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Antonio Jorge Medeiros Batista Silva, wearing a white sweater over a white button-down, smiles posing for a photo in front of a colorful academic poster pinned up to a bulletin board.

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.

Collage. Left photo: Ayomikun Ayodeji, wearing a gaduate cap and gown, flashes a peace sign at an outdoor graduation ceremony. Right photo: Bertha Tobias, wearing a green and blue dress, sits at a table behind a professional microphone in a recording studio.

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.

Karen Kemirembe, wearing a purple t-shirt with the words "Penn State" in navy blue, stands and holds a white sign with cut out letters that say "We Are!" Standing next to her is her husband and her two young daughters.

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.

Francis Poitier, wearing a blue blazer and white button-down, sits at a conference table and listens intently to something offscreen.

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.

Tatenda Dzvimbo, wearing a white and black pantsuit, poses for a photo next to a mural featuring a swirling circle of global flags on a blue background, and the text "Spring Meetings 2023 Washington D.C."

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.

Nicole Magabo, wearing a rainbow patterned blouse and teal skirt, holds her hands up in the air and smiles while standing on a dock in front of a lake and mountain.

A Filmmaker Spotlights Anti-LGBTQ Bigotry

After earning a master’s in screenwriting from the London Film School, Nicole Magabo (Uganda, UWC Costa Rica, Northwestern ’13) went back home to Kampala and created Bad Mama Jama Films.

Senia Bachir-Abderahman, wearing a gray and purple patterned abaya, stands and faces the camera in front of a tent put up in a vast desert.

Speaking and Working for the Sahrawi People

As a representative of the Sahrawi, the displaced people of Western Sahara, Senia Bachir-Abderahman (Western Sahara, UWC Red Cross Nordic, Mt Holyoke ’10) never takes her work lightly.