The Global Gazette

Global UGRAD Photo Contest

Alumni

  Best Urban/City Photo: Lucía Lara and Polina Berezina Best Nature Photo: Djordje Micovic and Attakorn Wannawet Best Duo Photo: Marcela Chavarría/Seema Noor and Vivian Nobre/Denis Ilyushenkov  Best Group Photo: Lady Juliette Jurado and Phongsavath Mahathilath Best Service Photo: Endah Rosa and Jamshid Akhmadaliev Best University/College Photo: Salome Pkhaladze and Samreen Fathima Best Workshop Photo: Ksenia Mogilevskaya and Mariela León Thomas Funniest Photo: Rabea Shamaly and Aik Paung Seinn Most Artistic Photo: …

So you're a Global UGRAD Alum… What now?

Alumni

The Global UGRAD Program is a very special time in your life – one you’re never going to forget.  It is also an experience that serves as a spring board for your future. The Global UGRAD journey never ends! As a Department of State and World Learning Alumnus, you have a lot of opportunities to continue to explore your potential. …

Site Visits: Ball State, Florida Gulf Coast, Pittsburg State, University of Kansas, and the University of Delaware!

Alumni

During the month of April, Global UGRAD staff traveled far and wide to visit 14 participants at 5 different U.S. campuses. Not only did we meet with advisers and university representatives, but we also got a taste of what day-to-day life is like as a Global UGRAD participant! The opportunity to form these connections is invaluable to our daily work. …

Many Stories Matter

Alumni

Dinara Shadyarova, Kazakhstan “Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign. But stories can also be used to empower, and to humanize. Stories can break the dignity of a people. But stories can also repair that broken dignity” – Chimamanda Adichie. These words of Chimamanda Adichie from her TED Talk made me look at my U.S. …

Living My Dream

Alumni

Gulsanam Abasova, Azerbaijan I had a dream to experience life in the U.S. I was searching and applying for different programs and finally I got accepted to the Global UGRAD Program. That was the best day of my life! I was looking for it for so many years and, after failing a few times, I was even about to give up. But I still had a dim …

Snapshots from #EOPinDC

Alumni

During the two End of Program Workshops there was fun, reflection, humor, sadness, hope, strength, understanding, and a variety of other emotions and themes. While it is impossible to capture the variety of experiences that the students, speakers, UGRAD Staff, and U.S. Department of State officials had, we can nonetheless try to provide a snapshot to help capture these moments. Below is …

End of Program Workshop: Concurrent Sessions

Alumni

The Global UGRAD End of Program Workshop brought speakers to present on a variety of topics during the scheduled concurrent sessions. Students chose two of six programs to participate in on the Thursday of each workshop. Themes for the concurrent sessions included Public Speaking, Finding a Job, Inclusion, Advocacy, Conflict Transformation, and Social Entrepreneurship. Each presentation was given by an expert in the …

Semester Snapshot: What have the Global UGRADs been up to?

Alumni

From serving their communities to sharing their cultures to traveling across the country, our Global UGRAD participants have kept busy and engaged this semester. Here is a snippet of what the Global UGRAD experience has brought to our students during the spring 2016 term thus far. Service. University Pride. Travel. Culture Exchange. Wonder. Wonder: a feeling of surprise mingled with admiration, caused …

Earth Day 2016

Alumni

April 22nd marks this year’s annual Earth Day, a holiday started by environmental activists in 1970. We take this time to celebrate the planet and our role as human beings in its amazing ecosystem. This year, the World Learning team has made a pledge to use less paper and go ‘green’, and plans to dedicate more community service hours to planting trees …

"Dimensions" – A Global UGRAD Poem

Alumni

“Dimensions” by Xena Amro (Lebanon), Barnard College -dedicated to mama- the world is so big and i am so small to the world that it kills me when i think how i might not live long enough to see how big the world is it kills me when i think how i might be missing out on something somewhere my ambition …