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Scholar Hamissou Samari is an international affairs major in American University’s Honors Program. Hamissou graduated with Honors from BMCC in 2007 with a degree in Liberal Arts. Hamissou will begin this summer studying in South Africa and spend late summer in a graduate school preparatory program at the University of Michigan. Successful completion of this program, offered by the Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Fellowship Program, will make him eligible for a graduate fellowship in international affairs. Hamissou plans to pursue a career in international affairs focusing on conflict resolution in the developing world, hoping his work will make education is more accessible to impoverished young people and ultimately diminish the incidence of war. He is a member of Phi Theta Kappa and has interned with the White House Commission on Remembrance. Hamissou came to the U.S. from Togo four years ago, speaking little English, and enrolled at BMCC. 

“Before Kaplan, earning an associate’s degree was a great challenge for me; thanks to Kaplan a bachelor’s degree is no longer out of my reach.” – Hamissou Samari