Tag: Mauritania

Alumni Update: Yacoub Dahah, Mauritania
May 13, 2019

Alumni Update: Yacoub Dahah, Mauritania

Alumni , Community Service , Emporia State University , Mauritania , Sub-Saharan Africa

I was first introduced to the Bin Bayyah Foundation in 2015 by ECNU (the English Club of Nouakchott University) because they needed interpreters for the Starkey Hearing Foundation mission that they were sponsoring, which lasted for a week. I went back to volunteering for them during their second mission with the American Starkey Hearing Foundation early in 2017, but this …

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Global UGRAD and the Love of Language
March 12, 2019

Global UGRAD and the Love of Language

Academic Exchange , Academics , Experiencing America , Georgia College and State University , Israel , Mauritania , Middle East and North Africa , Southern Illinois University Edwardsville , Sub-Saharan Africa

February 21st marked International Mother Language Day. In celebration of the diversity of languages, two Global UGRAD participants share their passion for learning and speaking multiple languages. Their interest in the study of language has propelled them to continue learning new words, cultures, and ways of thinking about the world around them. We hope you will enjoy reading their perspectives …

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