Peer Education for a Healthier World
In Zimbabwe, family is not limited to a nuclear household. Nkosilathi Shangwa and his brother shared a house with their mother, but raising children, cooking, and finances were held in common across...
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When Abdul Rahman Alloush left his home in Homs, Syria, he knew it would be a long time before he would be able to return. There would be no family visit during winter breaks, and no trip back over the...
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Some teenagers get a summer job so they can purchase something special—a computer, a bicycle, new shoes. Amelie-Sophie spent the first part of her summer working long days for little pay so she could...
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UWC-USA students are inherently risk-takers. Coming to a campus in a remote corner of New Mexico, far away from friends and family, is a perfect example. Skiing for the first time—especially if you've...
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Last year, she was a shy girl. Today, Madeleine Rowell is an outspoken media darling. The metamorphosis happened practically overnight, after she posted a petition on the web asking the Cayman Islands...
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Farid Noori '14 was an entrepreneur even before he knew what the word meant. It started with tennis. Before coming to UWC-USA, Farid was an exchange student in Maine. The family with whom he stayed...
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If you can't take a city full of Chinese students to UWC-USA, then bringing UWC-USA to them is the next best thing. That's the premise Sitong Xu '15, China, followed when he launched an ambitious camp...
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The first time economics teacher Eyad Shabaneh met an Israeli was when he came to teach at UWC-USA in 2000. Eyad, who is Palestinian, says he made a conscious decision to "differentiate the person from...
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Even though she spent most of her life on her family's farm, Gillian Welch '15, USA-Maine, didn't consider herself a "farm girl" until she arrived in New Mexico. "You get a chance to re-invent yourself...
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Summia Tora '16, Afghanistan, remembers the moment she decided to become a change-agent. She was 11 years old, watching the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony on television, when it hit her. "They were showing...
View ArticlePeer Education for a Healthier World
In Zimbabwe, family is not limited to a nuclear household. Nkosilathi Shangwa and his brother shared a house with their mother, but raising children, cooking, and finances were held in common across...
View ArticleNo Going Back
When Abdul Rahman Alloush left his home in Homs, Syria, he knew it would be a long time before he would be able to return. There would be no family visit during winter breaks, and no trip back over the...
View ArticleFilling a Void
Some teenagers get a summer job so they can purchase something special—a computer, a bicycle, new shoes. Amelie-Sophie spent the first part of her summer working long days for little pay so she could...
View ArticleCalculating His Risk
UWC-USA students are inherently risk-takers. Coming to a campus in a remote corner of New Mexico, far away from friends and family, is a perfect example. Skiing for the first time—especially if you've...
View ArticleA Bold Move
Last year, she was a shy girl. Today, Madeleine Rowell is an outspoken media darling. The metamorphosis happened practically overnight, after she posted a petition on the web asking the Cayman Islands...
View ArticleEnterprising Activist
Farid Noori '14 was an entrepreneur even before he knew what the word meant. It started with tennis. Before coming to UWC-USA, Farid was an exchange student in Maine. The family with whom he stayed...
View ArticleCamp Crusader
If you can't take a city full of Chinese students to UWC-USA, then bringing UWC-USA to them is the next best thing. That's the premise Sitong Xu '15, China, followed when he launched an ambitious camp...
View ArticleTeacher. Mentor. Friend
The first time economics teacher Eyad Shabaneh met an Israeli was when he came to teach at UWC-USA in 2000. Eyad, who is Palestinian, says he made a conscious decision to "differentiate the person from...
View ArticleFood Fighter
Even though she spent most of her life on her family's farm, Gillian Welch '15, USA-Maine, didn't consider herself a "farm girl" until she arrived in New Mexico. "You get a chance to re-invent yourself...
View ArticleGirl Transformed
Summia Tora '16, Afghanistan, remembers the moment she decided to become a change-agent. She was 11 years old, watching the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony on television, when it hit her. "They were showing...
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