Global UGRAD Alumni Connect in Malaysia

Global UGRAD Alumni Connect in Malaysia

This past July, the Global UGRAD team at World Learning planned and implemented the first international Global UGRAD alumni seminar in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This three-day workshop provided alumni with networking opportunities, professional development workshops, and sessions on civic engagement and community project management. Fifty participants from all ten ASEAN member countries represented a wide array of professional backgrounds including …

What Global UGRADs Are Bringing to the U.S.

What Global UGRADs Are Bringing to the U.S.

By now, more than half of the students have moved into their dorms while the rest are eagerly sorting their items and packing their luggage in preparation for the journey to the United States. Though they have limited space in their suitcases, Global UGRADs always make room for items that are meaningful to them. They may bring things that serve …

Halloween

Halloween

Many UGRADs experienced their first Halloween this year in the United States. Several students dressed up in costumes, attended parties and participated in Halloween-related activities. Elian Gonzalez, a student from Panama studying at Keuka College in Upstate New York, thoroughly enjoyed the holiday. “It was wonderful to celebrate Halloween for the first time in the USA,” Gonzalez said. “I shared …