Scholar Hamissou Samari came to the U.S. from Togo four years ago, speaking little English, and enrolled at BMCC. He graduated with Honors from BMCC in 2007 with a degree in Liberal Arts and now is an International Affairs major in American University’s Honors Program. Hamissou plans to pursue a career in international affairs focusing on conflict resolution in the developing world.  He hopes his work will make education is more accessible to impoverished young people and ultimately diminish the incidence of war. Hamissou spent the summer of 2008 studying in South Africa in a graduate school preparatory program at the University of Michigan. His successful completion of this program, offered by the Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Fellowship Program, has made him eligible for a graduate fellowship in international affairs. Hamissou is a member of Phi Theta Kappa and has interned with the White House Commission on Remembrance.