2016-06-23
By Jonathan Timothy Su (Ecuador ’14, New York University) This video comes from a presentation by JT Su at the NYU Global Engagement Symposium. In it JT discusses his bridge year, which he spend teaching English in rural Ecuador with Global Citizen Year and later teaching geometry to Latino students from a low-income community in...
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2016-05-09
Ananda Day (Senegal ’10, UNC Chapel Hill) was interviewed by Refinery29 as part of a feature on making bridge years affordable. Article by Tim Murphy. Kesia Tosh, 21, never thought she’d “dillydally” before getting a higher education. Tosh, who is African-American and from a low-income Oregon family, said, “I always assumed I’d go straight from...
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2016-04-28
Miyo McGinn (Ecuador ’16) was interviewed on KIRO Radio. “The deadline is looming this week for local high school students to decide where to go to college. But more and more kids are deciding to take the year off instead. And for many, that’s increasingly proving to be an enticing alternative. KIRO Radio’s Josh Kerns...
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2016-04-27
By Ali Ruxin (Ecuador ’15, Northwestern University) I glanced up at the projection screen in my Environment and Society class, lifting pen from my notebook paper to see what came next in our lecture on the perils of industrial agriculture. To my surprise, my eyes met two strikingly familiar images: a landscape photograph of...
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2016-04-27
By Annie Plotkin (Brazil ’12, University of Virginia) Women in the World D.C. (WITW) was not my first foray into female empowerment, but novelty can sometimes be overrated. WITW was an event hosted by Tina Brown Media on International Women’s Day 2016 that brought women together from every region of the world to discuss critical...
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2016-04-27
By Barker Carlock (Senegal ’13, Lafayette College) When I was thinking about going to college, I was frustrated. I was frustrated because I felt as though that the pieces of paper that were supposed to represent my achievements and accomplishments felt lost among the many other applicants. In many ways, I felt like a number in an industrial...
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2016-04-27
By Hadiyah Grubish (Ecuador ’15, University of Georgia) It’s been just about a year since I returned from my Global Citizen Year in Ecuador. Those 8 months I spent learning a new language, forging new connections, stepping out of my comfort zone, and experiencing the world around me were months of growth, challenge, and...
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