One of our students. She is in many respects a quintessential representative of the almost 500 students who come from more than 70 countries to enroll in are bachelors in Foreign Service program. The discussion underway this week, the discussions are urgently needed because the divisions we are witnessing globally are more pronounced and disconcerting than at any period in my lifetime. We are beset by wars and bear witness to unspeakable atrocities. Democratic principles and institutions including many elite universities in this country are on the receiving end of in sustained of sustained attacks. We know that the complex problems in humanity cannot and will be will not be solved by any single state actor. Yet too many of the people who we need to come to the table often do not show up or if they do, they talked down to others or at others. Ironically, at the same time when not enough people are sincerely communicating, we live in a world burying beneath an avalanche of words. Words t
Emma Jean Johnson, passed away Saturday March 27th in Jacksonville, Florida. Known as Jean to her friends and family, Emma Jean was born to Edna and Howard Smith, on October 30th 1936 in Richmond Virginia. Jean attended school at Elizabethton High, and later East Tennessee State where she earned an AA. She married her high school beau Nicky LeRoy Johnson in 1956 and they had two children, who traveled the country with her in the years Nicky was deployed with the Navy. Eventually settling in Maryland, Jean and Nicky enjoyed a great life together. Jean established a successful career in real estate and enjoyed following local politics. She loved spending time with her sister Helen Edens and brother in law Buddy Edens, with whom she was very close. Jean was a tenacious woman and an avid reader who will be remembered for her excellent crab cakes and great sense of humor. In 2017 Jean moved to Florida, where she spent four wonderful years closer to her family. She was a woman of faith and