In loving memory of Bory Damyanova
September 20, 1983 - November 22, 2005

Bory's spirit and vitality touched us all. Please share with us your photos, stories and thoughts of Bory. Email the Institute for Global Leadership at ben.mann@tufts.edu. We have received numerous emails and phone calls remembering Bory. Read about some of these memories...

The photograph above was taken in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in 2004. Bory and Thomas Singer, '06, travelled to Dubai to conduct research on "The Cultural Impact of American Multinational Corporations."

Below is the autobiography written by Bory when she was enrolled in the 2003-04 EPIIC colloquium:

Boryana is from Sofia, Bulgaria. She is currently double majoring in International Relations and Economics at Tufts University. Her interests in business and her international background have formed her great passion for international management and international law. Boryana's future plans are to attend graduate school and receive a degree in both Business and Law. Then, she would like to blend them together in pursuing a career in corporate law. She is very ambitious and enthusiastic about what she does and what she wants to achieve. Working on campus at the Institute of Global Leadership and the Political Science Department enhanced her freshman-year experience. Now, in her sophomore year, she is continuing to work for the Political Science Department and also for the Off Campus Housing Resource Center at Tufts. She is also part of the Tufts Ballroom Dancing team, so if you like to dance...

During the summer of 2005, Bory was employed as a Marketing and Logistics Manager for the start-up mobile media company Scootadz in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She also attended the Tuck Business Bridge Program in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Bory introduced the 2003-04 EPIIC Symposium: The US Role in the World: Dilemmas of Empire and Nationbuilding. Below are some excerpts of her speech:

Dear Students, faculty, distinguished guests

My name is Boryana and I am a student in this year’s EPIIC class. EPIIC is an acronym that stands for interesting, overwhelming, challenging, eclectic, thoughtful, diverse, practical, and a million other adjectives. What it literally means is Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship, which is one of the main programs of the Institute of Global Leadership at Tufts. We, the students, call it simply “the EPIIC class” because it is so exhaustive and multifaceted that it is hard to capture its meaning succinctly....

For some, EPIIC might mean a group of involved people who care about how one can make a difference in the world. I am sure that for every single EPIIC student this class has an intrinsically different meaning. And that’s the beauty of it. That is why we are together! We want to be eclectic, both in our knowledge and our personalities... Thus, as you can see, it is very hard to explain what exactly EPIIC is – especially being a part of the class and experiencing it every day. The only way in which I can approach this challenge is to utilize the facts and then maybe I can allude to some of the emotions, dreams, and perceptions that keep us together....

On behalf of the whole class I want to thank you for your appreciation, advice, encouragement, and belief that we can accomplish our dreams, to make them happen. Thanks for providing us with an example – thanks for inspiring us. What holds together the multidimensional facet of EPIIC is love and passion. Passion for knowledge, awareness, intervention, application of theory and experience in an effort to bring a positive result....

I hope you enjoy this year’s Symposium. I hope it invokes challenging thoughts, poses noteworthy questions, and provides a variety of approaches to answer them. I hope it is a breath-taking experience, just as EPIIC has been for all of us.