Afghani Family Who Helped U.S. Uplifted by FDU’s Global Reach

At graduation time we celebrate the individual accomplishments of the graduates and their prospects for a brighter future they have created through their commitment and discipline. But at the same time, the ritual is  a celebration of the power of a wider community to nurture—a concentric circle of care that uplifts and can transform lives.

That will be especially true today at Fairleigh Dickinson University’s graduation at MetLife Stadium in the Meadowlands when Hashmat Vejdani, 35, gets his Master of Arts and Global Affairs from FDU’s School of Public and Global Affairs. Up until March of this year, Hashmat, who worked as a translator for the United States in Afghanistan, was living in hiding in a safe house in Pakistan […].

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