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Ecuador ’18 Fellow Jamie Constantine Published in Oshkosh West Index
2018-04-10
Global gap year enriches graduate’s life During October of my junior year at West, an announcement over the PA system changed my life. An announcement from the State Department introduced me to a scholarship offered by the National Security Language Initiative for Youth, sparking my interest in world travel. The same night, I started my...
Read MoreAbby Falik Interviewed on Cheddar on Today’s Growing Gap Year Trend
2018-04-10
Going for the Gap Year December 6, 2017 Abby Falik, Founder and CEO of ‘Global Citizen Year,’ discusses the company’s mission to make taking a gap year ‘aspirational’ for all students. Falik adds that the company’s goal is to have students develop a new language while getting a new perspective, and showing off what being...
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Laguna Beach 2018 Fellows Interviewed in Laguna Beach Independent
2018-04-10
Roads Less Traveled Bypass Admission Drama By Amy Orr, Special to the Independent For high school seniors, December is difficult. Early decision college announcements are pending and regular decision application deadlines loom perilously close. Pressure mounts as friends and relatives ask about the future. Some students avoid the stress and take a year-long detour around...
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Global Competencies for High School Graduates, with Abby Falik, Global Citizen Year
2018-04-10
What does it take to succeed in a work world that is volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous? How does a young person succeed as a citizen of an integrated global economy? While traditional, fundamental skills are still important, so are empathy, ease with ambiguity, resilience, grit, and global mindset. But how many high school graduates...
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Rosetta Stone Interviews Global Citizen Year Founder and CEO on the Benefits of Taking a Gap Year
2018-04-10
Global Citizen Year Series: High School Graduates Take a Global Gap Year Welcome to the first in our series of blog posts about Global Citizen Year (GCY), an organization dedicated to making a global gap year accessible for students of all backgrounds. Abby Falik, GCY Founder and CEO, envisions a new norm for students in transition...
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Global Citizen Year 2018 Fellows Featured in School Newspaper
2018-04-10
Global Citizen Year Fellows Noah Montemarano (India ’18) and Elise Steenburgh (Brazil ’18) discuss the reasons they decided to take a gap year before college. RM alumni participate in Global Citizen Year For those not seeking a typical college freshman year, a gap year can provide a life-changing experience. The Global Citizen Year (GCY) program has...
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Former Vassar College President on the Benefits of Taking A Gap Year
2017-11-09
Episode 17: From Gap Year to Bridge Year Paulina Jedrzejowski was five years old when two airliners slammed into the World Trade Center. She was just a few miles away in Brooklyn and wondered why ashes and bits of paper were floating down from the sky. Despite growing up in an America with a heightened concern...
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ABBY FALIK — HOW TRAVEL EXPOSES THE NERVE YOU CAN’T IGNORE
2017-10-31
The British born essayist, Pico Lyer, once said, “We don’t travel to move, we travel to be moved.” There is a unique power in global experiences that takes us outside our comfort zones and shapes our empathy. Abby Falik is one of those individuals who have discovered this power. Abby is the Founder & CEO...
Read MoreAbby Falik named “100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs of 2017″ by Goldman Sachs
2017-10-18
Goldman Sachs is recognizing Global Citizen Year and its CEO and Founder Abby Falik as one of the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs at 2017 Builders + Innovators Summit in Santa Barbara, California. Goldman Sachs selected Abby as one of 100 entrepreneurs from multiple industries to be honored at the two-day event. Global Citizen Year...
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