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
Bouakeo Sivilay (California State University-Monterey Bay) was featured in an article in the Monterey County Weekly Newspaper here! Bouakeo discussed coping with culture shock since arriving from Laos a few weeks ago. She also shared her impressions of life with other international students on the beautiful coast of California!
Global UGRAD Alumni from Malaysia, El Salvador, Indonesia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and the Philippines have been sharing their updates…check them out below. Malaysia Cayenne Lai (2012-13) was hired by a production house in her community and recently worked as a producer for a corporate video. She also joined the Youth Leadership Academy and is and working on a social entrepreneur …
The smell of fall is in the air and for many of you, this is the first week of class. For others, you have been hard at work for weeks or even a month. Take a moment to think back. Do you remember touching down in America? Do you remember your first day on campus: the smells, the sights, the …