Students

The MACIE students standing on the steps of the education building fall 2021


Find out more about the MACIE program, read about our featured students and interesting ongoing events by checking out the MACIE Program at BGSU Facebook page @bgsumacie Instagram profile @bgsu_macie_program, and X (formerly Twitter) handle @MACIE_BGSU

2023-2024 MACIE Students:

  • Ginikachi Ifenatuora
  • Chisomo Chirambo
  • Maria Holderbaum
  • Rabecca Peace Kombo
  • Blessings Phiri

2022-2023 MACIE Students:

  • Sunita Aryal Chhetri - Bhaktapur, Nepal
  • Mounir Rafik - Moracco
  • Sylvia Garchie - Cape Coast, Ghana
  • Tigist Maru - Ethiopia
  • Nancy Bakers - Ghana
  • Coretta Odero - Kenya
  • Pemphero Msangaambe - Dedza, Malawi
  • Abdulai Bashiru - Tema, Ghana
  • Stormy Weiss - OH
  • Natalie Dignoti - Lancaster, PA
  • Allie Dane - Perrysburg, OH

2021-2022 MACIE Students:

  • Kevin Crane - Columbus, OH
  • Samwel Petro - Iringa, Tanzania
  • Esther Poopla - Abuja, Nigeria
  • Morgan Quinley - Greenville, SC
  • Brittney Reimer - Columbus, OH
  • Sophia Schwind - Toledo, OH

2020-2021 MACIE Students:

  • Zhaile Hoskay – Bowling Green, OH
  • Yamikani Falinya - Salima, Malawi
  • Holly Macfarlane – Kalamazoo, MI
  • Phoebe Nishimoto – Gardena, CA
  • Magdalena Schroeder – St. Cloud, MN
  • Katsiaryna Sidarovich - Minsk, Belarus
  • Daniella S. Vieira – Greater Boston, MA

2019-2020 MACIE Students:

  • Abayomi Abodunrin – Oyo State, Nigeria
  • Yetunde S. Alabede – Lagos, Nigeria
  • Edith Kachia – Kakamega, Kenya
  • Diana Tadala Kajasiche – Lilongwe, Malawi
  • Taylor Lenze – Detroit, MI
  • Sarah B. Mehler – Newberg, OR
  • Katie Miller – Nashville, TN
  • Bernardo Ribeiro de Miranda – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Emily Perry – Jefferson City, MO
  • Daniel Vetter – Toledo, OH

2018-2019 MACIE Students:

  • Shadan Nawfal Albakua - Mosul, Iraq
  • Amanda Ark - DeGraff, OH
  • Katrina Benson - Lakeville, MN
  • Angela Fultz - Fort Wayne, IN
  • Ashley Justice - Hutchinson, KS
  • Fatikha Khasanova - Kazan, Russia
  • Molly Kosnak - Madison Heights, MI
  • Meraj Abdul Rauf - Kunduz, Afghanistan
  • Brittany Sharpless - Louisville, KY
  • Cindy Toscano - San Diego, CA
  • Lyndah Wasike - Kakamega, Kenya

2017-2018 MACIE Students:

  • Abdelali En Nasry - Marrakesh, Morocco
  • Megan Espen – Bowling Green, OH
  • Sarah Heineken – Ann Arbor, MI
  • Ethan Jackson – Indianapolis, IN
  • Andrew Peper – Twinsburg, OH
  • Jaryt Salvo – Avon Lake, OH
  • Tracey Susko - Findley, OH

2016-2017 MACIE Students: 

  • Wafaa Aburahma - Gaza, Palestine
  • Solmaz Elhard - Tehran, Iran
  • Derek Kerr - Kenton, OH
  • Dianah Kitiabi - Kakamega, Kenya
  • Meriem Mechehoud - Skikda, Algeria
  • Olufisayo Oke - Ogbomoso, Nigeria
  • Mariia Palyga - Saratov, Russia
  • Rebecca Paskiet - Hinesburg, VT
  • Rocio Sotelo - Cuernavaca, Mexico
  • Del-Vaunte' Scott - Cleveland, OH

2015-2016 MACIE Students:

  • Chaima Bagais - South Dayton, NY
  • Alyssa Baz - Toledo, OH
  • Kaitlin Benner-Kenagy - Seattle, WA
  • Rebecca Beyer - Cleveland, OH
  • Pempho Chinkondenji - Lilongwe, Malawi
  • Matthew Hirman - Minneapolis, MN
  • Keji Kujjo - Khartoum, Sudan
  • Rebecca Norman - Overland Park, KS
  • Diana Pitcher - Red Hook, NY
  • Autumn Reddell - Jasper, AR
  • Ann (Heyward) Schmitt - Lima, OH
  • Vaughn Thornton - Detroit, MI

2014-2015 MACIE Students:

  • Venera Alibekova - Djizak, Uzbekistan
  • Aileen Ash - Lebanon, OH
  • Samantha Boss - Solon, OH
  • Roxann Brown - Wauwatosa, WI
  • Daniel Conklin - Greeley, PA
  • Md. Niaz Morshed - Feni, Bangladesh
  • Caitlin O'Connor - Kansas City, MO
  • Pardis Rahimi - Kabul, Afghanistan

2013-2014 MACIE Students:

  • Jessica Batterton
  • Kristen Bunner
  • Meiren Chen
  • Emily Diamond
  • Derya Dogan
  • Lindsay Goldberg
  • Jianyu Li
  • Teresa Mercer
  • Whitney Popp
  • Andrew Van Lew
  • Lillian Ann Watson
  • Xiaoli Wen
  • Brad McDonald
  • Lauren Hengtgen

2012-2013 MACIE Students

  • Nick Bardo - Concord, NH
  • Naima Dahir - Columbus, OH
  • Brett Erickson - Chicago, IL
  • Meagan Hoff - Lakewood, CO
  • Elham Hoominfar - Tehran, Iran
  • Geoffrey Hughes - Pickerington, OH
  • Jianyu Li, Tianjin - China 
  • Samantha Martin - Dimondale, MI
  • Kevin McClellan - Toledo, OH
  • Whitni McCoy - Pendleton, OR
  • Tiffany Nelson - Pekin, IL
  • Amy Oshiro - Honolulu, HI
  • Ellie Rebacz - Toledo, OH
  • Chelsea Van Eck - Madison, WI

2011-2012 MACIE Students

  • Adam Murphy - Monroeville, OH
  • Laura Booher - Dallas, TX
  • Sarah Dellinger - Lima, OH
  • Amanda Gensler - Newville, PA
  • Cori Churdar-Wilejto - Toledo, OH
  • Sarah King - Holland, OH
  • Luis Macias - El Paso, TX
  • Ryan Kiefer -Toledo, OH
  • Dorothy Mayne - Dayton, OH
  • Ellen Lambert - Tacoma, WA

2010-2011 MACIE Students

  • Barry Allen
  • Laura Berlin
  • Christy Boggs
  • Alison Dempsey
  • Amanda Glennon
  • Nitivia Jones
  • Sarah Lamont
  • Medea Loibl
  • Amanda Sipes
  • Alyssa Souza
  • Natasha Truong
  • Keelie Webb

2009-2010 MACIE Students

  • Oluwadamilare Adeyeri - Ondo State, Nigeria
  • Jennifer Bartimole - Olean, NY
  • Ruth Bubalo - Bowling Green, OH
  • Heidi Croy - Gahanna, OH
  • Conor Harmon - Detroit, MI
  • Emily Hatch - Milford, OH
  • Jared Hatch - Bowling Green, OH
  • Dani Kehm - Columbia, MD
  • A'ame Kone - Bloomington, IN
  • Benjamin MacKenzie - Great Falls, MT
  • Leslie Pacheco - Palm Desert, CA
  • Matt Priest - Lambertville, MI
  • Lindsay Whitman-Drewes - West Unity, OH
  • Emily Zimmerman - Bowling Green, OH

2008-2009 MACIE Cohort

  • Hui Bi - China
  • Sarah Ford - Delaware, OH
  • Shanshan Huang - Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China
  • Jennifer Keeler - Ottawa, OH
  • Mohammed Issah - Ghana
  • Xu Liang - Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
  • Peter Mateso - Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
  • Birgit Peter - Austria
  • Yuchun Zhou - Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, China

2007-2008 MACIE Students:

  • Ronda Alexander - US
  • Eric Buetikofer - US 
  • Meghan Burley - US 
  • Adia Major - US 
  • Annette de Nicker - South Africa 
  • Claudia Nieto - Colombia 
  • Jim Pippin - US 
  • Eric Roth - US 
  • Amy Warfield - US
  • Jie Wang - China 
  • Lihong Yang - China
  • Mary Zychowicz - US
Sunita

Sunita Aryal Chhetri

  • Position: Graduate Assistantship – Research Assistant for Dr. Margaret Booth

Started MACIE: Fall 2022

From: Bhaktapur, Nepal

Research Interests: Study Abroad; Identity development for graduate student mothers  

Pemphero

Pemphero Msangaambe

  • Position: Graduate Assistantship - Research Assistant for Dr. Bruce Collet

Started MACIE: Fall 2022

From: Dedza, Malawi

Research Interests: adult literacy, migration, child development, international student mothers in higher education

Nancy

Nancy Bakers

  • Position: Graduate Assistantship – Office of Residence Life

Started MACIE: Fall 2022

From: Ghana

Research Interests: International Students

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Allie Dane

  • Position: Graduate Assistantship - MACIE Program GA

Started MACIE: Spring 2021

From: Perrysburg, Ohio

Research Interests: Inclusive educational policy and practice, non-traditional education and programs, and leadership studies

Sylvia

Sylvia Garchie

  • Position: Graduate Assistantship - Research Assistant for Dr. Christopher Frey

Started MACIE: Spring 2023

From: Cape Coast, Ghana

Research Interests:  Educational Psychology and International Education 

Abdulai

Abdulai Bashiru

  • Position: Graduate Assistantship - Graduate Resident Success Coordinator (Office of Residence Life)

Started MACIE: Fall 2022

From: Tema, Ghana

Research Interests: Higher Education

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Brittney Reimer

  • Position: ESL teacher in the Toledo public school system

2021-2022 MACIE Student

From: Columbus, Ohio

Research Interests: Refugee education, ESL education

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Natalie Dignoti

  • Position: Graduate Assistantship - TA for Introduction to Education

Started MACIE: Fall 2022

From: Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Research Interests: Third culture kids, adolescent development, study abroad programming

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Maria Holderbaum

  • Position: Graduate Assistantship - Coverdell Peace Corps Fellows Graduate Assistant and Peace Corps Prep Graduate Assistant

Started MACIE: Fall 2023

From: Columbus, OH

Research Interests: Immigrant and refugee education, migration, non-formal education, cultural diversity, cultural immersion, and multiculturalism

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Ginikachi Ifenatuora

  • Position: Graduate Assistantship - Research Assistant

Started MACIE: Fall 2023

From: Anambra State, Nigeria

Research Interests: Educational policy and inclusion

Updated: 12/11/2023 10:52AM