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Three CUA students — Anthony Buatti, Victoria Engelstad, and Jonathon Meyer — along with CUA administrators, William Jonas and Emmjolee Mendoza, accompanied Opus Prize Foundation representatives on due diligence visits. The purpose of the visits is to confirm the recommendations of the Opus Jury.
Anthony Buatti
Class of 2008
History Major
Anthony traveled to Tanzania and met with Brother Stan Goetschalckx who works tirelessly to teach, mentor, and protect thousands of the most rejected and forgotten people of Africa—refugees forced to flee their homes to escape ethnic wars and rebel aggression .
Victoria
Class of 2008
Architecture Major
Tori traveled to the Philippines and met with Rev. Norberto Carcellar who leads Homeless People's Federation Philippines, an organization working to provide homes and to empower thousands of impoverished and marginalized squatters living in garbage dumps .
Jonathon Meyer
Class of 2008
Biochemistry Major
Jon stayed closer to home and visited Washington, D.C.-based Father John Adams. Father Adams is president of SOME (So Others Might Eat), an interfaith non-profit organization providing food, shelter, health care and training to homeless and less fortunate individuals and families.