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He places a high premium on scholarship which is reflected in his academic endeavors. He is an active member of the Honors College and has consistently made the Dean's and President's Lists. Mark has traveled the world, from India where he visited Tibetan refugee camps helping with microfinance projects, to Athens, Greece, where he worked at the United States Embassy for a semester, travelling throughout the country giving presentations. Mark's work with the State Department was featured in a European wide inter-embassy magazine. Mark also has traveled to central Mexico where he helped build the only church for an impoverished village.

is a senior majoring in International Studies at the University of North Texas. He places a high premium on scholarship which is reflected in his academic endeavors. He is an active member of the Honors College and has consistently made the Dean's and President's Lists throughout his college career. Mark has traveled widely, from India where he visited Tibetan refugee camps and helped with microfinance projects, to Athens, Greece, where he worked at the United States Embassy for a semester, travelling throughout the country giving presentations. Mark's work with the State Department was featured in a European-wide inter-embassy magazine. Mark also has traveled to central Mexico where he helped build the only church for an impoverished village. While studying at North Central Texas College, he served as the Treasurer and President of Scholarship for his school's Phi Theta Kappa chapter, the international honor society. Upon graduation, Mark plans to attend graduate school in political science at UNT.