September 2 at American Political Science Association meeting Ms. Lina Benabdallah,  one of our  former graduate students in the Master’s of Global Studies program, received a “Best Graduate Student Paper Award”.  After earning her MGS degree, she taught for us in our Dalian, China program for a year. She is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Florida  (where Ashley Leinweber earned her Ph.D.).   Lina received her award for her paper on China-Africa relations.