Walter Lohmann

Alumni Update:

Walter is currently living in Philadelphia, and just began a position as a Program Coordinator at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education. Previously, he was Princeton in Africa’s Program Coordinator for over 3 years!

Fellow Bio:

Walter graduated from Georgetown University with a degree in International Politics and a certificate in African Studies.  During his time at Georgetown, he studied international institutions, African affairs, and education. His undergraduate thesis was on innovative education programs in Kenya.  Walter spent the fall of his junior year studying in Strasbourg, France.  He has also spent time abroad interning in Rwanda at a university program called Kepler Kigali, where he assisted faculty and staff, supported programming for extracurricular activities, and mentored and tutored students.  Walter has worked in Washington, D.C. as an International Programs intern at the Corporate Council on Africa and a Youth Programs intern at the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.  Additionally, at Georgetown, Walter worked on the logistics committee for the school’s Africa Business Conference and served as a Peer Advisor to freshmen at the School of Foreign Service.  He was selected as a Global Curriculum Fellow by the D.C. Public Schools Department of Global Education; through this fellowship, he assisted in designing an African Studies course for high school students.  Walter will be working as the Geography Teaching Fellow at Maru-a-Pula school in Gaborone, Botswana.