ENGAGED CiTiZENS AND LEADERS

Fields Selected for Youth Exchange

Recent UCO graduate Terance Fields (BA ’19) was selected as one of 75 participants for the 2019-20 Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals. The program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the German Corporation for International Cooperation, allows 75 American and 75 German students to spend one year in each other’s countries – to study, intern and live with hosts as part of the cultural immersion program.

While at Central, Fields, a citizen of the Pawnee Nation, served as the vice president of the Native American Student Association and as a mentor for the UCO Native American Success and Hispanic Success Initiatives. Prior to his selection for the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange, Fields interned for U.S. Congressman Don Young, representing UCO and the Pawnee Nation, on Capitol Hill as part of the Native American Congressional Internship through the Udall Foundation.

Duvall Begins Peace Corps Service

Central alumnus Stockton Duvall (BBA ’19) recently began training as an English Education Teaching volunteer with the Peace Corps. During the first three months of his Peace Corps service, Duvall will live with a host family in Madagascar to become immersed in the language and culture. After learning the necessary skills to assist his community, he will be assigned to a community in Madagascar where he will live, work and serve for two years with the local people.

Duvall is one of 47 Oklahoma residents currently serving in the Peace Corps and more than 1,416 Oklahoma residents who served in the Peace Corps previously. Duvall also joins more than 160 volunteers in Madagascar, working with communities on agriculture, education and health projects. Those serving in Madagascar learn to speak Malagasy and various other Malagasy dialects, according to the region in which they serve.