For those who wonder what a typical UGRAD student studies, or where, we’ve pulled together some of the basic details. The UGRAD students from East Asia and the Pacific, the Western Hemisphere, and Serbia and Montenegro have more than 64 different majors, and are pursuing their studies at 53 colleges and universities across the US. The graphics below illustrate the …
By: Axel Eduardo Donis Leon (Guatemala) University of Utah This trip was awesome. We were five friends and went to Arches National Park, Dead Horse State Park, Canyonlands National Park, Corona Arch, Natural Bridges National Monument, Monument Valley, Antelope Canyon, Zion National Park, Bryce National Park, Escalante National Monument, and Widstoe ghost town. It was an intense trip where we …
Thailand Wanitcha (Fa) Wannasook (2010-11) was placed at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire on her Global UGRAD program and is studying in the second year of her Master’s degree in English. She is also working as a part-time lecturer at Khon Kaen University Language Institute. Hataitip (Aim) Tasena (2010-11) is studying for her Master’s degree in molecular medicine at the …
UGRAD Enner Emilio Martinez Morales of El Salvador (Illinois State University) took advantage of his first month in the U.S. as an opportunity to get to know his host state and community. Check out all of the things he was able to see in such a short amount of time!
By: Qinhua Peng, China, Nazareth College October 3rd and Oct 4th were reading days at Nazareth College and they’re connected with Saturday and Sunday, so in total we had four days off. My friends and I arrived in Manhattan at 7 am, Oct 3rd. The bus tour was a little tiring but we were so excited that we didn’t care. …
By Jovana Saric (Serbia), Lincoln University of Pennsylvania As a student of Lincoln University of Pennsylvania, which is the first degree-granting historically black university in the USA, I had a great opportunity to be part of the one of the greatest demonstrations which has ever happened in this country. The 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington was a demonstration …
It seems like the UGRAD team at World Learning has expanded! We are excited to be working with even more regions of the world this year: East Asia and the Pacific: Jessica Mead and Roya Zahed Western Hemisphere: Bethany Gilchrist and Chris Sluter Serbia and Montenegro: Olga Kolodina and Dorothy White Near East, South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa: Thomas Bruey, …
UGRAD alumna Natasha Kurucki (North Dakota State University, 2009-2010) attended International Youth Forum – Seliger 2013 this summer along with her friend and fellow World Learning alumnus, Hasan Chichan. Hasan participated in the Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program run by World Learning in 2010. The International Youth Forum brings together talented youth from all over the world to celebrate multiculturalism and to empower …
Jhesset Enano Thrina is a journalism major at the University of Mississippi. She wasted no time putting her reporting and writing skills to work and has already published pieces in school’s Daily Mississippian. Follow these links to Jhesset’s articles: Burns-Belfry Museum officially opens and ASB personality election results announced