IMPACT
While on campus, Global UGRAD students enhance their academic and leadership skills and develop a nuanced understanding of the United States. From building intercultural bonds to collectively performing over 6,000 community service hours each year, they enrich their U.S. peers, host institutions, and communities with their cultural heritage, perspectives, and positive impact. When these students return to their countries as Global UGRAD alumni, they are empowered to constructively engage in their local communities’ civic life while building on their new global connections. Read below to discover the enduring impact the Global UGRAD Program continues to have on participants and U.S. and home communities as alumni pursue entrepreneurial endeavors, effectively advocate for the needs of others, and inspire the next generation of global leaders.
Featured Stories
What Global UGRAD Means to Me
Hear from six program alumni from El Salvador, Kazakhstan, Montenegro, Morocco, the Philippines, and Zimbabwe what the Global UGRAD Program has meant to them, and how it has positively shaped their personal and professional growth.
Global UGRAD inspired one student to fight for LGBTQ+ rights on the international stage
For Anan Bouapha, the founder of Proud to Be Us Laos (PTBUL), establishing the first-ever LGBTQ+ rights organization in his home country of Laos has been a journey 14 years in the making, but one that has inspired a new generation of proud activists.
Making an Impact: UGRAD Stories
The following articles are sourced from World Learning-operated websites and publications. Clicking their links will take you to the World Learning sites in which they are located.
UGRADs in the News
Click on the links below to learn more about Global UGRAD students’ experiences in the United States and achievements as alumni. The articles in this section are published by external media sites.
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