Alan Fernando Ramírez Mendizabal (Guatemala), Global UGRAD 2013-2014, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire Since my early childhood, for as long as I can remember, I’ve always loved spending time outdoors. There is nothing better than a weekend in the countryside with my family and friends. In hindsight, it was just a matter of time before I joined the Scout movement. Before spending …
Euclinton Foliche, Mozambique, 2015-16 Global UGRAD From time to time, people face different situations that can be considered trials or tests of our capabilities of enduring life’s challenges. Most of us often take many of those challenges as obstacles that are not possible to overcome; however, with persistence we learn that struggles are our most valuable source of motivation to …
This is the second part of the FORECAST/Global UGRAD for Serbia and Montenegrin update. We continue to be impressed and inspired by their accomplishments! Vuk Stojkovic (Serbia), Forecast/UGRAD Alum 2008-09 at Grand Valley State University is currently a Marketing Specialist at Merit Solutions Inc, a Chicago-based IT consulting company. After UGRAD, Vuk learned the value of learning about different cultures …
My name is Viktor Tronin. I am a Global UGRAD participant from Russia and I am an economics major at Augustana University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. I had the opportunity to attend the Nobel Conference in Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota on September 27th – 28th. The focus of the conference was finding economic stability and it featured …
World Learning has the honor of implementing The Leaders Advancing Democracy Program (LEAD) in Mongolia. It is a multi-faceted program supporting Mongolia’s best and brightest young democracy advocates to realize their vision for positive change. Not only does Global UGRAD have 48 Mongolian alumni, one of them – Munkhkhishig Dashteren – was hired as the Training Program Associate for the project! Munkhkhishig, twelve other UGRAD …
It’s that time of year again – midterms! As you begin preparing for your mid-semester assessments and exams, we would like to share a few tips and techniques to help with managing stress and anxiety. 1. Develop a study schedule – it’s best to start studying as soon as possible and continue studying for short periods of time every …
You may vividly remember the precise moment you heard that you were accepted into the Global UGRAD Program, but what about the moment that you started your application? You might not be able to recall all the details, but without taking this important first step, you could never have had the chance to participate in the Global UGRAD Program. With this in …
On behalf of the Department of State, World Learning will administer the Global UGRAD Program for academic year 2017-18. The Global UGRAD Program brings approximately 250 promising leaders from around the world to campuses in the United States for one academic semester at the undergraduate level. If your campus is interested in hosting these dynamic students for a semester of …
Endah Rosa, Indonesia Since I returned from my Global UGRAD experience, I decided to take a Japanese course to learn more about another country’s language. I want to be able to speak more languages as my experience has taught me to learn more about the world, and it makes me eager and motivated to understand other people’s culture by speaking …