Tony Novosel
Podcast | Tony Novosel
“American Uncle” Tony Novosel talks Study USA & the Transformational Power of Travel
Meet Tony Novosel…
Tony Novosel MBE is a former motor mechanic, steelworker, and semi-retired academic from Pittsburgh who has dedicated his life to serving Northern Ireland.
In this episode, he talks about:
- How the collapse of the steel industry was the best thing that ever happened to him
- Why he first decided to visit Northern Ireland 50 years ago
- (And why he's been 85+ times since!)
- Acting as "the American uncle” for NI students on the Study USA programme, (which is is managed by British Council Northern Ireland on behalf of the Department for the Economy)
- The transformation power travel has had on his own life and the lives of his students
- Why we tend to oversimplify narratives
- The grassroots movements that led to a hugely successful academic book about NI
- Being awarded an MBE
- And advice he'd give to any student interested in studying overseas!
Check it out.
