Celebrating Inclusion on Campus

Celebrating Inclusion on Campus

As we prepare to celebrate Pride Week in June, World Learning is sharing students’ experiences throughout the semester observing inclusion on campus. World Learning’s Global UGRAD OPAL course module “Beyond Tolerance: Inclusion and Diversity Practices,” encourages students to attend an event or club meeting that serves as a space for minority students. Below are some welcoming spaces students discovered! Ali …

Alumni Update: Rosely Meredith, Guatemala

Alumni Update: Rosely Meredith, Guatemala

My name is Rosely Maurín Arana Meredith and I was a Global UGRAD participant in 2013. I had the amazing opportunity to study at Murray State University in Kentucky. Since that time, I feel part of a wonderful group of people whose values and desires have always been to help others in different areas with the tools learned through the …

Spring 2019 Site Visits

Spring 2019 Site Visits

World Learning staff had a busy spring traveling all over the country visiting Global UGRADs at their host universities. Continue reading below about the fruitful visits and thank you to the universities for hosting us! Vitalie Diaconu at Bemidji State University Vitalie visited Bemidji State University (BSU), a first-time host institution, located on the shores of the beautiful Lake Bemidji …

Alumni Update: Bhim Tamang, Nepal

Alumni Update: Bhim Tamang, Nepal

To be honest, I did not want to return home after the Global UGRAD Program. Sad but true, I had to come back. However, I flew back home with lots of beautiful and unforgettable memories of my American friendship family (Mom, Dad, Jesse, and dogs), classmates, Global UGRAD friends I made at the End of Program Summit, World Learning advisors, …

World Learning and SIT at NAFSA

World Learning and SIT at NAFSA

World Learning and SIT are excited to be attending the NAFSA annual conference taking place in Washington, DC from Monday, May 27th to Friday, May 31st. World Learning staff and SIT alumni and faculty will be presenting, attending, and hosting a booth during the four-day conference. We hope to connect with as many of our colleagues in international education as …

Flawed but Ambitious–Diego’s Take on NYC

Flawed but Ambitious–Diego’s Take on NYC

New York City is a mess. The clean spots are so clean that you know someone is funneling obscene amounts of money into them, and the neglected parts are so messy that you know someone is not listening. The city has its problems—poverty, crime, pollution—but proudly calls itself “the greatest city in the world” over the sounds of taxis blaring …

Alumni Update: Yacoub Dahah, Mauritania

Alumni Update: Yacoub Dahah, Mauritania

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 …

Spotlight on the Global UGRAD OPAL Course: Self-Care

Spotlight on the Global UGRAD OPAL Course: Self-Care

As the academic year is coming to a close, this semester’s Global UGRAD participants are diligently working on their final papers and exams. In order to manage moments of high stress and other challenges that accompany being away from home, it is important to know how to take care of yourself both physically and mentally. Through the program’s Online Professional …