Commencement profile: A world away, his family and Tibetan community share in his success
April 24, 2024
April 24, 2024
MADISON, Wisconsin, April 24 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news:
During his time at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, when the academic grind got especially tough, Tenzin Phuntsok would call his mother in India for inspiration.
As a young girl, she fled the Chinese occupation of Tibet with her family, trekking barefoot across the Himalayas. Later, as an eighth grader, she was forced to drop out of school to care for her parents, b . . .
During his time at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, when the academic grind got especially tough, Tenzin Phuntsok would call his mother in India for inspiration.
As a young girl, she fled the Chinese occupation of Tibet with her family, trekking barefoot across the Himalayas. Later, as an eighth grader, she was forced to drop out of school to care for her parents, b . . .