Gergens Polynice has a decision to make: Stay at UW-Madison and finish graduate school, or return to Haiti immediately and put his skills to use? Polynice, a 41-year-old masterâ??s student in Caribbean and African studies with an interest in sustainable development, is the only student from Haiti at the UW-Madison, according to the Office of International Students. He had been back in Haiti since Dec. 23, visiting family and supervising a family-owned water purification plant managed by his brother. He left Port-au-Prince hours before the earthquake.
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