing Afghanistan’s first and only all-girls boarding school” a presentation by Shabana Basij-Rasikh, School of Leadership, Afghanistan (SOLA) President & Co-Founder. Free and open to the public. Please join us on Norwich University’s campus in the Kreitzberg Library Todd Multipurpose from 12-1 p.m.

Born and raised in Kabul, Basij-Rasikh finished high school in the U.S. through the State Department’s Youth Exchange Studies program. She went on to attend Middlebury College in Vermont, graduating magna cum laude in International Studies and Women & Gender Studies in 2011. In 2016, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from SOAS University of London.

While at Middlebury, Basij-Rasikh was awarded a Davis Peace Prize—with which she built wells in the outskirts of Kabul—and was selected as one of Glamour Magazine’s Top 10 College Women of 2010. She also received the Vermont Campus Compact 2011 Madeleine Kunin Public Service Award for outstanding leadership and service to others.

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