2006 alumni, Strader Payton, visited with Dr. Dennis Hickey, Global Studies Program Director, during his visit home to Springfield for the holidays. Mr. Payton is now a Foreign Service Office with the US Department of State and he is assigned to Rio de Janeiro. Prior to his assignment in Brazil, Mr. Payton had spent two years as a Foreign Service Officer at the US Consulate in Guangzhou, China.
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