UNITING THE WORLD DAVIS UNITED WORLD COLLEGE SCHOLARS PROGRAM 2014 Davis UWC Scholars The 2014 Report of the Davis UWC Scholars Program
14 YEARS OF GROWTH IN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION 2000/01 2005/06 2013/14 Number of U.S. Partner Schools 5 65 91
Worldwide Countries Represented 31 118 148
Cumulative Number of Scholars 43 923 5,508
Davis United World College Scholars PROGRAM Middlebury College • Middlebury, VT 05753 Tel: (802) 443-3200 • Fax: (802) 443-3230
www.davisUWCscholars.org Class of 2014
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PHILIP O. GEIER SHELBY M.C. DAVIS leaders of the future.” Co-founder and Philanthropist Co-founder and Executive Director future leaders in all walks of life in our world.”future leaders in all walks of life in our international understanding and common purpose amonginternational understanding and common “We strive to build critical masses of globally minded young men and women on “We strive to build critical masses of globally American campuses, to foster highly personal relationships between outstandingAmerican campuses, to foster highly personal “I’m trying to stimulate leaders of the future to make a difference through the grounding in leaders of the future to make a difference “I’m trying to stimulate from Princeton: I learned how leaders make a difference, in their countries, in their centuries. So Iin their countries, in their centuries. So how leaders make a difference, from Princeton: I learned invested in leaders, and that investment helped me to be successful. …I’m looking to invest again in …I’m looking to invest again and that investment helped me to be successful. invested in leaders, education that I’m helping to give them. When I started my business career, I took my own history lesson business career, to give them. When I started my education that I’m helping Americans and non-Americans, and to seed global networks. These networks can serve a higher calling ofAmericans and non-Americans, and to Front Cover: Davis UWC Scholars at St. Olaf College. UNITING THE WORLD
Davis United World College Scholars PROGRAM
2014 Annual Report
Private Philanthropy Supporting International Understanding through Education The Program Presidents’ Perspectives Earlham College...... 67 Uniting the World Lake Forest College ...... 69 . . The Davis United World College Scholars Program. . . . . 5 Wheaton College ...... 71 . . The Program by the Numbers Brown University ...... 72 . . Timeline of Program Growth ...... 8 Agnes Scott College ...... 75 . . How the Program Works...... 8 Colorado College ...... 79 . . 148 Home Countries — 2,455 Current Scholars ...... 10 Macalester College ...... 83 . . Distribution of Scholars by World Region . . . . . 11. . Kenyon College ...... 85. . 91 Partner Colleges and Universities ...... 12 . Sarah Lawrence College ...... 87 Number of Scholars by Class Year...... 14 University of Rochester ...... 90 . . Winner of the 2013–14 Davis Cup — Tufts University ...... 93. . University of Oklahoma ...... 16 . . Duke University ...... 95. . The Davis Vision University of Oklahoma ...... 96 . . Through Education Comes Our Hope ...... 18. . Westminster College...... 98 Davis Projects for Peace...... 21 Vassar College...... 101 Wartburg College...... 102 . . 24 Philanthropists Honor Roll . Wesleyan University ...... 105 Where the Scholars Come From ...... 27 Middlebury College...... 110. . The UWC Schools ...... 28 Yale University ...... 113 . . Sources of the Davis Scholars ...... 29 Lewis & Clark College...... 115 . . Williams College...... 116 Acknowledgements and Credits ...... 122
The Scholars The Class of 2014...... 31 Graduates in Action Undergraduate Classes Scholars Become Watson Fellows ...... 39 . From Medellin to Montenegro: Class of 2015 ...... 67 . . Updates from Middlebury Alums...... 50 Class of 2016 ...... 86 . . Hard Choices for African Refugees ...... 60. . Class of 2017...... 104 . . Playing Across Boundaries ...... 77 . Undergraduates in Action Curbing Global Warming through Business . . . . . 89 . Changing Lives ...... 33. . Private Equity for African Development ...... 97 . Financial Empowerment...... 36 CONTENTS From Davis Scholar to Rhodes Scholar ...... 44 . Learning Leadership by Leading...... 54 A Friendship Crosses a Deep Divide ...... 70 Davis and Niarchos Jointly Fund Scholar . . . . . 80. . Expanding a “Circle of Women” ...... 84. . Changing Lives after a Civil War ...... 92. . A Writer with a Story Worth Sharing...... 104 . To Help These Children Go to School...... 112 .
2 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 3 UNITING THE WORLD The Davis United World College Scholars Program By Philip O. Geier, PhD, Executive Director
he 21st century has brought a changed and ever-changing global landscape. T Greater challenges, threats, and uncertainties haunt humanity. There are no clear or easy solutions. The pace is quickening. Information is abundant and readily accessible, yet knowledge and true wisdom seem elusive. It is in this context that the Davis United World College (UWC) Scholars Program invests extensively and with confidence in the promise and future possibilities of selected scholars from around the world and their education at partner colleges and universities across the United States. Co-founded in 2000 by philanthropist Shelby Davis and veteran international
educator Phil Geier, the Davis UWC Scholars Program has grown to become the Program co-founders Shelby Davis (left) world’s largest international scholarship program for undergraduates. Its strategic and Phil Geier. objective is to advance international understanding through education. The program is built on two assumptions: one, that promising future leaders from a broad range of cultures should be afforded greater educational opportunities and serve to accelerate global networking; two, that these educational opportunities take place at leading U.S. colleges and universities, in the belief that these American schools will become more effective learning communities for all their students by becoming more internationally diverse and globally engaged. Through the philanthropy of the Davis family, this program awards grants to partner schools for American and foreign scholars who have proven themselves by successfully completing their final two years of high school at a group of international schools called United World Colleges, which
4 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 5 teach to the International Baccalaureate diploma. These UWC schools are located in the United »» Help transform the American undergraduate experience through international diversity and States, Bosnia, Canada, Costa Rica, Hong Kong, India, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, intercultural exchange — as much for the large majority of traditional American students as Swaziland, and the United Kingdom. for the scholars; Since their founding in 1962 at the height of the Cold War, these UWC schools have provided »» Leverage the value of this philanthropic initiative — to the long-term benefit of all learners educational opportunities to outstanding students from 175 countries, representing all regions of the and their teachers, to contribute to strategic shifts in institutional thinking, and to bring greater world. Students are selected in their home countries by indigenous, voluntary committees charged to resources to the effort; find the most promising teenagers eager to pursue their education and leadership and cross-cultural »» Contribute proactively to the well-being of our volatile, highly interdependent world by expecting skills in a global context. our scholars and those with whom they interact to take personal responsibility for helping shape a Under the leadership of former UWC-USA president Phil Geier, the program now supports better world. nearly 2,500 scholars on over 90 American campuses. Headquartered at Middlebury College, the The Davis UWC Scholars Program is at once practical and aspirational. It reflects the huge program partners with these U.S. schools to meet the financial needs of these selected scholars potential of private philanthropy to promote international understanding in dynamic, expanding throughout their four-year undergraduate degree programs. ways through educational institutions that share its strategic vision and are committed to bringing The program has five principal goals: greater opportunities for global engagement to all their students. In essence, the program Provide scholarship support »» for exemplary and promising students from all cultures, who is about using philanthropic leadership to leverage additional support for transformative impact on have absorbed the passion and mission of their UWC schools for building international individuals, institutions, and the wider world. understanding;
»» Build meaningful clusters of these globally aware scholars within the undergraduate populations of selected partner colleges and universities across the U.S.;
6 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 7 Fourteen Years of Program Growth
5 Schools 91 Schools 43 Scholars 5,508 Scholars 31 Countries 201 Scholars 586 Scholars 1,274 Scholars 2,306 Scholars 3,591 Scholars 4,853 Scholars 148 Countries Scholars 923 Scholars Scholars Scholars Scholars 117 Scholars 309 1,720 2,962 4,230
2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012-13 2013–14
How This Works
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Since 1962, thousands of young people from 175 nations In 2000, the Davis United World College Scholars Program As of 2014, there are 91 U.S. colleges and universities in With their education made possible through their own have been selected by committees in their home countries began providing scholarship grants to a pilot group of partnership with the Davis United World College Scholars merits and the help of the Davis United World College to complete their last two years of high school at one of American colleges and universities to support UWC Program . For partner schools, the program provides Scholars Program and its partner schools, Davis UWC 14 United World College schools . UWC schools are in graduates who matriculated at these schools . These pilot annual grants in support of need-based scholarships for Scholars will go on to play important, meaningful, often Armenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Canada, Costa Rica, schools — Colby College, College of the Atlantic, Middlebury each matriculated UWC graduate for up to four years of leadership roles in their communities, in their home Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, the Netherlands, College, Princeton University, and Wellesley College — are undergraduate study . The total number of Davis UWC countries, and in the world . And the partner schools Norway, Singapore, Swaziland, and the United Kingdom graduating their eleventh class of Davis United World Scholars at all these partner colleges and universities will have become more globally engaged and more and the United States . The UWC movement works to College Scholars in 2014 . Based on the success of building has now reached 2,455 from 148 countries . The 2014 internationally diverse educational communities . build multinational, cross-cultural communication and clusters of globally minded scholars at these pilot schools, graduating class includes 582 students from 113 nations . understanding among all its students . Davis philanthropy chose to greatly expand the number of To date, the program has supported 5,508 scholars . campuses and scholars in the program.
8 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 9 148 Home Countries — 2,455 Current Scholars Numbers indicate how many scholars are from that country
Afghanistan ...... 14 Egypt ...... 10 Albania ...... 23 El Salvador ...... 3 Algeria ...... 3 Estonia ...... 5 Malawi ...... 5 Angola ...... 13 Ethiopia ...... 43 Malaysia ...... 24 Argentina ...... 8 Fiji ...... 4 Maldives ...... 10 Armenia ...... 2 Finland ...... 8 Malta ...... 3 Australia ...... 14 France ...... 9 Mauritania ...... 1 Austria ...... 14 Gambia ...... 1 Mauritius ...... 6 Bahamas ...... 11 Germany ...... 31 Mexico ...... 24 Bahrain ...... 1 Ghana ...... 19 Moldova ...... 2 Bangladesh ...... 23 Greece ...... 2 Mongolia ...... 7 Barbados ...... 6 Greenland ...... 2 Montenegro ...... 11 Belarus ...... 14 Guatemala ...... 22 Morocco ...... 4 Belgium ...... 12 Haiti ...... 20 Mozambique ...... 5 Belize ...... 1 Honduras ...... 2 Myanmar ...... 3 Bermuda ...... 2 Hong Kong ...... 54 Namibia ...... 8 Bhutan ...... 9 Hungary ...... 8 Nepal ...... 32 Bolivia ...... 11 Iceland ...... 1 Netherlands ...... 23 Bosnia & Herzegovina . . 103 India ...... 200 New Zealand ...... 8 Botswana ...... 7 Indonesia ...... 21 Nicaragua ...... 10 indicates home countries of Brazil ...... 18 Iran ...... 11 Niger ...... 1 current Davis UWC Scholars Bulgaria ...... 9 Iraq ...... 12 Nigeria ...... 24 Burkina Faso ...... 1 Ireland ...... 6 Norway ...... 29 Slovakia ...... 8 Timor-Leste ...... 12 Distribution of Burundi ...... 4 Israel ...... 12 Pakistan ...... 13 Slovenia ...... 1 Togo ...... 1 Middle East, 94 4% North America, 267 Cambodia ...... 24 Italy ...... 22 Palestine ...... 22 South Africa ...... 33 Trinidad & Tobago ...... 9 Scholars by 11% Cameroon ...... 9 Jamaica ...... 8 Panama ...... 5 South Korea ...... 30 Tunisia ...... 2 Asia, 683 Oceania, 26 World Region 28% Canada ...... 44 Japan ...... 24 Paraguay ...... 8 South Sudan ...... 3 Turkey ...... 24 1% Cayman Islands ...... 1 Jordan ...... 16 Peru ...... 21 Spain ...... 27 Uganda ...... 26 Chile ...... 13 Kazakhstan ...... 3 Philippines ...... 18 Sri Lanka ...... 6 Ukraine ...... 3 China ...... 55 Kenya ...... 29 Poland ...... 18 Sudan ...... 4 United Kingdom . . . . . 45 Africa, 509 21% Colombia ...... 11 Kosovo ...... 3 Portugal ...... 7 Swaziland ...... 96 Uruguay ...... 9 Congo ...... 4 Latvia ...... 7 Romania ...... 4 Sweden ...... 22 USA ...... 219 Costa Rica ...... 22 Lebanon ...... 8 Russia ...... 21 Switzerland ...... 5 Venezuela ...... 22 Croatia ...... 26 Lesotho ...... 17 Rwanda ...... 11 Syria ...... 3 Vietnam ...... 29 Curacao ...... 1 Liberia ...... 1 Saudi Arabia ...... 1 Taiwan ...... 1 Western Sahara ...... 3 Europe, 599 24% Czech Republic . . . . . 10 Libya ...... 5 Senegal ...... 15 Tajikistan ...... 7 Yemen ...... 8 Latin America Denmark ...... 11 Lithuania ...... 5 Serbia ...... 11 Tanzania ...... 24 Zambia ...... 14 and Caribbean, 277 Dominican Republic . . . . . 3 Macedonia ...... 6 Sierra Leone ...... 14 Thailand ...... 21 Zimbabwe ...... 40 11% Ecuador ...... 8 Madagascar ...... 3 Singapore ...... 37 Tibet ...... 4
10 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 11 The Program’s Partner Colleges and 60 475048
Universities throughout the U.S. 89 55 40
1 Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA 34 Hood College, Frederick, MD 65 St . Lawrence University, Canton, NY 42 69 2 Amherst College, Amherst, MA 35 Johns Hopkins University, 66 St . Olaf College, Northfield, MN 66 13 75 3 Bard College, Baltimore, MD 67 Stanford University, Stanford, CA 41 83 38 37 Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 36 Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI 50 68 Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 73 32 4 Barnard College, New York, NY 37 Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 36 69 The College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID 26 27 54 5 Bates College, Lewiston, ME 38 Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL 70 Trinity College, Hartford, CT 81 57 84 79 6 Bennington College, Bennington, VT 39 Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 20 71 Tufts University, Medford, MA 67 87 7 Boston Conservatory, Boston, MA 40 Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR 25 72 Union College, Schenectady, NY 76 27 8 Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME 41 Luther College, Decorah, IA 43 73 University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 52 14 9 Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 42 Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN 74 University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 51 63 77 61 10 Brown University, Providence, RI 43 Methodist University, Fayetteville, NC 75 University of Michigan, 1 11 Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA 44 Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT Ann Arbor, MI 59 12 Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 45 MIT, Cambridge, MA 76 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 13 Carleton College, Northfield, MN 46 Mount Holyoke College, Chapel Hill, NC 74 14 Claremont McKenna College, South Hadley, MA 77 University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK Claremont, CA 47 New York University, New York, NY 78 University of Pennsylvania, 15 Clark University, Worcester, MA 48 Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Philadelphia, PA 56 16 Colby College, Waterville, ME 49 Notre Dame of Maryland University, 79 University of Richmond, Richmond, VA 17 Colgate University, Hamilton, NY Baltimore, MD 50 Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH 80 University of Rochester, 18 College of the Atlantic, Rochester, NY Bar Harbor, ME 51 Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 81 University of Virginia, 19 College of the Holy Cross, 52 Pomona College, Claremont, CA Charlottesville, VA Worcester, MA Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 53 82 Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY 20 Colorado College, Randolph-Macon College, 54 83 Wartburg College, Waverly, IA 16 Colorado Springs, CO Ashland, VA 18 84 Washington and Lee University, 21 Columbia University, New York, NY 5 55 Reed College, Portland, OR Lexington, VA 8 22 Connecticut College, 56 Ringling College of Art & Design, 65 New London, CT 85 Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 44 24 Sarasota, FL 71 7 23 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 86 Wesleyan University, 57 San Francisco Art Institute, 6 Middletown, CT 62 9 24 Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH San Francisco, CA 90 2 33 87 Westminster College, Fulton, MO 80 72 19 85 45 25 Davidson College, Davidson, NC 58 Sarah Lawrence College, 17 63 46 88 88 Wheaton College, Norton, MA 23 3 10 26 Denison University, Granville, OH Bronxville, NY 70 82 86 59 Savannah College of Art & Design, 89 Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA 22 27 Duke University, Durham, NC 58 91 15 Savannah, GA 90 Williams College, Williamstown, MA 47 28 Earlham College, Richmond, IN 4 60 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 91 Yale University, New Haven, CT 21 29 Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 12 39 Chicago, IL 53 Georgetown University, 11 30 61 Scripps College, Claremont, CA Washington, DC 29 68 78 62 Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY 31 31 Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA 49 63 Smith College, Northampton, MA 34 35 32 Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA 30 64 St . John’s College, 64 33 Harvard College, Cambridge, MA Annapolis, MD & Santa Fe, NM
12 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 13 U.S. Colleges: Scholars by Class Year*
U.S. College 2014 2015 2016 2017 Total U.S. College 2014 2015 2016 2017 Total U.S. College 2014 2015 2016 2017 Total * Agnes Scott College 3 0 1 1 5 Harvard College 8 9 10 7 34 St . Lawrence University 4 2 7 16 29 Davis UWC Scholars by Class Year
Amherst College 3 1 4 5 13 Hood College 4 3 4 5 16 St . Olaf College 8 14 22 15 59 5,508 Bard College 6 4 3 0 13 Johns Hopkins University 4 2 4 0 10 Stanford University 8 6 5 7 26
Barnard College 1 1 2 1 5 Kalamazoo College 4 1 0 1 6 Swarthmore College 1 0 3 3 7
Bates College 1 0 4 4 9 Kenyon College 7 0 6 5 18 The College of Idaho 6 10 26 12 54
Bennington College 0 0 4 4 8 Lake Forest College 4 36 11 14 65 Trinity College 4 3 2 4 13
Boston Conservatory 2 1 0 2 5 Lehigh University 3 4 2 2 11 Tufts University 1 10 5 8 24
Bowdoin College 0 1 0 1 2 Lewis & Clark College 9 11 17 8 45 Union College 3 1 2 2 8
Brandeis University 4 4 1 4 13 Luther College 10 25 34 22 91 University of Chicago 6 7 3 10 26
Brown University 32 42 34 33 141 Macalester College 22 32 27 25 106 University of Florida 21 21 29 24 95
Bryn Mawr College 2 0 1 3 6 Methodist University 35 8 21 27 91 University of Michigan 8 4 10 4 26
Bucknell University 9 4 7 3 23 Middlebury College 20 26 22 26 94 Univ . of North Carolina Chapel Hill 7 5 1 6 19
Carleton College 4 3 1 3 11 MIT 0 5 1 0 6 University of Oklahoma 8 5 29 45 87
Claremont McKenna College 2 5 1 2 10 Mount Holyoke College 3 2 1 1 7 University of Pennsylvania 3 3 3 3 12
Clark University 1 1 2 0 4 New York University - 1 0 14 15 University of Richmond 8 9 6 5 28
Colby College 11 24 11 15 61 Northwestern University 9 14 9 7 39 University of Rochester - - - 2 2 2,455 Colgate University 1 0 1 0 2 Notre Dame of Maryland University 0 1 1 0 2 University of Virginia 5 5 4 1 15
College of the Atlantic 12 17 11 14 54 Oberlin College 3 1 0 2 6 Vassar College 4 5 6 5 20
College of the Holy Cross 0 2 0 0 2 Occidental College 3 1 2 0 6 Wartburg College 8 18 11 24 61
Colorado College 12 12 11 14 49 Pomona College 2 0 5 2 9 Washington and Lee University 2 1 0 0 3 NUMBER OF SCHOLARS
Columbia University 4 8 5 2 19 Princeton University 17 18 10 17 62 Wellesley College 11 10 19 11 51
Connecticut College 4 3 4 1 12 Randolph-Macon College 1 1 2 2 6 Wesleyan University 4 0 1 4 9
Cornell University 8 8 4 8 28 Reed College 4 3 1 2 10 Westminster College 27 36 18 16 97
Dartmouth College 22 16 9 5 52 Ringling College of Art & Design 11 10 10 10 41 Wheaton College 6 1 4 6 17
Davidson College** - - - - 0 San Francisco Art Institute 1 0 0 0 1 Whitman College 5 1 0 3 9
Denison University 1 0 0 2 3 Sarah Lawrence College 2 5 4 4 15 Williams College 2 3 3 6 14
Duke University 8 12 8 9 37 Savannah College of Art & Design - - 1 4 5 Yale University 7 7 9 6 29 628 632 582 613 Earlham College 44 29 26 18 117 School of the Art Institute of Chicago 0 2 1 2 5 Totals 582 628 613 632 2,455
Franklin & Marshall College 0 2 2 0 4 Scripps College 2 0 1 1 4
Georgetown University 4 3 3 2 12 Skidmore College 7 12 11 7 37 *As of 10/31/13 **New partner school as of Fall 2013 and will not matriculate scholars until Fall 2014. Gettysburg College 1 0 2 0 3 Smith College 1 4 3 7 15 Class Class Class Class Current Cumulative of of of of Undergrad Total of All Grinnell College 3 1 2 2 8 St . John’s College (NM) 4 0 0 2 6 2014 2015 2016 2017 Total Years
14 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 15 Davis Cup Goes to University of Oklahoma Winning School Enrolls Largest Class Ever
With the matriculation of 45 Davis UWC Scholars in their class Wof 2018, the University of Oklahoma (OU) enrolled the largest class in the history of the the Davis UWC Scholars Program and also became the first public university to claim the Davis Cup. In a grand campus ceremony, the Davis Cup was presented by program co-founders Shelby Davis and Phil Geier to OU President David Presentation of the Davis Cup (left to right) Gale Boren. In applauding the Davis UWC Scholars Program, President Boren and Shelby Davis, OU President David Boren, and Phil Geier. stated, “Vision and generosity have come together for a common cause to work together in partnership for a brighter future.” OU’s involvement as a partner school in the Davis UWC Scholars The Davis Cup Program was instigated in 2007 by OU donors Jim and JoAnn Holden of Awarded Annually for the Largest Entering Class of Scholars Oklahoma City and longtime friends of Shelby and Gale Davis. The Holdens are among those recognized in the Philanthropists’ Honor Roll Year Winner Runner-up 2013 University of Brown (33) which appears later in this volume. Oklahoma (45) OU’s cohort of Davis UWC Scholars has grown dramatically from 2012 Brown (33) Luther (32) four entering scholars in 2008 to today’s undergraduate total of 89 scholars 2011 Brown (41) Westminster (35) representing 43 nations and all 12 of the current UWC schools worldwide. 2010 Earlham (44) Methodist (37) 2009 Middlebury (40) Earlham (37) Witnessing the vitality, enthusiasm and leadership of OU’s Davis UWC 2008 Brown (35) Earlham (31) Scholars, Shelby Davis described them as “change makers.” In accepting 2007 Dartmouth (35) Princeton (31) the Davis Cup, President Boren affirmed that the vision of the Davis UWC 2006 Westminster (28) Colby (21) Scholars Program is thriving — and still growing — and that the scholars 2005 Middlebury (36) Westminster (28) are contributing to the global community at OU, where change is indeed 2004 Macalester (34) Princeton (27) being made. 2003 Colby (27) Middlebury (25) 2002 Colby (26) Wellesley (16) 2001 Colby (26) Middlebury (18) 2000 Colby (13) Middlebury (9)
16 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 17 Through Education Comes Our Hope A Message from Shelby Davis
n the 1990s I became a major supporter of the United World Colleges, a Idozen campuses around the globe that provide a challenging, life-changing educational experience to future leaders from 150 countries who are from 16 to 19 years old. As we entered the 21st century, I wondered how my philanthropy might build on that. My parents were engaged internationalists, and this had left a meaningful mark on me. I also saw that American higher education would be well served by taking a more strategic view of the world as we entered this new century.
Dr. Philip O. Geier, who was then president of UWC-USA in New Transformational philanthropists Gale and Shelby Davis with Mexico, and I worked together to design a pilot scholarship program that Archbishop Desmond Tutu. began in 2000 with 42 UWC graduates entering Princeton, Wellesley, Colby, Middlebury, and College of the Atlantic — all schools important to the Davis family. Our timing was especially good. Many schools around the U.S. were beginning to focus on strategies for globalizing the student and campus experience, and my alma mater, Princeton, had just decided to offer need-blind admission to international students. It seems, looking back, that this moment was a tipping point in the internationalization of American higher education. We received great feedback from the five pilot schools in the new Davis United World College Scholars Program — so I decided to devote the bulk of my philanthropy to growing it. At present, we have 2,455 Davis UWC Scholars on 91 American campuses. In all, including alumni, there have been 5,508 to date.
“I regard my support for these students not as gifts but as investments. I am investing in young people who show extraordinary promise from all over the world, and I hope to realize major, long-term returns in the form of a better, safer, more peaceful world.”
Shelby Davis Philanthropists Gale and Shelby Davis at St. Olaf College (top left), at International House in Berkeley (top right), and at Macalester College (bottom).
18 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 19 It is both thrilling and rewarding to realize that the program Phil and I created continues to help develop and realize the potential of so many promising students, from all over the world. It also brings so many nationalities to all these Davis Projects for Peace IN REMEMBRANCE campuses, all across the United States. Local Focus & Global Impact Not Gifts — Investments Every year I visit a number of colleges and universities that are partners in our rom building a school library in Bangladesh to creating a garment business for program. I meet with their Davis UWC Scholars, and each time I am blown Fdomestic-abuse survivors in Yemen, Davis UWC Scholars led Davis Projects for away by the energy, intelligence, passion, and potential of these young people. Peace last summer that made a difference across the globe. To a one, they are grateful to be where they are, excited to be learning and The Projects for Peace initiative carried on this year in memory of its creator, Kathryn W. Davis experiencing so much, and eager to get out in the world and make a difference. Kathryn W. Davis, who passed away on April 23, 2013. Mrs. Davis, whose son 1907-2013 Intellectually and personally, these young people are growing. Each is a Shelby M.C. Davis is co-founder of the Davis UWC Scholars Program, was 106 years old. strong individual, seemingly more mature than their years, and almost all seem “My challenge to you is to bring about a mind-set of preparing for peace, instead of inspired to carry on the UWC mission of making the world a better place, preparing for war,” Mrs. Davis expressed to the hundreds of undergraduates at through whatever career they pursue. They also appear to be critical elements in U.S. colleges and universities who have applied for Projects for Peace funding since the program began in 2006-07. In all, transforming their campuses into global communities. 817 projects have been carried out worldwide, each with a grant of $10,000. I regard my support for these students not as gifts but as investments. I am Among the 100 projects completed in summer 2013, 20 were led by Davis UWC Scholars, entirely or as members of investing in young people who show extraordinary promise from all over the a project team. Here are six of those projects: world, and I hope to realize major, long-term returns in the form of a better, safer, more peaceful world. More immediately, I hope my philanthropy is helping to make our partner campuses better places for all their students. I hope the presence and influence of Bangladesh: Stars for Knowledge, Stars for Change Inara Tareque (Bangladesh, Li Po Chun UWC, Grinnell ’16) and Thomas Yim (Hong these fine young people from so many countries is helping American students to Kong/Canada, Li Po Chun UWC, Brown University ’15) built a library for a village expand their global knowledge, improve their cross-cultural skills, and befriend a middle school, equipped it with computers and Internet access, and stocked it with network of future leaders from all walks of life, in all parts of the world. 2,000 books, including 100 donated by the Asia Society — which has pledged to In short, I invest in the belief that the returns will add up to a sum far greater continue sending books every four months . than the parts. Through education, I truly believe, comes our greatest hope of The team also started a “Future Stars Program,” under which “all students will realizing human potential to the fullest. get one star sticker for every book report they write,” Inara says . “At the end of the year, the 10 students with the most star stickers in each grade will receive certificates, with the top student receiving a medal .”
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20 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 21 Projects for Peace continued
Bosnia & Herzegovina: Sierra Leone: Stepping Out from the Shadow Zinc and Latrines for Peace Because her mother is paraplegic, Ana In a village called Kpetema, Mihajlovic (Bosnia & Herzegovina, UWC- Joseph Sengeh (Sierra Leone, USA, Earlham College ’14) knows the UWC Maastricht, Macalester isolation and obstacles that the disabled in College ’15), Andrea Grimaldi her struggling nation can endure . Her (Argentina, UWC Maastricht, project provided computers to five Macalester College ’15), and associations for disabled people in the Omar Mansour (Jordan, UWC northwest region of Bosnia & Herzegovina, Maastricht, Macalester College and created a website with information on legal rights and assistance . ’15) installed zinc roofs on 15 “These are people who have amazing talents,” Ana says . “I wanted to empower houses, replacing palm-thatched the disabled community in the northwest region of Bosnia by creating a simple and Yemen: Sewing and Business roofs that can get vermin-infested . They also built two pit latrines and started a local soap-making operation, which is fast way to access information about their legal rights and free legal aid .” Skills for Integration of Women generating income to both maintain the toilets and sustain the local women who produce the soap . into Society “I visited the village when I went back home for the holidays,” Joseph says . “They were telling me how they’re going to Knowing how challenging life can use the funds from the soap production to make a fence, to protect the well . I see a closeness between them now .” Ethiopia: Providing Sustainable become for young mothers in her Clean Water for Drinking country who come from poverty and Sibusiso Kunene (Swaziland, Waterford have few skills for employment, Esra Zimbabwe: Women’s Economic Empowerment for Al-Shawafi(Yemen, Li Po Chun UWC, Kamhlaba UWC, Wartburg College ’14) Community Transformation worked with fellow Wartburg student Methodist University ’15) started a In two villages in her country, Mavis Phiri (Zimbabwe, Waterford Aman Gebremariam, an Ethiopian, to dig small textile factory, equipped it with Kamhlaba UWC, Luther College ’15) worked with 65 local one well and rehabilitate another in two donated sewing machines, and women, mostly young mothers and widows, to build a poultry neighboring villages . Collaborating with trained 20 young women to produce run, allowing them to earn income by meeting the demand for three NGOs, two U .S . and one Ethiopian, school uniforms and traditional local food raised without chemicals . She raised an extra $804 at they also gave programs on sanitation clothing . Luther College to support the project and 45 of the participants and health in several communities . It was often challenging for Esra, as are still involved . “I’m a city boy! Sometimes, facing hardship and seeing how people really have a woman, to negotiate with suppliers “I was raised by a single parent in that same community,” to live their lives is a huge wake-up call,” Sibusiso reflected . — but “you have to be very Mavis said . “Sometimes you need to think about how you can confident,” she said . “I would go in make an impact on other people’s lives .” knowing what I’m saying, and they would take me seriously .”
22 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 23 Amherst College Kenyon College Abeles Family Scholarship Fund Doug Fleming ’70 Mandela Scholarship Fund Lake Forest College Boston Conservatory David C . Agate ’65 Scholarship Ricardo and Marla Lewitus Theodore F . Ashford ’28 Scholarship The Lawrence & Lillian Scholarship Fund William G . Brown The Michael A . Alaura Memorial Scholarship Fund Edward Chappell 1909 Memorial Scholarship Cynthia Curme Leslie M . Dohr ’35 Scholarship Al and Pat Houston Nancy Donovan The Marie Chelius Morse Scholarship Fund Captain William A . Ellis Scholarship Betsy Zitrin Mary Longbrake ’35 Scholarship Charles D . Turgrimson ’31 Scholarship Bucknell University PHILANTHROPISTS HONOR ROLL John P . Wade Scholarship The Fremont Scholarship Leo and Berenyce M . Zanier Scholarship College of the Atlantic Lewis & Clark College Lynn Boulger and Tim Garrity he Davis UWC Scholars Program combines the transformational philanthropy of the The Irene W . D . Hecht Annual Scholarship Fund Darron and Karen Collins Davis family with donations from many others to our partner colleges and universities. T Bill and Wendy Foulke Luther College Given this financial partnership, we are pleased to recognize their generous support for today’s Amy and Phil Geier Engebret Nelson (Sebo) Hong Scholarship scholars and tomorrow’s leaders. Each partner school was invited to submit the names of those Andy Griffiths and Susan Dowling John G . & Mildred Breiland Scholarship Berno and Laura Hamilton Luther College Women’s Club International Scholarship they would like listed in this report along with the Davises. This effort at donor recognition only Bhupendra Nagpure Malcolm & Maybelle Estrom Scholarship scratches the surface of the many who give to their alma maters in support of the financial aid Florenz and Nan Ourisman Reckling-Chossek Scholarship awarded to our scholars. We are grateful to those who are contributing to their schools in this Tony and Roxana Robinson Ruth Caldwell & Uwe Rudolf Studies-Abroad Scholarship Peter and Lucy Bell Sellers Sodexo Scholarship way and look forward to continuing growth of this honor roll in the years ahead. Ed Woodfin Synneva Hella Anderson Memorial Scholarship This recognition is arranged by partner school with the information they provided. It captures the growing number of philanthropists captivated by the value of supporting our Dartmouth College Macalester College Charles and Judith Friedlaender Edwin S . Elwell — Middle East Scholarship scholars — and theirs — by investing at their chosen college or university. Some have given to Estudiar con Esperanza Scholarship Earlham College annual funds, indicating their interest in the Davis UWC Scholars Program. Others have given Kofi Annan Scholarship Polly Dawkins and Nico Brooks larger amounts ($10,000 or more) toward their alma mater’s portion of a scholar’s total financial- Marie Wunderlich Endowed Scholarship Jannie and Jerry Dusseau Nels O . & John E . Fahlgren Scholarship aid package and have been assigned scholars, sharing naming opportunities with the Davises. Jim and Carol McKey Robert B . Gile — Middle East Scholarship A few have given major endowments in support of international scholarships assigned to Davis Kalamazoo College UWC Scholars and share naming opportunities with the Davises each year. Drs . Ralph and Bonnie Wachter Swenby International At the heart of the Davis UWC Scholars Program is “giving back,” a trait we strive to see Student Scholarship manifested over time in our scholars as they make their way in the world. Van Dalson Scholarship Fund Rajnak Fund continued on next page
24 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 25 Philanthropists Honor Roll continued Where the Scholars Come From
Middlebury College University of Florida he global community of United World College schools, or UWCs, includes 14 institutions on five continents. All offer Rick ’68 and Martie Fritz P’95, ’97, ’00 Global Scholarship Dr . Margaret Early United World College Scholarship Tthe International Baccalaureate diploma, a high-quality secondary-school credential. UWC schools, colleges, and Amy and Phil Geier P’06 University of Michigan Cristina Gomez ’05 programs deliver a challenging and transformational educational experience to a diverse cross section of students, Cliff Siegel Erika H . Lederman ’86 and John Kremer ’85 Scholarship inspiring them to fulfill the UWC mission: to make education a force to unite people, nations, and cultures for peace and a George and Harman Logan, Willis ’02 and Ashley Logan University of Oklahoma sustainable future. Family Scholarship Jim and JoAnn Holden Stephen D . Martus ’86 Scholarship OU President’s Associates Program Mike ’73 and Jane Schoenfeld (Bequest) Sooner Heritage Scholarships Christopher Whittle and Priscilla Rattazzi Whittle P’13, ’17 Kashif ’92 and Sujatha Menon Zafar ’94 Scholarship University of Virginia UWC in Mostar Red Cross (2006) John C . Straton Jr . and Donna S . DeCoursey Nordic UWC Occidental College (1995) Harry & Grace Steele Foundation Scholarship Vassar College UWC Maastricht The Sarah Tod Fitz Randolph Scholarship Fund UWC of Adam Portnoy ’93 Scholarship (2009) the Atlantic The Kathryn McGrath Dubbs Fund (1962) Princeton University The President’s International Advisory Council Scholarship Fund UWC William G . Foulke, Jr . ’64 Robert Bosch College (2014) UWC of Wartburg College the Adriatic Ringling College of Art and Design (1982) Dr . Kent and Earlene Hawley Lester B. Pearson Bert and Eleanor Schweigaard-Olsen UWC of the Pacific Rev . Herman Mansur (1974) Stan and Merry Williams Dr . Warren and Barbara Zemke
UWC–USA Li Po Chun UWC Skidmore College Westminster College (1982) (1992) Amy (’74) and Phil Geier Mahindra The Kavanaugh Travel Stipend Award UWC of India Yahia Imam ’11 UWC of UWC (1997) Williams College Costa Rica Dilijan Haoran Ma ’12 (2006) (2014) George A . and Edith T . Cluett Scholarship Fund UWC of The College of Idaho South East Asia Amy and Phil (’70) Geier (1971) Bitner Vineyards Thomas Jefferson Williams and Ana King Williams Ron and Mary Bitner Scholarship Fund College of Idaho Campus Ministries Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Erstad Architects (1981) Wells Fargo Foundation Larry and Marianne Williams Foundation
26 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 27 The UWC Schools Pearson College UWC UWC–USA UWC Adriatic Li Po Chun UWC Pearson College UWC was founded UWC–USA was founded in 1982 on UWC Adriatic, founded in 1982 Li Po Chun UWC of Hong Kong, in 1974 on Vancouver Island in the site of the historic Montezuma near Trieste, was the first UWC outside founded in 1992, emphasizes the British Columbia, Canada . The Castle near Las Vegas, New Mexico . the English-speaking world . The Chinese traditions of proper conduct, floating marine-sciences center Programs emphasize community school’s buildings and residences are practical wisdom, appropriate contains a well-equipped seafront engagement, wilderness experience, spread throughout the Italian-Slovene social relationships, and respect for environmental-systems lab, and students conduct research service, and Southwest studies . Students also study intercultural village of Duino . All students study Italian, and all participate in a academic learning . Li Po Chun has developed strong links with above and below water at nearby Race Rocks, an ecological communication and mediation through the Constructive social-service program with the local community . various parts of China, especially for service activities . reserve managed by the college . Engagement of Conflict (CEC) and global-issues programs . UWC Maastricht UWC Atlantic College UWC Red Cross Nordic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Atlantic College was the first In 2009 in the Netherlands, UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic opened Waterford Kamhlaba UWC became a UWC, founded in 1962 in the Maastricht was founded through the in 1995 on Flekke fjord in western UWC in 1981 and educates students 12th-century St . Donat’s Castle on the merger of two international schools . It Norway . Both regional and Red Cross ages 11–18 . Just outside Mbabane, south Wales coastline . The college is the third UWC school that educates traditions are reflected in the school’s the capital of Swaziland, the UWC is places a strong focus on community younger students, along with teaching emphasis on Nordic studies and a pan-African institution with a global service with a wide range of opportunities open to students . the IB diploma . humanitarian and environmental concerns . Cooperation with outlook . Students and staff are committed to understanding and the Red Cross creates service opportunities in areas such as UWC Costa Rica UWC Mahindra College addressing the complex challenges facing Africa and the rest of first aid, lifesaving, youth training, and humanitarian action . the world . UWC Costa Rica, near the capital UWC Mahindra College, founded San Jose, is UWC’s only bilingual in 1997, is in a rural area of the UWC Robert Bosch College western Ghats near Pune . The school school, teaching the IB in English One of two new colleges to open in has dedicated much of its land to a and Spanish . It became a UWC in October 2014, UWC Robert Bosch Sources of the Davis UWC Scholars* biodiversity park and conservation 2006, and its approach is built on College will be the first in Germany . peace, environment, and multiculturalism . reserve, which is a study resource for all local schools and UWC–USA, 246 Waterford Built thanks to the generosity of 10% Kamhlaba, 275 colleges . Mahindra also supports local schools with its 11% the Robert Bosch Foundation, UWC Dilijan educational program, Akshara, and community-service projects . the campus is a former Carthusian monastery in Freiburg . Due to open in October 2014, UWC South East Recognized as a “green city,” it’s suited to the college’s emphasis Asia, 276 Dilijan has been developed by UWC in Mostar 11% Li Po Chun, 235 on environmental sustainability and how technology can be used 10% generous funding from the RVVF In Bosnia & Herzegovina, UWC in and developed to build a peaceful and sustainable future . Foundation . The campus is set on Mostar is the first UWC with the 88 acres of land backing onto a explicit aim of contributing to the UWC South East Asia reconstruction of a postconflict Pearson, 168 beautiful national park . The educational program is diverse UWC South East Asia is the largest Red Cross, 246 10% 7% and engages with both the expansive setting and the local society . A diversity of students from UWC school, with around 3,500 community . The college will build upon the movement’s the country, the region, and abroad live, study, and volunteer students ages 4–18 at two campuses legacy of engaging with postconflict zones to create dialogue together in the community, offering the host nation a working in Singapore at full capacity . The Adriatic, 171 7% and a peaceful future . example of integrated education . school’s global-concerns program Mahindra, 234 10% introduces concepts in leadership and organization, and all Atlantic, 200 students are encouraged to develop their own initiatives, along Maastricht, 57 8% 2% with doing community service . Mostar, 181 Costa Rica, 158 7% 7%
*As of 10/31/13
28 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 29 Farangizi Abdurazokzoda Tajikistan GRADUATES IN ACTION Li Po Chun UWC Union College Economics Global Reporter and Grad Student While covering Haiti for the New York Times and the London Olympics for the Wall Rida Abu Rass Street Journal, Alice Speri (Italy, UWC-USA, Harvard ’09) has earned a master’s in Israel journalism from Columbia, and is working for a comparative literature PhD at NYU . UWC Red Cross Nordic Brandeis University Last fall she reported from Moscow through the International Center for Journalists, Philosophy/International & and she has been covering security, immigration, and human-rights issues linked to Global Studies the Sochi Olympics for Al Jazeera America . Nawras Abureehan Palestine UWC Red Cross Nordic Middlebury College Biochemistry/Economics Seyedeh Yasaman Ahrari Louis Alcindor Iran Haiti UWC Adriatic UWC Costa Rica Mona Aditya Bard College Luther College Nepal Art History Mathematics/Statistics/ Computer Science Pearsons UWC Cornell University Natural Resources Diana Ainembabazi Diana Ibrahim Alderbashi Uganda Russia Li Po Chun UWC UWC South East Asia Ana Aguilera Silva Earlham College University of Richmond Venezuela Mathematics/Chemistry Business Administration/ Environmental Studies UWC-USA Bucknell University International Relations/ Christine Ajinjeru Anchalem Alemayehu Educational Research/ Uganda Ethiopia Economic Development UWC Atlantic College UWC in Mostar Nur Fardina Ahmad Fuad Grinnell College Methodist University Malaysia Chemistry Nursing UWC-USA Mount Holyoke College The following pages list the members Economics Oluwakemi Akin-Olugbade Kasope Aleshinloye Nigeria/USA Nigeria of the Davis United World College UWC Atlantic College UWC Atlantic College Scholars class of 2014. The listing is Loveza Ahmed Wellesley College Amherst College THE CLASS OF 2014 Maldives French/Psychology Environmental Studies/ History alphabetical and includes the Pearson College UWC scholar’s home country (or countries), Macalester College Economics Pamela Alakai the UWC school they attended, their Cameroon Class of 2014 college or university, and their major UWC Adriatic Colby College field(s) of study. Global Studies/French
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Rayah Al-Farah Javier Aparicio Lorente Michelle Asuncion Jordan Spain Philippines Changing Lives UWC-USA UWC Costa Rica UWC Atlantic College Wellesley College Ringling College of University of Florida His single mother taught math to Surya Karki (Nepal, Simón Bolívar UWC, College Economics Art and Design Political Science of the Atlantic ’16) by lying beside him on a rural hillside and counting the stars . It’s Motion Design a long way from there to Buckingham Palace, where Prince Charles last January Abdullah Al-Hadeethi Immaculate Farzanah Ausaluth presented Surya with a 10,000 euro runner-up award on behalf of the Maya Iraq Apchemengich United Kingdom Universe Academies, private schools in rural Nepal that Surya co-founded . His Pearson College UWC Uganda UWC Atlantic College Westminster College Waterford Kamhlaba Brown University project was chosen, among 510 entries from 90 nations, as one of seven finalists by Business Administration/ UWC Mechanical Engineering the Unilever/Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership . International Relations Methodist University Surya Karki, at right, at a Maya Universe Academy school with co-founder Manjil Chemistry At College of the Atlantic, Surya works most days until 3:30 a .m . He does his Rana, a graduate of UWC of the Atlantic. Anela Alic Peter Aranha Janoah Bailin studies first, then turns to fundraising and project development for the Maya Bosnia & Herzegovina USA India Academies (mayauniverseacademy .blogspot .com), which are Nepal’s only free private elementary schools . He started them in UWC in Mostar UWC Mahindra College UWC-USA Hood College Brown University College of the Atlantic 2011 with Manjil Rana, a Nepalese graduate of UWC of the Atlantic, along with three other young people, from Nepal, the U .S ., Management: Marketing Human Ecology Political Economy of the and Korea . and Communications Environment The academies serve some 120 students . Their parents donate two days of farm labor per month: they raise produce, working Jawad Al-Massanat Erika Robles Araya Shamillah Bankiya with students and local farmers to build new skills while helping to support the school . The project team hopes to use the Unilever Jordan Costa Rica Uganda award to open one of three more schools they’ve planned . UWC Atlantic College UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC-USA Duke University Kalamazoo College Yale University “I’ve always been told that I aim too high,” Surya told the Christian Science Monitor . “But isn’t that what we should be doing?” Electrical and Computer Business Economics and African Engineering Studies
Ala’ Alrababa’h Maria Arias de Hablon Cesar Barbosa Jordan Saavedra Benitez Brazil Pearson College UWC UWC Costa Rica Spain Selma Begovic Estefania Bermudez Quinn Blanco Dartmouth College UWC Mahindra College University of Michigan Government Business Administration Bosnia & Herzegovina Villalba Philippines Duke University UWC in Mostar Uruguay UWC Atlantic College Mathematics Westminster College Pearson College UWC Bucknell University International Business/ University of Florida Chemical Engineering/ Hani Al-Safadi Mehrdad Arvin Tsatsral Batbold Accounting Philosophy Management for Palestine Iran Mongolia Engineers UWC Adriatic Pearson College UWC Li Po Chun UWC Kriti Behari Srdan Beronja Mavis Boamah Earlham College The College of Idaho Earlham College Biochemistry International Studies India Bosnia & Herzegovina Ghana Mathematics/Physics UWC Mahindra College UWC in Mostar UWC Red Cross Nordic Skidmore College Brown University Wellesley College Psychology International Relations/ Chemistry/Mathematics Diego Alverez Parra Alessandro Luca Asoni Anders Preben Bay Economics Uruguay Italy Norway UWC Atlantic College UWC Adriatic Li Po Chun UWC Bard College St. Olaf College Yarden John Vishal Bharam Lazar Bojanic Johns Hopkins Ben David Knight India Bosnia & Herzegovina Film/Human Rights University Environmental Studies/Physics Israel/Palestine UWC-USA UWC in Mostar
Computer Science/ UWC Atlantic College Trinity College Westminster College Class of 2014 Biomedical Engineering Earlham College Engineering International Studies/ Comparative Languages Political Science & Linguistics/Spanish & Hispanic Studies
32 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 33 Stipe Cavar Ka Yi Kate Cheng Raisa Correa Ramalho Madeleine Dai GRADUATES IN ACTION Croatia Hong Kong Brazil New Zealand UWC in Mostar Li Po Chun UWC Waterford Kamhlaba Li Po Chun UWC St. Olaf College Colorado College UWC Middlebury College Research in Africa Economics/Political Economics Cornell University Religion/Studio Art Science Industrial and Labor After graduating from Wellesley, Vanessa Zhang (China/Singapore, UWC of Relations the Adriatic, Wellesley College ’11) spent two years in Africa as a research Miriam Celnarova Minzhe Chen Cheng Buse Coskun Yingyue Dai assistant to Dr . Ryan Sheely of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government . In Slovakia Spain Turkey China UWC Red Cross Nordic Li Po Chun UWC UWC in Mostar Li Po Chun UWC Kenya, she examined how best to teach villagers basic research and University of North Ringling College of Earlham College Middlebury College problem-solving skills; in Sierra Leone she evaluated the usefulness of a Carolina at Chapel Hill Art and Design Business & Nonprofit Economics Sociology/Global Graphic and Interactive Management mobile texting system in providing support for rural child-protection Studies Communication volunteers . She hopes to continue working in international development . Pierre-Alexandre Kai On Cheung Name Coskun Refiloe A. Damane Chalon Hong Kong Turkey Lesotho France Li Po Chun UWC UWC in Mostar Li Po Chun UWC UWC South East Asia Princeton University Earlham College Williams College Tufts University Art/Archaeology Business & Nonprofit Asian Studies/ Management Political Science Enrico Bonatti Elias Roman Bulgakov Economics/ International Relations De Tejada Russia Switzerland UWC Atlantic College Dawn Hiu Yung Chan Colin Chideme Casimiro Costa Mohammed UWC Atlantic College Brandeis University China Swaziland Angola Darkhawaja Cornell University Business/Film, Television Li Po Chun UWC UWC Costa Rica UWC Red Cross Nordic Palestine International Agriculture & Interactive Media Georgetown University Dartmouth College Grinnell College UWC Atlantic College and Rural Development International Political Engineering/Government Physics Methodist University Business Jennifer Economy Rohin Borpujari Administration Oman Cajina-Grigsby UWC Mahindra College Nicaragua Natalie Lok Yan Chan Nabanita Choudhury Andrea Cruz-Quiroz Aleksandra Dasic Macalester College UWC Mahindra College Canada India Mexico Montenegro Economics Colorado College UWC-USA UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC-USA UWC Adriatic Sociology Johns Hopkins Methodist University Middlebury College Lehigh University University Psychology Environmental Studies Accounting and Finance Martinos Botros Andrea Natalia International Studies/ Psychology Egypt Camargo Pearson College UWC Colombia Vidarith Chan Julia Clark Michele Da Costa Anouk de Fontaine Westminster College UWC Red Cross Nordic Cambodia Canada Brazil Belgium Management University of Florida UWC South East Asia Pearson College UWC UWC Costa Rica Pearson College UWC Information Systems Theater Macalester College Harvard College Methodist University College of the Atlantic Economics/Applied Organismic and Graphic Design Human Ecology Mathematics & Evolutionary Biology Patrick Brunell Adam Casey Statistics USA USA UWC Atlantic College UWC-USA Waritorn Diwa Cody Kunga Dagpo Francisco University of North Reed College Chariyawattanarut USA Tibet De Jesus Neto Carolina at Chapel Hill Anthropology Thailand UWC South East Asia UWC Mahindra College Timor-Leste Economics UWC Adriatic Amherst College Bucknell University Li Po Chun UWC Dartmouth College Asian Languages and Chemical Engineering Luther College Economics/Geography Civilizations/Economics Environmental Studies/ Jenny Bruno Amna Causevic Spanish Class of 2014 Haiti Bosnia & Herzegovina UWC Costa Rica UWC in Mostar Lake Forest College Methodist University Chemistry Chemistry
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Papa Abdoulaye Diop Robert Dorssey Amila Emso Financial Empowerment Senegal USA Bosnia & Herzegovina UWC South East Asia UWC-USA UWC in Mostar “For me, it started in India . I was helping with a microfinance project in some Macalester College Earlham College Colby College Economics/Applied Business & Nonprofit Global Studies/ villages,” recalls Rhea Jain (India, UWC of South East Asia, Claremont McKenna Mathematics & Management/ Economics College ’15) . “Then, my last year at UWC, I went to Kenya for two months and helped Statistics Multimedia Journalism Maasai women start their own businesses .” Anita Djonlic Lorraine D’Souza Sergio Escalera Bosnia & Herzegovina Swaziland Bolivia In college, Rhea jumped into volunteer work aimed at financial empowerment . UWC in Mostar Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Adriatic As co-president of the Social Enterprise Initiative, she has helped bring that college Methodist University UWC Boston Conservatory Chemistry Westminster College Piano Performance project out into the community, where fellow volunteers are collaborating with Junior Rhea Jain, standing at far left, with fellow International Business Achievement to teach financial literacy to local middle schoolers . In-Lend Fund team members (standing, from left)Valerie Ho, Nancy Li, and Nadine With the college’s Education Task Force, Rhea helps high schoolers, mostly from Lafeber; and, seated, the first family the Nokwanda Dlamini Ishan Dutt Daniele Evangelista Swaziland/South Africa India Leite da Silva low-income families in nearby Pomona, write their college-entrance essays and build loan-access project worked with in Pomona, California. Waterford Kamhlaba UWC South East Asia Brazil their resumes with community action . And, with a classmate, she started the In-Lend UWC Pomona College UWC Costa Rica Earlham College Economics/Politics Wellesley College Fund, which connects previously incarcerated women and students at a technology high school with Kiva Zip, a person-to-person Psychology/ East Asian Studies/ loan initiative . International Relations Chemistry “You build relationships — it’s really nice,” Rhea says of volunteer work . “You work with people and see how you’ve influenced Sibusiso Dlamini Faruk Dziho Talata Evers Swaziland Bosnia & Herzegovina Sudan them, and how they’ve influenced your life . It’s just an amazing feeling, to see that progress . Also, it gives me a break from studies!” UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC in Mostar UWC in Mostar Luther College Wartburg College Methodist University Accounting/ Computer Information Political Science Management Systems
Jorge de Leon Miranda Ralitza Dekova Sujaya Desai Hai Do Emina Efendic Joan Ezeogu Guatemala Bulgaria India Vietnam Bosnia & Herzegovina Nigeria UWC Costa Rica Waterford Kamhlaba UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC in Mostar Waterford Kamhlaba Wheaton College UWC Brown University Middlebury College Methodist University UWC Economics Brown University International Relations/ Dance/Economics Financial Economics University of Oklahoma Sociology Anthropology Economics/ International Studies Ravi Donepudi Salomé Egas Jiaqi Fan Dino Dedic Chimi Dema Dieynab Diatta India Ecuador China Bosnia & Herzegovina Bhutan Senegal UWC Mahindra College Pearson College UWC UWC Atlantic College UWC in Mostar UWC-USA UWC Red Cross Nordic Colorado College Skidmore College Wellesley College Westminster College Agnes Scott College Macalester College Mathematics Dance Theater Economics/History Business Economics Economics/ Administration: Finance International Studies and International Kewarin Donthong Peter Ekelmans Basil Farraj Yazan Deek Endalkachew Demise Grace Ding Thailand Netherlands Jordan/Palestine Palestine Ethiopia USA UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC South East Asia Pearson College UWC UWC-USA Waterford Kamhlaba Li Po Chun UWC Lewis & Clark College Middlebury College Earlham College Earlham College UWC Claremont McKenna Chemistry/Premed College Foreign Languages: Economics Peace and Global Studies Earlham College Chinese & Japanese Computer Science Economics/Literature Class of 2014
36 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 37 GRADUATES IN ACTION
Jurgen Fataj Darius Forbes Endalew Gebretsadik Scholars Become Watson Fellows Albania USA Ethiopia Pearson College UWC UWC South East Asia Waterford Kamhlaba Graduates of a college whose academics center on human ecology, Lisa Bjerke (Sweden, Red St. Olaf College Stanford University UWC Cross Nordic UWC, College of the Atlantic ’13) and Graham Reeder (Canada, Pearson UWC, Mathematics/Physics Economics Wartburg College Engineering Science/ College of the Atlantic ’13) spent this year exploring important interactions between various Physics cultures and the environment . On Watson Fellowships, Lisa has looked at composting, Graham at Eshetu Feleke Cindy Fung Mana Ghaemmaghami efforts to cope with climate change . Ethiopia Hong Kong Canada Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Adriatic UWC South East Asia “Anywhere I go, a heap of steaming, decomposing organic materials can for some people be UWC Vassar College University of ‘black gold’ and to others has no value,” writes Lisa . She has seen very different approaches to Middlebury College Art History Pennsylvania Architectural Studies Economics/Hispanic composting, from municipal curbside pickup in Germany to India’s ad hoc collecting, sorting, and Studies reselling of food waste . Marisabel Fernandez Maria Gaetskaya Elena Gilis Watson Fellow Lisa Bjerke in “Mainly,” she reflects, “this journey is feeding more questions than answers .” Venezuela Russia Belgium India. UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Costa Rica UWC Costa Rica Examining climate-change adaptation, Graham has also seen a wide range — from Norway’s Ringling College of Hood College College of the Atlantic federal government feeding data to local and regional planners to Bangladesh’s complexity of charities, NGOs, and private firms Art and Design Middle Eastern Studies/ Human Ecology Motion Design Political Science running local projects across the country . Visiting Norway’s Lofoten Islands in the Arctic Circle, he was inspired to watch environmentalists and fishermen team up to win a four-year extension on an oil-drilling moratorium . Dominika Fiolna Sachin Gaikwad Darko Gligorovski Poland India Macedonia “This kind of campaign is a model for building and protecting resilient communities around the world,” Graham writes . UWC Mahindra College UWC-USA Li Po Chun UWC Brown University Methodist University Kenyon College Sociology Computer Science Political Science/ German Area Studies
Tyler Fisher Maneesha Gammana Adhiraj Goel Turkhishig Gonchigdorj Yuki Goto Zipporah Guerin USA Liyanage India Mongolia Japan USA UWC-USA Sri Lanka UWC Mahindra College UWC Mahindra College Pearson College UWC UWC-USA Northwestern UWC Costa Rica Johns Hopkins Lehigh University Westminster College Stanford University University Wartburg College University Sociology/Social Transnational Studies Psychology Journalism/History International Relations/ Mechanical Engineering Psychology Psychology
Chi Ching Evelyn Fok Pranav Gandhi Karan Goenka Katherine Goodyear Mariana Greif Julio Guerrero Hong Kong India India USA Etchebehere Kesselman Li Po Chun UWC UWC South East Asia UWC Mahindra College UWC South East Asia Uruguay Ecuador Cornell University University of Chicago Northwestern University Carleton College UWC South East Asia UWC Costa Rica Human Development Economics Economics/ Business Sociology/ Ringling College of Dartmouth College Institutions Anthropology Art and Design Economics Photography and Digital Imaging Yik Chun Fong Maria Luisa Garnica Carolina Gomes Kristine Gorgen Ndeye Gueye Hong Kong Marroquin Brazil Germany Maria Gubenko Senegal Li Po Chun UWC Guatemala UWC Mahindra College Li Po Chun UWC Russia UWC Costa Rica Wesleyan University Pearson College UWC Brown University Columbia University UWC in Mostar Washington and Lee Economics/ Kalamazoo College International Relations/ Political Science/ Macalester College University History Mathematics Psychology Economics Economics/ Biology Class of 2014 Mathematics
38 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 39 Jared Hassanali Sebastian Herrador Zenzi Huysmans Nejra Isic UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION Trinidad & Tobago Mexico Belgium Bosnia & Herzegovina UWC Atlantic College UWC Mahindra College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC in Mostar University of Oklahoma Vassar College UWC Hood College Peace-building between Tribes International Studies Economics Duke University Biology/Psychology Psychology Ethnic strife killed some 300,000 Hutus and Tutsis in Burundi while Armel
Nibasumba (Burundi, Waterford Kamhlaba UWC, Middlebury College ’16) Carson Hauck Dylan Hitchcock-Lopez Disa Hynsjö Boglarka Ivanegova was a small boy there . At Middlebury College, Armel organized and secured USA USA Sweden Slovakia UWC-USA UWC Atlantic College UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Atlantic College funding for a 2013 summer camp, Twese (“Everyone”) for Peace, where 22 Middlebury College St. John’s College Macalester College College of the Atlantic young Tutsis and Hutus gathered to learn peace-building and Biology/Environmental Liberal Arts Economics/ Human Ecology Studies Mathematics entrepreneurship skills . “We have a saying in Africa,” he says: “‘If you want
to go fast, go alone . If you want to go far, go together .’” Aseel Hawi Kwun Kui Clarence Ho Juan Ibáñez Nozomi Iwasaki Yemen Hong Kong Panama Japan UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC-USA Pearson College UWC UWC Mahindra College University of Florida Brown University Earlham College Earlham College Economics Economics/Applied Preprofessional Economics Mathematics Engineering/Economics Khethiwe Gumede Palden Gyal Swaziland India Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Red Cross Nordic Sophie Hawley-Weld Emina Hodzic Amar Idrizovic Poorva Jalan UWC Duke University USA Bosnia & Herzegovina Bosnia & Herzegovina India Lewis & Clark College Philosophy/History UWC Adriatic UWC in Mostar UWC in Mostar UWC Mahindra College Computer Science/ Brown University Methodist University Methodist University Kenyon College Mathematics Development Studies Chemistry Computer Science/ Psychology Mathematics Goksan Gungordu Surbhi Hablani Turkey India UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Mahindra College Nidzara Helja Svante C. Daniel Prince Ilboudo Edyta Jaworek Randolph-Macon Skidmore College Bosnia & Herzegovina Holmdahl Burkina Faso Germany College Mathematics/Physics UWC in Mostar Sweden Pearson College UWC UWC Adriatic International Studies Earlham College UWC Red Cross Nordic Connecticut College Ringling College of Peace and Global Dartmouth College Economics/ Art and Design Studies Government/ Psychology International Relations Advertising Design Xinyue Guo Victor Hageman China Sweden UWC Mahindra College UWC Red Cross Nordic Raustin Hernandez Erna Hrncic Ana Ilievska Jasmeet Jernaill Dartmouth College St. John’s College USA Bosnia & Herzegovina Macedonia USA Mathematics/Art Liberal Arts UWC-USA UWC in Mostar UWC in Mostar UWC Atlantic College History Brandeis University Westminster College Westminster College Yale University Sociology/International Political Science/ International Business/ Cognitive Science & Global Studies Transnational Studies Marketing Nayni Gupta Ammar Hasan India Jordan UWC Mahindra College UWC Red Cross Nordic Carlos Hernandez Pedro Hurtado Ortiz Serge Iraguha Lu Jin Wellesley College Methodist University Tellez Nicaragua Rwanda China Economics Political Science Venezuela Li Po Chun UWC UWC in Mostar Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC Dartmouth College Methodist University Earlham College Vassar College Comparative Literature Financial Economics Psychology Urban Studies Tafadzwa Gwisai Yahia Hassan Class of 2014 Zimbabwe Sudan Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Adriatic UWC Yale University Brown University Economics Economics/Political Science
40 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 41 Karolina Karczewska Menzi Khumalo Olga Komissarova UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION Poland Swaziland Russia GRADUATES IN ACTION UWC Red Cross Nordic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Adriatic University of Richmond UWC Ringling College of Research Published Latin American and Hood College Art and Design Economics in Iberian Studies/ Management: Finance, Illustration At Wesleyan, Mfundi Makama (Swaziland, UWC in Mostar, Wesleyan Business Administration Accounting, Marketing Public Service University ’14 ), a combined major in molecular biology/biochemistry and Anastasija Karklina Sophors Khut Shruti Korada Now an economist with the UK Latvia Cambodia neuroscience, coauthored a paper with biology professor Frederick Cohan USA government’s Department of Li Po Chun UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC-USA that was published in . Mfundi has also carried out a Microbiology Open Duke University Macalester College Reed College Energy and Climate Change, Political Science Computer Science/ Davis Project for Peace; and, he adds, “I have started an initiative in my Economics (Spain, UWC- Mathematics Brais Louro-Larino home country that creates dialogues about issues relating to sexism .” USA, Connecticut College ’09) Kübra Zehra Kasikci Harrison Kihonge Mark Koskei earned a master’s at the London Netherlands/Turkey Kenya Kenya School of Economics, then joined UWC in Mostar UWC Costa Rica Li Po Chun UWC Earlham College Middlebury College Stanford University the economic consulting team at Supunnavadee Enni Kallio Psychology Computer Science/ Economics Jitdumrong Finland Economics Deloitte UK, where he contributed Thailand UWC Adriatic and led analyses supporting UWC Red Cross Nordic Westminster College Deniss Kaskurs Colby College Environmental Studies/ Semenov Kirill Katarina Kosmina public- and private-sector clients Latvia Economics/Mathematics/ Economics Russia Serbia UWC Red Cross Nordic around the world . Earlier he was East Asian Studies UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC in Mostar University of Florida University of Florida Northwestern risk and resource-management Emma Johnson Alimamy Kaloko Political Science Sports Management University Malta Sierra Leone Radio/Television/Film & analyst with Sun Mountain Pearson College UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic International Studies International of Ecuador, University of Florida Brown University Meltem Kaso Environmental Elena Kirillova Travis Kotecco supporting environmental Theater Arts Turkey Engineering Russia Kenya UWC Adriatic UWC Atlantic College UWC-USA planning by South American, University of Chicago Colby College Trinity College Caribbean, and African NGOs . Kannika Kaewrakmuk Myriam A. Kane Comparative Human Computer Science/ Economics/ Thailand Senegal Development Japanese Engineering UWC Mahindra College UWC-USA St. Olaf College Johns Hopkins Abebu Kassie Irina Mihail Kiseeva Environmental Studies University Katarina Krasulova Ethiopia Moldova Cognitive Science Slovakia Karolina Krelinova Waterford Kamhlaba Li Po Chun UWC UWC in Mostar Czech Republic UWC University of Richmond Yale University UWC in Mostar Mallie Kai-kai Nucharin Kantapasara Colby College Economics Psychology Sierra Leone Thailand Chemistry Dartmouth College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Atlantic College Anthropology/ Political Science UWC Methodist University Pyat Kaung Ikram Kohli St. Lawrence University Business Administration Daiga Kravale Myanmar India Economics/ Latvia Anja Kresojevic UWC South East Asia UWC Mahindra College Francophone Studies UWC Adriatic Bosnia & Herzegovina/ Stanford University Lake Forest College Macalester College Croatia Aseya Kakar Ajla Karajko Economics Economics Studio Art Bosnia & Herzegovina UWC in Mostar
Afghanistan Class of 2014 Earlham College UWC Atlantic College UWC Adriatic Barnard College Business & Nonprofit Wartburg College Management/ Business Administration/ Economics International Studies International Relations
42 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 43 UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION
Mduduzi Langwenya Yu Mei Lay He Thabo Liphoto From Davis UWC Scholar to Swaziland Chile Lesotho UWC Adriatic UWC-USA Pearson College UWC Colby College Wellesley College Whitman College Rhodes Scholar Economics/Geology Economics Economics/ Mathematics Last fall, Dartmouth economics lecturer Charles Wheelan welcomed the first class to take his new course, Global Policy Leadership . He gave them a daunting Olga Larios Nichaluk Leartprapun Chang Liu Nicaragua Thailand China challenge: spend 10 weeks researching economic development in India, then Pearson College UWC Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC investigate it in-country for three weeks, and finally craft a 60-page policy memo . Middlebury College Brown University St. John’s College Economics Biomedical Engineering Liberal Arts To Joseph Singh (Canada, Pearson UWC, Dartmouth College ’14 ), that Joseph Singh shakes an older gentleman’s hand as sounded just perfect . Joseph hopes to work in international relations, in which he he investigates economic development with fellow will begin graduate studies as a Rhodes Scholar this fall at Oxford . Looking back on Dartmouth students in India. Regina Larre Jin Seok Lee Angela Yan Pui Lo Campuzano Republic of Korea Hong Kong a Dartmouth career that included internships at the Center for New American Mexico UWC South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC Security, the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development UWC Costa Rica University of Michigan Wesleyan University Oberlin College Computer Science Psychology — plus singing at the White House with the Dartmouth Aires, the college’s a cappella male vocal group — he counts Wheelan’s Cinema Studies Engineering course as a highlight . “It was a really cool exercise in group work,” Joseph says . “And getting a Rhodes has been a dream .” Eppie Lau Jean Philipp Leite Yaomingxin Lu Australia Mozambique China “It was a privilege to have Joe in the class,” Charles Wheelan says . “There are people who are quite well informed who wait Pearson College UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Red Cross Nordic for the right moment, and help to coalesce things . He’s that kind of quiet participant, who brings something to the table at just Connecticut College UWC Skidmore College International Relations Bucknell University Asian Studies/ the right time .” Computer Engineering Mathematics
Hei Lam Lau Zachary Lewis Juniar Lucien China USA Haiti Li Po Chun UWC UWC Atlantic College Pearson College UWC Cornell University University of Michigan Agnes Scott College Preksha Krishna Kumar Nisshanth Kumar Milana Kuzmanovic Hotel Adiministration Physics Mathematics /Physics India India Bosnia & Herzegovina UWC Mahindra College UWC Mahindra College UWC in Mostar Sarah Lawrence College The College of Idaho Wellesley College Development Studies/ Political Economy/ East Asian Studies/ Olivia Lau Josephine Liang Vivien Yun-Wen Lung Economics Religion Economics United Kingdom China Hong Kong UWC-USA UWC Mahindra College Li Po Chun UWC Middlebury College Colby College Wesleyan University Ingunn Kristjansdottir Sibusiso Kunene Eric Haw Guang Lam Philosophy Psychology Economics Iceland Swaziland USA UWC Red Cross Nordic Waterford Kamhlaba Li Po Chun UWC University of Florida UWC University of Michigan Psychology Wartburg College Industrial and Colin Lauderdale Kathryn Linthicum Huahao Luo Communication Design Operations Engineering USA USA China Pearson College UWC UWC Atlantic College UWC Atlantic College Kalamazoo College Reed College Lehigh University Rupali Kulshreshtha Aysha Kureishi Kiko Lam Biology Psychology Mechanical Engineering India Canada Hong Kong UWC Atlantic College UWC South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC Class of 2014 University of Michigan Stanford University Dartmouth College Biopsychology Comparative Literature Economics/Digital Arts Cognition & Neuroscience/French
44 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 45 Taaka Lwande Daniel Magesa Prakshi Malik Klaudia Marku Mary Mbayah Albania Kenya Tanzania India Kenya GRADUATES IN ACTION Waterford Kamhlaba Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Mahindra College UWC Atlantic College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Macalester College Wellesley College UWC University of Oklahoma University of Oklahoma Media & Cultural Economics Clark University A Tech Leader International Studies Civil Engineering Studies Economics Featured in Forbes Niamh MacFadden Nikhil Mahapatra Markary Malinouski Robin Martens Karinou Mboka-Boyer Forbes has named David Ireland India Belarus Germany USA (Sierra Leone, Red UWC Atlantic College UWC South East Asia UWC Adriatic Li Po Chun UWC Waterford Kamhlaba Sengeh San Francisco Art Lewis & Clark College Ringling College of Brown University UWC Cross Nordic UWC, Harvard Institute Psychology/Theater Art and Design Cognitive Neuroscience/ Grinnell College College ’10) to its “30 Under 30” Photography Fine Arts Computer Science Sociology roster of “Technology’s Smartest, Sydney Machokoto Jhamat Mahbubani Pandit Mami Jonathan Martin Holly McDonald Youngest, and Most Daring Zimbabwe USA Sierra Leone Germany Australia Innovators .” As a PhD student UWC Costa Rica UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia UWC-USA Methodist University Yale University Colby College Colgate University Earlham College and MIT researcher, “Sengeh Biology Economics Government Physics Politics has taken on the challenge to design the perfect fit for every Prateik Madhavan Mfundi Makama Sanggeet Manirajah Maria Angelica Martinez Emma McGrath prosthetic socket,” the magazine India Swaziland Malaysia Philippines United Kingdom UWC Mahindra College UWC in Mostar UWC Costa Rica UWC Costa Rica UWC Atlantic College said . He is “also the founder of Carleton College Wesleyan University Scripps College Colorado College Earlham College Innovate Salone, a group aiming Economics Molecular Biology/ Politics and Economics Peace and Global Studies Biochemistry International Relations to inspire innovation in his country, and a cofounder of Victoria Makuru Allan Martinez Venegas Siphilele Magagula Chansoknea Mao Stefan Medan Lebone Solutions Inc ., a Swaziland Tanzania Cambodia Costa Rica Bosnia & Herzegovina Waterford Kamhlaba Waterford Kamhlaba Li Po Chun UWC UWC Costa Rica UWC in Mostar company that won $200,000 UWC Macalester College UWC St. Lawrence University Methodist University from the World Bank to produce Ringling College of Earlham College Economics Political Science/ Political Science Anthropology Art and Design Biochemistry microbial fuel cells in Africa .” Interior Design Notsile Maphanga Natalie Mathews Mireille Medard Swaziland Swaziland Haiti Waterford Kamhlaba Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Costa Rica UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION UWC UWC Wheaton College Dhaval Mehta Lake Forest College Methodist University Computer Science India Clinton Global Initiative Sociology/ Marketing UWC Mahindra College Anthropology Cornell University Biological and With support from the Clinton Global Initiative University, Makhosazana Johann Thabo Matse Akshata Mehta Swaziland Environmental Nkambule (Swaziland, Waterford Kamhlaba UWC, College of Idaho ’15) Maradiaga Rivas India Engineering Honduras UWC-USA UWC Mahindra College spent last summer finding rural villages suited for her new project, Swazi Pearson College UWC Dartmouth College The College of Idaho Medina Mesic Seed . In a country devastated by HIV, many orphaned young women are left Lewis & Clark College Engineering Science/ International Political Bosnia & Herzegovina Economics
Chemistry/ Economy/English UWC in Mostar Class of 2014 to care for younger children; Makhosazana aims to teach them 4-2 Engineering Westminster College entrepreneurial skills while providing child care . “It’s going to take years,” Transnational Studies/ Spanish she says . “But it’s worth it ”.
46 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 47 Pareena Morris Anu Nael Vitor Neto Carvalho Lindelwa Ngwenya UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION Zimbabwe Estonia Portugal Swaziland Pearson College UWC Li Po Chun UWC UWC Mahindra College Waterford Kamhlaba Vassar College Kenyon College Bard College UWC Building Literacy and Leadership Political Science Drama Film/Electronic Arts Westminster College Economics/Business Diana Huynh (Norway, UWC of the Atlantic, Wellesley College ’15) helped Administration promote children’s literacy in the developing nations of Africa and Asia Zamokhule Motsa Mukwamataba Sin Seanne Ng Nyoma Clement through the Boston chapter of Room to Read, and worked to build Swaziland Nalishuwa Malaysia Nicknora Waterford Kamhlaba Zambia UWC Mahindra College Sudan worldwide support for girls’ education and literacy . Last summer in Beijing, UWC Pearson College UWC Mount Holyoke College UWC in Mostar Diana was among 20 Wellesley student fellows in the college’s new The College of Idaho Lewis & Clark College Economics/ Methodist University Mathematics/Physics Physics/4-2 Engineering Environmental Studies Financial Economics partnership with Peking University on women’s global leadership . “I feel
really privileged,” she says . Samra Mrkovic Avanti Narayanan Sibusiso Ngobese Linda Nkosi Bosnia & Herzegovina India Swaziland Swaziland UWC in Mostar UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia Waterford Kamhlaba Methodist University Georgetown University Macalester College UWC Biology/Microbiology International Politics Mathematics/ Wartburg College Computer Science James Meyo Jens Moeller Economics/Business Kenya Greenland Administration UWC Mahindra College UWC Red Cross Nordic Ahmed Muaz Nawar Naseer Linh Bao Nguyen Jigme Norbu Bates College University of Florida Maldives Bangladesh Vietnam Bhutan Biological Chemistry Mechanical UWC Mahindra College Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC UWC Atlantic College Engineering Luther College Bryn Mawr College Kenyon College Union College Economics/Art Biology Economics/ International Economics Studies Abraham Mgowano Yae Woon Moon Tanzania Republic of Korea Waterford Kamhlaba UWC South East Asia Lejla Muhamedagic Sabelo Ndlovu Ngoc Nguyen Gift Ntuli UWC Northwestern Bosnia & Herzegovina South Africa Vietnam Zimbabwe Stanford University University UWC in Mostar UWC Adriatic UWC Mahindra College Waterford Kamhlaba Computer Science Psychology & Art Theory/ University of Richmond Amherst College Brown University UWC Integrated Marketing Accounting Law, Jurisprudence, and Economics Colby College Communications Social Thought Ana Mihajlovic Geology/Physics Bosnia & Herzegovina Diego Morera Albi Mullai Rosie Nelson Tu Nguyen UWC-USA Costa Rica Laone Oagile Albania United Kingdom Vietnam Earlham College Pearson College UWC Botswana UWC Atlantic College UWC South East Asia UWC-USA Business & Nonprofit Westminster College UWC Red Cross Nordic Management/ Westminster College Colorado College Wheaton College Environmental Studies Methodist University International Studies Film and New Media Business Administration/ Feminist and Gender Business Administration Economics Studies Studies/French Studies Kristina Miklavic Norway Lorenzo Moretti Muntanga Musiwa Nicole Nembhard Kwandokuhle Ngwenya UWC Red Cross Nordic Italy Vivian Ojo Zambia Jamaica Zimbabwe Kenyon College Pearson College UWC Namibia UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC-USA UWC Red Cross Nordic Psychology/Philosophy Brown University Waterford Kamhlaba Methodist University Earlham College University of Florida Economics/Political UWC Building Construction Science Political Science Chemistry/Geology Georgetown University
Anja Mirkovic Regional and Class of 2014 Bosnia & Herzegovina Comparative Studies: UWC in Mostar Africa and Latin America Lake Forest College Psychology/Economics
48 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 49 Olawunmi Ola-Busari Delilah Owen Todor Parushev Nigeria United Kingdom Bulgaria Waterford Kamhlaba Pearson College UWC UWC-USA GRADUATES IN ACTION UWC College of the Atlantic Dartmouth College Bard College Human Ecology Mathematical Social From Medellin to Montenegro Economics Science /Economics Updates from Middlebury Alums Jackson Oldham Juan Pacheco Laura Pastores USA Colombia Philippines UWC-USA UWC Costa Rica UWC-USA Hans Walter Cabra Hernandez ’09 Nemanja Tepav ˇc evi c´ ’10 (Montenegro, UWC University of Oklahoma Connecticut College Westminster College Criminology/ International Film Studies/Cultural International Business (Colombia, Red Cross Nordic UWC): “After of the Adriatic): “After completing a master’s Security Studies Studies and Criticism completing a degree in political science and degree in European politics and society from Ayelen Pagnanelli Rahul Patle French at Middlebury, I received a master’s the University of Oxford, for almost two years I Michael Oliver Australia Argentina India degree in government and public policy at the have been a consultant for the Delegation of UWC Mahindra College UWC Adriatic UWC Mahindra College Skidmore College Luther College Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá . I then entered the Global the European Union to Montenegro, delivering research and Duke University Philosophy Gender Studies/ Computer Science Competitiveness Leadership Program at Georgetown University . analysis services in the areas of human rights, justice, and home Studio Art Today I am the executive director of Fundación Haciendo affairs . Despite the fact that my UWC and Middlebury Rita Ombaka Vaskar Pahari Joanna Patouris Equipo, an organization that works with young people from experiences are several years behind me, the values and skills I Kenya Nepal Swaziland vulnerable neighborhoods in Medellin . Our aim is to enhance gained at those magical institutions will accompany me Waterford Kamhlaba UWC South East Asia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Yale University UWC learning and foster behavioral changes, as well as provide throughout my life — wherever it may take me around the globe .” Lewis & Clark College Mathematics St. Lawrence University scholarships and job opportunities so these young leaders can International Affairs/ Environmental Studies/ Music Education Economics/Sociology begin shaping a better world, for themselves and for others ”. Colette van der Ven ’09 (Netherlands, UWC of the Atlantic): “I am a member of the class Mikhail Osanov Nawang Palkit Alina Payankova Russia India Belarus Joanna “Jo” Opot ’05 (Kenya, Mahindra of 2014 at Harvard Law School, pursuing a UWC in Mostar UWC Mahindra College UWC AdriaticPH UWC of India): “I am the director of business joint JD/MPP degree with the Kennedy Bucknell University Luther College Methodist University Civil Engineering Psychology Political Science development at Singlebrook Technology, a School of Government . At Harvard, I have company that develops websites and mobile been involved with the Human Rights Clinic and I am the Saloni Pandey apps for foundations, universities, and social co-founder of the Trade Innovation Initiative, which provides pro Johann Osbakk Noelia Pereira Norway Nepal Timor-Leste enterprises, including Cornell University and the Environmental bono legal advice to small businesses in international trade . I Pearson College UWC UWC Mahindra College UWC Red Cross Nordic Mount Holyoke College Defense Fund . Since our mission is ‘tech for change,’ both my also serve as co-president of the Harvard Law and International Earlham College Luther College Economics/Politics Economics Environmental Studies Middlebury training in strategic thinking and my UWC social Development Society, and am co-coaching the 2014 World and environmental ideals come into play every day . I am also Trade Organization Moot Court Team . After graduating, I will Ambar Setu Pankaj Maikor Pereira Azuaje writing a dissertation on innovative recycling systems for my move to Geneva to work in private practice representing clients Nevena Ostojic Bosnia & Herzegovina United Kingdom Venezuela/Brazil master’s degree in sustainability at the University of Cambridge . involved in World Trade Organization cases ”. UWC in Mostar Pearson College UWC Waterford Kamhlaba Northwestern University UWC I cannot thank the Davis family or Middlebury enough for the Wartburg College Chemistry Economics/ Whitman College Industrial Engineering
opportunities I have received .” Anthropology/Geology Class of 2014
50 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 51 Ngoc Pham Rosalyn Camila Quinteros GRADUATES IN ACTION Vietnam Price-Waldman Casaverde UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION UWC Costa Rica USA Peru Wellesley College UWC-USA UWC-USA Trading MLS Soccer Economics Brown University Lake Forest College Calculating a College’s Contribution Evolutionary Biology/ Art for Affordable Ecology Colorado College President Jill Tiefenthaler hosted a discussion last fall of a new, 47-page research report — authored by Aradhya Sood (India, Mahindra UWC Education Hieu Phan Chiara Prodani Ursula Raasted Vietnam Albania Denmark of India, Colorado College ’14) — detailing the college’s $168 million annual In spring 2013, Alejandro Sucre Pearson College UWC UWC Atlantic College UWC Mahindra College impact on Colorado’s economy . At Tiefenthaler’s request, the economics major (Venezuela, UWC of the Atlantic, Colby College Brown University Brown University Computer Science Biology Writing for Performance/ had quantified five years of the college’s economic impact: everything from staff Amherst College ’13) became Modern Culture & Media salaries to pizza purchases . The president “thought these questions needed to the first Amherst graduate ever Oladoyin Phillips Patricio Provencio Jelena Radmanovic be answered,” she told the Colorado Springs Business Journal . drafted by Major League Soccer . Nigeria O’Donoghue Bosnia & Herzegovina Instead, he decided to begin UWC Atlantic College Mexico UWC in Mostar Princeton University UWC Atlantic College Earlham College working as a business associate Operations Research/ University of Florida Business & Nonprofit Financial Engineering Management/Politics with panOpen, a company that Sociology Surabhi Raj Bhandari Marcos Ramos seeks to make textbooks more Nepal Brazil Stapor Phoung Aleksandra Przulj Taran Raghuram UWC-USA Waterford Kamhlaba affordable by providing open- Cambodia Bosnia & Herzegovina USA Wellesley College UWC source content . “I also joined UWC Adriatic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Mahindra College Political Science/ Earlham College Methodist University UWC Brown University Economics Sociology/ Anthropology the soccer team of the New York Political Science Methodist University Physics/Development Economics Athletic Club, which plays in one Psychology Archana Ramanujam Maria Ramos of the best amateur soccer Netherlands Costa Rica Alison Pierik Ana Puhac Kamila Rahimi UWC South East Asia UWC Mahindra College leagues in the city,” he reports . Canada Croatia Afghanistan Dartmouth College Earlham College Pearson College UWC UWC in Mostar UWC-USA Anthropolgy Latin American Studies/ College of the Atlantic College of the Atlantic Smith College Theater Arts Human Ecology Human Ecology Economics Kavi Ramburn Isaac Ramphal Petar Petrovic Mauritius Barbados Serbia Francis Poitier Meghana Puri Navin Rahman UWC Mahindra College UWC Costa Rica UWC Adriatic Bahamas India Bangladesh Earlham College Union College Macalester College Pearson College UWC UWC South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC Economics/ Chemistry Economics/ University of Richmond Northwestern Colorado College International Studies International Studies Biology University International Political Economics Economics/Psychology Faima Ramirez Nandini Rathi Stefan Petrovic Spain India Croatia Ilija Prachkovski Mustafa Qader Sahadev Rai UWC Costa Rica UWC Mahindra College UWC Adriatic Macedonia Iraq Nepal University of North Whitman College Bucknell University UWC Adriatic UWC in Mostar UWC Mahindra College Carolina at Chapel Hill Politics/Film & Media Cell Biology/ Macalester College University of Oklahoma Westminster College Journalism/ Studies Biochemistry Political Science Political Science/ Electrical Engineering International Relations & International Studies Diplomacy/ Class of 2014 Transnational Studies
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Violet Rukambeiya Cire Sarr Tory Scott Learning Leadership by Leading Tanzania Senegal USA UWC-USA UWC Adriatic UWC Red Cross Nordic The February 2013 Macalester Connect+ Leadership Conference drew 39 college Brown University Middlebury College Denison University Economics/Community Economics Philosophy/Politics/ students—most of them Davis UWC Scholars—to Macalester College for three days of Health Economics in-depth discussion and learning about making positive change . Conference co-organizer Sara Parcero Leites (Spain, UWC-USA, Macalester Robina Saha Anne-Margreet Sas Francis Sekumbo India Netherlands Tanzania College ’15) had known the event would be a successful and rewarding experience . UWC South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC Waterford Kamhlaba What she finds really satisfying is that, a year later, many of the participants are still in Oberlin College Earlham College UWC Art History International Studies Brandeis University touch via the Connect+ social-media presence and other means . Sara noted that a Participants talk closely at the Macalester Economics/International & number of them continue to work on projects that grew out of the student-organized Connect+ Leadership Conference. Global Studies gathering . . Dhruv Sahi Dewa Savitri Indira Selimovic India Indonesia Bosnia & Herzegovina “They’re helping each other with ideas and support,” says Sara, one of four Macalester students who spent nine months UWC Mahindra College Pearson College UWC UWC in Mostar organizing Connect+ . “What surprises me is that they’re actually doing it! We’re college students — we’re always busy, and nobody Connecticut College Agnes Scott College University of Richmond Economics/ International Relations International Studies/ has time .” Last year, the organizers received Macalester’s Civil Discourse Award, given to a student organization that has “promoted Mathematics German Studies civil discourse on campus on issues related to difference and inclusivity .” Other student organizers at Macalester included Ezequiel Jimenez (Argentina, Red Cross Nordic UWC Macalester College ’13), Davide Gandolfi, (Italy, UWC–USA, Macalester Naima Sakande Laith Sayed Ahmad Kagan Sen United Kingdom Jordan Turkey College ’13), Elena Tonc (Croatia, UWC-USA, Macalester College ’13), and Taren Kingser ’11, assistant director of Macalester’s UWC Costa Rica Li Po Chun UWC UWC in Mostar Annual Fund . Yale University Earlham College St. Olaf College Global Affairs International Studies Economics “We were putting on a leadership conference,” Kingser reflects . “But through the process, we were learning something about leadership .” Junius Santoso Nursyazwani Sazali Elena Sergienko Indonesia Singapore Russia Li Po Chun UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic Pearson College UWC Trinity College Methodist University Earlham College Engineering/ Political Science Computer Science Mathematics Eric Reed Salvador Rivas Ratu Rokodulu USA Venezuela Fiji UWC Mahindra College UWC Costa Rica Pearson College UWC Aya Saraswati Marie Schleef Afsha Sethi Bard College Earlham College Washington and Lee Indonesia Austria India Chemistry Sociology/ Anthropology University UWC Red Cross Nordic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Mahindra College Business Administration Ringling College of UWC The College of Idaho Art and Design Bard College International Political Business of Art and Theater Economy Juan Riano Jorge Rivera Judy Anne Romero Design Colombia Hernandez Philippines UWC Costa Rica Guatemala Pearson College UWC Radha Sarkar Hans Schnorr Majahonkhe Shabangu Wheaton College UWC South East Asia Bucknell University India von Carolsfeld Swaziland International Relations/ Colorado College Cell Biology/ UWC Mahindra College Canada Waterford Kamhlaba Anthropology Political Science Biochemistry Princeton University UWC Adriatic UWC Politics College of the Atlantic Harvard College Human Ecology
Biomedical Engineering Class of 2014 Facundo Rivarola Yim Rodriguez Nastassia Rudak Paraguay Sampértegui Belarus UWC Atlantic College Peru UWC in Mostar St. Lawrence University UWC-USA Dartmouth College Global Studies/ Earlham College Government/ Sociology Neuroscience/ Economics Chemistry
54 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 55 Mohamed Shahin Goran Simic Umurcan Solak Arthriya Suksuwan Egypt Croatia Turkey Thailand UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC in Mostar UWC Adriatic Pearson College UWC Westminster College Middlebury College University of Richmond University of Florida Psychology Economics Finance and Accounting Civil Engineering 70 Nationalities at UWC Summit The second annual Pacific Northwest Davis UWC Scholars Summit, held April
Rahul Sharma Marko Simovic Chad Sonn Nicolai Svanefjord 2013 at The College of Idaho drew 75 Scholars, from Whitman College in India Bosnia & Herzegovina South Africa Denmark Washington, Lewis & Clark in Oregon, and the host school . “Globalization and UWC Mahindra College UWC in Mostar UWC Costa Rica UWC in Mostar The College of Idaho Methodist University Middlebury College St. Olaf College the Loss of Culture” was the theme, with the scholars representing more than Art Accounting International Politics/ Economics/Sociology/ 70 nationalities . All planning, organizing, and coordination was carried out by Economics Anthropology scholars from the three schools, most notably Hawwa Nashfa (Maldives, Red Tashi Sherpa Smirna Sinanovic Aradhya Sood Micah Swann Cross Nordic UWC, College of Idaho ’13) and Luis Reyes (Peru, UWC of Nepal Bosnia & Herzegovina India USA Costa Rica, College of Idaho ’13) . UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC in Mostar UWC Mahindra College UWC-USA Skidmore College Methodist University Colorado College Brown University Management and Marketing Mathematics Biology/Geology Business
Avia Tadmor Perk Han Eugene Tan Dawa Pashi Sherpa Joseph Singh Daniel Sopdie Damaris Sweet USA Malaysia Nepal Canada Cameroon Curacao UWC-USA Li Po Chun UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic Pearson College UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC in Mostar Harvard College Colorado College Westminster College Dartmouth College UWC University of Florida Psychology Environmental Science/ Biology Government Wartburg College Information Systems Chemistry International Relations/ Economics/Political Science Yuka Takemon Hokchhay Tann Phiwokuhle Shongwe Ravinder Singh Zainab Syed Japan Cambodia Swaziland India Kaddu Ssekibakke Pakistan Li Po Chun UWC UWC-USA Li Po Chun UWC UWC Atlantic College Uganda UWC Atlantic College College of the Atlantic Trinity College Skidmore College Westminster College UWC-USA Brown University Human Ecology Engineering/Mathematics Mathematics/ International Studies University of North Political Science Engineering Carolina at Chapel Hill Mathematics Khardiata Tall Sitta Tarawally Vincent Gerard Maria Smerkovich Akilah Sykes Senegal Sierra Leone Siegerink Israel Alexander Stuth Jamaica UWC-USA Waterford Kamhlaba Netherlands UWC Red Cross Nordic USA UWC Atlantic College Carleton College UWC Waterford Kamhlaba Wheaton College UWC Mahindra College Macalester College Economics University of Oklahoma UWC International Relations Brown University Biology/French Drama/Theater Macalester College Music Economics/ Studio Art Yuen Yee Tam Kiruba Kim Tay Siphamandla Simelane Peter Smith Magdalena Szymaniec China Singapore Swaziland USA Jasmina Suko Poland Li Po Chun UWC UWC South East Asia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC-USA Bosnia & Herzegovina UWC Red Cross Nordic Carleton College Georgetown University UWC Princeton University UWC in Mostar Ringling College of English Art History/Government Luther College Sociology Brown University Art and Design Illustration Mathematics/Statistics/ Biology Class of 2014 Economics
56 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 57 Tamru Taye Nathan Thanki Hickson Toe Gereltuya Tumurbaatar Ethiopia Ireland Liberia Mongolia UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION Waterford Kamhlaba Pearson College UWC UWC-USA UWC Adriatic UWC College of the Atlantic Luther College Boston Conservatory Earlham College Human Ecology Accounting/Economics Violin Performance Start-up CFO Geology Having discovered entrepreneurship at Johns Hopkins, Demilade Obayomi
Sotheary Teang Nehemiah Thaveethu Vincent Tomasino Daphnee Tuzlak (Nigeria, Pearson UWC, Johns Hopkins University ’15) is the CFO of Jama Cambodia Malaysia USA Canada Cocoa, a start-up he launched with another JHU undergrad after a successful Li Po Chun UWC UWC Mahindra College UWC Red Cross Nordic Pearson College UWC Earlham College University of North Brown University Middlebury College kick-start campaign . Jama Cocoa (jamacocoa .com) sells single-origin chocolates Mathematics/Economics Carolina at Chapel Hill Theater Arts Geology from five nations and features the work of up-and-coming and established artists Computer Science on their packaging . Long term, Demi hopes “to evaluate and invest in business
Kebebush Tekle Jomkuan Cally Tomlinson Doriyush Ubaydi and infrastructure that add value to the lives of people in sub-Saharan Africa .” Ethiopia Theprungsirikul United Kingdom Tajikistan UWC Red Cross Nordic Thailand UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic Macalester College UWC-USA Brown University Macalester College Biology Duke University Visual Art/Art History Economics/ Classical Languages Biology Eva Valladares Anton Grigor Velkovsky Spain Bulgaria Miia-Liisa Termonen Sheba Thomas-Gifford Hoang Tran Ersin Ucar UWC Costa Rica UWC Adriatic Finland Jamaica Vietnam Turkey Colby College Westminster College UWC Mahindra UWC Costa Rica UWC Adriatic UWC Red Cross Nordic Anthropology/ Political Science Colby College University of Florida Earlham College Westminster College Global Studies Psychology/Creative International Studies Mathematics/Physics/ International Business/ Writing Computer Science Economics Abir Varma Lidya Veradilla India Indonesia Amr Thameen Tenzing Thondup Trang Tran Ojiugo Uche UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia Iraq India Denmark Nigeria Swarthmore College Earlham College Li Po Chun UWC UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Costa Rica Economics Business & Nonprofit Middlebury College Duke University Macalester College St. John’s College Management/Economics Architectural Studies Psychology Psychology Liberal Arts Tijana Vasiljevic Rovarovaivalu Vesikula Bosnia & Herzegovina Fiji Gabriel Trejos Duran Lame Ungwang UWC in Mostar Pearson College UWC Costa Rica Botswana Methodist University Lewis & Clark College UWC Costa Rica Waterford Kamhlaba Chemistry Economics GRADUATES IN ACTION St. Olaf College UWC Economics/ Lewis & Clark College Environmental Studies Economics/ Enzo Vasquez Toral Nguyen Minh Vo A Breakthrough in Nanotechnology International Affairs Peru Vietnam “It was my eureka moment,” says Jia Liu (China, Red Cross Nordic UWC, Thulani Tsabedze Benedikt Urban UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia Westminster College ’09) of seeing the evidence confirming that her Swaziland Austria Harvard College Bucknell University Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Mahindra College History/Literature Chemical Engineering research team had made a long-sought breakthrough . A PhD student in UWC Earlham College chemistry at USC, she’s on a team that worked for three years on using University of Politics Pennsylvania Class of 2014
Selja Vassnes Ivana Vukovic Class of 2014 short, sorted carbon nanotubes as “seeds,” under high temperature, to grow International Relations/ Norway Montenegro Mathematics longer nanotubes with specified atomic structures . The journal Nature UWC Red Cross Nordic Li Po Chun UWC Communications described the study chronicling the team’s success . Macalester College Whitman College Political Science Biochemistry/Biophysics/ Molecular Biology
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Hard Choices for African Refugees Caroline George Arash Zandi Daniel Yanyang Zhou Yambesi United Kingdom Canada Yolanda Mseka (Malawi, Waterford Kamhlaba UWC, Lake Forest College ’12) was just Tanzania UWC Atlantic College Li Po Chun UWC UWC Costa Rica Ringling College of Northwestern University looking for a job . In Lilongwe, the capital of her home nation, Malawi (often called “the Earlham College Art and Design Economics/Business Warm Heart of Africa”), Yolanda was working as a government intern when she was Business & Nonprofit Digital Filmmaking Institutions Management/Economics invited to attend an appeal hearing for refugees denied asylum status . Yiran Yang Kidist Belay Zewdie Irene Zoller Huete She’s now an eligibility officer in Malawi’s Refugee Status Determination Unit . She China Ethiopia Spain interviews asylum seekers at a large refugee camp near the capital, reviews their claims, UWC Adriatic UWC-USA UWC in Mostar University of Florida Macalester College Lewis & Clark College and recommends whether or not they meet the criteria . Accounting Biology Studio Art “The first few months, I couldn’t sleep,” Yolanda says . “I thought, ‘This person’s life is in my hands .’ I pray a lot . And I pray for the families .” Yolanda Mseka Juan Yanqui Rivera Xufan Zhang Ivan Zovko Most of the estimated 20,000 refugees in the Dzaleka camp have fled violence within Ecuador China Bosnia & Herzegovina/ the Democratic Republic of Congo; some have lived in the camp for years . Yolanda never UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Mahindra College Croatia St. Olaf College Princeton University UWC in Mostar imagined she would do work like this, but now she is applying to graduate programs on international migration . Visual Arts Mathematics Earlham College She’s also raising peanuts and popcorn to sell, running a Christian group for young women, attending seminars on Business & Nonprofit Management entrepreneurship, helping a young mother of five start a business — and she has opened a thrift store . Daniel Yeboah-Kordieh Yuchen Zhang Naomi Zucker “I got that idea from America!” she says . Ghana China Canada UWC-USA UWC Atlantic College Pearson College UWC Princeton University University of Michigan Princeton University Molecular Biology Civil and Environmental Anthropology Engineering
Hamidullah Esme Wong Sonia Wurzel Hiu Ching Judy Yeung Brian Zhou Erlin Zylalaj Wafakhaish Malaysia USA Hong Kong Canada Albania Afghanistan UWC Adriatic Li Po Chun UWC UWC Costa Rica Li Po Chun UWC UWC Adriatic UWC Adriatic Luther College Oberlin College Bryn Mawr College Northwestern University Northwestern Methodist University Music Psychology Economics Economics/Business University Business Institutions Computer Science Administration James Whittaker Nga Sze Serena Wong Qing Xu Wing Yee Winnie Yoe USA Hong Kong China Hong Kong Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Mahindra College UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION Brown University Earlham College University of Michigan Dartmouth College International Relations/ Psychology Electrical Engineering Studio Art Economics Reaching Out for Open Minds As Bucknell’s only Indonesian, Christian Hendra Limawan (Indonesia, UWC Randula Ka Ling Wu Anabel Yahuitl Garcia Yanyi Yoong of the Adriatic, Bucknell University ’16) works to promote understanding, both Wickramasinghe Hong Kong Mexico Malaysia Sri Lanka Li Po Chun UWC UWC Adriatic UWC South East Asia on campus and back home . At the university, he’s an officer of Students for UWC Red Cross Nordic Brown University Kenyon College University of Oklahoma Asian Awareness, and he mentors U .S . students from under-represented Earlham College Civil Engineering Anthropology/ Women’s Architecture
Sociology/Anthropology & Gender Studies backgrounds . Last summer he interned with Indonesia Mengajar (Teach for Class of 2014 Indonesia), which provides volunteer teachers to rural elementary schools . Yaroslav Zabavskiy Russia And this spring break, he helped lead a Bucknell student trip to civil-rights- UWC Atlantic College movement sites in the American South . Earlham College Art/Photography
60 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 61 Additional Senior Scholars Getnet Bante Justina Chung Geronimo Etchechury Gomez Rachita Jain (photos not available) Iraq Hong Kong Uruguay India Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Li Po Chun UWC UWC-USA UWC South East Asia GRADUATES IN ACTION Nicole Adams Westminster College University of Chicago University of Florida Princeton University Australia Physics Economics Civil Engineering Economics Engaging Mumbai’s UWC South East Asia University of Virginia Dana Benami Lorela Ciraku Vanda Gaidamovic Ghassan Jaradat Jewish Youths Anthropology Germany Albania Lithuania Jordan UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic Li Po Chun UWC UWC-USA On a yearlong fellowship in Irem Agirbas Columbia University Gettysburg College Middlebury College Occidental College Mumbai with the Joint Turkey Economics/East Asian Languages Biochemistry/Molecular Biology Music Media Arts and Culture UWC in Mostar and Cultures Distribution Committee (JDC), University of Richmond Charles Coe Mulubrhan Gebrekidan Frieda Kay International Studies/ Baola Beti USA Ethiopia USA Tahl Mayer (USA/Israel, UWC- International Economics Albania UWC Adriatic Pearson College UWC UWC Atlantic College USA, Brandeis University ’10, UWC Adriatic University of Pennsylvania Westminster College Brown University Ra’ed Al shdaifat Wheaton College Economics/Urban Studies Environmental Science/Chemistry Environmental Studies/Engineering MA ’11) worked with a Jewish Jordan Economics/Mathematics community center and a local Pearson College UWC Zuri de Souza Gaurav Gidwani Jennifer Kim Kalamazoo College Giovanna Bettoli India China USA NGO to start a youth Chemistry Italy UWC Mahindra College UWC Atlantic College UWC-USA UWC South East Asia University of Michigan Princeton University development program in a slum Sandro Aravena Perez College of the Atlantic Occidental College Design Aerospace Engineering/Business Civil & Environmental Engineering neighborhood . He also advised a Chile Diplomacy and World Affairs UWC Adriatic Azer Donko David Gonzalez Baptista Audrey Kingman social entrepreneurship program Kenyon College Yoon Kyung Cho Venezuela USA Bosnia & Herzegovina for young adults looking to Dance/Modern Languages Republic of Korea UWC in Mostar UWC Red Cross Nordic Li Po Chun UWC UWC South East Asia University of Florida Cornell University Derar Ayoush Westminster College improve their communities . Cornell University Business Telecommunications–Production Biological Science/Biology Palestine City and Regional Planning Mumbai’s problems can seem UWC Atlantic College Sharmishtha Gupta Karoline Komolafe Susic Dzana overwhelming, he notes — but University of Florida Muhammad Chowdhury Bosnia & Herzegovina Singapore United Kingdom Finance Bangladesh UWC in Mostar UWC South East Asia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC “every person you reach has the UWC Adriatic Scripps College University of Virginia Methodist University potential to make and Dartmouth College Business Administration Anthropology/History Politics Biology/Economics experience change .” Dzenana Dzanic Vaibhav Gupta James Krolikowski Bosnia & Herzegovina United Kingdom Poland UWC in Mostar UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic Cornell University Princeton University UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION Methodist University Accounting AEM Art/Archaeology Guojun Lee Iara Guzman Guilherme Lambert Gomes Ferraz Leading on the Track and in the Lab Sara El Bohy Singapore Bolivia Brazil USA UWC-USA UWC Atlantic College UWC-USA Grinnell women’s track captain Christine Ajinjeru (Uganda, UWC of the UWC-USA Colorado College Princeton University Dartmouth College Atlantic, Grinnell College ’14) holds the school’s outdoor record in the 400 University of North Carolina Healing through Land, at Chapel Hill Politics Creative Writing/Architecture Culture, Community meters . She has also helped lead the Grinnell chapter of Global Brigades, Anthropology/Global Studies Mirja Hitzemann Felicia Lang Benjamin Leung the world’s largest student-run global health and sustainable development Ece Erdagoz Germany USA Hong Kong UWC Costa Rica UWC Mahindra College organization . A chemistry major, she has done science research at the Oak Turkey UWC Adriatic UWC-USA Occidental College Westminster College College of the Atlantic Ridge National Research Lab in Tennessee, has helped lead Grinnell’s Harvard College History Sociology and Anthropology Human Ecology Economics Class of 2014 International Pre-Orientation Program, and has mentored fellow students in Osayuwame Ikhinmwin Filip Lazarevic Ka Yeung Kevin Leung Nigeria Bosnia & Herzegovina organic chemistry . Hong Kong UWC Atlantic College UWC in Mostar Li Po Chun UWC University of Virginia Methodist University Princeton University Political Philosophy, Policy and Law Political Science Economics
62 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 63 Viktor Lofgren Iris Nevins Sweden USA UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION GRADUATES IN ACTION UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC-USA Sarah Lawrence College Pomona College An “Afro-Dandy” Political Economy/Russian Africana Studies Insights on Africans in China Fashion Line Marija Magoc Puishan (Ellis) Ng Growing links between China and Africa have drawn African immigrants to the Croatia Hong Kong Asian nation — and with a Williams Class of 1945 Student World Fellowship, The House of Tayo, a fashion line UWC Red Cross Nordic Pearson College UWC University of Florida Middlebury College Refiloe Damane (Lesotho, Li Po Chun UWC, Williams College ’14) traveled to created by Matthew “Tayo” Building Construction IGS three immigrant communities in China, interviewing both Africans and Chinese Rugamba (Uganda/Rwanda, Mbongeni Mahluza Daniel Oon Wei Rhen who had interacted with them . That led to research and independent study in Waterford Kamhlaba UWC, Swaziland Malaysia Hong Kong, where Ref dug into the “one country/two systems” relationship Lewis & Clark College ’13), “has Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Mahindra College University of North Carolina Dartmouth College between Hong Kong and mainland China . already generated considerable at Chapel Hill Sociology Religious Studies online buzz” by “fusing African Mikel Qafa wax-print fabrics with Western Luigi Mendez Albania Venezuela UWC in Mostar accessories in a vein the UWC Mahindra College Earlham College Martin Chi Hin So Michal Varga 24-year-old calls ‘Afro- Colorado College Computer Science Hong Kong Slovakia Political Science Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC Dandyism,’” the Monthly Lucy Richards Luis Mendieta Elena USA University of Chicago Colorado College Portland [Oregon] Business Bolivia UWC Adriatic Economics/Theater and Film and New Media Performance Studies reported last January . As an UWC Red Cross Nordic Stanford University Busiswa Vilakazi University of Florida Symbolic Systems Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa Swaziland undergrad, Matthew brought his Civil Engineering Rena Sapon-White Zimbabwe Waterford Kamhlaba UWC styles to Africa Week in London . Natasha Merali USA UWC-USA Stanford University Princeton University This spring, he planned to start Canada UWC-USA Energy Resources Engineering UWC Atlantic College Dartmouth College Music offering retail sales . Elizabeth Villalobos-Zamora Columbia University Senior Fellowship Film/History Ajibu Timbo Costa Rica Biology Natasa Savic Sierra Leone UWC-USA Miran Milavic Bosnia & Herzegovina UWC of South East Asia University of Florida Bosnia & Herzegovina UWC in Mostar Skidmore College Finance UWC in Mostar Methodist University Biology Joyce Lim Eirik Voll Westminster College Social Work Singapore Kitti Tong Norway Business Administration UWC Adriatic Justin Seek Hong Kong UWC Atlantic College Princeton University Dijana Milenov Singapore UWC-USA Dartmouth College Economics Serbia UWC South East Asia University of Virginia Philosophy UWC Adriatic Columbia University Economics Liang Liu Tashi Wangmo University of Florida Political Science China Abylay Tyurebayev India Architecture UWC Red Cross Nordic Elvira Sihvola Kazakhstan UWC Atlantic College Macalester College Vinayak Mitra Finland Pearson College UWC Dartmouth College Computer Science India UWC Costa Rica Westminster College Asian and Middle Eastern Studies UWC South East Asia Harvard College Economics Katharina Lix Wouter Zwart University of Virginia Government Germany Aziz Tyuryaev USA
Economics Class of 2014 UWC Costa Rica Shannon Smith Tajikistan Pearson College UWC Harvard College Nikhita Narendran USA UWC in Mostar Dartmouth College Psychology India UWC-USA Macalester College Engineering/Studio Art UWC South East Asia Reed College Economics Claremont McKenna College Anthropology Economics
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Muhammad Adriansyah Class of 2015 Indonesia “The academic excellence of UWC schools means that Pearson College UWC Colette Abah Westminster College Davis UWC Scholars arrive on Earlham’s campus with a Cameroon UWC Atlantic College Divyansh Agarwal huge head start toward the acquisition of insights and Massachusetts Institute of India Technology UWC Mahindra College skills that will make them transformative leaders. Yale University Hawi Abbajobir Earlham’s Davis UWC Scholars leave their leadership Germany Garima Agrawal Pearson College UWC India mark everywhere on campus—in class, student Lewis & Clark College UWC Mahindra College Sarah Lawrence College government, in athletics, in art, music, and theater, in Stephanie Abbot-Grobicki Pablo Aguilera Del Castillo Sweden Dance Alloy—just to name a few places of impact. UWC Atlantic College Mexico Dartmouth College UWC Adriatic College of the Atlantic Davis UWC Scholars don’t just ‘come to’ Earlham; they Masoud Abdalla Kenya Akua Agyei help make it what it is. Together with an amazingly Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Ghana University of Florida Waterford Kamhlaba UWC diverse community of national and international Lake Forest College Isfandiyor Abdullo students, Davis UWC Scholars help keep Earlham Tajikistan Faiz Ahmad India Li Po Chun UWC intellectually challenging, socially concerned, globally The College of Idaho UWC South East Asia Franklin & Marshall College Mihiret Abebe engaged, and future directed.” Ethiopia Muhammad Ahmadi Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Afghanistan DAVID DAWSON UWC Costa Rica Westminster College President, Earlham College Middlebury College Saly Abed Israel Kinem Akgun UWC Red Cross Nordic Turkey Earlham College UWC Adriatic St. Olaf College Michael Aleman Dereck Alleyne Mebrahtu Abreha USA Barbados Princess Daisy Akita Ethiopia UWC-USA UWC-USA Ghana Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Northwestern University Westminster College The College of Idaho UWC-USA Harvard College Betelihem Brehanu Alemu Safa Al-Saeedi Asil Abuassba Ethiopia Yemen Jaafar Al Fakih Palestine Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC-USA Lebanon The following pages list the UWC Red Cross Nordic Earlham College Duke University St. Olaf College UWC Red Cross Nordic undergraduate Davis United World Lake Forest College Melsew Alemu Hussein Alsamarah Ismail Abushamma Ethiopia Jordan Mutaz Al-Chanati College Scholars — the classes of Palestine Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Li Po Chun UWC THE UNDERGRADUATES New Zealand 2015, 2016, and 2017. The listing is UWC Costa Rica The College of Idaho Earlham College University of Florida UWC Red Cross Nordic alphabetical and includes the Brown University Ekaterina Alexeeva Esra Al-Shawafi
Vanessa Adam Russia Yemen 2015 Class of Alain Alcime scholar’s home country (or countries), Kenya Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Haiti the UWC school they attended, and Princeton University Methodist University Clark University UWC Costa Rica Luther College their college or university.
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Jose Alvarez Anuradha Anantharaman Henock Ashenafi Habibullah Basiru Ddin Diorgenes Bellini Kasun Bodawatta “We have 67 Davis UWC Scholars at Lake Forest College, Venezuela India Ethiopia Afghanistan Brazil Sri Lanka Pearson College UWC UWC Mahindra College UWC Costa Rica Li Po Chun UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic and they are leaders in every sense of the word, guiding University of Florida Luther College Lewis & Clark College Luther College Amherst College Earlham College Taha Alyas Allan Vhal Arabe Assi Askala Nipun Basrur Amitai Ben Abba Francisco Xavier Bonifaz student organizations, participating in varsity and club Iraq Philippines Finland India USA/Israel Guatemala UWC in Mostar Li Po Chun UWC UWC Atlantic College UWC Costa Rica UWC in Mostar UWC Red Cross Nordic sports, and swelling the ranks of our academic honor Westminster College Lake Forest College Middlebury College Grinnell College Middlebury College University of Richmond societies. For a full decade ,Lake Forest has benefited Karim Alzeer AlHusaini Chen Arad Masresha Esayas Asres Fatima Bassir Myriem Benkirane Barbara Borges Ribeiro Palestine Israel Ethiopia Sierra Leone Morocco Portugal from the enriching presence of Davis UWC Scholars on UWC-USA Pearson College UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic Westminster College Brandeis University Lake Forest College Smith College Macalester College Macalester College campus, and I am enormously pleased and proud to call Moustapha Amadou Tidjani Mohammed Arafat Jun Yin Au Yeung Innocent Basso Dorontine Berishaj Damir Borovac Abdou Palestine Hong Kong Tanzania Serbia-Montenegro Bosnia & Herzegovina them Foresters.” Niger Pearson College UWC Li Po Chun UWC UWC-USA UWC in Mostar UWC in Mostar UWC-USA Lake Forest College University of Virginia University of Chicago St. Olaf College Lehigh University STEPHEN D. SCHUT The College of Idaho President, Lake Forest College Jose Araujo Abdala Ana Avirama Nimisha Bastedo Anyuri Betegon Benedetta Borri Jachimike Amalunweze Mexico Colombia Canada Panama Italy Nigeria UWC Atlantic College Li Po Chun UWC Pearson College UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Atlantic College Brown University College of the Atlantic College of the Atlantic College of the Atlantic Lake Forest College Duke University Esteban Arguedas Allisha Azian Katrina Bastian Nayantara Bhandari Victor Borsche Mohammed Amar Costa Rica Malaysia USA India Germany Palestine UWC-USA UWC Adriatic UWC Adriatic UWC Atlantic College UWC Mahindra College Suyash Bulchandani Leah Campbell UWC Adriatic Earlham College Northwestern University Reed College Skidmore College University of Florida United Kingdom USA Lake Forest College UWC South East Asia UWC Atlantic College Jeffrey Asala Ximena Banegas Zallio Ariunjargal Bat-Erdene Akshita Bhanjdeo Simon Boycott Dartmouth College Yale University Angela Amoako Ghana Bolivia Mongolia India South Africa Ghana UWC Red Cross Nordic Li Po Chun UWC UWC Mahindra College UWC South East Asia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Mica Bungsraz Almedin Candic Li Po Chun UWC Princeton University Earlham College Colby College Bard College The College of Idaho Mauritius Bosnia & Herzegovina St. Olaf College UWC Mahindra College UWC in Mostar Proma Banerjee Hector Bautista Aniceto Gargee Bhatnagar Laish Boyd Westminster College University of Oklahoma India Mexico India Bahamas UWC South East Asia Pearson College UWC UWC Mahindra College UWC-USA Sofia Bustamante Aurora Cano Choque Princeton University Macalester College Wellesley College St. Olaf College Ecuador Peru UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION UWC Costa Rica UWC Red Cross Nordic Urvija Banerji Nandin-Erdene Bayaraa Shoumik Bhattacharya Xhensila Brahaxhija Earlham College University of Florida In Zimbabwe, Light for Learning India Mongolia India Albania UWC South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC UWC Mahindra College UWC Atlantic College Jose Caballero Ciciolli Braulia Carlos Paraguay Angola Having grown up in rural Zimbabwean villages, Gift Princeton University Ringling College of Art Sarah Lawrence College Earlham College and Design UWC-USA UWC Costa Rica Ntuli (Waterford Kamhlaba UWC, Colby ’14) remembers Luiza Barbato Montesanti Yelena Bide Marcos Breve Garcia Macalester College Wartburg College Brazil William Scott Beacom Canada Honduras struggling to do chores or schoolwork after dark, with Li Po Chun UWC Canada Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Costa Rica Claudia Calderon Machicado Sydnei Cartwright electricity sporadic or unavailable . In 2012, with support Macalester College Li Po Chun UWC Brown University University of Florida Bolivia Bahamas Princeton University UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Costa Rica from a Colby internship fund, he started an effort to Camilo Barriga Davalos Agnes Biswalo Ingri Buer Luther College University of Florida Bolivia Ferenc Beleznay Tanzania Norway provide solar-powered lanterns to poor orphans and UWC Costa Rica USA UWC Costa Rica Pearson College UWC Briana Camacho Mariana Carvalho displaced families . In 2013 he won $13,000 in a Colby Earlham College UWC Atlantic College Macalester College Lewis & Clark College Trinidad & Tobago Portugal Li Po Chun UWC UWC-USA
Ringling College of Art 2015 Class of Axel Bjerke Minh Bui Entrepreneurial Alliance business competition to support Seyed Basiri Azad and Design Earlham College Brown University Iran Sweden Vietnam Photon, a charity he created to continue the work . Li Po Chun UWC Jamie Bell UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Mahindra College Kerim Camdzic Joao Cassamano Colby College Zimbabwe Colorado College The College of Idaho Bosnia & Herzegovina Angola Li Po Chun UWC UWC in Mostar Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Duke University Ringling College of Art Lake Forest College and Design
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Supriya Das Amit Deshpande A Friendship Crosses a Deep Divide India India “Wheaton’s Davis UWC Scholars’ energy and enthusiasm UWC Mahindra College UWC South East Asia During the 2012 conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas,Sophia Jamal (Malaysia, Brown University University of Michigan know no boundaries. We are enriched and empowered by Li Po Chun UWC, Duke University ’17) wrote a letter to her roommate, Maya Dagan . Paran Davari Rudie Desravines their presence, and delighted by their impact—on our Iran Haiti As a Muslim from a pro-Palestinian nation, “I couldn’t feel comfortable with ‘Israel’ UWC-USA UWC Costa Rica campus, in our classrooms, and in the greater as a whole,” Sophia wrote . “To my disbelief, United World College chose an Israeli girl University of Florida Luther College Norton community. From the Davis International House — you — to be my roommate ”. Robyn Day Suryani Dewa Ayu The two girls became friends . Then one day, holding her breath, Sophia asked USA USA where they host international activities and events for UWC Atlantic College UWC Costa Rica about Maya’s thoughts on Israel and Palestine . The close friendship that they created, as Harvard College Harvard College roommates at Li Po Chun UWC, endures the wider Wheaton campus to the annual fall retreat that They began to talk . And they kept on talking . “Our views often diverge, but I found for Maya Dagan of Israel, left, and Sophia Clara de Iturbi Dikpal Dhamala myself loving you more as they did,” Sophia wrote . “How could I not, when we debate by Jamal of Malaysia. Paraguay Nepal they coordinate so UWC graduates can bond and UWC Costa Rica UWC-USA day, but sing lullabies in Hebrew and Malay to each other by night?” College of the Atlantic Lake Forest College network, these scholars are model citizens who have “I had to learn to listen — really listen,” Maya reflects from Israel, where she entered military service this year . Ana De Leon Hernandez Stefan Dimitrov improved the Wheaton experience in myriad ways. We “Once I had heard her story,” Sophia recalls as a first-year student at Duke, “it was hard for me to think about a conflict from only Mexico Bulgaria Pearson College UWC UWC-USA are indebted to the generosity of Shelby and Gale Davis one side .” The two stay in touch . “I tell her about anything that happens to me — anything I’m feeling,” Sophia says . “Back home, it is Earlham College Tufts University not culturally normal to go against the norm . But I’ve gained the experience, the self-confidence, to know that it’s okay .” Tangut Degfay Aline S.M. Dinescu and proud of our scholars, who will be the change agents “She became the sister I never had,” Maya says . “She knows me for everything I am ”. Ethiopia Romania UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC-USA of the next generation. They represent the best and the Middlebury College Princeton University brightest on today’s campuses—and mirror into our Tea Dejanovic Meghna Diwan Bosnia & Herzegovina India future as a truly global society.” UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Atlantic College Trushaa Castelino Ho Man Louis Cheng Pukitta Chunsuttiwat Alejandro Coriat St. Olaf College Colby College RONALD A. CRUTCHER India Hong Kong Thailand USA Sophie Dekker Bethany J. Dixon President, Wheaton College UWC Mahindra College Li Po Chun UWC UWC Costa Rica UWC Mahindra College Netherlands Costa Rica/USA Lewis & Clark College Vassar College Macalester College Columbia University UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC-USA Emai Cepeda Liza Lai Sang Cheung Valerie Cleland Alejandra Cuervo Covian St. Olaf College Williams College Chile United Kingdom USA Mexico Timothy Delgado Muhle Dlamini UWC Costa Rica Li Po Chun UWC UWC Atlantic College UWC Red Cross Nordic Philippines Swaziland Northwestern University Princeton University Tufts University Colby College Lizete Dos Santos Nsika Dube UWC Atlantic College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Portugal Swaziland Cho Yan Chan Rudhian Chlissma Putra Miriam Colombero Maria Da Silva Northwestern University Westminster College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Li Po Chun UWC Canada Indonesia Italy Timor-Leste Aminata Deme Selamile Dlamini Duke University Lake Forest College Li Po Chun UWC UWC South East Asia UWC Adriatic UWC South East Asia Senegal Swaziland Brown University Earlham College Ringling College of Art Luther College Ria Doshi Aparna Dubey UWC-USA Waterford Kamhlaba UWC and Design USA India Wan Hei Vincy Chan Sue Jung Choe Gabrielle Dacosta Middlebury College Stanford University UWC South East Asia UWC Mahindra College Hong Kong Republic of Korea Diana Conde Moure USA Yash Desai Rigzin Dolma Barnard College St. Olaf College Li Po Chun UWC UWC South East Asia Spain UWC-USA India India Macalester College Brown University UWC Costa Rica Columbia University Trevor Dougherty Simon Duindam UWC Mahindra College UWC Mahindra College Lake Forest College USA Netherlands Vu Thanh Chau Lilian Chow Saumya Dadoo Lewis & Clark College Luther College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC in Mostar
Vietnam Canada Rafael Contreras Gomez India 2015 Class of Ishan Desai-Geller Piotr Dormus University of North Carolina Lewis & Clark College UWC-USA Li Po Chun UWC Venezuela UWC Mahindra College USA Poland at Chapel Hill Princeton University Columbia University UWC Red Cross Nordic Bard College Zeenia Dumasia UWC-USA Pearson College UWC Brown University Isidora Draskovic India Kunal Chauhan Raisa Chowdhury Akunne Daniels Vassar College Dartmouth College Bosnia & Herzegovina UWC South East Asia Sweden Bangladesh Nigeria UWC in Mostar Cornell University UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Atlantic College UWC Costa Rica University of Richmond Macalester College Northwestern University Columbia University
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Michael Eck Carlota Fernandez-Tubau Rullo Hannah Friedland Arshiya Goel “More than 350 years ago, Roger Williams founded the USA Spain USA India UWC-USA UWC Adriatic UWC Atlantic College UWC South East Asia GRADUATES IN ACTION state of Rhode Island as a ‘lively experiment’ in religious Massachusetts Institute of Tufts University Williams College Tufts University Technology A Fulbright Scholar in Haifa freedom and cultural coexistence. The ultimate success Horacio Ferrandiz Christy Fung Le Ann Goh Ejiroghene Ekperigin Spain Hong Kong Malaysia “I was honored to be awarded a U .S . Fulbright student of the experiment helped ensure that religious liberty and Ngeria Pearson College UWC Li Po Chun UWC UWC South East Asia UWC Costa Rica Brown University Princeton University University of Michigan grant to Israel for the 2013-14 academic year, to work the separation of church and state would become Westminster College Modestas Filipavicius Mabel Fung Joaquin Gonzalez Milburn in the tissue-engineering laboratory of Dr . Shulamit fundamental ideals for the nation. Mohamed El Karawy Lithuania Canada Uruguay Levenberg at the Technion (Israel Institute of Egypt UWC Red Cross Nordic Li Po Chun UWC UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic Macalester College Brown University Vassar College Technology) in Haifa,” writes Rebecca Khalandovsky University of Florida (USA, UWC of the Adriatic, Princeton University ’13) . “Today this heritage endures and gives special meaning Clare Fisher Sibonginkho Gama Padmini Gopal Natnael Epa USA Swaziland India As part of researching how stem cells might be lab- to the mission of Brown University. As a community of Ethiopia UWC Mahindra College UWC Mahindra College UWC Mahindra College grown into healthy tissue for various medical uses, she Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Duke University Skidmore College Trinity College scholars diverse in talents, backgrounds, and life The College of Idaho investigates “differentiation in individual stem cells Ingeborg Flage Kanika Gandhi Varchas Gopalaswamy experiences, we welcome the dynamic and sometimes Maria Escalante Norway USA India within an aggregate .” Colombia UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Atlantic College UWC South East Asia challenging interactions our differences provoke. We UWC Costa Rica Ringling College of Art Brown University Reed College College of the Atlantic and Design Arbeg Gani Benedikt Gottwald recognize that conversation across differences can have Irene Estefania Gonzalez Javier Flores Kim Albania Germany Spain Mexico UWC Adriatic UWC in Mostar Saloni Gupta Jumana Hashim a profound effect, shaping our values, teaching us UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Mahindra College University of Florida Connecticut College India Bangladesh Middlebury College Brown University UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia empathy, and helping us grow as truly global citizens. Xiana Garcia Freire Harris Gozali Cornell University Colby College Adriana Estrada Katja Flukiger Spain Singapore Davis UWC Scholars arrive at Brown already well Guatemala Switzerland UWC Costa Rica UWC South East Asia Maya Gurung Hossam Hashish Pearson College UWC UWC Mahindra College Cornell University Claremont McKenna College Nepal Egypt schooled in the art of conversation across differences. Lewis & Clark College College of the Atlantic UWC Red Cross Nordic Pearson College UWC Maria Gaona Greenwood Valentino Grbavac Skidmore College Westminster College Zena Fantaye Dalma Foldesi Paraguay Croatia Their global awareness, their commitment to peace and Ethiopia Hungary Pearson College UWC UWC Adriatic Francis Gwandu Dazhuang He Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia Westminster College Macalester College Tanzania China justice, and their desire to bring about positive change in Luther College Princeton University Pearson College UWC UWC Atlantic College Nahom Gebremariyam Abdo Gubran Macalester College Middlebury College the world exemplify the values we seek to cultivate on Octaviana Faria Ayesha Forbes Ethiopia Yemen Timor-Leste India Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic Ashley Hamilton Ahmed Hemeid campus. We are grateful for the contributions they make UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC South East Asia Methodist University Wartburg College Bahamas Palestine Westminster College Tufts University Pearson College UWC UWC-USA to our own ‘lively experiment’ on College Hill.” Remi Geohegan Ana Guerra Rodriguez University of Florida University of Florida Endrit Fejzullahu Martin Fowler USA Guatemala Albania USA/Norway UWC Costa Rica UWC South East Asia Summer Elizabeth Rebecca Hicks CHRISTINA PAXSON UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Costa Rica College of the Atlantic Harvard College Eldemire Hamilton USA President, Brown University University of Florida Middlebury College Jamaica UWC Costa Rica Benjamin Girdwood Milton Guillen UWC Atlantic College Middlebury College Mesfin Dejene Feleke Hirwa Francoise South Africa Nicaragua New York University Ethiopia Rwanda Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Costa Rica Simphiwe Hlophe Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Costa Rica Ringling College of Art Colby College Karan Handa Swaziland Nepal Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Lake Forest College Colby College and Design 2015 Class of Mansi Gupta UWC Mahindra College Carleton College Adrian Fernandez Jauregui Elisa Franzinetti Tripti Giri United Kingdom Stanford University Bolivia United Kingdom Nepal UWC South East Asia Pearson College UWC UWC Atlantic College Li Po Chun UWC Northwestern University College of the Atlantic University of Virginia Westminster College
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Valerie Ho Tsz Kin Hui Kevin Kirika Irungu Mingde Jiang Somaiah Kambiranda Mark Kelsey USA Hong Kong Kenya China India Canada “I have loved getting to know our Davis UWC Scholars! UWC South East Asia UWC Costa Rica Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Li Po Chun UWC UWC Mahindra College Pearson College UWC Claremont McKenna College Macalester College Georgetown University Cornell University Claremont McKenna College Harvard College Coming from every corner of the world, and profoundly Jawad Hoballah Ravuth Huot Yusuf Ismail Mats Gabriel Johansen Timmah Kamoto Chanchesda Keo shaped by their UWC experience, they enrich our campus USA Cambodia South Africa Norway Zambia Cambodia UWC Atlantic College UWC Adriatic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Atlantic College UWC Adriatic Pearson College UWC community through their intellectual curiosity, Harvard College Wartburg College Lake Forest College Northwestern University Luther College Westminster College appreciation for intercultural learning, and can-do spirit. Kimhean Hok Diana Huynh Chihiro Isozaki Hilary Johnson Faizan Kanji Andir Keskin Cambodia Norway Japan USA Pakistan Bosnia & Herzegovina They exemplify Agnes Scott’s mission to inspire our UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Atlantic College UWC South East Asia UWC in Mostar UWC Atlantic College UWC in Mostar Middlebury College Wellesley College Yale University Dartmouth College Dartmouth College University of Oklahoma students to ‘think deeply, live honorably, and engage the William Holt Aissa Huysmans Oluwaferanmi Mosa Issachar Dane Jones Kerin Karasalihovic Soona Khal Mohammad USA Belgium Nigeria USA Bosnia & Herzegovina Afghanistan intellectual and social challenges of their time.’” UWC Atlantic College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Costa Rica UWC in Mostar UWC in Mostar UWC-USA Columbia University Duke University Massachusetts Institute Brown University Westminster College Westminster College ELIZABETH KISS of Technology Mizuho Horioka Ji Woo Hwang Gillian Jones Georgia-Rafaela Sanaa Khan President, Agnes Scott College Japan Republic of Korea Masakazu Iwasaki USA Karavia-Charitou Yemen UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia Japan UWC Adriatic Greece Pearson College UWC Dartmouth College Northwestern University UWC Costa Rica Brown University UWC Adriatic Westminster College Colorado College Earlham College Rodrigo Huerta Amber Igasia Seipati Jonga Sanaya Khaneja USA Hong Kong Mariama Jabati Swaziland Maksim Karpovich India UWC-USA Pearson College UWC Sierra Leone Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Belarus UWC South East Asia Ida Knutsen Donald Koroma Dartmouth College College of the Atlantic UWC South East Asia St. Olaf College UWC Red Cross Nordic University of Virginia Norway Sierra Leone Methodist University University of Florida UWC South East Asia UWC Atlantic College Amanda Hui Felix Ikanzo Sze Man Jor Therese Kienemund Carleton College Brown University Canada Kenya Rhea Jain Hong Kong Karoliina Kase Germany Pearson College UWC UWC Costa Rica India Li Po Chun UWC Estonia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Zytha Kock Urska Kosir Wellesley College The College of Idaho UWC South East Asia Northwestern University UWC Costa Rica Dartmouth College Netherlands Slovenia Claremont McKenna College Brown University UWC Adriatic UWC Adriatic Wook Jae Jung Gilbert Kiggundu University of Chicago Yale University Vikrant Jain Republic of Korea Golam Mohammad Kashef Uganda India UWC South East Asia Bangladesh UWC Adriatic Kardelen Koldas Nontombi Kraai UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION UWC South East Asia Georgetown University UWC Mahindra College Colby College Turkey Botswana Claremont McKenna College Northwestern University UWC Maastricht Li Po Chun UWC Jelena Anna Juras Aditi Kirtikar Colby College Williams College An Impact Beyond Numbers Vivek Jain Croatia Karan Kathpalia Singapore Ivan Matej Kolobaric Adam Kratoska Finance major Aleksandra Dasic (Montenegro, UWC of India Pearson College UWC India UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia Earlham College UWC South East Asia Dartmouth College Croatia USA the Adriatic, Lehigh University ’14 ) has already been Stanford University Cornell University UWC in Mostar UWC South East Asia Weronika Jurkiewicz Benas Klastaitis Yale University University of Chicago hired full-time by PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she Tanay Jalan Poland Julu Beth Katticaran Lithuania interned last summer — but her impact on campus has India Li Po Chun UWC India UWC Red Cross Nordic Musa Komeh Endija Kreslina UWC South East Asia Columbia University UWC Mahindra College Macalester College Sierra Leone Latvia gone beyond numbers . She has extended herself as VP University of Pennsylvania Princeton University UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic Andrea Jurkovic Selmir Klicic Skidmore College University of Oklahoma of the Association of International Students, scholarship Dea Jessica Bosnia & Herzegovina Jacqueline Kayeba Bosnia & Herzegovina director for her sorority, an orientation leader for Indonesia UWC in Mostar Tanzania UWC in Mostar Phui Yi Kong Anadi Kulkarni UWC Costa Rica Earlham College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Lake Forest College Malaysia India international students, a tutor for business classes, St. Olaf College Luther College UWC Mahindra College UWC Mahindra College 2015 Class of Sivhanyaa Kamalanathan Petr Knor Bowdoin College Reed College president of the Italian Club, editor of the Accounting Deeya Jhummon Singapore Suramya Kedia Czech Republic Newsletter, and a leader of the Accounting Club . Mauritius UWC-USA India UWC in Mostar Harvey Kang Koo Siddharth Kulkarni UWC Mahindra College Middlebury College UWC South East Asia Middlebury College United Kingdom India Lake Forest College Wellesley College UWC Atlantic College UWC Mahindra College Dartmouth College Sarah Lawrence College
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Thabiso Kunene Chicago Eunji Lee Katharine Linder Playing Across Boundaries Swaziland Republic of Korea USA Michael Lachanski UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Mahindra College Pearson College UWC Jose Sanchez (Venezuela, UWC of the Atlantic, Bard College ’13) is a musician and Colby College USA University of Oklahoma Middlebury College UWC in Mostar composer who learned at UWC to explore traditions other than his own . “I believe that the Mathew Kuruvinakunnel Princeton University Hyunsong Lee Veronika Lipkova more cultural exchange I can get,” he writes, “the better I can use my music to unite India Korea Czech Republic UWC Mahindra College Lorraine Lamola UWC South East Asia UWC Atlantic College different beliefs, ideas, ethnicities, even religions .” Brandeis University South Africa School of the Art Institute Princeton University On a Watson Fellowship, Jose has spent this year traveling through Asia — China, Waterford Kamhlaba UWC of Chicago Rina Kuusipalo Methodist University Eduarda Lira da Silva Nabuco Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia, and India — with his melodica, a Finland Jia Jun Lee de Araujo UWC Atlantic College Jennyfer Larios Malaysia Brazil portable keyboard/wind instrument that he calls El Verde . He has listened to local music, Nicaragua Harvard College Li Po Chun UWC UWC Adriatic jammed and collaborated with players he’s met, played in parks and bars, even recorded a UWC Red Cross Nordic Middlebury College Brown University Nantana Kwangtong Westminster College CD on the road . Thailand Ru Da Lee Maymay Liu UWC Red Cross Nordic Tandeka Lauriciano Republic of Korea USA “I’ve tried to incorporate folk tunes I would hear on the streets with Latin rhythms, Jose Sanchez plays his melodica, “El United Kingdom Verde,” in China Westminster College UWC Mahindra College UWC South East Asia Western harmonies with Chinese motifs,” he writes of his yearlong project, for which he Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Earlham College Wellesley College Michelle Kwok Ringling College of Art deferred entry to a master’s program at the Manhattan School of Music . His eventual goal: to create “an orchestra piece that could United Kingdom and Design Sun Joo Lee Vageesha Liyana Gunawardana Li Po Chun UWC Republic of Korea Sri Lanka connect different cultures from the music/sounds I discovered . Diego Leal Pereira Brown University UWC South East Asia Pearson College UWC “Music can make people feel the same way regardless of their background,” Jose says . “It is a language with no barriers .” Guatemala Johns Hopkins University Kalamazoo College Rodoula Kyvelou-Kokkaliaris UWC Red Cross Nordic Jose’s blog, at sanchez-the-composer .tumblr .com, features many recordings from his travels . Greece University of Richmond Karen Lengler Man Chuen Adrian Lo Pearson College UWC Brazil Hong Kong Earlham College Gae Leanza Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC USA Brandeis University Yale University Johanne Laache UWC Mahindra College Norway Brown University Mauricio Leon Argentine Lobe Moulle Li Po Chun UWC Costa Rica Cameroon Breno Maciel Tatenda Mahlanza Henrish Maluleka Ofhani Mandiwana School of the Art Institute of UWC Costa Rica Pearson College UWC Brazil Zimbabwe South Africa South Africa Wartburg College Lake Forest College UWC Mahindra College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Duke University Smith College Earlham College The College of Idaho Jane Leong Phil Lopez Weider Sweden Germany Joseph Maciunas Emina Mahmutovic Serge Mambengue Tedga Aseem Mangaokar UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION UWC-USA Li Po Chun UWC USA Bosnia & Herzegovina Cameroon India Princeton University Princeton University UWC-USA UWC in Mostar UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia Duke University Lake Forest College St. Olaf College Occidental College Bringing TED Talks to Amherst Chen Li Papa Loum Tickets sold out in two days last fall for Amherst’s first- China Senegal Riccardo Maddalozzo Romeo Makore Hiwot Mamo Rafael Manyari Velazco Li Po Chun UWC UWC South East Asia Italy Zimbabwe Ethiopia Peru ever TEDx conference, the brainchild of Diego Recinos Colby College Colby College UWC Red Cross Nordic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia Macalester College Skidmore College Lake Forest College Middlebury College (Guatemala, UWC of the Atlantic, Amherst College ’16) . Derek Yang Tin Li Kelvin Lui Diego had started a year earlier to recruit a planning Hong Kong Canada Mashiwat Mahbub Omid Malekzadeh Arasteh Zewdu Manale Neo Maraisane UWC South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC Bangladesh Iran Ethiopia Lesotho team, which worked on the project with the college Tufts University Colby College UWC Mahindra College UWC Red Cross Nordic Li Po Chun UWC UWC Mahindra College Wellesley College Northwestern University Methodist University Wartburg College president’s office and its Center for Community Timothy Lim Justin Ismeal Lutian Engagement . Some 350 people attended the November Malaysia Philippines Naser Mahfouz Wilma Mallya Ushma Manandhar Victoria Marambio UWC Atlantic College UWC South East Asia conference, whose eight talks explored the theme Palestine Tanzania Nepal Chile Brown University Colby College UWC Atlantic College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Adriatic UWC Costa Rica 2015 Class of “Disruptive Innovation .” The team hopes to make TEDx Brown University University of North Carolina Bucknell University Middlebury College Yan-Liang Lin Mhlonishwa Mabuza at Chapel Hill a yearly campus event . Taiwan Swaziland Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC-USA Lake Forest College Lake Forest College
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Mezigebu Menber Ishan Mishra Po Wah Moon Dadkarim Mulla Ethiopia India United Kingdom Tanzania “The value of the Davis UWC Scholars cannot be UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION UWC South East Asia UWC Mahindra College UWC Atlantic College UWC Atlantic College overstated: their diverse perspectives, leadership Earning Trust with Campus Bucknell University Luther College Princeton University Brown University Khristian Mendez Abdelmonem Mislati Eddi Moravac Karla Mundim qualities, and innovative thinking strengthen our Budgets Guatemala Libya Bosnia & Herzegovina Brazil UWC Mahindra College UWC Adriatic UWC in Mostar UWC Atlantic College community as we seek to prepare all students to be Along with speaking German, English, French, and College of the Atlantic Skidmore College Lake Forest College University of Florida effective members of a global community.” some Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian and Chinese, Benedikt Laura Mesadieu Ariel Maxine Mitchell Flavio Moreno Zanele Muronzie Gottwald (Germany, UWC in Mostar, Connecticut Haiti Trinidad & Tobago Guatemala Zimbabwe UWC Adriatic UWC-USA UWC Costa Rica Waterford Kamhlaba UWC JILL TIEFENTHALER College ’15) is fluent in finance . Elected as the Student Luther College Methodist University University of Oklahoma Luther College President, Colorado College Government Association’s chief of finance, he manages Amina Mesic Hikaru Miyazaki Kyle Morris Mishel Mussali the budgets for all campus clubs and activities, and Bosnia & Herzegovina Japan United Kingdom Mexico UWC in Mostar UWC-USA UWC South East Asia UWC-USA makes final recommendations on SGA spending . He’s Westminster College Massachusetts Institute University of Virginia Earlham College of Technology also treasurer for the campus TEDx talks, and is senior Wojciech Michno Dylan Mott Jesina Muvekwa sector analyst in the Pegotty Investment Club, which Sweden Lorraine Mizero USA Zimbabwe Rut Nastiti Marcio Ngombe UWC Red Cross Nordic Rwanda UWC Adriatic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Indonesia Angola manages part of the college’s endowment . Macalester College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC University of North Carolina Skidmore College UWC Adriatic UWC Red Cross Nordic Wartburg College at Chapel Hill Wartburg College University of Florida Vedaste Migisha Tukiya Mwanza Rwanda Steven Moerane Nomawethu Moyo Zambia Allen Navasero Bach Nguyen UWC Adriatic Lesotho Zimbabwe Waterford Kamhlaba UWC USA Czech Republic Wartburg College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Ringling College of Art UWC South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC Ivana Marincic Thandokazi May Whitman College Colby College and Design Cornell University Colby College Croatia South Africa Charity Migwi Thabile Ncube Chi Nguyen UWC-USA Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Kenya Hamahu-Allah Mohamed Ziyanda Mthethwa Martha Nabukeera Zimbabwe Vietnam Macalester College Luther College Pearson College UWC Western Sahara Swaziland Uganda University of Pennsylvania UWC Red Cross Nordic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC-USA Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Mahindra College Marko Martinovic Phumelela Mdluli Wartburg College Wartburg College Bucknell University Colby College Lake Forest College Serbia Swaziland Hristina Milojevic Anna Ndamcho Huyen Anh Nguyen UWC Adriatic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Serbia-Montenegro Khatira Mohammad Hassan Regine Ellen Mueller Siavash Naderi Tanzania Vietnam Macalester College Lake Forest College Pearson College UWC Afghanistan Greenland Iran Union College UWC-USA UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Adriatic Li Po Chun UWC UWC Adriatic Tendai Masangomai Ahmed (Anis) Mebarki Methodist University University of Florida Brown University Earlham College Boston Conservatory Zimbabwe Algeria Joy Minalla Siyabonga Ndwandwe Linh Hai Nguyen UWC-USA UWC Mahindra College South Sudan Mona Mohammed Ivonne Muganyizi Mohini Nagindas Swaziland Vietnam Dartmouth College Middlebury College UWC Red Cross Nordic Yemen Tanzania South Africa Macalester College Li Po Chun UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Pearson College UWC UWC Mahindra College Njabulo Maseko Ritika Mehta Bucknell University Brown University Wartburg College Macalester College Luther College Swaziland India Corrado Minardi Urribarri Velemseni Ndzimandze Trang Nguyen Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia Venezuela Nelson Monterrosa Diaz Daphine Mugayo Nilendra Nair Swaziland Vietnam Luther College University of Michigan UWC-USA El Salvador Uganda Fiji University of Florida UWC-USA Pearson College UWC Pearson College UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Li Po Chun UWC Jones Matse Shail Mehta University of Florida Washington and Lee University Skidmore College Methodist University Westminster College Swaziland USA Alyssa Mintjens Camille Neale Zwelani Ngwenya Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC-USA Swaziland Javiere Monterroso Merisa Muharemovic So Nakayama France Zimbabwe Earlham College Carleton College Li Po Chun UWC Montenegro Bosnia & Herzegovina Japan Westminster College Guatemala UWC-USA UWC Atlantic College UWC South East Asia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Class of 2015 Class
Chezev Matthew Udit Mehta Li Po Chun UWC Colorado College Macalester College Macalester College Bucknell University 2015 Class of Trinidad & Tobago India Alokik Mishra Colby College Marcia Yoland Neto Marius Nicolas Pearson College UWC UWC Atlantic College India Amantia Muhedini Sheila Namirembe Angola Belgium Brown University Earlham College UWC Mahindra College Anita Lara Montesanto Shirley Albania Uganda Oberlin College New Zealand UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Atlantic College Li Po Chun UWC UWC Mahindra College Li Po Chun UWC Princeton University College of the Holy Cross St. Olaf College College of the Atlantic College of the Atlantic
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Lorela Paco Milicia Pejicic Davis and Niarchos Jointly Albania Bosnia & Herzegovina UWC Adriatic UWC in Mostar GRADUATES IN ACTION Fund Scholar Macalester College University of Richmond World-Renowned Pianist Rohith Palem Elisabetta Pellegrino India Italy He was one of 18 children, from his father’s two wives — and when he first heard about Pianist Rasa Vitkauskaite (Lithuania, UWC of the UWC Mahindra College Pearson College UWC a UWC in his country, Thulani Tsabedze (Swaziland, Waterford Kamhlaba UWC, Lewis & Clark College Wellesley College Adriatic, Boston Conservatory ’08) has won first prizes at University of Pennsylvania ’14) had never met anyone with a college education . His dad, Tanay Paliwal Diana Petravicjusa the Rubinstein Piano Competition in Paris, Les a retired gold miner, was running a produce farm . Every day, after walking 10 kilometers India Latvia Rencontres Internationales des Jeunes Pianistes in UWC Mahindra College Pearson College UWC to and from his rural school, Thulani did farm chores . “You had to work,” he says, “or Lehigh University Connecticut College Belgium, and Italy’s Taurisano Competition and Mendelssohn Cup . She is the pianist for the Boston there wouldn’t be money for you to go to school the next day .” Abhishek Parajuli Marko Petric Thulani is a senior at the University of Pennsylvania, majoring in mechanical Nepal Bosnia & Herzegovina Philharmonic Orchestra and a faculty member at the Li Po Chun UWC UWC in Mostar Concord Conservatory, has performed in concerts across engineering . Along with his Davis UWC Scholars Program scholarship, he is the first Thulani Tsabedze Dartmouth College Hood College the globe, and has recorded two CDs, Rhapsodie Penn student to receive tuition support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation World Sara Parcero Leites Mavis Phiri Scholar Scholarship Fund . The foundation endowed the fund at Penn to provide scholarships for outstanding students from Africa Spain Zimbabwe Française and Romanza, with celebrated clarinetist UWC-USA Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Jonathan Cohler . and other parts of the world . Macalester College Luther College “My ultimate goal is to be able to go back home and make a difference there,” Thulani says . “If I can go back, the community Hyung-Seo Park Krisztina Pjeczka will see what a difference education can make . Republic of Korea Hungary UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia “We can only attribute this to financial aid,” he adds . “And I can only say thank God ”. Tufts University Middlebury College Pierre Rabourdin Jan Michael Ramirez France/Belgium Philippines Anne Passchier Ana Marija Pongrac UWC Adriatic UWC Costa Rica Netherlands Croatia Columbia University Westminster College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC in Mostar Ringling College of Art Dartmouth College Milena Radoman Shama Ramos and Design Montenegro Philippines Kristina Nikolic Manyima Njie Paul Nungesser Jung Hwan Oh Priya Poomalil UWC-USA UWC Adriatic Serbia Gambia Germany Korea Anna Patrusheva India Wellesley College Colby College UWC in Mostar UWC Red Cross Nordic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia Russia UWC South East Asia Lake Forest College Westminster College Columbia University Trinity College UWC Adriatic Franklin & Marshall College Rufus Raghunath Khusboo Rana Westminster College Germany Nepal Miloš Nikoli´c Makhosazana Nkambule Thobile Nzimande Oluwarotimi Omorodion Soracha Prathanrasnikorn UWC South East Asia UWC Costa Rica Montenegro Swaziland South Africa Nigeria Shivangi Pattnaik Thailand Middlebury College Wartburg College UWC Adriatic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic Li Po Chun UWC India UWC South East Asia Princeton University The College of Idaho Skidmore College University of Richmond UWC Red Cross Nordic Wellesley College Pujan Rai Antsa Sarobidy Randriamihaja Macalester College Nepal Madagascar Michael Nishimura Sarah Nodder Demilade Obayomi Natalia Ophaug Naina Qayyum UWC Red Cross Nordic Pearson College UWC USA Italy Nigeria Norway Yeison Pavas Jimenez Pakistan Princeton University Macalester College UWC-USA Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Pearson College UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic Colombia UWC Red Cross Nordic Vassar College Middlebury College Johns Hopkins University Luther College UWC-USA Middlebury College Amita Ramachandran Rheaa Rao Earlham College India India Sandra Nivyabandi Kendra Norton Nana Ama Odame Harald Oswin Giovanni Quinones Valdez UWC South East Asia UWC Mahindra College Namibia Canada Ghana Swaziland Ariel Peak Bolivia Macalester College Sarah Lawrence College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Atlantic College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC USA UWC Adriatic Westminster College Harvard College Luther College Harvard College UWC Costa Rica University of Florida Hadyan Ramadhan Dhruv Raturi Indonesia India
Brown University 2015 Class of Milica Njezic Siphoshile Ntshangase Christine Odegi Merve Oztas Juan Rabanales Lau UWC Atlantic College UWC Mahindra College Bosnia & Herzegovina Swaziland Kenya Turkey Rui Pei Guatemala University of Florida University of Richmond UWC in Mostar Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia UWC in Mostar China UWC-USA Wartburg College Lake Forest College Colorado College Earlham College Pearson College UWC Earlham College Kumar Ramanathan Aarti Reddy Brown University India India Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC Tufts University University of Richmond
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Aditi Sabhlok Ayaka Sasaki Monica Sharma Kim Siew Hew Sam India Japan USA Mauritius “The commitment of the Davis UWC Scholars and their UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia UWC Atlantic College desire to make a positive impact is impressive. They Creatively Promoting a Duke University Middlebury College Cornell University Skidmore College Anjulika Sahgal Tashbid Sattar Kara Sheppard-Jones Radhika Singh populate all corners of the Macalester campus, from the Post-conflict Project USA Bangladesh USA India UWC South East Asia UWC Mahindra College UWC-USA UWC Mahindra College sports field to the stage, the lecture hall to the lab, and To promote the Whitaker Peace and Development Brandeis University Colorado College Yale University Colorado College academic clubs to social committees. Our scholars also Initiative, launched by actor Forest Whitaker in his role Rafael Saiz Garcia Hiyasmin Saturay Shrey Santosh Shetye Chetan Singhal as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, Javier Aparicio Spain Philippines India India take great pride in being active in the community— Li Po Chun UWC UWC Mahindra College UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia Lorente (Spain, UWC of Costa Rica, Ringling College of Princeton University College of the Atlantic Northwestern University Williams College often here at Macalester and at their own homes, as well Art & Design ’14) and Marisabel Fernandez Aleksandra Sakotic Lara Savenije Jae Woong Shin Adam Smiechowski (Venezuela, Red Cross Nordic UWC, Ringling College of Serbia Netherlands Republic of Korea Poland as beyond both of these familiar bounds and out in the UWC in Mostar UWC in Mostar UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia Art & Design ’14) developed a video while Stephanie Wartburg College Brown University Northwestern University Lehigh University world at large. From these students’ presence, through Choza Macre (Costa Rica, Red Cross Nordic UWC, Enrique Salanic Alvarado Akshay Savlani Yeon Soo Shin Erickson Smith discussions and shared perspectives, Macalester as a Ringling College of Art & Design ’13) designed a logo . Guatemala India Republic of Korea USA Pearson College UWC UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia Pearson College UWC whole benefits.” “The organization is dedicated to helping people affected Westminster College Tufts University University of Michigan College of the Atlantic by violence,” Javier says, “with a focus on working with Roberto Salem Amannisa Sawuti Wupuer Bongiwe Shongwe Jessica So KATHLEEN M. MURRAY youth in postconflict areas .” Lebanon China Swaziland USA Acting President, Macalester College UWC Costa Rica UWC Red Cross Nordic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Li Po Chun UWC Lake Forest College Westminster College Westminster College Cornell University Merita Salihu Ebenezer Sefah Gcinmuzi Shongwe Zukhro Sokhibova Kosovo Ghana South Africa Tajikistan Gabrielle Rehmeyer Dimitri Rodrigo UWC Adriatic UWC-USA Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic USA Singapore Mount Holyoke College Massachusetts Institute Westminster College Wartburg College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia of Technology Melina Stevanovic Chandra Swanson Mila Samdub Nkosingiphile Shongwe Katerina Solomanjuk Notre Dame of Maryland Wheaton College Bosnia & Herzegovina USA India Aaron Sekhri Swaziland Estonia University UWC in Mostar UWC-USA Anna Rotman UWC Mahindra College Hong Kong Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic Hood College Duke University Ellen Rehnberg Canada Bard College Li Po Chun UWC Colby College Lewis & Clark College Sweden Pearson College UWC Stanford University Phumelela Sukati Mei Ting Holly Sze Jaime Sanchez Chico Nompendulo Shongwe Ioannis Sophocleous UWC Red Cross Nordic Brown University Swaziland Hong Kong Spain Lungelo Seyama Swaziland Swaziland Mount Holyoke College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Li Po Chun UWC Maryia Rusak UWC in Mostar Swaziland UWC South East Asia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC St. Olaf College University of Chicago Erdenetulga Rentsen Belarus Earlham College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Colorado College Macalester College Mongolia UWC Red Cross Nordic Wartburg College Varsha Sundar Beza Taddess Simon Sanggaard Ananya Shukla Surya Sridhar UWC Atlantic College Princeton University Singapore Ethiopia Denmark Jahnavi Shah India Germany Brown University UWC South East Asia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Joshua Ryan UWC Red Cross Nordic India UWC Mahindra College UWC South East Asia University of Chicago Colorado College Ashlee Reynolds USA Macalester College UWC Mahindra College Brown University Macalester College USA UWC Atlantic College Trinity College Imsouchivy Suos Harish Tadimarri Guillermo Sapaj John Sibandze Mark St. Louis UWC-USA University of Pennsylvania Cambodia India Chile Sachi Shah Swaziland USA Stanford University Li Po Chun UWC UWC Mahindra College Ahmad Saad Pearson College UWC India Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Adriatic Luther College Lake Forest College Logan Richard USA Colby College UWC Mahindra College Lewis & Clark College Brown University USA UWC-USA Sarah Lawrence College Alan Sutton Constance Tan 2015 Class of Guiomar Sapi Mula Ihfid Sid Ahmed Ahmed Vincent Stamer Pearson College UWC University of North Carolina Canada Singapore Angola Sumbul Shahin Algeria Germany Stanford University at Chapel Hill Pearson College UWC UWC South East Asia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC India Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC Middlebury College University of Virginia Guido Roa Karla Saavedra Betancourt Westminster College UWC Mahindra College Westminster College Brown University Paraguay Chile College of the Atlantic UWC Costa Rica UWC Costa Rica Westminster College Lake Forest College
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Quazi Ullah Claudia Velastegui Expanding a “Circle of Women” Bangladesh Ecuador “Davis United World College Scholars enhance the Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Li Po Chun UWC “The idea is, if you educate a girl child, you are educating an entire community,” says St. Lawrence University Luther College intellectual vitality of the Kenyon community — they are Vivian Ojo (Namibia, Waterford Kamhlaba UWC, Georgetown University ’14) . Saul Ulloa Silvia Vieira talented, engaged, and driven students. Davis UWC USA Australia As a college sophomore, having already volunteered writing grants and blogging for UWC Atlantic College UWC Atlantic College Scholars assume leadership positions in both academic the nonprofit One World Youth Project, Vivian began working with two fellow students to Vassar College Duke University and cocurricular programs across campus, and we are create a Georgetown chapter of Circle of Women, a nationwide youth-driven initiative Ariane Uwamba Pabel Vivanco Cardenas begun at Harvard in 2005 . Swaziland Peru delighted they are part of our community.” Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Adriatic She became the chapter’s financial director, then its chair . The group fund-raised Vivian Ojo, at lower center, expanding the Lake Forest College Westminster College SEAN DECATUR successfully to expand girls’ housing at a mission school in southeastern India, also adding Circle of Women in Equatorial Guinea. Krithika Vachali Anastasia Vladimirova President, Kenyon College a computer room to the school . India Russia UWC Mahindra College UWC Costa Rica “She’s really committed to social action,” observes Emily Zenick, associate dean of the Walsh School of Foreign Service, where Colorado College Earlham College Vivian has majored in the comparative study of Africa and Latin America, with a minor in international development . Anahita Valakche Sokhna Vor Of the Circle of Women, the dean adds, “We have new organizations that pop up here on a regular basis — but this is something Netherlands Cambodia UWC Maastricht UWC South East Asia Rigzom Wangchuk Htut Win she started early on that is still here .” Colby College Earlham College Bhutan Burma “Younger girls are moving it forward, looking toward a project in Africa,” Vivian reports . “I was speaking with a freshman the other Li Po Chun UWC UWC South East Asia Stefano Valconi Iris Vrioni Brown University Brown University day who said, ‘Oh, have you heard about the Circle of Women?’ I said, ‘Yes!’” Dominican Republic Albania UWC Atlantic College UWC Atlantic College G. Kamau Wanjiru Nikhita Winkler Earlham College Macalester College Kenya Namibia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic Jenna van de Ruit Mirwais Wakil Dartmouth College Skidmore College Zimbabwe Austria UWC South East Asia UWC in Mostar Peter Warrington Million Wolde Neal Tan Maja Tavra Tea Thaning Thao Tran Dartmouth College St. Olaf College Canada Ethiopia Malaysia Bosnia & Herzegovina Sweden Vietnam UWC Adriatic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Heske Van Doornen Julia Wallhager UWC Mahindra College UWC in Mostar UWC Red Cross Nordic Pearson College UWC University of North Carolina Westminster College Netherlands Sweden Connecticut College Hood College Lake Forest College Lewis & Clark College at Chapel Hill UWC Mahindra College UWC Red Cross Nordic Fitsum Woldemariam Nicole Tan Tenzin Tayang Pramish Thapa Phuong Linh Tran Vu Bard College Macalester College Nutcha Wattanachit Ethiopia Malaysia India Nepal Vietnam Thailand Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Kim vanLookeren Campagne Edward Wan UWC Atlantic College UWC Red Cross Nordic Pearson College UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic Wartburg College USA Australia College of the Holy Cross University of Richmond Middlebury College Brown University Smith College UWC Atlantic College UWC in Mostar Ka Ki Wong Vichea Tan Milagros Tejada Condemayta Sangay Thinley Jeanette Trang Colorado College University of Chicago Dominique Wells Hong Kong Cambodia Peru Bhutan Sweden South Africa Li Po Chun UWC Valeria Vargas-Brenes Kakula Wandi UWC-USA UWC-USA Pearson College UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Cornell University Costa Rica Zambia Lake Forest College Lake Forest College Colby College Lake Forest College Colorado College UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic Mahlet Seyoum Workneh Pakaporn Tanasarnsopaporn Maiwase Tembo Yen-Li Thompson Gabriel Trujillo Randolph-Macon College Luther College Levi Westerveld Ethiopia Thailand Zambia USA USA Netherlands/France Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Arpita Varghese Haocheng Wang Pearson College UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia UWC-USA Pearson College UWC Lake Forest College India China St. Lawrence University Lake Forest College University of Chicago Lake Forest College Middlebury College UWC Mahindra College UWC Atlantic College Ji Qing Jeany Wu Andrea Tanco De La Cerda Joseph Tettey Berta Antonieta Tilman Pereira Sihle Tsabedze Duke University Northwestern University Ahmed Wheida Hong Kong Libya Mexico Ghana Timor-Leste Swaziland Li Po Chun UWC 2015 Class of Taran Jondaro Veerman Siyu Wang Li Po Chun UWC Pearson College UWC Li Po Chun UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Li Po Chun UWC Wellesley College Netherlands China Smith College Brown University Luther College Lake Forest College Skidmore College UWC-USA UWC-USA Ajebush Wube Nicole Liwen Tang Miguel Fernando Tevez Mohammad Toma Prometheu Tyagi Middlebury College Harvard College Ethiopia Malaysia El Salvador Jordan India Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia UWC Costa Rica UWC-USA UWC Mahindra College Luther College Tufts University Methodist University Westminster College Luther College
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Jose Carlos Zavarse-Pinto Timothy Adams Sophia Ibrahim Ali Avi Anshika Venezuela Australia Ethiopia India “The Davis UWC Scholars Program greatly enriches UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic Li Po Chun UWC Ringling College of Art University of Virginia Macalester College Wheaton College our campus. At a time when international engagement Assisting Refugees and Design Amoko Adot Oyo Tedi Aliaj Astrid Appert Lund is central to the Sarah Lawrence mission, Across the globe, conflicts and upheaval create Bereket Zekarias Sudan Albania Sweden Ethiopia UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Atlantic College UWC Atlantic College Davis UWC Scholars bring exceptional diversity and a refugees; and on campus, Allan Martinez-Venegas UWC-USA University of Oklahoma University of Richmond Westminster College (Costa Rica, UWC of Costa Rica, Macalester College 14) Brown University global perspective to the college. Their varied ’ Rohan Advani Abuubakar Ally Bibi Fatima Arabzada discovered a passion for helping . He first volunteered in Bartosz Zerebecki Singapore Tanzania Afghanistan backgrounds and deep concern for issues of equitable Poland UWC South East Asia UWC-USA UWC-USA Minneapolis for the nonprofit Advocates for Human UWC Mahindra College Georgetown University Harvard College Bucknell University global development and sustainability, peace, and Rights, translating documents . Then he began Brown University Shivin Agarwal Danyah Al-Rawi Ahmed Arafat translating conversations between attorneys and Maria Luisa Zeta Valladolid India Iraq Palestine security have resonated throughout the college and detainees at the Regional Immigration Court . Interning Peru UWC South East Asia Pearson College UWC UWC Maastricht UWC Red Cross Nordic University of Virginia Connecticut College The College of Idaho beyond. We are enormously grateful for the support of with the Advocates, he helped refugees seeking asylum Colby College Aashna Aggarwal Niva Alush Charles-Antoine Archambeau the Davis UWC Scholars Program and the accomplished — and all this led him to help teach literacy for Jesuit Patrick Zhou India Israel Belgium Refugee Services in Amman, Jordan . Australia UWC South East Asia UWC in Mostar UWC-USA students it brings to our campus.” UWC South East Asia Middlebury College Sarah Lawrence College Middlebury College Brown University Omar Aguero-Rios Beatriz Alvarenga Nicholas Archer KAREN R. LAWRENCE Shengjie Zhou Costa Rica Brazil Bahamas President, Sarah Lawrence College China UWC Costa Rica UWC Costa Rica Li Po Chun UWC Athraa Yalda Man Wai Yeung UWC Mahindra College The College of Idaho University of Florida Earlham College Brown University Iraq Hong Kong Murisa Ahmetasevic Kanchan Amatya Marina Arcuschin de Oliveira UWC Atlantic College Li Po Chun UWC Sujie Zhu Bosnia & Herzegovina Nepal Brazil Middlebury College Middlebury College China UWC-USA UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Costa Rica Ehmid Ashrif Ghadeer Awwad Zijian Yao Thomas Yim Pearson College UWC Colorado College University of Oklahoma Colby College Libya Palestine China Canada Colby College UWC Maastricht Pearson College UWC Emmanuel Akita Lucy Anderle Mohamed Arfaoui Wartburg College Earlham College Pearson College UWC Li Po Chun UWC Nada Zidan Ghana USA Tunisia Brown University Brown University Egypt UWC-USA UWC Costa Rica UWC Adriatic Sarah Asif Rina Azumi Wan Hung Yau Chun Hei Yannick Yu Li Po Chun UWC University of Oklahoma Wellesley College Skidmore College Pakistan Japan Hong Kong Hong Kong College of the Atlantic UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Atlantic College Paul-miki Akpablie Sune Andersen Danika Ariadna Colby College Princeton University Li Po Chun UWC Pearson College UWC Andjelka Zoranovic Ghana Denmark Indonesia Colorado College Dartmouth College Bosnia & Herzegovina Li Po Chun UWC Pearson College UWC Li Po Chun UWC Hussein Attara Osman Bah Michelle Shi Heng Yaw Tze Yan Yu UWC in Mostar Colorado College College of the Atlantic University of Pennsylvania Lebanon Sierra Leone Malaysia Hong Kong Wartburg College UWC Maastricht UWC South East Asia Farah Alalami Vera Andrade Turner Apoorva Arora Westminster College Colby College UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic Jordan Mexico India Georgetown University University of Richmond Pearson College UWC UWC Atlantic College UWC Mahindra College Benedict Au Teboho Baker Zi Ye Mika Zacks Class of 2016 Colby College Bennington College Wellesley College Hong Kong Botswana China Germany Li Po Chun UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Ahmad Al-Fakeer Ilya Andrushchenko Lois Aryee Colorado College Westminster College UWC Atlantic College UWC Red Cross Nordic Hala Abu Hassan Palestine Russia Ghana Lehigh University Brown University Jordan UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Atlantic College UWC Red Cross Nordic Romane Augustin Eivind Bakke UWC Red Cross Nordic Methodist University University of Florida Dartmouth College Haiti Norway Amara Yeb Ana Zadro Bennington College Cambodia Croatia UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic 2016 Class of Ahmad Alfanatseh Francesca Annicchiarico Hero Ashman Methodist University Macalester College Li Po Chun UWC UWC in Mostar Malak Abureehan Jordan Italy United Kingdom Earlham College Westminster College Palestine UWC-USA UWC-USA UWC Red Cross Nordic Oreoluwa Awoyinfa Anton Baleato Lizancos UWC-USA The College of Idaho Harvard College Wellesley College Nigeria Spain The College of Idaho UWC Costa Rica Pearson College UWC The College of Idaho Columbia University
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Bita Baligh Claudio Barboza Yassin Benjelloun Soukeyna Bocoum Curbing Global Warming through Business Iran Venezuela Canada Senegal Li Po Chun UWC UWC-USA UWC Atlantic College Li Po Chun UWC “I was fascinated by the capitalist approach to solving the climate-change problem,” says Earlham College St. Olaf College Columbia University St. Olaf College Utkarsh Agarwal (India, Pearson UWC, Dartmouth College ’13) . He has brought that Michael Ball Aman Bardia Claudia Bennett Aratrika Bose interest to EKO Asset Management Partners in New York City, where he develops and USA India New Zealand India UWC-USA UWC Mahindra College UWC South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC trades carbon-emission credits under California’s Cap and Trade Program . University of Florida Sarah Lawrence College Bard College Earlham College It was a chance to study in China, through an exchange program with Dartmouth’s Kristian Ballabani Maria Assuncao Barreto Gama Linnea Bergman Rajah Bose Thayer School of Engineering, that altered Utkarsh’s path . “I was planning on graduating as Albania Timor-Leste Sweden USA UWC Atlantic College UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Costa Rica UWC Adriatic an electrical engineer,” he says . “In China I realized that the biggest challenge of our times, University of Michigan University of Florida Kenyon College Colorado College climate change, was alive and needed our attention . When I was offered the role at EKO, I Joao Baltazar Namrata Batra Micol Bez Oluwapelumi Botti knew this was my opportunity to make that difference that we would always talk about in Brazil Malaysia Italy Nigeria UWC Adriatic UWC South East Asia UWC Adriatic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC high school and college . Utkarsh Agarwal Amherst College Johns Hopkins University Georgetown University Wellesley College “EKO works within the capitalist system to create value for its shareholders, while putting Shalmali Bane Neal Bazirake Srishti Bhattacharya Samantha Boudeau a price on carbon emissions and reducing those emissions,” Utkarsh explains . “I’m thrilled India Uganda India Haiti UWC Mahindra College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia UWC Costa Rica and excited to be part of something so different, and yet within the realm of the financial-services industry . I get to live in New York Stanford University Wartburg College Northwestern University Colby College City and work to reduce global warming!” Eaton Baptiste Elizaveta Bekmanis Amit Bhowmik Dominic Bower Trinidad & Tobago Germany Bangladesh Bahamas UWC Costa Rica UWC Adriatic UWC Mahindra College UWC Costa Rica University of Oklahoma Macalester College Lehigh University St. Olaf College M. Ibraheem Baqai Charlotte Benishek Roman Bina David Bowyer Pakistan USA Czech Republic United Kingdom Margaret Bursch Evion Cane Inviolata Chami Thomas Ying Jeh Chen Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC-USA UWC in Mostar UWC South East Asia USA Albania Tanzania Hong Kong Colby College Wellesley College College of the Atlantic Hood College UWC in Mostar UWC in Mostar UWC-USA Li Po Chun UWC Colorado College University of Florida Dartmouth College Johns Hopkins University Trapti Bisen Simona Stanislavova India Boyadzhiyska David Buruchara Julmar Carcedo Andres Chamorro UWC Mahindra College Bulgaria Kenya Philippines Nicaragua Hoi Ching (Sonia) Cheung Westminster College UWC-USA Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC Hong Kong UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION Wellesley College University of Michigan Brown University Middlebury College UWC Atlantic College Anu Biswas Williams College India Timothy Boycott Alessandra Bustamante Kevin Castillo-Montanye Moses Chandiga Remaking the Fishing Industry UWC Mahindra College South Africa Concha Fernandez USA South Sudan Nicol Chinchilla Cordero Middlebury College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Peru UWC-USA UWC Adriatic Costa Rica “Fishermen, and the people who work with them, are a Vassar College Pearson College UWC Lewis & Clark College Methodist University UWC-USA dying breed,” notes Dylan Hitchcock-Lopez (USA, Julius Bitarabeho University of Florida Earlham College Uganda Laura Breen Daphnee Chabal Jessica Chapman UWC of the Atlantic, St . John’s College ’14) — but he’s Waterford Kamhlaba UWC USA Jovita Byemerwa France United Kingdom Brian Chiroodza Tanzania Li Po Chun UWC UWC in Mostar Zimbabwe forging a positive path in this vital field . Having worked University of Oklahoma UWC Atlantic College Pomona College UWC Adriatic Colorado College University of Florida Waterford Kamhlaba UWC summers in commercial fishing, last year he did a Natasha Bitature Brown University University of Oklahoma Uganda Anel Bueno-Trujillo Rima Chahin Takudzwa Chawota college-funded internship with a start-up on the UWC-USA Peru Gerylaine Campos Palestine Zimbabwe Jae Won Choi UWC Adriatic marketing and shipping end of the business . He’s now Earlham College UWC-USA Netherlands Waterford Kamhlaba UWC South Korea
The College of Idaho UWC-USA Westminster College Luther College UWC South East Asia 2016 Class of got his own business: Seashaken, a distributor of wild, Bernadette Bocco Earlham College Grinnell College Togo Alem Bukvic Patrick Chakauya Sarah Cheung line-caught Alaskan salmon . UWC Red Cross Nordic Bosnia & Herzegovina Jeannyffer Campos Gomez South Africa United Kingdom Rubez Chong Lu Ming Westminster College UWC in Mostar Guatemala Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC Singapore Connecticut College UWC South East Asia Middlebury College Brown University UWC Red Cross Nordic St. Olaf College Colby College
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Meti Debela Mysha Didi Roberto Drilea Phearith Eng “Knowledge knows no boundaries. Substantial Ethiopia Maldives Romania Cambodia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia UWC Adriatic Pearson College UWC GRADUATES IN ACTION international engagement is an indispensable part of a Skidmore College Skidmore College Northwestern University Methodist University Liaison for Peace in Colombia first-rate undergraduate and graduate education, Iavor Dekov Colin Diersing Amrisha Dubey Fredrik Eriksson Bulgaria USA India Sweden After serving his homeland as the youngest Colombian providing diversity for our students that will mirror future Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Li Po Chun UWC UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic Colby College Harvard College Northwestern University Dartmouth College national to be chief of staff for the Ministry of the Interior, employment and life experiences, and strengthening our Andrés Angel Urdaneta (Colombia, Mahindra UWC of Cisem Demirtas Pulkit Diwan Emile Catarine Dultra Santo Jobert Exsatel multicultural dialogue. The Davis UWC Scholars Program Turkey India Neres Haiti India, Claremont McKenna College ’10) is now part of UWC Maastricht UWC Mahindra College Brazil Simon Bolivar UWC the peace process between the national government is invaluable in fostering our ambition of expanding our Reed College Lake Forest College UWC Costa Rica Methodist University Lewis & Clark College and the FARC insurgent group . He works as a liaison Lejla Dervisevic Lindelo Dlamini Chowdhury Farabee ever-growing international reach in the 21st century.” Bosnia & Herzegovina Swaziland Kunzes Dumbang Bangladesh between the national and subnational governments in UWC in Mostar Waterford Kamhlaba UWC India Pearson College UWC the planning for a postconflict Colombia, after five JOEL SELIGMAN Westminster College Lake Forest College UWC Mahindra College Colby College Westminster College decades of internal violence . President, University of Rochester Klever Descarpontriez Zakhele Dlamini Samreen Fatima Bolivia Swaziland Enrique Dupleich Pakistan UWC Costa Rica Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Bolivia UWC Maastricht College of the Atlantic University of North Carolina UWC Atlantic College Bates College at Chapel Hill Middlebury College Martino Desir Dylan Felt Ivan Flores Geraldine Gabon Haiti Ha Phuong Thao Do Alexis Durand USA Mexico Haiti Simon Bolivar UWC Vietnam USA Pearson College UWC Pearson College UWC Simon Bolivar UWC Fazley Chowdhury Elizabeth Cuevas Methodist University UWC Adriatic UWC South East Asia Brown University Bucknell University Methodist University Bangladesh USA Yale University Brown University UWC Mahindra College UWC-USA Thereisa Kinanti Dewi Juan Pablo Fernandez Jennifer Flores Marilyn Garces Basantes Wartburg College Bryn Mawr College Indonesia Quang Do Lien Chukwuderah Egbuna Mexico Peru Ecuador UWC Maastricht Vietnam Nigeria UWC Costa Rica Pearson College UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic Naweeya Chutiraka Raza Currimjee St. Olaf College UWC Maastricht UWC Costa Rica Vassar College Earlham College Luther College Thailand Mauritius/France Duke University Luther College UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Adriatic Zibusiso Dhlamini Mariana Fernandez Bertocchi Leo Fotsing Fomba Tirso Garcia University of Florida Williams College Zimbabwe Milan Doles Ragna Eide Uruguay Cameroon Mexico UWC Mahindra College Slovakia Norway UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Beba Cibralic Rory Curtin Union College UWC Adriatic UWC Red Cross Nordic Luther College Bucknell University The College of Idaho Australia USA Westminster College Brown University UWC Maastricht UWC Mahindra College Dorjee Dhondup Ana Filipovic Jana Foxe Rohan Garg Wellesley College College of the Atlantic India Rinchen Dolma Luize Eihmane Croatia Ireland India UWC Maastricht Tibet Latvia UWC in Mostar UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC South East Asia Aime Cichero Lidia Cuvula Luther College UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Maastricht Hood College Brown University Bucknell University Argentina Angola Duke University St. Lawrence University UWC Adriatic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Adriana Di Graziano Robert Finney Ryan Francis Irene Garibay Brown University The College of Idaho Italy Kripa Dongol Hajar El Fatihi USA India Mexico UWC-USA Nepal Morocco UWC-USA UWC Mahindra College Li Po Chun UWC Abdoulaye Cisse Pedro Da Costa Cadalak University of Florida UWC-USA UWC Atlantic College University of Pennsylvania Lewis & Clark College Ringling College of Art Senegal Timor-Leste Dartmouth College Harvard College and Design UWC South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC Shannon Dias Viegas Ena Fisek Erell Marie Francois Stanford University Luther College Timor-Leste Aine Doyle Bassem El Remesh Bosnia & Herzegovina Madagascar Richa Gautam UWC Adriatic Ireland Lebanon UWC in Mostar UWC Atlantic College India Andrew Colpitts Ha Khanh Dang University of Oklahoma Li Po Chun UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic University of Oklahoma Wartburg College UWC Mahindra College USA Vietnam Brown University Macalester College Vassar College 2016 Class of UWC Atlantic College UWC-USA Ndeye Diaw Amy Fisher Ana Raquel Fuentes Brown University The College of Idaho Senegal William Drexel Tihomir Elek Australia Panama Justyna Gawel Pearson College UWC USA Bosnia & Herzegovina UWC South East Asia UWC Costa Rica USA Antonio Coppola Sasha De Sousa Lewis & Clark College UWC Atlantic College UWC in Mostar Union College The College of Idaho UWC Atlantic College Italy Swaziland Yale University Yale University Earlham College Li Po Chun UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Harvard College Methodist University
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Anela Halilovic Anna Hotter Changing Lives after a Civil War Bosnia & Herzegovina Austria “At Tufts, we consider fluent interactions with different UWC in Mostar UWC Adriatic Tiny Burundi, next to Rwanda, is among the world’s poorest nations — and less than University of Richmond Columbia University people and perspectives to be an essential component of $30 will put a teenager there through high school for a year . Tarisai Hamadziripi Elizabeth Hoyler higher education in the 21st century. Personal experience Zimbabwe USA As a child, Salathiel Ntakirutimana (Burundi, Waterford Kamhlaba UWC, Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC-USA with navigating issues of diversity, and exposure to Harvard College ’16) lost both his parents in Burundi’s brutal civil war . Today, he’s the Westminster College Duke University different cultures and contexts, are increasingly founder and CEO of YouthGlobe (www .youthglobe .org), an NGO whose scholarships Nicholas Hanley-Steemers Jane Elizabeth Huber help 100 young Burundians to attend school . Working with partner schools around the New Zealand USA important for all our students. The unique backgrounds UWC South East Asia UWC-USA nation, YouthGlobe has also involved 2,000 young Burundians in projects that build Salathiel Ntakirutimana with Ban Ki-moon, University of Michigan University of Chicago and experiences that Davis UWC Scholars bring to Tufts secretary general of the United Nations. citizenship, innovation, and entrepreneurship . Asger Victor Hansen In A Huh “We believe by solving problems in the villages, we can scale them up, and eventually find solutions to the bigger problems facing Norway Republic of Korea play a unique role in helping us achieve these goals on UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC South East Asia the country,” Salathiel says . After graduating UWC on a private-company scholarship, he organized a national UWC selection committee Gettysburg College Smith College our campus.” in Burundi . Traveling around talking with young people about their problems and goals sparked the idea for YouthGlobe . He now has Noor Titan Putri Hartono Alif Ibrahim ANTHONY P. MONACO teams in Burundi, Massachusetts, and Korea working to support it . Indonesia Indonesia UWC-USA UWC Atlantic College President, Tufts University “It’s something that comes from deep down in my heart,” Salathiel says . “I went to schools like Waterford and Harvard because Massachusetts Institute of Brown University Technology people invested in me . I believe it’s only fitting that I help other people change their lives .” Sahar Ibrahim William Hatungimana Canada Burundi Pearson College UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Wellesley College Dominique Itanze Rabeya Jawaid Luther College Rwanda Pakistan Benjamin Ignac UWC Red Cross Nordic Li Po Chun UWC Ramiro Henriquez Porras Croatia Halefom Gebremedhin Maria Gimenez Neharika Goyal Pralaksha Gurung Luther College Middlebury College Nicaragua UWC Red Cross Nordic Ethiopia Paraguay Singapore Bhutan Pearson College UWC University of Oklahoma Mirko Ivancic Fedia Jean Claude Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Pearson College UWC UWC South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC Brown University Croatia Haiti Luther College Lewis & Clark College Brown University Colby College Sovannarath In UWC in Mostar UWC Atlantic College Sombiniaina Herimpitiavana Cambodia Hayu Mulugeta Gelaw Serban Giurgi Joao Graciano Mauricio Gutierrez Salazar University of Oklahoma Methodist University Madagascar Li Po Chun UWC Ethiopia Romania Angola Colombia UWC Red Cross Nordic Skidmore College Dajana Jakovina Nanya Jhingran UWC-USA UWC Red Cross Nordic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Costa Rica Westminster College Croatia India University of Richmond University of Richmond Methodist University Wartburg College Oranich Intarayothin UWC in Mostar UWC Mahindra College Shagun Herur Thailand Nevil George Danilo Gojkovic Andrea Grimaldi Tinotenda Gwisai Northwestern University Lewis & Clark College Singapore Pearson College UWC India Bosnia & Herzegovina Argentina Zimbabwe UWC South East Asia The College of Idaho Ali Jamoos Nancy Nan Xi Jiang Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC in Mostar UWC Maastricht Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Dartmouth College Palestine Singapore Northwestern University University of Oklahoma Macalester College Brown University Kevin Irakoze UWC-USA UWC Adriatic Christina Ho Burundi Anushka Ghosh Meisa Gondo Chandreyi Guharay Stanba Gyaltsan University of Florida Yale University USA Waterford Kamhlaba UWC India Zimbabwe Nicaragua India UWC South East Asia Connecticut College Ji Bum Jang Marlon Jimenez Oviedo UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Costa Rica UWC Mahindra College Cornell University Republic of Korea Costa Rica School of the Art Institute of University of Pennsylvania St. Olaf College Lake Forest College Danielle Iserlis Li Po Chun UWC UWC South East Asia Chicago Jovita Ho USA Adilson Gonzalez Morales Mariam Gulaid Rabail Habib Columbia University Lewis & Clark College Hong Kong UWC South East Asia Erik Giesen Loo Mexico USA Pakistan Li Po Chun UWC Bard College Momin Javed Tanaka Jimha Peru UWC-USA Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic India Zimbabwe of 2016 Class Middlebury College 2016 Class of UWC Maastricht St. Lawrence University Columbia University Northwestern University Zerina Islamovic UWC Mahindra College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Bucknell University Laura Hoffmann Bosnia & Herzegovina Amanda Gowa Divir Gupta Samia Habli Connecticut College Duke University Germany UWC in Mostar Marissa Gilmour Uganda India Lebanon Li Po Chun UWC Ringling College of Art Canada Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Mahindra College UWC in Mostar Tufts University and Design Pearson College UWC University of Oklahoma Northwestern University Macalester College College of the Atlantic
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Danica Jokic Mullohoji Juraev Arjuna Kankipati Abhinav Khanal Sarah Kotb Penelope Kyritsis Serbia Tajikistan India Nepal Egypt Canada “The Davis UWC Scholars Program has helped to UWC Adriatic UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC South East Asia Pearson College UWC UWC Maastricht UWC Atlantic College Ringling College of Art Wartburg College Bucknell University Earlham College Middlebury College Brown University bring to life Duke’s commitment to a global and Design Bamwesiga Kabete Nichil Kantelal Nosimilo Khumalo Nikita Kotelnikov Inga Lam campus community. Being able to attract these Kalene Jones Tanzania Portugal Swaziland Russia USA Bahamas Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Atlantic College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC-USA outstanding students means Duke is enriched every UWC-USA Luther College Macalester College University of Oklahoma University of Florida The College of Idaho University of Florida day by the Davis UWC Scholars—enriched by their Sonia Kabra Surya Karki Amy King Yuliya Kravtsova Tsz Yau Lam Meena Jose India Nepal USA Ukraine Hong Kong energy, their international perspectives, and the India Li Po Chun UWC Simon Bolivar UWC UWC Costa Rica UWC Red Cross Nordic Li Po Chun UWC UWC Mahindra College Earlham College College of the Atlantic Stanford University St. Olaf College College of the Atlantic diversity of their life experiences.” Lake Forest College Sana Javeri Kadri Nasser Karmali Danielle King Detmer Kremer Pema Lama Vidur Joshi India Portugal South Africa Netherlands Nepal RICHARD H. BRODHEAD India UWC Adriatic Li Po Chun UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC in Mostar UWC Red Cross Nordic President, Duke University UWC Mahindra College Pomona College Earlham College St. Olaf College Bates College Luther College Brown University Salsabeel Kahn Olga Karnas Per Kirkbak Stefan Krgovic Harry Lambert Tatjana Jovanovic Bangladesh Poland Denmark Montenegro USA Bosnia & Herzegovina UWC Adriatic UWC Mahindra College UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Atlantic College UWC-USA Li Po Chun UWC Colorado College Yale University The College of Idaho Macalester College University of Richmond St. Lawrence University Jae-Min Lee Christian Limawan Nicole Kahugu Vita Karoblyte Victoria Kizza Lakshmi Krishnakumar Stella Langat New Zealand Indonesia Oscar Juez Neira Kenya Lithuania Uganda Singapore Kenya UWC-USA UWC Adriatic Colombia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC-USA UWC South East Asia UWC Adriatic Lewis & Clark College Bucknell University Pearson College UWC Luther College University of Florida Princeton University Bard College Skidmore College Earlham College Kathleen Lee Ervin Liz Aditya Kashyap Karolina Klimczak Malavika Krishnan Elizabeth Lanzillo Singapore Colombia India Poland Singapore USA UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC South East Asia UWC Atlantic College Amherst College Luther College University of Michigan Agnes Scott College Wesleyan University Brown University Y. Hetty Lee Arthur Man Ki Lo Jetnor Kasmi Betty Kobia Andreas Kummen Tsz Ying Lau USA United Kingdom Albania Kenya Norway Hong Kong Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Maastricht UWC Atlantic College Li Po Chun UWC Princeton University Johns Hopkins University Methodist University Middlebury College Cornell University Georgetown University Ho Wang Adrian Leong Sara Loric Winner of the Churchill Prize Manin Keo Mpho Kolanisi Nkonzwenhle Kunene Nikolina Lazetic Hong Kong Bosnia & Herzegovina Each spring, Dartmouth gives the William S . Churchill Cambodia South Africa Swaziland Bosnia & Herzegovina UWC Atlantic College UWC in Mostar UWC Atlantic College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Adriatic Middlebury College Smith College Prize to a first-year male for outstanding academic Methodist University University of Oklahoma Methodist University Bennington College Alix Lewis Christian Lowell achievement and contributions to the college Freya Kerle Rebecca Konijnenberg Siu Ting Christopher Kwan Nguyen Le Trinidad & Tobago Malta community . Last year, Andrew Nalani (Uganda, UWC- Australia Germany Singapore Vietnam Li Po Chun UWC UWC Atlantic College UWC Atlantic College UWC in Mostar UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic Wellesley College Ringling College of Art USA, Dartmouth College ’16) was nominated by seven Scripps College Amherst College Kenyon College Brown University and Design Wanyi Li professors and staff members — then chosen India Kerle Ekaterina Korobkina Jessica Mo Yin Kwok Nhung Le China Thomas Lu unanimously . Andrew gives uncommonly deep thought USA Russia Hong Kong Vietnam UWC Mahindra College USA UWC Atlantic College Pearson College UWC Li Po Chun UWC UWC South East Asia Wellesley College UWC-USA to his readings for class, one professor wrote, “and that Wellesley College Earlham College University of Chicago Wellesley College Middlebury College
Matshediso Likate of 2015 Class thinking leads to much deeper contributions .” Added Fathmath Khaleel Atsunobu Kotani Kim Eng Ky Nelson Ledezma Ugalde Lesotho Rodrigo Luna Queirolo 2016 Class of another: “I would trust him with my life .” Maldives Japan Cambodia Costa Rica Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Peru Pearson College UWC UWC-USA UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Costa Rica University of Oklahoma UWC-USA Skidmore College Brown University Macalester College Ringling College of Art University of Florida and Design
94 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 95 PRESIDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES GRADUATES IN ACTION Mqondisi Malandvula Adam Marjai Private Equity for African Development “I am confident the graduates we produce affect change Swaziland Hungary Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia “Since graduation, I have worked in innovation and strategy consulting, investment banking, and for a better and more peaceful world, particularly Wartburg College Kenyon College currently private equity,” reports Brighton Mudzingwa (Zimbabwe, UWC-USA, Harvard College Tonci Maleta Belen Martinez-Caro Aguado because at our universities people of all backgrounds ’09) . He’s now stationed in Kenya with Emerging Capital Partners, a private equity fund focused Croatia USA come together to promote mutual understanding. OU’s UWC in Mostar UWC Mahindra College on investing in Africa . University of Oklahoma Lake Forest College “We look for promising African companies that could benefit from capital injection, and work Davis UWC Scholars are an important component of this Tatenda Mandaza Arnold Masanga closely with the management to grow these companies to their full potential,” Brighton explains . Swaziland Kenya interchange in our community, and they contribute Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC “I grew up in a society where the struggle for the basic comforts in life and the contrast between greatly to the vitality of our university family. We are University of Oklahoma Luther College the haves and have-nots were the order of the day . At UWC I realized the artificial nature of these Eyala Manga Bongani Maseko divisions, and pledged to play my part in taking down these divides .” Brighton Mudzingwa grateful the Davis UWC Scholars Program has introduced Cameroon Swaziland UWC South East Asia Pearson College UWC Since Harvard, he adds, “I have had the privilege to work across various sectors and national us to these wonderful students. Now, along with all of Luther College Luther College boundaries, with thought leaders and companies that have channeled billions of dollars in direct and indirect investments into Africa . our graduates, we are ready to introduce them to the rest Roshni Mangar Darya Mastsianitsa Countries I have been involved with include Nigeria, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Kenya, Rwanda, the DRC, and Zimbabwe . Mauritius Belarus “It is thanks to the support of the Davis UWC Scholars Program that a lot I thought was not possible has become reality .” of the world where they will continue to promote peace UWC Mahindra College UWC-USA College of the Atlantic The College of Idaho and further the UWC ideals.” Sanya Mansoor Pumla Maswanganyi United Kingdom South Africa DAVID L. BOREN UWC South East Asia UWC Maastricht President, University of Oklahoma Northwestern University St. Olaf College Aminata Mbodj Hanna Mengistu Andreina Mijares-Cisneros Selamou Mohamed Ahmed Senegal Ethiopia Venezuela Mauritania Omar Mansour Mpumelelo Matsebula UWC-USA UWC Atlantic College UWC-USA UWC Adriatic Jordan Swaziland The College of Idaho Macalester College Notre Dame of Maryland Wartburg College UWC Maastricht Waterford Kamhlaba UWC University Connie Luo Fiora Macpherson Macalester College Wartburg College Morag McKenzie Stefanie Priya Merchant Mohammed Ali Belize United Kingdom South Africa USA Mirta Mikac Mohammed Ali Marfiano Manuel Sara Maurer UWC Costa Rica Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Atlantic College UWC South East Asia Croatia Iraq Timor-Leste USA Wartburg College Brown University Middlebury College Pomona College Li Po Chun UWC UWC Maastricht UWC South East Asia UWC in Mostar St. Lawrence University Wartburg College Bunchung Ly Kavindra Mahadeva Illanco Luther College Stanford University Sophie McKibben Kelly Meza Prado Cambodia Sri Lanka USA Peru Laura Milanez Johan Mohtarudin Pablo Manzano Miura Nomzamo Mavimbela UWC South East Asia UWC Maastricht UWC Red Cross Nordic Pearson College UWC France Malaysia Spain Swaziland Macalester College Luther College Brown University St. Olaf College UWC South East Asia UWC Costa Rica UWC-USA Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Carleton College Bates College Juan Ma Sakhile Mahlalela Lehigh University Lewis & Clark College Helen Mebrate Bhekimpi Mhlanga China Swaziland Ethiopia Swaziland Nikola Milicevic Oliver Moller George Mapaya Maria Mayboeck UWC Red Cross Nordic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Li Po Chun UWC Montenegro Denmark Zimbabwe Austria Westminster College University of Oklahoma Skidmore College Kenyon College UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Costa Rica University of Florida Brown University Zechen Ma Sindingo Mahlobo Luther College Skidmore College Katherine Renee Sylvester Mhlanga China South Africa Medina Pineda Swaziland Dilawar Mirzaee Pedro Monque Lopez Thandwa Maphalala Frances Mayo UWC Mahindra College Pearson College UWC USA Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Afghanistan Venezuela Swaziland USA Brown University Earlham College UWC Red Cross Nordic Luther College UWC Adriatic UWC-USA Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia Sarah Lawrence College Methodist University St. Olaf College Tonderai Mabvure Rounak Maiti Lewis & Clark College Barnard College Lucia Michelazzo Ceroni Class of 2016 Class
Zimbabwe USA Sarah Melton Argentina Tazorodzwa Mnangagwa Lee Ellen Moonan 2016 Class of Hlengiwe Maphosa Olorato Mbi Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Mahindra College Canada UWC Red Cross Nordic Zambia USA Zimbabwe Botswana Luther College Occidental College UWC Red Cross Nordic University of Michigan Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Atlantic College Brown University St. Olaf College Pomona College Alvaro Machuca Recalde Tsz Yung Alex Mak Luther College Methodist University Paraguay China UWC Red Cross Nordic Li Po Chun UWC Middlebury College Franklin & Marshall College
96 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 97 PRESIDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES
Marcos Munoz-Rivera Lindelwe Ndlovu Olof Nordin Evan M. O’Brien “The Davis UWC Scholars have transformed El Salvador Zimbabwe Sweden USA UWC Costa Rica Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Costa Rica UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION the Westminster College community over the past Methodist University Earlham College Randolph-Macon College Princeton University De-trashing the decade. They have brought the world to our campus in Maud Muosieyiri Viktor Nesheim Kathrine Norsk Asami Odate Ghana Norway Denmark Japan Everest Base Camp the heartland and allowed us to experience the UWC Costa Rica UWC Atlantic College UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC South East Asia Wellesley College Yale University Savannah College of Art Barnard College Trash discarded by mountaineering teams litters the base richness of a global community as we live, learn, and and Design Mbuso Mwali Harrison Neuert Se Jung Oh camp at Mt . Everest — and scholar Dikpal Dhamala serve together. The Davis UWC Scholars are leaders Swaziland USA Salathiel Ntakirutimana USA (Nepal, UWC-USA, Lake Forest College ’15) brought his Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Atlantic College Burundi UWC South East Asia on campus in a wide variety of academic and St. Olaf College Brown University Waterford Kamhlaba UWC University of Richmond idea for doing something about that to the Clinton Global Harvard College Vincent Mwadime Anh Tram Nguyen Amy Omondi Initiative University last year . He’s now fund-raising for his cocurricular endeavors. I am inspired by their passion for Mwashumbe Vietnam Laura Nubler Kenya “Cash for Trash” plan, which would pay local people $1 Kenya Pearson College UWC Germany UWC South East Asia learning and commitment to making the world a better UWC Atlantic College Princeton University UWC Atlantic College Lewis & Clark College for every kilogram of garbage they collect for recycling at Princeton University Middlebury College place for everyone.” Dai Trang Nguyen Phan Nadia Onsando lower altitudes . He asks potential supporters to contact Philippe Nahimana Muhire Vietnam Chinwude Nwana Kenya him at dhamaladb@mx .lakeforest .edu . Rwanda UWC Mahindra College Nigeria Waterford Kamhlaba UWC GEORGE B. FORSYTHE, PHD Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Wellesley College UWC Mahindra College Luther College President, Westminster College Luther College Earlham College Simphiwe Ngwenya Cristabelle Ormiston Nanda Naidu Swaziland Fides Nyaisonga Singapore India Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Tanzania UWC South East Asia Anognya Parthasarathy Omobola Phillips UWC Red Cross Nordic The College of Idaho Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Yale University India Nigeria Luther College Wellesley College UWC Costa Rica UWC Atlantic College Maria Moreno Unoziba Moyo Nolwazi Ngwenyama Leslie Ossete Colby College Wheaton College Venezuela Zimbabwe Sebunya Lazia Nakiwoga Swaziland Constanine Nyalenda Congo UWC Mahindra College UWC-USA Uganda Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Kenya UWC-USA Verushka Patel Linda Phiri Brown University The College of Idaho Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Bates College UWC Mahindra College Earlham College USA Malawi University of Oklahoma University of Oklahoma UWC South East Asia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Tebello Mosenene Keneuoe Mphutlane Sibahle Nhleko Andris Otisons University of Michigan Brandeis University Lesotho Lesotho Andrew Nalani Swaziland Posholi Nyamane Latvia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Uganda Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Lesotho UWC Red Cross Nordic Jomar Aaron Pecson Matankiso Phooko Ringling College of Art The College of Idaho UWC-USA Methodist University UWC Mahindra College University of Florida Philippines Lesotho and Design Dartmouth College Tufts University UWC-USA Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Ntombikayise Msubo Armel Nibasumba Priit Paidla University of Florida University of Oklahoma Puleng Moshele South Africa Liilia Namsing Burundi Terese Nygard Estonia Lesotho Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Estonia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Norway UWC Red Cross Nordic Sofie Pedersen Harrison Pickering Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Westminster College Li Po Chun UWC Middlebury College UWC Atlantic College Macalester College Sweden USA Macalester College Middlebury College St. Olaf College UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC South East Asia Mohammad Mudaqiq Stanley Njuguna Piyari Paienjton Macalester College Vassar College Freddy Moto Afghanistan Phalgun Narla Kenya Olga Ulrika Aurora Nynas Pakistan Cameroon UWC-USA USA UWC Atlantic College Finland UWC Adriatic Mark Persij Anna Pierobon Waterford Kamhlaba UWC The College of Idaho UWC Atlantic College Yale University UWC Red Cross Nordic Mount Holyoke College Netherlands Italy The College of Idaho Macalester College Gettysburg College UWC in Mostar UWC South East Asia Gilbert Mudenda Sakhile Nkambule Kristina Pallova St. Lawrence University Brown University Masashi Motohashi Zambia Shambavi Natarajan Swaziland Nyaradzo Nzvume Czech Republic Japan UWC-USA India Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Zimbabwe UWC Maastricht Thanh Truong Nhat Pham Samuel Pierre Pearson College UWC University of Florida UWC Mahindra College Lake Forest College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Middlebury College Vietnam Haiti
Macalester College Westminster College Luther College Li Po Chun UWC UWC Costa Rica 2016 Class of Esiya Muhyila Sylvia Nkombo Nkoula Natasha Pangarkar Macalester College Hood College Thuso Motselebane Zambia Guellord Ndagijimana Congo Amia Oberai USA Lesotho Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Rwanda Pearson College UWC USA UWC South East Asia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC University of Oklahoma UWC Costa Rica Lewis & Clark College UWC South East Asia Williams College University of Oklahoma Lewis & Clark College Brown University
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Dichha Rai Ximena Beatriz Sebastian Sampl Nermin Sehic Nepal Rodriguez Medina Austria Bosnia & Herzegovina “Vassar’s complement of 20 Davis UWC Scholars from UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION UWC Mahindra College Venezuela UWC-USA UWC in Mostar Luther College UWC Costa Rica Princeton University Lake Forest College 12 nations, distributed among all four classes, is a Empowering Women, Macalester College Dikshyant Rai Diego Sanchez Chico Joseph Sengeh linchpin of our effort to deepen the international and Improving Schools Nepal Paula Roetscher Spain Sierra Leone UWC Mahindra College Germany UWC Costa Rica UWC Maastricht intercultural experience of our students—indeed, of the A phone call from Chelsea Clinton told Yangmali Rai Brown University UWC in Mostar Ringling College of Art Macalester College University of Florida and Design whole Vassar community.” (Nepal, Mahindra UWC of India, Westminster College ’14) Daniel Ramirez Montero Sophia Sennett that his Clinton Global Initiative University proposal — Mexico Kendall Rojas Kwabena Sarfo-Panin USA UWC Atlantic College Costa Rica Ghana UWC-USA CATHARINE “CAPPY” HILL among 600 entries, the only one from an individual — Brown University UWC Costa Rica Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Duke University President, Vassar College had won start-up funding . Last summer, Yangmali Ringling College of Art Earlham College Divya Rana and Design Mmasechaba Sentle traveled to a remote Nepalese village to start his first Nepal Prioty Sarwar Botswana Li Po Chun UWC Anya Rose Bangladesh Waterford Kamhlaba UWC project, employing four single women to raise cash St. Olaf College USA UWC Mahindra College University of Oklahoma crops on rented land . Profits will, he hopes, fund local UWC Atlantic College Wellesley College Thabo Shija Kristina Simeunovic Thabiso Ratalane Swarthmore College Samuel Setsoafia Tanzania Bosnia & Herzegovina school improvements . To support this and future Lesotho Kevin Sathyanath Ghana Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC in Mostar Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Madhura Roy India UWC-USA Luther College Lake Forest College projects, he has started the Yang-Ward Foundation Colorado College Mozambique UWC Atlantic College University of Oklahoma (www .yangward .org) . Waterford Kamhlaba UWC University of Florida Mzwakithi Shongwe Shpresa Sinanaj Michael Ratliff Colorado College Khushboo Shah Swaziland Albania USA Pannikar Sattayayuk India UWC-USA UWC Adriatic Li Po Chun UWC Nayantara Roy Thailand UWC Mahindra College Middlebury College University of Florida Wheaton College India Pearson College UWC Sarah Lawrence College UWC South East Asia University of Florida Philile Shongwe Abhijit Singh Anjali Natarajan Ravunniarath Omer Shamir Jean Baptiste Pierre Ricardo Nadya Pramudita University of Virginia Swaziland India India Wayne Sauramba Israel Haiti Indonesia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Mahindra College UWC Costa Rica Doroteja Rubez Zimbabwe UWC Mahindra College Simon Bolivar UWC UWC Atlantic College Yale University Clark University Colorado College Bosnia & Herzegovina Waterford Kamhlaba UWC College of the Atlantic Methodist University St. Olaf College Li Po Chun UWC The College of Idaho Bimala Shrestha Shivam Singh Diego Recinos Yeufan Shao Margarette Pierre-Louis Maryia Pupko Earlham College Nepal India Guatemala Patrick Saylor China Haiti Belarus UWC Mahindra College UWC Mahindra College UWC Atlantic College Rafik Maher Saad USA UWC Mahindra College Simon Bolivar UWC UWC Adriatic St. Olaf College University of Michigan Amherst College Egypt UWC-USA University of Michigan The College of Idaho Earlham College UWC Red Cross Nordic Dartmouth College Kevin Shrestha Asavari Sinha Amelia Redmond Khaled Sharafaddin Shaniece Pinder Rickie Quaglia University of Oklahoma Nepal India Canada Shada Sbeta Yemen Bahamas USA Li Po Chun UWC UWC South East Asia Pearson College UWC Egzon Sadiku Libya Li Po Chun UWC Pearson College UWC UWC Mahindra College Franklin & Marshall College Princeton University Wellesley College Kosovo Pearson College UWC Wheaton College Clark University Lake Forest College UWC Adriatic Earlham College Hugo Silverio Correia Seada Sloboda Savitri Restrepo Alvarez Esmail Sharafuddin Sergio Pirla Lopez Jose Quintero Macalester College Brazil Bosnia & Herzegovina Colombia Schirin Schenkermayr Yemen Spain Guatemala UWC-USA UWC in Mostar Li Po Chun UWC Haakon Sagbakken Austria Pearson College UWC UWC Atlantic College UWC Adriatic University of Florida Methodist University Wellesley College Norway UWC in Mostar Lake Forest College Westminster College Lewis & Clark College UWC South East Asia Trinity College Lindokuhle Simelane Lydon Smit Laura Rigell Ava Sharma John Pizzato Andjelka Radevic Brown University Swaziland South Africa USA Christopher Schrader USA USA Montenegro Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Mahindra College UWC Atlantic College Kyoko Sakai Netherlands UWC South East Asia UWC Atlantic College UWC Adriatic Lewis & Clark College Luther College Swarthmore College Japan Li Po Chun UWC Smith College Harvard College Macalester College
UWC-USA Harvard College Emma Smith 2016 Class of Conner Douglas Vipin Sharma Marylita Poma-Pacheco Mavjigul Rahimshoeva Macalester College Lindokuhle Simelane USA Bouchard Roberts Lea Schroeder India Peru Tajikistan Swaziland UWC-USA USA Maroua Sallami Germany UWC Mahindra College UWC South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC UWC Adriatic Duke University UWC Mahindra College Tunisia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Cornell University Randolph-Macon College The College of Idaho Wartburg College Pomona College Li Po Chun UWC Dartmouth College Northwestern University
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Xinzhuo Sun Christina Tellez Kwanele Tsabedze Lirim Veliu “I could not be happier with our Davis United World China Canada Swaziland Albania GRADUATES IN ACTION College Scholars. We seek them, in the first instance, UWC Mahindra College Pearson College UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC in Mostar Princeton University College of the Atlantic Skidmore College University of Florida Social Entrepreneurship at Davos because we know that able and well-prepared Matti Suomenaro Ricardo Tenente Sonam Tsangspa Felix Vemmer Finland Portugal India Germany After “accomplishing our mission in setting up locally international students strengthen the vitality of Wartburg UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Mahindra College UWC Mahindra College Li Po Chun UWC Middlebury College Colorado College St. Olaf College The College of Idaho run, accredited first-responder training programs in College, creating exciting educational opportunities for Venezuela and Bolivia,” Terence Steinberg (USA, UWC Lena Sutter Jia Ying Teoh Anna Tsybko Maria Venegas all of our students, domestic as well as international. But USA Malaysia Ukraine Costa Rica of the Adriatic, Macalester College ’11) last fall retired A UWC-USA UWC Atlantic College UWC Costa Rica UWC Maastricht Tu Lado, an effort he’d started . He now consults for we also seek Davis UWC Scholars because we share University of Michigan Middlebury College St. Lawrence University Ringling College of Art and Design other mission-driven social enterprises . As curator for Volha Sviarkaltsava Emebet Tessema Pranay Tyle basic values with the program’s founders: we know that Belarus Ethiopia India Guillermo Vera Carrasquero the Minneapolis “hub” of Global Shapers, a network of UWC Mahindra College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia Venezuela young drivers of positive change, he was among 50 international understanding and global stability depend Methodist University Skidmore College Johns Hopkins University UWC Costa Rica Macalester College activists chosen to participate in the 2014 Davos World upon the formation of personal relationships that can be Nithya Swaminathan Linda Tha Lenny Ulloa Silva Singapore Cambodia Chile Constanza Vidal Bustamante Economic Forum . powerfully forged in the vibrant academic and co- UWC South East Asia UWC Maastricht UWC Adriatic Chile Swarthmore College Westminster College Luther College UWC South East Asia Harvard College curricular experience that Wartburg affords. We know, Andre Szejner Sigal Samarjeet Thapa Onur Unal too, that Davis UWC Scholars arrive on campus ready to Guatemala Nepal Turkey Magdalena Vidovic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Mahindra College UWC Adriatic Croatia Ruoxu Wang Selam Woldemariam live out our college’s mission of leadership and service in University of Florida Earlham College Macalester College UWC in Mostar China Ethiopia University of Oklahoma UWC Costa Rica Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Christian Tabet Rachel Thomas Jeanice Vacarizas Westminster College Luther College the world.” Lebanon USA Philippines Ricardo Vieitez Parra Pearson College UWC UWC South East Asia UWC-USA Argentina Ngawang Wangchuk Kyle Kwan Lun Wong DARREL D. COLSON The College of Idaho Tufts University University of Florida UWC Red Cross Nordic Bhutan Hong Kong University of Florida UWC-USA Li Po Chun UWC President, Wartburg College Merone Tadesse Drake Tien Akshita Vaidyanathan St. Olaf College Cornell University Canada USA India Naida Vikalo UWC Atlantic College UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia Bosnia & Herzegovina Cheyenne Ward Matthew Wong Brown University Occidental College Tufts University UWC in Mostar USA Malaysia University of Florida UWC-USA UWC Mahindra College Kain Smith Maryia Statkevich Misha Talavera Tjizembua Tijikuzu Jonathan van Arneman University of Florida Lewis & Clark College USA Belarus USA Namibia Netherlands Tijana Vucetic UWC-USA UWC Adriatic UWC Atlantic College UWC-USA Pearson College UWC Montenegro Shankar Waseem Yumeka Wong Vassar College Luther College Stanford University Westminster College Macalester College UWC in Mostar Iraq Japan University of Oklahoma UWC Adriatic UWC Mahindra College Ivana Soce Senija Steta Martin Tamayo Moliehi Tjamela Ales Varabyou Methodist University Lake Forest College Croatia Bosnia & Herzegovina USA Lesotho Belarus Polly Wagner UWC in Mostar UWC in Mostar UWC South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC UWC Maastricht Germany Yukiko Watanabe Yongyi Wu Hood College Wellesley College Duke University St. Olaf College Luther College UWC Adriatic Japan China Kenyon College Pearson College UWC Pearson College UWC Grace Sparapani Christina Straehle Inara Tareque Nana C E Adubea Aneta Vargova Brown University University of Virginia USA Switzerland Bangladesh Toa-Kwapong Slovakia Rosa Brittain Walker UWC Maastricht UWC South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC United Kingdom UWC-USA South Africa Nina Whittaker Fann Xu Vassar College Claremont McKenna College Grinnell College UWC Red Cross Nordic Lewis & Clark College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Japan Sweden
Macalester College University of Chicago Li Po Chun UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic 2016 Class of Vladimir Stanishevskii Margaret Stratton Sunghee Tark Michaela Vebrova Kenyon College Bennington College Russia USA Republic of Korea Son Tran Tuan Czech Republic John Wang UWC Adriatic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Mahindra College Vietnam UWC South East Asia Hong Kong Damene Woldemariam Mende Yangden Ringling College of Art Tufts University Earlham College UWC South East Asia Colgate University Li Po Chun UWC Ethiopia Bhutan and Design Brown University Harvard College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic St. Olaf College Skidmore College
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Hamzah Ahmed Wilmer Amador A Writer with a Story Worth Sharing Canada Costa Rica “We are enormously grateful for our partnership UWC South East Asia UWC Costa Rica Mirwais Wakil (Afghanistan/Austria, UWC in Mostar, St . Olaf College ’15) is writing a Amherst College Ringling College of Art with the Davis UWC Scholars Program. Diversity is a and Design book . “It’s a coming-of-age story — and his is an incredible perspective,” notes Jennifer Fathimath Ahmed powerful contributor to inquiry, and the various Kwon Dobbs, an English professor at St . Olaf College who is his mentor on the project . Maldives Jenish Amatya UWC Red Cross Nordic Nepal perspectives brought to campus by our Davis UWC Mirwais was nine when his parents fled the Taliban, then 15 when he learned his Bates College UWC-USA Wheaton College mother was alive and living in Vienna . For four years until then, in extremist-ruled Mayeesha Ahmed Scholars enhance discourse and promote active learning Afghanistan he’d had only strict religious and Arabic-language education . After joining Bangladesh Fathimath Hana Amir Li Po Chun UWC Maldives in and outside the classroom.” his mother and siblings in Austria, he threw himself into learning all he could . Earlham College UWC Red Cross Nordic MICHAEL S. ROTH He’s still doing that . At St . Olaf, along with writing his memoir, Mirwais is a member New York University Omolola Akingba President, Wesleyan University of the political science honor society — and he helped organize an International South Africa Hashem Amireh Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Jordan Awareness House, where members hosted meals and conversations with fellow students Mirwais Wakil St. Lawrence University UWC-USA University of Florida and local high schoolers . Soukaina Alami Idrissi “It’s always a long discussion when I try to talk to people about things like Afghanistan, the religion and tradition there,” he says . Morocco Naufal Amjad UWC Costa Rica Maldives Fabiana Ayala Prithvi Batra “It’s very complicated, but it’s good to talk about .” St. Lawrence University Pearson College UWC USA India “It was a gift to have Mirwais’s perspective in the classroom,” says Prof . Dobbs . “He’s an up-and-coming author — I fully expect Westminster College Li Po Chun UWC UWC South East Asia Abd-Alrahman Al-Asaad University of Richmond Union College that he’ll write more than one book . And he’s one of the most incredible students I’ve ever worked with .” Syria Christian Anangono UWC Maastricht Ecuador Chioma Azih Alessandro Battaglia Skidmore College UWC Costa Rica Nigeria Italy Ringling College of Art Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Adriatic Farah AlHaddad and Design Methodist University Luther College Syria UWC-USA Madeley Arriola Guerrero Tanya Bajwa Quentin F.V. Becheau Anya Yearwood Natalia Zamboni Vergara Youxi Zhou Miguel Abrao Da Silva Macalester College Nicaragua Austria France Barbados Guatemala China Timor-Leste UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Atlantic College Li Po Chun UWC UWC Costa Rica UWC Maastricht UWC Costa Rica UWC South East Asia Raya Alher University of Oklahoma Skidmore College Princeton University The College of Idaho College of the Atlantic Earlham College Methodist University Iraq Li Po Chun UWC Darius Aruho Catherine Ballali Eloy Beliz Tsuyoshi Yoneda Réka Zempléni Zethu Zwane Nana Yaa Adu Methodist University Uganda Tanzania Panama Singapore Hungary Swaziland Ghana UWC-USA UWC Maastricht UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC-USA Emina Alibegovic University of Oklahoma Earlham College Methodist University Trinity College Princeton University University of Oklahoma University of Florida Bosnia & Herzegovina UWC in Mostar Lynette Ashaba Hyde Bangui Ongagna Maja Bendtsen Jiyoun Yoo Yuexin Zeng Amanuel Afework University of Oklahoma Uganda Congo Denmark Republic of Korea China Class of 2017 Ethiopia UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC-USA UWC Adriatic UWC Mahindra College UWC Atlantic College Li Po Chun UWC Almutaz Alnaas University of Pennsylvania Methodist University Macalester College University of Oklahoma Middlebury College Alaa Abdelfattah Middlebury College Libya Egypt UWC Maastricht Twisha Asher Yazan Barhoush Zohra Victoria Benzerga Irham Yunardi Rui Zhang Jhader Aguad Li Po Chun UWC Macalester College India Palestine Algeria Indonesia China Peru Middlebury College UWC Mahindra College UWC Adriatic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia Pearson College UWC UWC Costa Rica Joaquin Alonso Denison University Union College New York University St. Olaf College Dartmouth College Bachir Abeid Macalester College Uruguay Western Sahara UWC Atlantic College Mohamed Asim Rolando Barry Laso Grzegorz Berent Noorullah Zafari Tiange Zhang Nurul Azma Ahmad Tarmizi UWC Costa Rica Middlebury College Maldives Spain Poland Afghanistan China Indonesia
Brown University Li Po Chun UWC UWC Mahindra College UWC Maastricht 2017 Class of UWC Maastricht UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic Nashwa Al-Sharki Connecticut College Ringling College of Art Methodist University Luther College Duke University Esther (Ronke) Abodunrin University of Florida Yemen and Design Nigeria Li Po Chun UWC Scovia Aweko Vidya Bharam Liudmila Zaleskaya Feilong Zhao Arif Ahmadi Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Smith College Uganda Joaquin Basile Patron India Belarus China Afghanistan Earlham College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Uruguay UWC South East Asia UWC in Mostar UWC South East Asia UWC Atlantic College Westminster College UWC Red Cross Nordic Luther College St. Lawrence University University of Michigan Wartburg College Lake Forest College
104 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 105 Tanvi Bhaskar Christine Blandhol Julie Bowser Olivia Campbell Alinafe Chanza Colleen Cilwick India Norway Canada USA Malawi USA UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic Pearson College UWC UWC Maastricht Li Po Chun UWC UWC in Mostar UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION Columbia University Brown University College of the Atlantic Harvard College Wheaton College Macalester College Women and Technology Kavya Bhat Pavel Blinov Renate Braathen Ximena Carranza Risco Laxmi Cheruvu Amilcar Cipriano India Russia Norway Peru Canada Mozambique Elena Sergienko (Russia, Pearson UWC, Earlham UWC Mahindra College UWC in Mostar UWC Adriatic UWC Adriatic UWC-USA Waterford Kamhlaba UWC University of Chicago University of Florida St. John’s College Brown University Randolph-Macon College University of Pennsylvania College ’14) is the first female Earlham student in six years to major in computer science . She went on to Jaya Bhojwani Laszlo Bogdan Tanya Brathwaite Alberto Carrillo Casas Vanessa Chilunda Rodi Ciziri Netherlands Hungary Barbados Spain Tanzania Sweden intern at Probaris Technologies, a partner of Verizon, and UWC Maastricht UWC Adriatic UWC-USA UWC Red Cross Nordic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic at Goldman Sachs; and she attended the Grace Hopper St. Olaf College Ringling College of Art University of Florida University of Rochester St. Lawrence University Lewis & Clark College and Design Women in Computer Science Conference in Portland, Niccolo Bigagli Chinyere Brown Ugur Caner Cengiz Sayorn Chin Samantha Clark Italy Lykkefry Bonde Jamaica Turkey Cambodia United KingdomUWC Maas- Oregon . In male-dominated fields, “women have to help UWC-USA Denmark UWC-USA UWC Mahindra College UWC South East Asia tricht each other out,” she says . At Earlham, “I was always Bates College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Brandeis University Lake Forest College Colorado College Methodist University Colorado College given opportunities and supported by faculty .” Joshua Biggs Sylvia Brown Toni Cerkez Eugene Choe Damir Cobo South Africa Sameen Boparai USA Croatia USA/Korea Bosnia & Herzegovina UWC Adriatic USA UWC Costa Rica UWC in Mostar UWC South East Asia UWC in Mostar Oberlin College UWC South East Asia Brown University Lake Forest College Williams College Bennington College Pomona College Thomas Blackwood James Bui Min Sun Cha Man Kin Chow Margaret Cody Luz Cuello Pagnone Grecia De La O Abarca USA Jacob Borg USA South Korea United Kingdom USA Argentina/Italy Mexico UWC Atlantic College Malta UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC UWC South East Asia UWC Adriatic UWC-USA Stanford University UWC Adriatic Kalamazoo College Yale University Princeton University Amherst College St. Olaf College Middlebury College St. Olaf College Simona Blanarikova Ximena Buller Machado Rutendo Chabikwa Margaret Christ Neide Costa Emily Cunniffe Adam Debreczeni Slovakia Aisha Borno Peru Zimbabwe USA Angola Ireland Hungary UWC Red Cross Nordic Norway Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Pearson College UWC UWC Atlantic College UWC Adriatic UWC Atlantic College UWC-USA University of Florida UWC Red Cross Nordic Colorado College St. Lawrence University Swarthmore College Wartburg College Brown University Hood College Wellesley College Emma Burke Ella Chan Elizaveta Chudaykina Sharo Costa Julio Da Costa Ian Delabie France China Russia Saudi Arabia Argentina Belgium/USA UWC Atlantic College Li Po Chun UWC UWC Atlantic College UWC Mahindra College UWC Costa Rica UWC South East Asia College of the Atlantic Swarthmore College Wartburg College University of Michigan Wartburg College Middlebury College UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION Alexis Caballero Joyce Yun Xi Chan Daniel Chung Paula-Kay Cousins Gautier Dagan Kivilcim Delibas Living the Dream Bahamas United Kingdom USA Jamaica France Turkey UWC Maastricht UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia UWC Maastricht UWC in Mostar UWC in Mostar Daniel Yeboah-Kordieh (Ghana, UWC-USA, Princeton University of Florida New York University Oberlin College Grinnell College Northwestern University Wartburg College University ’14) has been busy: he’s led the African Juan Sebastian Wai Cheung Chan Tiffany Chung Katie Crawford Vedrana Damjanovic Claudia Della Pona Cabrera Rueda Hong Kong Canada United Kingdom/Netherlands Bosniam & Herzegovina Italy Students Association; been project coordinator for the Colombia UWC Maastricht Li Po Chun UWC UWC Maastricht UWC in Mostar UWC Red Cross Nordic Young Scholars Institute, a tutoring program in nearby UWC Maastricht Amherst College Wellesley College Westminster College University of Florida Randolph-Macon College Savannah College of Art Trenton; helped organize Princeton’s freshman Outdoor and Design Amit Chand Paul Cichocki Karim Creary Alexander Davies Roberto Delle Neve Fiji Austria Bermuda Action Program; been a residential computing consultant; United Kingdom Venezuala Sergio Cahueque Pearson College UWC UWC-USA UWC Costa Rica UWC-USA UWC Costa Rica and completed an independent laboratory project, using Guatemala University of Oklahoma Brown University St. Lawrence University Cornell University Princeton University
Pearson College UWC 2017 Class of computational tools and wet-lab techniques to study how College of the Atlantic Ambika Chanrai Javier Alejandro Cifuentes Milena Crnogorcevic Matthew De La Cruz Tessa Devreese United Kingdom Garzaro Montenegro organisms develop . Of the chance to do all this, he says, USA Belgium Christian Campbell UWC South East Asia Guatemala Li Po Chun UWC UWC Adriatic UWC Costa Rica “I sometimes find it hard to believe I’m not dreaming .” Sierra Leone New York University UWC South East Asia Middlebury College Brown University Cornell University Waterford Kamhlaba UWC University of Richmond Wartburg College
106 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 107 Ibrahima Dieye Tenzin Dolker Patrick Drown Jordy Farrier Mora Risa Fujitake Guillermo Gorrin Senegal Tibet USA Costa Rica Japan Venezuela UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC-USA UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION Macalester College Westminster College Georgetown University Methodist University Colby College St. Olaf College Qualities of Leadership Ana Dilber Iva Domljan Sevinc Dundar Loic Feghali Shana Gallagher Weronika Grabowska Croatia Bosnia & Herzegovina Turkey Lebanon USA Poland As advisor to St . Lawrence’s African Student Union and UWC in Mostar UWC in Mostar UWC Adriatic UWC-USA UWC Atlantic College UWC in Mostar Macalester College University of Florida St. Olaf College The College of Idaho Tufts University College of the Atlantic mentor to ASU president Joanna Patouris (Swaziland, Waterford Kamhlaba UWC, St . Lawrence University ’14), Brea Dionisio Annelieke Jia Ling Ko Bach Duong Toam Feldestein Nkhosiyentile Gama Ghita Guessous Philippines/USA Dompeling Vietnam Israel Swaziland Morocco Associate Professor Abye Assefe sees an emerging Li Po Chun UWC Singapore UWC South East Asia UWC in Mostar Pearson College UWC UWC Adriatic leader . Dr . Assefe says Joanna is “truly gifted in getting University of North Carolina UWC South East Asia University of Oklahoma St. Olaf College University of Oklahoma Princeton University at Chapel Hill New York University the respect and trust of people .” Under her leadership, Elizaveta Dyatko Marisol Fernandez y Mora Anesu Gamanya Henrik Gundersen Yacine Diouf Jason Dong Belarus USA Zimbabwe Norway the ASU has seen an increase in non-African members . Senegal New Zealand Li Po Chun UWC UWC-USA UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic Last year Joanna was chosen to present, to the Eastern UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC South East Asia St. Lawrence University Smith College Grinnell College Middlebury College Macalester College Harvard College Sociological Society, the findings of her 2012 summer Claudia Ebensperger Sebastian Fica Contreras Anna Gams Tingting Guo Nicole Djounbo Takam Chase Doremus Chile Chile Russia China research project in Ethiopia . Cameroon USA UWC-USA UWC South East Asia UWC Adriatic UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Atlantic College UWC-USA St. Lawrence University Middlebury College University of Florida Wartburg College University of Oklahoma Reed College Haris Eminovic Nare Filiposyan Celia Garcia Nogales Devansh Gupta Sibongakonke Dlamini Elisabeth Dos Remidios Bosnia & Herzegovina Armenia Spain India South Africa De Sousa UWC in Mostar UWC Adriatic UWC in Mostar UWC South East Asia Aliya Hai Barbora Hanzalova UWC Mahindra College Timor-Leste St. Olaf College Bennington College Ringling College of Art Princeton University Pakistan Czech Republic College of the Atlantic UWC Atlantic College and Design UWC Costa Rica Li Po Chun UWC Methodist University Shanna Engelhardt Jade Forsberg Navisha Gupta Mount Holyoke College Colorado College Wenzile Dludlu France Barbados/United Kingdom Bartholomew Gavana India Swaziland Ana Dougherty UWC Mahindra College UWC Maastricht Uganda UWC South East Asia Milena Hakanpaa Ahmad Harb Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UK/USA Duke University Middlebury College UWC Atlantic College Wellesley College Finland Jordan Methodist University UWC-USA University of Florida UWC Costa Rica UWC Maastricht University of North Carolina Nina Escriva Fernandez Alejandra Franco Nora Gurung Brandeis University University of Oklahoma at Chapel Hill Netherlands USA Sarunas Genys Nepal UWC Costa Rica UWC-USA Lithuania UWC Costa Rica Ahmed Azyan Hameed Peyavali Hashipala Macalester College Colorado College UWC Atlantic College Cornell University Maldives Namibia Colby College UWC Mahindra College UWC in Mostar Ida Esmaeli Dagmara Franczak Ginevra C.A. Guzzi University of Oklahoma University of Oklahoma GRADUATES IN ACTION Sweden Poland Rukun Goel Italy UWC South East Asia UWC Costa Rica India UWC Adriatic Jasper Hancock Sien Hasker Boston Conservatory Macalester College UWC South East Asia Princeton University Canada/United Kingdom Belgium Building Capacity in Burkina Faso University of Chicago UWC South East Asia UWC Maastricht Belmira Etiambulo Hannah Freedman Chau Ha Duke University University of Chicago Alum Edwige Tia (Burkina Faso, Pearson UWC, Agnes Angola USA Andela Golemac Vietnam Li Po Chun UWC UWC-USA Bosnia & Herzegovina UWC Red Cross Nordic Alexandra Jayne Hansen Galen Hecht Scott College ’11) earned an MA in economics from Luther College Tufts University UWC in Mostar Middlebury College USA USA Fordham, and is now working as a capacity-building Hood College UWC South East Asia Pearson College UWC Kyle Evans Na Fu Merima Hadzic Kenyon College College of the Atlantic coordinator for USAID’s West Africa Water Supply, United Kingdom China Howard Gonzalez Navarrete Bosnia & Herzegovina Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Li Po Chun UWC Costa Rica UWC in Mostar Jon Funder Hansen Elin Linnea Hedlund Sanitation and Hygiene Program in Ouagadougou, her The College of Idaho Earlham College UWC Mahindra College University of Oklahoma Denmark Sweden Pearson College UWC UWC-USA nation’s capital . She oversees the U .S . study tour and Brown University 2017 Class of Amirah Fadhlina Maho Fujita Lukas Hager Kenyon College Dartmouth College the internship programs, and is involved in coordinating Indonesia Japan Karina Gonzalez Sanchez USA Marta Hanyzkiewicz Daniel Alexander Heinz other training and workshop events . UWC South East Asia UWC Mahindra College Mexico/USA UWC Atlantic College Earlham College Bucknell University UWC-USA University of Chicago Poland USA University of North Carolina UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC-USA at Chapel Hill Wartburg College Reed College
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Nikolaus H. Howe Zabir Islam Fatimetu Jatri Emhamed Bernarda Kaculete “The Davis United World College Scholars Program is one Canada Bangladesh Western Sahara Angola Pearson College UWC UWC Mahindra College UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION of the largest and most visionary scholarship programs Williams College Tufts University Luther College Luther College Fueling School that exists today. The international perspectives and Aisa Hromadzic Doris Ismail Rebecca Jennings Neira Kadic Bosnia & Herzegovina Nigeria South Africa Bosnia & Herzegovina New hope may grow in Swaziland’s Mpaka refugee interactions afforded by the program have enriched UWC in Mostar Li Po Chun UWC UWC Atlantic College UWC in Mostar University of Florida St. Olaf College Wellesley College University of Oklahoma camp, thanks to a project by Linda Nkosi (Swaziland, Middlebury College for fourteen years. The Davis UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC, Wartburg College ’14) and Karla Huaman Ruiz Minori Itabashi Hantao Jiang Neema Kafwimi Scholars’ diverse backgrounds, interests, and talents Peru Japan China Tanzania Daniel Sopdie (Cameroon, Waterford Kamhlaba UWC, UWC South East Asia UWC-USA UWC-USA UWC Red Cross Nordic Wartburg College ’14), with Aseya Kakar (Afghanistan, continue to bring a global presence to our campus, St. Olaf College Earlham College Luther College Bates College UWC of the Atlantic, Wartburg College ’14) . Last summer Karen Hui Franjo Ivankovic Lia Jimenez Dianne Kaiyoorawongs stimulating essential dialogues and inspiring all of our Hong Kong Bosnia & Herzegovina Dominican Republic USA they won a Clinton Global Initiative University grant to UWC Atlantic College UWC in Mostar UWC Atlantic College UWC Mahindra College equip a large, 60-cubic-meter biogas digester for turning students to become global citizens.” Sarah Lawrence College University of Florida Colby College Yale University animal and plant waste into methane fuel . Monthly Mary Kam Man Hui Ruzica Ivanovic Ariana Johnson Ridhima Kalani RONALD D. LIEBOWITZ United Kingdom Bosnia & Herzegovina USA India savings projected at $14 per camp family, Aseya says, President, Middlebury College Li Po Chun UWC UWC in Mostar Pearson College UWC UWC South East Asia “would help them send their kids to school .” Princeton University Ringling College of Art Stanford University New York University and Design Mohamed Hussein Cheryne Jonay Tijana Kantar Egypt Monika Iwasaki Switzerland Bosnia & Herzegovina Pearson College UWC Japan UWC Atlantic College UWC in Mostar Middlebury College UWC Mahindra College Princeton University Earlham College Jephter Kayila Aneesa Khan Regina Marie Charlene Ho Wesleyan University Tanzania India Dominique Henares Singapore Sae Yeoun Hwang Dhanashree Jori Sophie Karbjinski UWC Atlantic College UWC Mahindra College Philippines UWC South East Asia South Korea Khaled Jabr India Germany Methodist University College of the Atlantic UWC South East Asia University of Michigan UWC Mahindra College Palestine UWC-USA UWC-USA Colorado College Earlham College UWC Costa Rica Methodist University Bryn Mawr College Entisar Kedir Niyanta Khatri Wing Sze Ho University of Oklahoma Ethiopia Nepal Sina Heng Hong Kong Muath Ibaid Shivaji Jori Mohammed Katelo UWC Adriatic UWC Mahindra College Cambodia UWC Red Cross Nordic Palestine Shervin Jahangiri India Ethiopia Luther College Colorado College UWC Atlantic College Brown University UWC Maastricht Iran UWC Mahindra College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Lewis & Clark College Macalester College UWC Maastricht Wartburg College Methodist University Sinath Keo Mehrsa Kheibari Elena Hodges Wartburg College Cambodia Iran Ana Hernandez USA Peniel Ibe Ana Julante Chansa Kateule UWC South East Asia UWC Maastricht Martinez de la Riva UWC Adriatic Nigeria Dhruv Jain Angola Zambia Methodist University St. Lawrence University Spain Yale University Waterford Kamhlaba UWC India Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Costa Rica Earlham College UWC Mahindra College Wartburg College Westminster College Sebastian Kern Samsuda Khem-nguad Seungpyo Hong St. Lawrence University University of Chicago Germany Thailand South Korea Chisom Ibekwe Hyein Jung Mari Kawakatsu Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Li Po Chun UWC Jimmy Hernandez Rojas UWC Mahindra College Nigeria Sophia Jamal Korea Japan Middlebury College Cornell University Costa Rica Earlham College UWC-USA Malaysia UWC South East Asia UWC Adriatic UWC Red Cross Nordic University of Oklahoma Li Po Chun UWC School of the Art Institute of Yale University Melike (Seren) Keskin Fezokuhle Khumalo Valcourt Honore University of Florida Duke University Chicago Turkey Swaziland Haiti Gideon Ikpekaogu Owen A. Kay UWC Costa Rica Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Kailash Heron UWC Costa Rica Netherlands Erica Jamieson Aminata Ka USA Earlham College Lake Forest College Canada Lewis & Clark College UWC-USA United Kingdom Senegal UWC-USA UWC Costa Rica Bates College UWC Atlantic College UWC-USA Williams College Shahad Khalil Lindokuhle Khumalo Lamisa Shirin Hossain St. Lawrence University Colorado College Smith College Iraq Swaziland 2017 Class of Bangladesh David Immanuel Sowinta Kay UWC Maastricht Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Jusse Aline Hirwa UWC Mahindra College Namibia Abhlmanya Janamanchi Titus Kabega Cambodia University of Oklahoma University of Florida Rwanda Wellesley College UWC South East Asia USA Uganda UWC Adriatic UWC Adriatic Westminster College UWC-USA UWC-USA Macalester College Luther College Wesleyan University Dartmouth College
110 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 111 UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION PRESIDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES
Ali Mujtaba Lakdawala Melissa Leong “We value very highly the contributions made by all our To Help These Children Go to School Pakistan Malaysia UWC in Mostar UWC Mahindra College international students to the broadening of the “There were a lot of people who died in my town,” says Joseph Tarawali (Sierra Leone, Brown University Macalester College Pearson UWC, Wartburg College ’17) . He’s low key, matter-of-fact . It’s hard to explain, he Lalita Lalitnantawat Kiri Jazz Lester-Hodges undergraduate learning experience at Yale. But we also Thailand USA says, why rebels in his country’s 1990s civil war used machetes to amputate the hands UWC Atlantic College UWC South East Asia recognize that the students from the United World or feet of children . Or why some girls and boys that he knew were simply taken away . He Wellesley College New York University Colleges bring to our community something additional: was just a kid, back then . Skyler Lam Ryan Lewis This year Joseph is a first-year student at Wartburg College, and with fellow Pearson USA Bahamas direct understanding of the power of enabling students UWC Costa Rica UWC Maastricht grad Jon Funder Hansen (Denmark, Pearson UWC, Kenyon College ’17) has been The College of Idaho Savannah College of Art and from different backgrounds to work together in the Design raising funds to build a well and a cement-lined latrine at Aunty Patricia’s School (www . Trevor Lam classroom. They have an exceptional ability to leverage auntypatricia .com) in Freetown . After the war ended, Joseph’s older sister Patricia USA Tenzin Lhamo Li Po Chun UWC India their understanding of cultural difference in their started a small day care; it has since grown into the most affordable primary school in Joseph Tarawali, left, and Jon Funder Hansen Brown University UWC Red Cross Nordic University of Oklahoma that part of the capital, serving some 250 children, many without charge . Brais Lamela Gomez colleges as well as in the course work. We are grateful to “If the school shut down, a lot of those kids are going to be in the streets,” Joseph Spain Chengyue Li UWC Adriatic China be part of the Davis UWC Scholars Program.” says . “Their parents can’t afford to send them anywhere else . Brown University UWC Atlantic College Stanford University “I know I have gotten a lot of help, from UWC and the Davis scholarship, but other people are suffering . If I can help them go to Ragnhild Miriam Langmoen PETER SALOVEY school, I will try . I will use the least opportunity to help these children go to school ”. Norway Yimou Li President, Yale University UWC Atlantic College China Brown University UWC Red Cross Nordic Brown University Erin Lavoie USA Yun-Yun Susan Li Sanni Lindroos Lilian Ma UWC Costa Rica USA Finland United Kingdom Senzosenkosi Khumalo Joan Kirungi Jae Ryoung Koo Matea Krizanac Colby College UWC-USA UWC Mahindra College Li Po Chun UWC Swaziland Uganda Republic of Korea Bosnia & Herzegovina Princeton University Eu Gin Lee Lake Forest College Wellesley College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia UWC in Mostar Republic of Korea Jamie Li Wi University of Oklahoma University of Oklahoma Cornell University University of Florida Tenzin Yangchen LNU Marie-Olivier Mabiala Li Po Chun UWC Panama India Congo Hankyeol Kim Kailas Kokare Paolina Koo Gordan Kucan Northwestern University Pearson College UWC UWC Atlantic College UWC Maastricht Korea India USA Croatia Westminster College Jae June Jason Lee Agnes Scott College St. Olaf College UWC South East Asia UWC Adriatic Li Po Chun UWC UWC Maastricht Korea Diana Liang School of the Art Institute of Wartburg College Scripps College Northwestern University Pablo Lopez Alonso Oluwanifemi Madarikan UWC Mahindra College Hong Kong Chicago Mexico Nigeria Puja Aparna Kolluru Sibonay Koo Patrick Kusebauch Kenyon College UWC Adriatic UWC Adriatic UWC Adriatic Hyunji Kim India USA Czech Republic Swarthmore College Jonathan Lee Luther College Brown University South Korea UWC Mahindra College UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic Malaysia Jovanka Gabriella Lim UWC Mahindra College Ringling College of Art Tufts University Hood College Kengthsagn Louis Vaishnavi Madhavan UWC South East Asia Indonesia Westminster College and Design Haiti India Weronika Kosior Madison Lahey Wheaton College UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia UWC Mahindra College Raymos Kimanzi Antonija Kolobaric Poland USA New York University Man Tim Lee Skidmore College Macalester College Uganda Bosnia & Herzegovina UWC Mahindra College UWC Atlantic College Hong Kong Zi Xian Sheryl Lim Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC in Mostar Sarah Lawrence College University of Virginia Diego Loyo Rosales Peace Madimutsa Li Po Chun UWC Singapore University of Oklahoma Brown University Venezuela Zimbabwe Prithvi Krishnan Fernanda O. Lai University of Chicago UWC-USA UWC Adriatic UWC-USA
Martin Kiogora Melika Konjicanin India Hong Kong/Australia Cornell University 2017 Class of Kim Lensen University of Chicago Macalester College Kenya Bosnia & Herzegovina UWC South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC Netherlands Fabian O. Lindfield Roberts Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC in Mostar New York University Williams College Fredrik Lyford Anwita Mahajan UWC in Mostar United Kingdom Methodist University University of Florida Norway India Wartburg College Li Po Chun UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Mahindra College Princeton University Earlham College Dartmouth College
112 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 113 PRESIDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES
Chiranthanin Aiganym Malibek Clara Mareschal Filemon Mateus Imman Merdanovic John Mohoang “Where others see a world of problems, Davis UWC Mahayotheecharak Kazakhstan Belgium Angola Bosnia & Herzegovina Lesotho Thailand UWC Atlantic College UWC Adriatic UWC-USA UWC Maastricht UWC Mahindra College Scholars see a world of possibilities. Naive optimism? UWC Costa Rica Lehigh University College of the Atlantic Westminster College St. Lawrence University Macalester College Earlham College Robert Malongo Milica Markovic Shababa Matin Monica Mhina Relebohile Mokoena No — a view shaped by their life experiences and Ntobeko Mahlangu Malawi Montenegro Bangladesh USA Lesotho Zimbabwe UWC Adriatic UWC in Mostar UWC Atlantic College UWC-USA Waterford Kamhlaba UWC rigorous education. At Lewis & Clark, our students Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Colby College Wellesley College Brown University Trinity College Methodist University Wartburg College engage other cultures, beliefs, and ways of thinking Harjasleen Malvai Guillermo J. Martinez Cabalga Elvis Matoya Sukeji Mikaya Michal Mokrzycki Matlhatjwane Grace India Spain Kenya South Sudan Poland every day. As members of our community, Davis UWC Malahlela UWC Mahindra College Li Po Chun UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic Li Po Chun UWC South Africa Brown University Princeton University Wartburg College Luther College St. Lawrence University Scholars enlarge our common vision by shrinking the Waterford Kamhlaba UWC University of Oklahoma Aditya Manikantan Paula Martinez Gutierrez Savannah May Julija Miladinovska Kevin Molina Hernandez India Mexico USA Macedonia Costa Rica world: their stories give global issues a personal voice Tavishi Malaviya UWC South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC UWC Atlantic College UWC in Mostar UWC Costa Rica India Northwestern University Brown University Barnard College University of Florida Wartburg College and human scale.” Li Po Chun UWC Wellesley College Prodhi Manisha Augustin Martz Sanyu Mbowa Pavle Milicevic Victor Mongay Velez BARRY GLASSNER Bangladesh Switzerland Uganda Bosnia & Herzegovina Spain President and Professor, Lewis & Clark College Milad Malekzad Li Po Chun UWC UWC Adriatic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC in Mostar UWC Adriatic Afghanistan Dartmouth College College of the Atlantic University of Oklahoma University of Oklahoma College of the Atlantic UWC in Mostar Wartburg College Michael Manning Mampolokeng Marumo Katherine McGuire Stefan Minic Pharez Kwesi Monney USA South Africa USA Bosnia & Herzegovina Ghana Gorica Malesevic UWC Atlantic College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Atlantic College UWC in Mostar UWC Red Cross Nordic Emily Morris Dino Mujkic Bosnia & Herzegovina Brown University The College of Idaho Sarah Lawrence College Brown University Luther College United Kingdom Bosnia & Herzegovina UWC in Mostar Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC in Mostar Lake Forest College Juan Manzo Michelle Marumo Eli Medvescek Archibal Miracle Nicolas Montano Lake Forest College Northwestern University Guatemala Botswana USA Haiti USA UWC Costa Rica UWC Mahindra College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Simon Bolivar UWC UWC-USA Khetiwe Motlana Faten Mukhtar Westminster College Westminster College Duke University Methodist University Brown University South Africa Bahrain Li Po Chun UWC UWC-USA Lindelwa Maseko Zoe Meers Tanya Mistry Leandro Montes Ruiz Colby College Savannah College of Art and Swaziland Australia Ireland Uruguay Design UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Costa Rica UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia Thokone Motsapole UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION University of Oklahoma Smith College Wesleyan University Colorado College Lesotho Kahembi Mukuwa Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Zambia Mthobisi Maseko Siddharth Mehra Neliswa Mkhatshwa Kang Hoon Moon University of Oklahoma Pearson College UWC Engineering for Healthier Lives Swaziland USA Swaziland Republic of Korea Hood College UWC-USA UWC South East Asia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia Dumisile Mtambo Doing research at a medical clinic in Haiti last summer, Westminster College Brandeis University Methodist University Northwestern University Zimbabwe Milka Murdjeva Michael Aleman (USA, UWC-USA, Northwestern UWC Atlantic College Macedonia Fanelesibonge Mashwama Myriel Meissner Palesa Mkhonta Alan Morales Blanco Duke University UWC Adriatic University ’15) saw how engineering solutions can ease Swaziland Austria Swaziland Guatemala Middlebury College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC in Mostar Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Li Po Chun UWC Nelisiwe Lungile Mtembu health problems in the developing world . He became Harvard College Lewis & Clark College Methodist University Macalester College South Africa Fathimath Musthafa president of Northwestern’s Engineering World Health Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Maldives Dzenita Masic Iuliia Melnikova Philani Mkhwanazi Lilly Morejohn University of Oklahoma UWC Atlantic College chapter, which expanded its membership and entered Bosnia & Herzegovina Russia Swaziland USA St. Olaf College Berina Muderizovic EWH’s “Projects that Matter” design competition . UWC in Mostar UWC Adriatic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Adriatic Luther College Methodist University Luther College University of Florida Bosnia & Herzegovina Martha Muswema UWC in Mostar Zambia Through a capstone course, Michael also worked to 2017 Class of Domenica Massamby Grace Mensah Itumeleng Mohlaba Milana Morozova University of Oklahoma UWC Mahindra College develop a low-cost, effective pediatric muscle stimulator Mozambique Ghana Lesotho Kazakhstan Wartburg College Priscilla Muiuane for surgeries on newborns and children in the Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Li Po Chun UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Costa Rica Lehigh University The College of Idaho University of Oklahoma The College of Idaho Mozambique Salma Mutwafy developing world . Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Kenya University of Oklahoma Li Po Chun UWC Cornell University
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Ousmane Ndure Ken Nugroho Shari-ann Pan-oy Anna Ponomorenko Chinmay Rayarikar Adriana Rodriguez “The Davis UWC Scholars Program plays an important United Kingdom Indonesia Philippines Belarus India Argentina Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia Li Po Chun UWC UWC Atlantic College UWC Mahindra College UWC Red Cross Nordic role in advancing a central Williams mission: to develop University of Oklahoma Brandeis University Luther College College of the Atlantic Trinity College Wartburg College women and men with a global perspective who will lead Amanda Neira Francesco Nutricato Keshav Pant Fabian Pop Pop Leonard Rentrup Emilio Rodriguez Ecuador Italy Canada Guatemala Bermuda Paraguay in the 21st century. Ever smaller and changing rapidly, Pearson College UWC UWC-USA UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Atlantic College UWC-USA Middlebury College Macalester College Amherst College Luther College Vassar College Colorado College today’s world is in need of such leadership, and we are Dorte Neumeister Natsai Nyabadza Na Yon Park Doroteja Postonjski Abondalia Rica Luis Rodriguez grateful to partner with the Davis UWC Scholars program Germany/Ecuador Zimbabwe South Korea Croatia Timor-Leste Venezuela Li Po Chun UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia UWC Adriatic Li Po Chun UWC UWC Costa Rica in this critical endeavor.” Earlham College Smith College Carleton College Macalester College University of Oklahoma The College of Idaho Sean Ng Philipp Oberbeck Rachel Park Victor Potinga Stefan Richards Krenar Roka ADAM FALK Singapore Germany USA Moldova Jamaica Albania President, Williams College UWC South East Asia UWC Mahindra College UWC South East Asia Pearson College UWC UWC Atlantic College UWC-USA University of Michigan Duke University University of Pennsylvania Lewis & Clark College Vassar College Colby College Ha Tan Ngo Karen Odidika Andra Pascu Mahima Poudel Sara Rikalo Reza Roudbari Vietnam Nigeria Romania Nepal Bosnia & Herzegovina Iran UWC Atlantic College UWC Atlantic College Pearson College UWC Pearson College UWC UWC in Mostar UWC Maastricht Kristi Myftiu Avaneesh V. Narla University of Richmond Amherst College Middlebury College Westminster College University of Richmond Methodist University Albania India Samukelisiwe Ngwenya Barak Oshri Coral Peral Garcia Rinyuda Promphrenrangsi Abigail E. Robinson Daniel Sachadonig UWC Maastricht UWC Mahindra College Zimbabwe Israel Spain Thailand USA Austria Lake Forest College Princeton University Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia UWC Atlantic College UWC Mahindra College UWC Costa Rica Pearson College UWC Cynthia Nabatanzi Miriam Natvig Lake Forest College Stanford University St. Lawrence University Lewis & Clark College Williams College Vassar College Uganda Norway Tengetile Nhlengethwa Mikaela Osler Keren Permel Ralitsa Racheva Roberto Rochin Luca Sacher Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Costa Rica Swaziland USA Trinidad & Tobago Bulgaria USA Italy University of Oklahoma Stanford University Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC-USA UWC Costa Rica UWC Adriatic UWC Costa Rica UWC Adriatic Otto Nagengast Martin Naunov Brown University Stanford University St. Olaf College Pomona College Sarah Lawrence College Boston Conservatory USA Macedonia Genia Niemeyer Meltem Ozcan Alma Pernas del Valle Sangita Rai UWC-USA Li Po Chun UWC Germany Turkey Spain Nepal Middlebury College Middlebury College UWC Costa Rica UWC Atlantic College UWC Atlantic College UWC Red Cross Nordic Tanvi Naidu Agenda Nawa Colorado College Wellesley College Ringling College of Art University of Oklahoma GRADUATES IN ACTION India Namibia and Design Matija Nikolic Selen Ozturk Ilisha Ramachandran UWC Mahindra College UWC Adriatic Serbia Turkey Ivaylo Petrov Singapore Working into Argentina’s Politics Cornell University Luther College Li Po Chun UWC UWC-USA Bulgaria UWC Atlantic College Sanjana Nair Emir Nazdrajic Luther College Earlham College Pearson College UWC Bryn Mawr College Since graduating, Luciano Romero Mascarell India Bosnia & Herzegovina Brown University Lara M. Norgaard Dean Paddock Aishwarya Ramesh (Argentina, Red Cross Nordic UWC, Duke University UWC South East Asia UWC in Mostar USA South Africa Sava Petrovic Singapore University of Chicago Methodist University ’11) has been serving as an advisor to the Argentine UWC-USA UWC Costa Rica Montenegro UWC South East Asia Senate and has worked on two national political Ruth Nakalyowa Nothizile Ncube Princeton University University of Florida UWC Adriatic New York University Uganda Zimbabwe Colby College campaigns . He’s currently studying law at the Biljana Novakovic Sejla Palic Dino Ramic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Bosnia & Herzegovina Bosnia & Herzegovina Hai Anh Pham Bosnia & Herzegovina Universidad de Buenos Aires, and in 2012 he published The College of Idaho Wartburg College Li Po Chun UWC UWC in Mostar Vietnam UWC in Mostar a book, Peronism Or Peronism — The Strategy of Masahiro Nakanishi Junior Ndlovu Wheaton College St. Lawrence University UWC Mahindra College University of Florida
Japan Zimbabwe Brown University Dominance: Fiscal Federalism and the Politics of 2017 Class of Marlene Nuart Jiya Pandya Ayush Rana Pearson College UWC Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Austria India Sofiya Pisarenka Nepal Coalition-Building in Argentina, which is available on Brown University University of Rochester UWC Costa Rica UWC Mahindra College Belarus UWC South East Asia amazon .com . Kanchan Nannavare Mfihlakalo Ndlovu College of the Atlantic Middlebury College UWC Adriatic Duke University India Swaziland Luther College UWC South East Asia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC The College of Idaho Wartburg College
116 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 117 Jose Santelices Ormazabal Amar Sehic Yue Shen Rashan Smith Kawintara Suksrikasemkul Rigzin Tamchos Chile Bosnia & Herzegovina China Bahamas Thailand India UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION UWC Costa Rica UWC in Mostar UWC Atlantic College UWC Costa Rica Li Po Chun UWC UWC Mahindra College Reaching Out to Brighten Lives St. Lawrence University Colby College New York University Skidmore College Denison University St. Olaf College Gabrielle Santos Nisal Senarathna Mugdha Shidhaye Romario Smith Jeffrey Sun Jei-Jei Tan At Yale, Olga Karnas (Poland, Mahindra UWC of India, Philippines Sri Lanka India Namibia Hong Kong Singapore Pearson College UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Mahindra College UWC Maastricht UWC in Mostar UWC South East Asia Yale University ’16) has volunteered with the Myanmar Middlebury College University of Oklahoma Macalester College St. Olaf College University of Michigan Tufts University Project and the Yale Refugee Project; served on boards Robert Sargsyan Zinna Senbetta Suzie Shin Urszula Snigurska Anne-Gaelle Sy Wei Fen Rachel Tan for the Yale Polish Society, South Asian Society, and Armenia USA Singapore Poland Belgium Singapore UWC Maastricht UWC-USA UWC South East Asia UWC-USA UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia International Students Organization; and developed a Hood College Princeton University Vassar College University of Florida Luther College Macalester College tour for the Yale Center for British Art, “Unveiling the Srabasti Sarker Vidya Sethu Shayan Shokrgozar Parul Sohal Karolina Szymanska Nils Tangemann Empire: Female Agency in British Painting .” Visiting Bangladesh Australia Iran India Poland Germany Leon, Nicaragua for the Leon-New Haven Sister City UWC Atlantic College UWC South East Asia UWC-USA UWC Mahindra College UWC Mahindra College UWC-USA Smith College Yale University The College of Idaho Lewis & Clark College Colorado College St. Lawrence University Project, Olga writes, “We brought 300 books in Spanish Daniel Sasfy Nadya Setyoyudo Lesedi Shubane Paroma Soni Abdul Raziq Tabish Joseph Tarawali from the New Haven Public Library .” Hungary Indonesia South Africa India Afghanistan Sierra Leone UWC Maastricht UWC-USA Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Mahindra College UWC Red Cross Nordic Pearson College UWC Methodist University Whitman College Ringling College of Art Trinity College Brown University Wartburg College and Design Ihab Saud Arman Shah Francisca Antonia Soto Bravo Rin Tachihara Una Taylor Iraq Bangladesh Mthobisi Sibandze Chile Japan United Kingdom Burcu Sagiroglu Sunayana Samantaray UWC Adriatic UWC Atlantic College Swaziland UWC South East Asia UWC South East Asia UWC-USA Turkey India Luther College Duke University Waterford Kamhlaba UWC St. John’s College Brown University Whitman College UWC Adriatic UWC Red Cross Nordic Middlebury College Colby College University of Oklahoma Katherine Saviano Atia Shaked Timiebi Souza-Okpofabri Mollika Tahsin Sangay Tempa USA Israel Jorge Augusto Silva Tapia Trinidad & Tobago Bangladesh Bhutan Anantya Sahney Maness Samuel UWC Costa Rica UWC in Mostar Peru UWC-USA UWC Maastricht UWC Maastricht India Malawi Tufts University Georgetown University UWC-USA Yale University Colby College University of Oklahoma UWC Atlantic College Pearson College UWC Princeton University Tufts University Westminster College Arnav Sawhney Akul Sharma Margareta Spanu Singapore India Tesfahunegn Sina Belgium Garline Saint Juste Hsu Yamin San UWC South East Asia UWC Mahindra College Ethiopia UWC Mahindra College Haiti Burma Claremont McKenna College Earlham College UWC Red Cross Nordic Bennington College GRADUATES IN ACTION Pearson College UWC Li Po Chun UWC Skidmore College The College of Idaho Lake Forest College Kathryn Schirn Parikshit Sharma Frederik Stensaeth Cayman Islands India Anmol Singh Norway Exploring Local Filmmaking, Gynal Saintilien Jose Sanchez UWC Costa Rica UWC Mahindra College India UWC Mahindra College Haiti Dominican Republic Colorado College Bowdoin College UWC Mahindra College Carleton College Globally Simon Bolivar UWC Pearson College UWC Bucknell University Methodist University Wheaton College Jenille Scott Anna Shcherbiak Nemanja Stojanovic On a Watson Fellowship this year, Wilmer Chavarria Jamaica Ukraine Natasha M. Siyumbwa Serbia Ashley Saiwa Blanca Sánchez Rangil UWC Costa Rica Li Po Chun UWC Zambia UWC Adriatic (Nicaragua, Pearson UWC, Earlham College ’13) has Malawi Spain Bryn Mawr College Lake Forest College UWC Red Cross Nordic Middlebury College studied local independent filmmaking in Europe and UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Costa Rica Kenyon College Skidmore College Macalester College Hidajjah Natasha Sebunya Seema Shedage Boyan Stoychev Latin America . He has worked with local filmmakers in Uganda India Karlo Skarica Bulgaria London, Amsterdam, and Rome, given cinema David Sakala Aristide Sangano Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Mahindra College Croatia UWC Red Cross Nordic Zambia Rwanda University of Oklahoma Westminster College UWC-USA University of Oklahoma workshops in Bolivia, and assisted directors in post- UWC Adriatic Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Middlebury College 2017 Class of University of Oklahoma Duke University Kumba Seddu Ruyi Shen Siddharth Sudheer production and color . “I am very excited to keep Sierra Leone China Baldwin Smith India exploring the world with a purpose,” he writes . His own Abanob Salib Sanjaya Sankarak UWC South East Asia UWC Atlantic College Swaziland UWC Mahindra College Egypt Singapore Colby College Carleton College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Earlham College work can be viewed at www .wilmermedia .com . UWC in Mostar UWC South East Asia University of Oklahoma Methodist University Claremont McKenna College
118 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 119 Sharanya Evelin Toth Isabella Tuveri Roxana Vargas Marko Vukovic Nuoya Wu Thirugnanasambhandan Hungary Italy Costa Rica Bosnia & Herzegovina China Singapore UWC South East Asia UWC Red Cross Nordic Pearson College UWC UWC in Mostar UWC Red Cross Nordic UNDERGRADUATES IN ACTION UWC Red Cross Nordic Middlebury College Methodist University Lewis & Clark College Tufts University Macalester College University of North Carolina Prize Winner at Trinity at Chapel Hill Andrew Troska Ange Umwali Elio Vasquez Miranda Gal Wachtel Herda Xhaferai USA Rwanda Peru Israel Albania It wasn’t a surprise at Trinity College when Hokchhay Christina Thomas UWC Adriatic UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC Red Cross Nordic UWC-USA UWC in Mostar India Harvard College University of Oklahoma Ringling College of Art Harvard College Harvard College Tann (Cambodia, UWC-USA, Trinity College ’14) was UWC Mahindra College and Design awarded the Junior Engineering Book Prize last year . A Colby College Namuun Tsend-Ayush Saahitya Uppalapati Shiv Wadhwani Jing Xia Mongolia India Veerle M. Verhey India China member of the Pi Mu Epsilon mathematics national Malibongwe Thwala UWC Adriatic UWC Mahindra College Netherlands UWC South East Asia UWC-USA honor society, “Chhay” earlier won the Physics Swaziland Luther College Whitman College UWC Red Cross Nordic University of Chicago Smith College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC University of Richmond Department Prize in 2011 . He represented Trinity at the Trinity College Sopa Tsewang Konstantin Urban Michele Wainaina Solveig Xia Tibet Austria Katarina Veszeleiova Kenya Norway Engineering Summer Undergraduate Research Melisa Tokmak UWC Atlantic College UWC Mahindra College Slovakia Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC Atlantic College Experience in 2013 at Michigan State . On campus he Turkey Westminster College Lake Forest College Li Po Chun UWC New York University Brown University UWC Mahindra College Brown University has worked on the Robot Study Team, and helped lead Stanford University Kunzang Tshering Maria Urbas Daniel L. Waldroop Ting Xia Bhutan Austria Vuochly Veung USA China the International House . Ester Topolarova UWC Mahindra College UWC Adriatic Cambodia UWC-USA UWC Mahindra College Czech Republic Wheaton College Bennington College Pearson College UWC Princeton University Brown University UWC Adriatic Brown University Colby College Ricardo Tuma Maria Urrutia Sandisiwe Wasswa Christina Yang Brazil Nicaragua Leonard Vibbi Swaziland USA Maja Torlo UWC Atlantic College UWC Adriatic Sierra Leone Waterford Kamhlaba UWC UWC South East Asia Layth Yousif Yi Zhang Croatia Columbia University Colby College UWC Red Cross Nordic University of Oklahoma Vassar College Syria China UWC in Mostar St. Olaf College Pearson College UWC UWC Adriatic Lake Forest College Bonheur Tumurere Varun Ursekar Lona Whitney Qiong Yang The College of Idaho Wartburg College Rwanda India Maria A. Vicent Allende Barbados China Maria Torrillas Pizzorno UWC South East Asia UWC Mahindra College Venezuela/Chile UWC Costa Rica UWC Atlantic College Isabel Yu Asaf Zilberfarb Italy/Argentina University of Oklahoma Wesleyan University UWC-USA Colorado College Macalester College USA Israel UWC Adriatic Williams College UWC South East Asia UWC-USA Luther College Nadeige Uwamba Adara Wicaksono Liza Yeager Wellesley College Dartmouth College Swaziland Nomcebo Vilane United Kingdom USA Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Swaziland UWC Costa Rica UWC in Mostar Wentao Yu Mais Zuaiter Lake Forest College Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Middlebury College Brown University China Jordan Methodist University Li Po Chun UWC UWC Red Cross Nordic GRADUATES IN ACTION Salah Uweiti Lauralee Williams Erim Yildirir Middlebury College University of Oklahoma Lebanon Yamile Villarroel Caldera Trinidad Turkey Incubating IT Business UWC Red Cross Nordic Bolivia UWC-USA UWC-USA Ottavia Zattra Rohma Zubair University of Oklahoma UWC Adriatic University of Florida Bucknell University Italy Pakistan in Singapore Skidmore College Li Po Chun UWC Li Po Chun UWC Ariana Vaisey Annika Winsnes Abenezer Yimam University of North Carolina Earlham College Having created an organization called Third Culture Kids Canada Lucy Eileen Vincent Norway Ethiopia at Chapel Hill Pearson College UWC United Kingdom UWC South East Asia UWC Atlantic College Welile Zwane at U .Va . during her time there, Sophie Syed (Singapore, University of North Carolina UWC Red Cross Nordic Northwestern University University of Florida Yll Zeka Swaziland at Chapel Hill Kenyon College Kosovo UWC South East Asia UWC of South East Asia, University of Virginia ’13) is now Kevin Wong Chen Ying Ji UWC Adriatic Macalester College a business-strategy and development analyst with Weld Angela Valenzuela Devina Viswanathan Canada Hong Kong University of Oklahoma Chile India Pearson College UWC UWC Atlantic College River Ltd ., a business incubator in Singapore that works Pearson College UWC UWC Mahindra College Princeton University Savannah College of Art and Peichong Zhang China to feed Southeast Asia’s burgeoning IT industry . She is College of the Atlantic College of the Atlantic Design 2017 Class of Emma Woo UWC Adriatic also a contributing editor for the online magazine dead Diya Varadara Sena Voncujovi Canada Janine Beatrice Wartburg College India Ghana/Japan UWC Atlantic College De Los Reyes Young curious (deadcurious .com) . UWC South East Asia UWC Costa Rica Harvard College Singapore New York University Middlebury College UWC South East Asia New York University
120 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 121 Acknowledgements and Credits Applying to Become a For their assistance with our program and this publication, thanks go to the following people: Partner School Agnes Scott College: Ms. Kate Schrum; Amherst College: Dr. Paul Sorrentino; Bard College: Ms. Katharine Hardy; he Davis UWC Scholars Program reviews Barnard College: Ms. Abigail Watson; Bates College: Mr. Philip Walsh; Bennington College: Mr. Nicholas Forcier; Trequests on an annual basis from colleges Boston Conservatory: Ms. Eileen M. Meny; Bowdoin College: Mr. John Thurston; Brandeis University: Mr. David C. Elwell; and universities interested in becoming partner Brown University: Ms. Lisa Donham; Bryn Mawr College: Ms. Jennifer Russell; Bucknell University: Ms. Jennifer E. Figueroa; schools . To be considered, a letter of request Carleton College: Mr. Mark J. Gleason; Claremont McKenna College: Ms. Neel Garlapati; Clark University: Ms. Nicole Croteau; from the institution’s president should be Colby College: Ms. Seven Grenier; Colgate University: Ms. Helen Kebabian; College of the Atlantic: Ms. Monica Hamm; submitted, explaining in detail why their school College of the Holy Cross: Dr. Charles S. Weiss; Colorado College: Ms. Patsy Woods; Columbia University: Mr. Justin Snider; Connecticut College: Ms. Elizabeth Fitzgerald; Cornell University: Mr. Jason Locke; Dartmouth College: Ms. Rebecca Munsterer; would be a good candidate for the program . Davidson College: Ms. Kaye-Lani Laughna; Denison University: Ms. Anne Stengle; Duke University: Ms. Anne Sjostrom; Preference is given to those that have a proven Earlham College: Mr. James W. McKey; Franklin & Marshall College: Ms. Jacqueline Haring; Georgetown University: Ms. Kate Timlin; track record of recruiting graduates from United Gettysburg College: Ms. Gail Sweezey; Grinnell College: Mr. Jonathan Edwards; Harvard College: Ms. Janet Irons; World College schools . Hood College: Ms. Kate Emory; Johns Hopkins University: Ms. Amy Brokl; Kalamazoo College: Mr. Roderick Malcolm; It’s essential that applicant schools are Kenyon College: Ms. Meg Galipault; Lake Forest College: Ms. Kristin Sundberg; Lehigh University: Ms. Morgan Volkart; in alignment with the Davis UWC Scholars Lewis & Clark College: Mr. Brian White; Luther College: Mr. Jon Lund; Macalester College: Ms. Michelle Epp; Program’s key goal of the internationalization of MIT: Mr. Quinton McArthur; Methodist University: Ms. Lyle Sheppard; Middlebury College: Mr. Michael D. Schoenfeld; the U .S . undergraduate experience by building Mount Holyoke College: Ms. M.J. Maccardini; New York University: Ms. Bobbe Fernando; Northwestern University: Mr. Aaron Zdawczyk; clusters of globally aware UWC graduates on Notre Dame of Maryland University: Ms. Sharon H. Bogdan; Oberlin College: Ms. Leslie Braat; Occidental College: Ms. Laura Tokuza Arenstein; their campuses . Letters may be submitted at Pomona College: Mr. Seth Allen; Princeton University: Mr. Sean Brennan; Randolph-Macon College: Mr. Anthony Ambrogi; any time during the academic year, but no Reed College: Ms. Diane Gumz; Ringling College of Art & Design: Mr. James H. Dean; San Francisco Art Institute: Ms. Sara Wanie; later than May 31, as decisions will be finalized Sarah Lawrence College: Mr. Frederick Baumgarten; Savannah College of Art & Design: Ms. Temple Morrow; School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Ms. Brenna Quinn; Scripps College: Ms. Barbara Garcia; Skidmore College: Mr. Darren Drabek; by August each year . Smith College: Ms. Marilyn J. Woodman; St. John’s College: Mr. Larry Clendenin; St. Lawrence University: Ms. Devon Murphy Stein; The Davis UWC Scholars Program makes St. Olaf College: Mr. Michael Kyle; Stanford University: Ms. Kimberley Lindsay; Swarthmore College: Ms. Jennifer Marks-Gold; grants to institutions only—not to individual The College of Idaho: Ms. Lorna Hunter; Trinity College: Ms. Amy Brough; Tufts University: Ms. Meghan McHale; students . Grants are awarded based on financial Union College: Ms. Susan Hanks; University of Chicago: Ms. Mary Hetlage; University of Florida: Mr. Bill Kolb; need to eligible United World College graduates University of Michigan: Mr. Bin Zhao; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Dr. Dan F. Thornton; University of Oklahoma: Mr. Craig Hayes; enrolled at one of the partner schools . University of Pennsylvania: Mr. Peter Eschenbrenner; University of Richmond: Ms. Marilyn Hesser; For assistance and/or to learn more, University of Rochester: Mr. Jonathan Burdick; University of Virginia: Mr. Gregory W. Roberts; Vassar College: Mr. Gary F. Hohenberger; please contact: Wartburg College: Ms. Edith J. Waldstein, PhD; Washington and Lee University: Mr. Laurent Boetsch; Wellesley College: Ms. Karen Pabon; Jane Schoenfeld Wesleyan University: Ms. Elizabeth J. McCormick; Westminster College: Dr. Patrick T. Kirby; Wheaton College: Ms. Wendy Faxon; Executive Assistant to the Executive Director Whitman College: Ms. Rachna S. Sinnott; Williams College: Ms. Mary Ellen Czerniak; Yale University: Ms. Martha Woodcock Davis UWC Scholars Program Middlebury College Writing: Doug Wilhelm, Weybridge, Vermont Middlebury, VT 05753 Design: Tina Christensen, Scuola Group, Jericho, Vermont Tel: (802) 443 .3180 Davis UWC Scholars Program: Dr. Philip O. Geier, Executive Director, and Fax: (802) 443 .3230 Jane Schoenfeld, Executive Assistant to the Executive Director E-mail: info@davisUWCscholars org. Thanks also to Amy Yeager Geier for all of her expert help and advice.
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