Category: Eurasia

Arriving on Campus
August 18, 2021

Arriving on Campus

Academic Exchange , Academics , American Host Institutions , Armenia , Asia , Central Asia , East Asia and the Pacific , Eurasia , Kazakhstan , Kent State University , Latin America and the Caribbean , Old Dominion University , Panama , Paraguay , Southern Illinois University Edwardsville , SUNY Plattsburgh , University of Southern Indiana , Vietnam

This August, the Global UGRAD 2020-2021 cohort was very busy making their long-awaited trips to their U.S. host universities! We are so excited to welcome all of the Global UGRADs to the United States and look forward to watching the positive impact they make on their local and university communities. In anticipation of arrivals, we asked the Global UGRADs about …

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April Social Media Challenge: #EarthDayChallenge
May 12, 2021

April Social Media Challenge: #EarthDayChallenge

Central Asia , Dominican Republic , East Asia and the Pacific , El Salvador , Eurasia , Indonesia , Latin America and the Caribbean , Middle East and North Africa , South Asia , Sub-Saharan Africa

Did you know that about one billion people take part in Earth Day activities around the world every year? No matter where we live, the Earth is something we all have in common. During the month of April, we launched a social media challenge asking Global UGRADs to share what the environment means to them and what they are doing …

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March Online Engagement: Alumni Q&A Panels and Academic Writing
April 13, 2021

March Online Engagement: Alumni Q&A Panels and Academic Writing

Academic Exchange , Academics , Alumni , Central Asia , Costa Rica , Dominican Republic , East Asia and the Pacific , Eurasia , Indonesia , Latin America and the Caribbean , Macedonia , Mozambique , Nicaragua , Panama , Philippines , Professional Development , South Asia , Sri Lanka , Sub-Saharan Africa , Uzbekistan , Venezuala , Zimbabwe

This March, the Global UGRAD team dove deeper into the academic world with the introduction of two new activities in our spring virtual programming: our Alumni Q&A Panels and Professional Development series. For our first installment of the Alumni Q&A Panel, Global UGRAD alumni shared their experiences on the subject of All Things Academics! Next, the topic of this month’s edition of …

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February Social Media Challenge: #MyIdentity
March 10, 2021

February Social Media Challenge: #MyIdentity

Armenia , Costa Rica , East Asia and the Pacific , Eurasia , Latin America and the Caribbean , Mauritania , Nicaragua , Sub-Saharan Africa , Thailand

Continuing with our monthly social media challenges, we recently asked the incoming Global UGRADs to share with us a little about themselves in the #MyIdentity challenge. We’ve spotlighted a few entries below so that you can learn more about who our Global UGRADs are and where they come from, too! The world is full of colors and hues that every …

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From Where I Stand: December 2020 Edition
December 11, 2020

From Where I Stand: December 2020 Edition

Alumni , East Asia and the Pacific , Eurasia , Honduras , Laos , Latin America and the Caribbean , Serbia

Augusto Barón, Honduras, West Virginia University, Global UGRAD 2017-2018 Back when I returned to my country, I was just in time to retake my university duties. Quite literally, the next day after my landing I was in a health clinic working. Back to the old grind, but with fresh perspectives on what I could do and would do. A mindset …

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Virtual Celebrations, Networking in Azerbaijan
October 10, 2020

Virtual Celebrations, Networking in Azerbaijan

Alumni , Azerbaijan

Last week the U.S. Embassy in Azerbaijan brought together over 150 alumni of various exchange programs (including Global UGRAD) at the virtual Annual U.S. Alumni Reception. They celebrated another successful year of State Department-supported exchange programs and welcomed a new cohort of alumni. The gathering also highlighted the individual accomplishments of U.S. alumni recorded in 2020, as well as the projects …

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From Where I Stand: September 2020 Edition
September 15, 2020

From Where I Stand: September 2020 Edition

Alumni , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Cambodia , Guatemala , Jordan , Moldova

Last month, we published the first part of the 2020 From Where I Stand series. This annual project highlights the achievements of alumni since completing the Global UGRAD Program. If you missed last month’s edition, you can still find it here. We’re excited to share even more stories below! Gabriela Elizabeth Guzman Sanchez, Guatemala, Rochester Institute of Technology, Global UGRAD …

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