Recently, the Minister Plenipotentiary to the US, Zulema Dabian-Erasmus, received a visit from a group of seventeen University of Aruba students. Four professors from the University of Aruba accompanied the students on their afternoon at the Kingdom Embassy in Washington DC. Through this visit, the students surely gained a good overview of the work of Aruba’s representative in the US.
In addition to this, the Minister Plenipotentiary invited some embassy colleagues to elaborate on other relevant topics for the students of Organization, Governance, and Management. One colleague from the Embassy, Julieta Reyes from Curaçao, explained how she leads a commission to ensure that diversity and inclusion are considered by every employee at the embassy. Another colleague elaborated on the political topics dominating the work at the embassy as well as on cultural diplomacy, which is a way for a country to influence global public opinion in favor of its nation.
Together with Maureen Bunyan, a well-known reporter in Washington DC of Aruban descent, the Minister Plenipotentiary also organized a session of the Netherlands-American Foundation to provide information on various scholarships for Dutch nationals to study and intern in the US. Tiffanie Oduber, an Aruban professional in Washington DC, is a recipient of one of these scholarships and shared her professional experience in Washington DC that afternoon. The visit of the University of Aruba students to the Kingdom Embassy was part .
