Humphrey Fellowship Global Forums: July 25-26

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Students and staff (and bicycles) in posed picture
Several Humphrey Fellows, among those here for orientation and training, went for a bike ride earlier this month accompanied by two UC Davis staff members, Robb Davis (who also happens to be the mayor Davis) and Tina Castillo. Pictured, from left (with home countries in parentheses): <strong>Top row &mdash;</strong> Naw Aye Aye Hlaing (Burma-Myanmar), Mar&iacute;a de los &Aacute;ngeles Rodr&iacute;guez Aroca (Ecuador), Tina Castillo, Pierre Claver Ndayisenga (Burundi), Robb Davis, Sulemana Alhassan (Ghana), Ramesh Kumar Jaipal (Pakistan) and Pierre Lovens Merolien (Haiti). <strong>Bottom row &mdash;</strong> Gabriel Baptista Alexandre dos Reis (Cabo Verde), Ziyad Abuo Habla (Israel) and Fabrice Rakotomanga (Madagascar). Davis is an international student advisor with Services for International Students and Scholars, and Castillo is the academic/associate director, Center for International Education, UC Davis Extension.

AT A GLANCE

  • WHAT: Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Global Forums
  • WHEN: 1-5 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, July 25 and 26
  • WHERE: Multipurpose room, International Center
  • ADMISSION: Free and open to the public, attend all or part

Light refreshments will be served.

For more information, contact UC Davis Extension’s Kelly Currywood, by email or phone, 530-752-8186.

As they begin their Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowships, mid-career professionals from around the world will participate in a pair of forums, July 25 and 26, where the fellows will talk about their work and their home countries.  See box for forum details.

UC Davis Extension, the continuing and professional education division of UC Davis, has hosted Humphrey Fellows for pre-academic orientation and training for 22 years in a row. Some of the fellows stay here, the rest go to other U.S. universities for their one-year fellowships, including nondegree graduate study and related professional experience.

Participants in the 2017 orientation and training program come from 34 countries, including Kyrgyzstan, Cuba, Mali and Belarus. The fellows’ projects include “Energy Efficiency in the Kurdistan Region: Energy Saved Is Energy Produced,” “Algeria, a Touristic Country Without Tourism: Fasten Your Seat Belt,” “Hindu Women’s Fight for Identity in Pakistan: The Realities of Women's Lives,” “Post-Production Losses of Grain for Sustainable Food Security and Nutrition in Ghana: Cheaper Hunger Relief” and “The Israeli Palestinian Conflict: Why I Don’t Believe in a Two-State Solution.”

President Jimmy Carter instituted the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program in 1978 to honor the late senator and vice president, a longtime advocate of international cooperation and understanding. The program serves designated countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Eurasia.

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