Please submit your bio by e-mail to: Anne.E.Hayner.1@nd.edu by May 1.

We would like to make available a brief biography (called a "bio") of each new student as soon as possible. Please assist us in this task by writing your own bio, including the information you think is most important. Following are some guidelines for the information we would like you to include. Each bio will look different because of the variety of backgrounds of our students. Please use the examples below as a models for what type of information to include. Use the following format:

	EXAMPLES
	Chayanit POONYARAT (Songkhla, THAILAND) – Age 24. BA in Political Science (Public Administration), Thammasat University, Bangkok (2001). Nid spent a year as an exchange student in Virginia, in 1996. She worked for two years as Assistant for the Peace Information Center in Thailand and in 2000 served as Secretary for the international workshop on “Asian Islam in the 21st Century” in Bangkok. In 2001 she joined Inter Press Service Third World News Agency (Asia-Pacific), an international wire service news agency in Bangkok as correspondent and special assistant for the Greater Mekong media fellowship program. As a correspondent, Nid regularly wrote feature articles on social issues, rights, religion, arts and culture. In 2002, she participated in the International Youth Camp for Democracy and Peace organized by Quaker International and the Center for Security and Peace Studies at the University of Gadjah Mada in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Catalina ACEVEDO (Bogotá, COLOMBIA) - Age 29. BA in Political Science, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia (1994). M.A. in Peace and Development Studies, Universidad Jaume I, Castellón, Spain (2000). Catalina has worked as Coordinator for the National Commission for Human Rights (1994), as Assistant to the General Consul of the Colombian Consulate in London (1995), and as Advisor for the High Commissioner for Peace (1997). Since 1999 she has been a researcher of the Universidad de los Andes where she participated in two projects for the Center for Socio-Legal Studies: examining the impact of state fragmentation on peace policies and the reincorporation of guerilla groups in Latin America. Most recently Catalina has been working for the Center of Social and International Studies (Universidad de los Andes) as a principal researcher for a project on civilian security in Colombia.
	For additional examples, visit our website for current student bios:

1) FirstName LASTNAME -- or LASTNAME FirstName (if that is the way you write it in your country)
*Note: by LASTNAME we mean your 'family' name, and by FirstName we mean your 'given' name.

2) (City, State or Province or Region if applicable, COUNTRY)

3) - Age (as of August, when you will begin the program)

4) Name of first degree received +"in" + Name of the discipline you majored in, + Name of college or university + (year degree received).

Repeat this format for any other degrees received (or which you will have completed by the time you arrive this fall). If you will be interrupting a program of study to join our peace studies program you should mention this under "what you are doing currently" in the remaining section of the bio.

5) The remainder of the bio could include:

• organizations you have worked at or been associated with
• current projects, if relevant
• experiences that had a particular impact on your life and that have contributed to your desire to obtain the peace studies degree
• topical interest (e.g., something you have previously studied or you intend to pursue while at Notre Dame)
• religious or ethnic identity if it is important to you
• international experience
• languages you speak
  

Some suggestions to aid you in this task:

• Keep in mind the purpose of the bios: we use them to show other students, faculty and friends of the Institute the diversity, interests, and achievements of our incoming students.

• Because gender is often not obvious from names, please refer to yourself as "he" or "she" at some point.

• At least once in the bio use the name you prefer we call you informally while you are here. This would usually be the name which friends call you at home, whatever you are most comfortable with. For instance, in the bio of Chayanit Poonyarit, she is referred to as "Nid", since that is the name she prefers to be called.

• Each bio should be between 150 to 200 words, or about 12 to 15 lines. Look at the previous bios for an estimate of appropriate length.

• We will edit your bio if it is too long (or too short!), and also to standardize the language. To help us in this editing, please note anything that you feel is important to keep in. Also, please note if there is anything that was mentioned in your application that you
  DO NOT want us to include (with an explanation).
  
• The first draft of bios will be used for incoming students and ND staff, but final versions of student bios will not be publicly released or posted on the Kroc Institute web site until you have had a chance to review and correct them.
  
  

  DEADLINE: May 1.
  
  Please submit your bio by e-mail to Anne.E.Hayner.1@nd.edu

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