Experience America: Gratitude and Thanksgiving

Beyond the delightful spread across the table during the Thanksgiving holiday and time with loved ones, this time of year calls for meaningful reflections. Taking the time to think about who and what we are grateful for provides us with a moment to pause, step back, and gently think again, and affords us a fresh perspective for a new year …

The Art of the Spring Selfie

The Art of the Spring Selfie

Please enjoy these photos of current Global UGRAD participants perfecting the art of the spring selfie! We hope they inspire you to get outside and safely enjoy nature. From left to right and top to bottom, these students are: Linara at University of Missouri-St. Louis, Sitora at University of Southern Indiana, Suzana at University of South Dakota, Baltazar at Troy …

Global UGRAD Post Photo Challenge : University Signs

Through our monitoring assignments this month, we asked the Global UGRAD participants to take part in a long-standing photojournalism project we call the “UGRAD Post.” The card featured in the photos below is a way for students to not only demonstrate their involvement in Global UGRAD, but to promote engagement with U.S. culture, show pride in their host institutions, and connect with …

Annual Halloween Costume Contest – Winners!

Every October, World Learning holds a Halloween Costume Contest.  This year, many UGRADers donned unique costumes, painted their faces to match and collaborated with friends to compete for the most original, cutest, most elaborate, scariest and best ensemble Halloween costumes.  Congratulations to the winners! You will soon find out if you receive a Trick or a Treat!