January 20th was a very cold Sunday in D.C. But, despite the cold, excitement was in the air. At the American University, and everywhere around the District, young and old worked together, to help their community, and improve each others lives, honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. And what is most important, preparing for the 57th U.S. Presidential Inauguration. Simply …
Many students think that showing up for classes, taking a few notes, reading the textbooks, and studying right before the tests will lead to academic success. However, learning, like many other activities, involves a complex set of soft and hard skills that require practice. Let’s examine those soft skills. Studying abroad provides a terrific opportunity to develop the self-awareness skills …
Hello everyone and thank you for the warm welcome! There’s no better way to start the year than by joining the dynamic Global UGRAD team. As the newest member, I would like to share a little about myself. Although Washington D.C. has been home for almost three years, my roots are in Seattle, Washington where I was born and raised. …
Dear UGRAD Post, I used my cultural allowance during my fall break for my travel to Chicago. I used it to visit some of the biggest attractions in Chicago and to improve my knowledge, have fun and find out more interesting things about US. During the whole trip I was with UGRAD students Varinia Ruano from Guatemala and Vena Boupha …
Guatemala Ana Lorena Barrios Calderon (11-12) is in her fourth year of college in Business Administration, after which she plans to apply for a Master’s Degree. She has volunteered with a church by collecting clothes for the needy and often lends her voluntary support in a business consultancy. Renato Jose Conedera Navas (11-12) received a scholarship to continue his Mechanical …
The rush of the holidays is over, and it is now time to refocus and energize for the spring semester. Welcome to the 14 students from East Asia and the Pacific and the Western Hemisphere who start their Global UGRAD journey this month. We recommend that you hit the ground running in order to take full advantage of the experience. …
Global UGRAD students collectively contributed thousands of hours of community service across the United States during the fall 2012 semester. The World Learning team was impressed with the amount of time, energy and dedication Global UGRAD students put into their community service activities. Their volunteer work included volunteering at: community gardens, animal shelters, convalescent homes, homeless shelters, schools, and public libraries. …
Dear UGRAD Post, I’m thankful for the Dees family, my friendship family in Fayetteville, Arkansas. They have been taking care of me during my UGRAD experience and I had the opportunity to enjoy several special events around Thanksgiving with them. In this photo we are visiting a sample house, which they found interesting and took me there to look at …
Alumni Class Secretaries Cambodia After returning to Cambodia from Rochester, New York, Sophina Neang (11-12) finished her TEFL degree and graduated last September. From January to September 2012, she interned at the International Republican Institute (IRI), helping with the U.S. alumni projects and participating in some political and youth events abroad and locally. Now, she is in Riga, Latvia on the Erasmus …
With the fall semester drawing to a close and a new year quickly approaching, the World Learning team has looked back at some of the UGRAD students’ amazing and transformative experiences of the past four months, including including those of students like Simon Jean Francois from Panama who joined the rugby team at Juniata College in Pennsylvania and traveled throughout the …