A “Future Nobel Laureate” Focuses on Global Health
Among those who made an all-expenses-paid trip to Sweden last December for the annual Nobel Week Dialogue was Nico Quijano Franco (Colombia, UWC-USA, Earlham ’23.5).
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Introducing the U.S. to Georgia’s Traditional Wines
In his first year at Davidson College, Sandro Chumashvili ’24 (Georgia, UWC Dilijan) started working on a business aimed at introducing traditionally made wines from his home country into the U.S.
Breathing New Life into an Almost-Lost Language
Antonio Jorge Medeiros Batista Silva (Brazil, Pearson College UWC, Dartmouth ’25) secured a 2023 Projects for Peace grant to spend last summer creating a Krenak textbook for young people.
Immersing Herself in Intercultural Learning
After winning Connecticut’s Christine W Matteson ’69 Prize for excellence in first-year Japanese, Stella König (Austria, UWC Atlantic, Connecticut College ’25) secured a Proctor Language Scholarship to attend the Middlebury College Language Schools.
Two Rhodes Scholars Aim toward Clean Energy in Africa
Bertha Tobias (Namibia, UWC Changshu China, Claremont McKenna ’24) aims to earn one degree in sustainability, enterprise, and the environment, and another in water science, policy, and management Ayomikun Ayodeji (Nigeria, UWC Adriatic, MIT ’22) will work toward degrees in energy systems and global governance and diplomacy.
Sending STEM Ambassadors into Tanzania’s Schools
With a Projects for Peace grant in the summer after her sophomore year at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Elitumaini “Eli” Swai ’23 (Tanzania, UWC South East Asia) launched a project in her home country that she named Sayansi Ambassadors.
The Dynamic Days of an Academic Grant Writer
Karen Kemirembe (Uganda, UWC of the Atlantic, Wellesley ’12) serves as assistant director in Penn State’s Office of Foundation Relations, where she focuses on grant writing.
Addressing the Complexities of Improving Public Health
Francis Poitier (Bahamas, Pearson College UWC, University of Richmond ’14) is working with the World Health Organization to develop a planning tool for maternal, newborn, and adolescent health that can address inequities in reaching vulnerable and marginalized communities at the subdistrict level.
Guided by Faith on a Journey of Service
Tatenda Dzvimbo (Zimbabwe, UWC in Mostar, University of Oklahoma ’22)currently serves as an associate loan processor with the Housing Assistance Council, a Washington, DC NGO that helps a diverse range of housing developers build new affordable housing in the rural U.S.