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Turna Barua \u201926 is a\u00a0familiar face<\/a>\u00a0on campus. The\u00a0political science<\/a>\u00a0major worked as a student ambassador, social media intern, and resident advisor, and was a member of the\u00a0South Asian Student Association and on the e-board for the\u00a0International Student Association (you may recognize her from various International Gala performances). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During summer 2025, Barua received a Projects for Peace grant to carry out an educational program in Rangamati, her family\u2019s hometown in Bangladesh. The project, called\u00a0Egiye Jao (\u201cGo Ahead\u201d)<\/a>, offered evening classes in math and English to parents. Barua recruited local college students to serve as program teachers, training them in culturally sensitive methods and peace-building facilitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After commencement, Barua is heading to Emerson College to pursue a master’s in political communications. But first, she\u2019ll be working as a resident advisor in Washington, D.C., this summer for the American Civil Liberties Union, supervising high school students in its National Advocacy Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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