Name: Bram Schoemaker (07) Internship: European Union of the Deaf, Brussels, Belgium I would like to introduce myself, my name is Bram Schoemaker and I was an International student (from the Netherlands) at Gallaudet University. I have been always interested in politics, so I decided in my sophomore year that I would declare my two majors; International Politics and Communication Studies. I would also like to tell you about my internship-experience: my internship was at the European Union of the Deaf in Gent, Belgium. They moved a short time ago from Gent to Brussels. They are a European non-profit organization under European Union; they focus only on national issues about Deaf and Hard of Hearing people and their rights, relationships between several national associations for Deaf (like NAD in the US) and other projects. I worked on one project, at General Assembly from two years ago. The French Deaf association pointed out that there was awareness about EUD and EUDY (European Union of the Deaf Youth), but what are the opportunities for seniors (old Deaf people)? I researched surveys and compiled results from 32 different countries; it was great experience to have contact with different Deaf associations. Beside all of that, I don’t have and will never have regret that I chose my major in International Politics; I will borrow the quote from the famous advertisement from McDonald’s; “I’m lovin’ it!!!”