In October we had the chance to visit Lewis-Clark State College (LCSC), our first Global UGRAD host institution partner in the beautiful state of Idaho. Participants at LCSC not only get to enjoy the welcoming community of Lewiston, but they are also just a short walk across the bridge to Washington state! The campus is near a mountain range and a …
Is your institution interested in hosting international students through a World Learning Program? If so, check out the World Learning host institution application for the 2016-17 academic year. It is open now through February 20, 2016. We are pleased to announce that the application is hosted online this year. World Learning uses this application not only for Global UGRAD, but …
UGRADs Travel Across the USA One of great things about being a UGRAD student in the United States is that no matter where you are, you have the ability to travel. The U.S., while a single nation, is also a collection of 50 states that each have their own cultural identity. It has a rich, multi-cultural history that has evolved over …
In June 2015, 11 Global UGRAD alumni were selected to participate in World Learning’s Advancing Leaders Fellowship program out of a pool of 159 World Learning alumni representing 31 programs and 57 countries. Founded in 2013, the Advancing Leaders Fellowship program recognizes the ideas, talent, and vision of World Learning alumni by providing comprehensive training in social innovation, project management …
Djordje Vidojevic, California State University- Monterey Bay, Serbia, UGRAD 2014-2015 To go somewhere for a year is an amazing thing. To get a full scholarship from the Department of State and be part of the UGRAD program with World Learning is probably one of the best things that can ever happen to you. I know it was for me. But then comes …
This October, UGRAD Manager Amy Fisher Bruey made two site visits to new partner institutions – Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pennsylvania and Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. The students at Mercyhurst affectionately call their main building ‘Hogwarts’ and enjoy the picturesque campus and close relationship with professors. Wright State UGRAD students enjoyed pumpkin carving in anticipation of Halloween in the …
Abdelrahman Elgammal, University of Evansville, Egypt, 2014 – 2015 NESA UGRAD As a UGRAD participant, Abdelrahman embraced the spirit of service and spent his spare time serving the Evansville Community as a volunteer high school biology tutor. Upon finishing the program, he carried this experience home with him to The Cairo University to wrap up his final year of study in biology. As he …
Koral Nuñez, University of Evansville, Dominican Republic 2013-2014 UGRAD Koral Nuñez has been quite busy post-UGRAD. In the summer of 2015, she was selected to participate in the “Programa Jovenes Investigadores” by the institute of research and the department of education in her home country. As such, she had the opportunity to conduct research and write her own work, the core of which focused on …
This fall, we launched our first “UGRAD Quotes” campaign with the prompt: What does Leadership mean to you? We gathered responses on OPAL, Facebook, and Twitter. The results display UGRAD participants’ innovative, audacious, and thoughtful minds. Here are a handful of their submissions: “You don’t have to change someone’s life to be a leader. Changing your own life makes you …
Sovannara Uk, Cambodia, Florida Gulf Coast University UGRAD 2013 – 2014 Youths are generally referred to as the backbone of society, and thus, empowering youth is synonymous to building a bridge to mobilize the society into the era of prosperity and growth. To reach this end, youth needs opportunities to build and diversify their capacity as leaders of their communities, …