<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/commencement/commencement-archive/commencement-2019/williamson-medalist-s-time-at-f-m-fuels-passion-for-being-a-diplomat.html" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate>05/11/2019</pubDate><title>Williamson Medalist's Time at F&amp;M Fuels Passion for Being a Diplomat</title><description>Yousra Chaabane had never set foot in the United States, let alone on the Franklin &amp; Marshall campus, until she arrived for F&amp;M's first-year student orientation in August 2015. Yet her time as a Diplomat at the College has been so rewarding that she is now more determined than ever to pursue a career in diplomacy after she completes her graduate studies at the University of Cambridge, beginning this fall.</description><author>Gregory L. Wright</author><image><img src="/uploads/files/723119226875699258-esf7333.0.37.1200.723.full.jpg" alt="Williamson Medalist Yousra Chaabane 19 told her fellow students, As different as we, as individuals, may be, we have consistently been brought together by a passion for learning and a fascination with the unknown."/></image><image-caption/></item>