A Dream for Brazil
By Renan Carneiro Ferreirinha, Harvard University
I have a dream: to pass along the opportunities and possibilities that were given to me. My wish is to create my own foundation to help identify and select kids in Brazil with big dreams and high potential and ensure that they get the support and motivation they need to achieve their goals. [Read More ...]
USAP: What an Achievement!
News from The USAP Information Office
USAP entered a contest sponsored by NAFSA: Association of International Educators for 5-minute videos exploring innovations in international education. Our video, called USAP: What an Achievement was selected as one of the five finalists from over 90 entries. The winning video will be announced and shown on the 29th of May, 2013 at the NAFSA annual conference plenary in front of 8000+ people before Kofi Annan speaks. Fingers crossed! Please enjoy the video below.
From rural Africa to the Ivy League
From The Christian Science Monitor
In early 2008, Joshua Foromera (left) was a talented Zimbabwean high school graduate living as a refugee in South Africa. He fled Zimbabwe because of political and economic collapse, seeking higher education opportunities. Today, Mr. Foromera is a biology and chemistry major at Duke University in North Carolina, following his dream of finding a safer, more effective treatment for the virus linked to AIDS. [Read More ...]
Making the Big Leap
By Yemurai Mangwendeza, Yale University '13
When I arrived in New Haven, Connecticut as a freshman in August 2009, it seemed that I had already made the big leap. I'd crossed an ocean and left family and friends behind. Now, I realize that I was somewhat naive - there was much I did not know and even more I had to learn. The big leap was still ahead of me. [Read More ...]
Student Experiences Life At A Homeless Shelter
News from The USAP Information Office
Aubrey Magodlyo, Zimbabwean USAP first year student at Franklin College in Indiana, spent his January term in an experiential learning class about the intercity. As part of this initiative, Aubrey lived in a homeless shelter for a week, in an effort to understand the root causes of homelessness and the experiences of the homeless. What follows is an account of his experience in this not-usually publicized slice of American urban life. [Read more]
The Rise of the USAP Village
Story by Rainos Alma Mutamba in Toronto, Canada
I recall with freshness the first day that I walked into the US Embassy Public Affairs Section in Harare and how ecstatic I was to be on this launch pad to glory. That bubbly feeling that grips hunters when they have their prey safely in their arms, the sigh of relief of the once-upon-a-time beggar who has finally hit the jackpot and knows with lucid certainty that the days of suffering now belong to the trash bins of history. I had a somewhat arrogant conviction that I would make the grade, get on a plane for my first time in my twenty years of existence and study in America. [continue reading story]
EducationUSA and USAP
From The USAP Information Office
Educational Advisors who run USAP are all part of the EducationUSA network administered by the US Department of State's Educational and Cultural Affairs Division. EducationUSA advisors work out of Fulbright Commissions, US Embassies, bi-national centers, and non-profit educational organizations.
In the past few years, the Opportunity Fund provided by ECA has provided USAP students in Brazil, Ecuador, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe with funds for their standardized tests, immunizations, visa fees, and air tickets.