Timothy Plum
BIS Degree Major in Social Science , University of Virginia, 2013
In November 1995 Mr. Plum went to Ireland to work. His job was to teach American capitalism to the Irish. The owner of the stores in Ireland believed that an American could come over and in 3 months teach capitalism, American style to the Irish. Plum stayed until January 1996 teaching over 75 people in 16 locations the values and virtues of capitalism.
In October 2007 Mr. Plum suffered hemorrhagic pancreatitis. This near-death experience put everything into perspective for him and he enrolled in college and paid more attention to the things that matter, family.
By March 2011 Mr. Plum was lucky enough to take family to visit Ireland. For 10 days they rose early, rode in the car for many kilometers, saw numerous sights, and went to bed late. They experienced a whirlwind tour driving over 4000 kilometers seeing dozens of towns, villages, tourist locations and a hurling match.
Mr. Plum closed out undergrad life at the University of Virginia in December 2013, with his Capstone paper that looked at Northern Ireland, the Troubles and an organization called Noraid that operated from the US.
Now a second semester Master’s student in the S-CAR program, focused squarely on academics and his thesis on Northern Ireland post-Good Friday Agreement through the lens of the Insight Approach and Everyday Peace Indicators. Hearing the narratives of the people that lived through the troubles is paramount to his research. Looking at the economic, personal and professional lives of residents of Northern Ireland with a nod back to the people that influenced him in 1995, telling him to be quiet and not speak of the IRA while in the Republic.
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