Ambassador Eric Rubin spends the day in Stara Zagora meeting with Mayor Zhivko Todorov to discuss the city’s priorities and visiting Trakia University which has ongoing projects with several American universities, a center for technical cooperation supported by USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture) and several centers to develop technical competencies funded by the America for Bulgaria Foundation. The Ambassador also visited with students at the Romain Rolland Foreign Language School and the Teofano Popova orphanage, both places where Fulbright English teaching assistant Molly O’Keefe has been working and volunteering for the past two years. Some of her activities at the orphanage have been co-sponsored by American company Contour Global.
