Tag: community service

Community Service Spotlight
May 11, 2022

Community Service Spotlight

Castleton University , Centenary College of Louisiana , Lebanon , Malaysia , Thailand , University of Wisconsin - Green Bay

Community service is an integral part of the Global UGRAD program. Students are required to complete at least 20 hours of community service as a way to give back and build meaningful connections in their local communities. Every student is engaged in interesting and inspirational service; keep reading to learn more about a selection of three students’ unique volunteering experiences. …

Read More
Alumni Update: Zimbabwe
April 13, 2022

Alumni Update: Zimbabwe

Academic Exchange , Academics , Africa , Alumni , American Host Institutions , Experiencing America , Georgia College and State University , Professional Development , Sub-Saharan Africa , Zimbabwe

Hello, this is Michael Mbulelo Ncube from Zimbabwe. I was a Global UGRAD student in the fall of 2019, and I studied at Georgia College and State University. Ever since I got back home, I’ve hit the ground running. From my time in the U.S., I was incredibly inspired by the infrastructural development of the U.S. public education system, particularly …

Read More
Building Bridges Through Exchange
February 15, 2022

Building Bridges Through Exchange

Academic Exchange , Professional Development

One of the goals of the Global UGRAD Program is to “facilitate opportunities for students to establish social networks with U.S. host institutions and local communities”. There are a few ways the Global UGRAD students achieve this goal including through community service, friendship, and meeting with professors. The Global UGRAD Program requires the students to complete 20 hours of community …

Read More
Halloween with Global UGRAD
November 18, 2021

Halloween with Global UGRAD

Alumni

To celebrate the Halloween holiday, we asked the Global UGRAD participants to send us pictures from their Halloween experiences. There were a lot of festive and spooky pumpkins, and some lovely costumes. Some of the students had never carved a pumpkin or gone trick-or-treating before, and it was nice to see them experience some firsts! Halloween Costumes “For Halloween, the …

Read More
First Look: Community Service
October 14, 2021

First Look: Community Service

Academic Exchange , Alumni , Bahrain , Community Service , Israel , Middle East and North Africa , University of Missouri - St. Louis , Western Kentucky University

Global UGRAD students are required to complete at least 20 hours of community service while they are in the United States in order to give back and make meaningful connections to their local communications. Many students have already started volunteering in their local host community. Please read below about the volunteering experiences written by current Global UGRAD students:   “As …

Read More
Fall Photo Montage
October 14, 2021

Fall Photo Montage

Augustana University , Keene State College , Southern Illinois University Edwardsville , University of Alabama , University of Utah , Utica College

Fall Photo Montage We asked the Global UGRAD students to send us photos of some of the adventures they have been on this fall. Many are spending their time away from campus to explore new cities and nature. They are also busy participating in community service projects and making new friends. Their pictures serve as a nice reminder of how …

Read More
Fall 2019 Community Service Spotlight
November 14, 2019

Fall 2019 Community Service Spotlight

Algeria , Central Asia , Experiencing America , Kent State University , Latin America and the Caribbean , Lewis-Clark State College , Middle East and North Africa , University of Houston-Victoria , Uzbekistan , Venezuala

Throughout their semester in the United States, students on the Global UGRAD Program become increasingly involved in their host communities through a variety of volunteer activities. Here are some highlights from community service events that they have completed so far! I would like to share my volunteering experience with the Islamic Center of Victoria, Texas. I had the pleasure to …

Read More
Alumni Update: Yacoub Dahah, Mauritania
May 13, 2019

Alumni Update: Yacoub Dahah, Mauritania

Alumni , Community Service , Emporia State University , Mauritania , Sub-Saharan Africa

I was first introduced to the Bin Bayyah Foundation in 2015 by ECNU (the English Club of Nouakchott University) because they needed interpreters for the Starkey Hearing Foundation mission that they were sponsoring, which lasted for a week. I went back to volunteering for them during their second mission with the American Starkey Hearing Foundation early in 2017, but this …

Read More

Categories

Archives

Recent Posts