Mongolia , New Mexico Highlands University
My name is Battur Ulziinyam and I am from Mongolia. Now I study in the New Mexico Highlands University in New Mexico State. Here everything is very different from what I was expecting when I received an email that I was chosen for Global UGRAD from the U.S. Embassy. The campus is shut down and I am in my dorm …
Alumni , Eurasia , Serbia , Wright State University
As we approach the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act on July 26, 2020, Milica Knezevic, a Global UGRAD alumna (2017-18), is using discussions about COVID-19 quarantines and curfews to raise awareness of about the lives of people with disabilities in Serbia. A wheelchair user since the age of 15, Milica has become a prominent disability rights activist …
Academic Exchange , american connections , Middle East and North Africa , University of Missouri , University of Missouri - St. Louis
During my first few days in the United States, I was struggling to engage and connect with people. Eventually, I met students who shared the same interests and hobbies with me and had a group of people I could call my friends. Later on, I started to think of the hardest thing about being new at a university or college. …