Issue 6: When an Entrepreneur Becomes a Student

Pictured: Abror Nazirov on-campus at Virginia International University. 

Abror Nazirov is an Uzbekistan native working on his Master's Degree in TESOL at VIU.  Not only does he study on a day-to-day basis, but Mr. Nazirov is a young entrepreneur who founded and remotely runs his own language school in his home country.  Abror challenged the status quo by seizing an opportunity to advance academically and gain experience in the United States, which will benefit his company and his country in the long term. 

Issue 6: John Hughes: A Journalist's Journey to Success

Tamila Khalikova and Mohamed Moustafa, two Virginia International University students on the path to graduate this May 2016, had an opportunity and interview John Hughes, this year’s keynote speaker.

John Hughes is an editor for Bloomberg News’ First Word DC, a breaking news desk in Washington DC, and the 108^th president of the National Press Club, the world’s leading professional organization for journalists.

Hughes welcomed the students to the Bloomberg offices in DC, where they had the chance to take a tour.  Bloomberg News produces approximately 5,000 stories each day from more than 150 bureaus in 73 countries.