CTY Alumni

Stephane Alrivy

Positions held with CTY:

• Teaching Assistant, Geopolitics (1994)
• Instructor, Model United Nations and Advanced Geography (Loyola Marymount, 1995)
• Instructor, Model United Nations and Advanced Geography (Stanford, 1996-2009)

Years of service at CTY:

16

Favorite CTY tradition:

Student Talent Show

Favorite CTY memories:

The lasting friendships

Funniest moment working at CTY:

Students learn to draft resolutions during simulations of General Assembly meetings.  One day, students returned to class after lunch with a most unusual resolution:  a proposal to extend the UNAG course by two weeks!  The resolution, signed by all the students, earned a class visit from CTY Site Director Art Kramer as acting U.N. Secretary General.  

What is most rewarding about working with gifted students?

The energy and intellectual curiosity of students

What is most challenging about working with gifted students?

Teaching students to overcome their fear of failure

What do you think was the most important lesson in your subject matter or in life that you taught your students?

The importance of understanding the world from different perspectives

What do you think makes CTY special?

The unique character of each CTY summer session

What are you doing now?

Civilian, U.S. Army