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 to remembering the victims of the Nazi-led genocide against the Roma (known as the “Porajmos”). As an intern, I helped develop…
Category: 2014
The Wallenberg International Summer Travel Award allows selected students to take part in a community service project or civic participation anywhere in the world.
Randy Dowding
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 program coordinator for a research study designed to improve the health of adolescent girls by reducing HIV prevalence in rural KwaZulu-Natal,…
Hea Jun Oh
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 Children Center and the students ranged from preschoolers to middle schoolers. The lessons I provided were about human body systems, disease…
Harish Kilaru
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 mission to empower rural healthcare providers through the design of affordable, financially sustainable medical devices. Our first product was a device…
Dana Del Vecchio
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 part of my winter abroad semester studying in Amman, I interned with IRD and served on the “Cultivating Inclusive & Supportive…
Nour Soubani
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 by focusing on both inner and outer safety and security. Our participants are women who have had stability taken from them,…