Category: Summer Travel Awardees

Neuroscience This summer I was able to set up a program to help women who are afflicted with obstetric fistula in the rural communities of Kashongi and Kitura in western Uganda. Obstetric fistula is...

Nursing This summer I had the opportunity to work with La Matria, an Argentinean non-profit organization that aims to better society through empowering individuals and communities. The empowerment occurs through a number of activities...

Biomedical Engineering I lived in two areas of the Dominican Republic this summer, conducting needs assessment through interviewing physicians, clinicians, patients and other community members as well as observing clinical practices. In the spirit...

Major: German and International Studies This summer I interned at the Documentation and Cultural Center of German Sinti and Roma in Heidelberg, Germany, which currently is the only museum in the world specifically dedicated...

Master’s Student in Public Health and Master’s in Social Work My summer internship involved placement at CAPRISA (Centre for AIDS Programme Research In South Africa), Durban, South Africa from May thru August. I was...

Major: Nursing This summer I was given the opportunity to go to the Philippines and provide the children there with basic health education. I worked with University of Bohol Grade School and Sandingan Shema...

Major: Health Policy and Community Development Last summer, I spent five weeks in southern India with Rural Innovations in Medical Engineering (RIME). I founded RIME at the beginning of my sophomore year with the...

Major: Honors Program for Arabic Studies This past year, I was fortunate enough to extend my internship at International Relief in Development (IRD) in Amman, Jordan due to the Wallenberg Summer Service Award. As...

Major: International Studies and American Culture This summer, through the Wallenberg grant and others, we launched QUWA, a self-defense and trauma therapy program for Syrian women refugees in Turkey. QUWA seeks to build peace...