Dobry den, my name is Jan Taborsky and I come from the Czech Republic. This is my second year at Willamette and also my second year of contributing to the Willamette World News. I spent my junior year of high-school at Sprague, here, in Salem, Oregon, as an exchange student. Then I went back home, finished my high-school there and thanks to a lot of help from a lot of people was accepted to Willamette. My major is in economics and I see my future in business management and international business. I love the outdoors – climbing, mountaineering, snowboarding, running… But my main passion is cycling – either racing collegiate series with my Willamette teammates, riding the abundant mountain bike trails all around the Northwest , or racing the muddy cyclocross in the fall. Besides working for the Institutional Research and Salem Hospital, I try to find time to volunteer – write articles for the Willamette World News and give presentations about my country to Salem middle and high-schools, through the new Willamette program Language in Motion. I look forward to informing you about the European happenings! For more information about the Czech Republic, please check out:

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