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Federal service subject of Global Awareness Lecture May 28 at BYU

Jason Lim, a program analyst for the Transportation Security Administration, will present “Making a Difference Through Federal Service” at a Brigham Young University Global Awareness Lecture at noon on Wednesday, May 28, in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. Admission is free.

Lim worked as chief of staff for a global consulting firm and director of special projects for an international NGO. He has delivered presentations in front of global leaders and Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, including Al Gore and Oscar Arias Sanchez.

He is also a fellow at Harvard Korea Institute, researching Asian public leadership theories, and he contributes a regular feature column to The Korea Times, titled “Letter from America.” His op-eds have appeared in The New York Times, NY Daily News, Boston Globe, International Herald Tribune and other major press throughout the world.

A certified FBI English-Korean linguist, Lim received a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering from Duke University, a master’s degree from NYU Wagner School of Public Service and an MPA from John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he was a Woods and Reynolds Scholarship recipient.

This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu.

Writer: Marissa Ballantyne

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