UWC-USA is pleased to announce Bhushan Taludhar '87 as the recipient of The Giulio Regeni Alumni Impact Award because of his commitment to sustainability and clean energy in Nepal.
Abdullah Alshawk '15, Iraq, has launched "Education for Peace," a project to bring school supplies to refugees in his home country of Iraq.
Award-winning filmmaker Rick Rowley '94 was nominated for an Academy Award for his documentary, Dirty Wars.
Jane Huber '12 started her started her career in public policy and nonprofit management in a UWC-USA dorm room.
Rashna Ginwalla '95 is a fellow in trauma and emergency surgery at the University of Arizona Medical Center. It was in this role that she achieved a long-time dream: volunteering with Médecins Sans Frontières.
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List View | View All In honor of Earth Day 2018, William Shain '18 is implementing a Walmart bag program that will provide a supply of reusable tote bags on each of the school's buses so students can use them when they make purchases in town each week.
UWC-USA is in the final months of a pilot program designed to give alumni a new way to engage substantively with the school.
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The United World College International Office in London on Wednesday announced that American philanthropist Shelby Davis has donated $100 million to the movement. The donation will be used for student scholarships at UWC's 17 campuses around the globe.
The theme for the 2018 UWC-USA Annual Conference is "Change the Conversation."
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UWC-USA is pleased to announce Bhushan Taludhar '87 as the recipient of The Giulio Regeni Alumni Impact Award because of his commitment to sustainability and clean energy in Nepal.
Abdullah Alshawk '15, Iraq, has launched "Education for Peace," a project to bring school supplies to refugees in his home country of Iraq.
Award-winning filmmaker Rick Rowley '94 was nominated for an Academy Award for his documentary, Dirty Wars.
Jane Huber '12 started her started her career in public policy and nonprofit management in a UWC-USA dorm room.
Rashna Ginwalla '95 is a fellow in trauma and emergency surgery at the University of Arizona Medical Center. It was in this role that she achieved a long-time dream: volunteering with Médecins Sans Frontières.
When she was 7 years old, Vanina Morrison '15, Jamaica, gave up birthday parties and told her parents to use the money to help less fortunate children.
It was a fortuitous time to receive good news: researcher Tala de los Santos '93 learned she had been named a Washington Global Health Alliance Rising Leader the very day she went into labor with her second daughter.
Carla Tennenbaum '97 uses recycled odds and ends to invent beauty and inspire creativity.
Dr. Ruben Ayala '92 has made a career of service through his work with Operation Smile, a non-profit organization that helps children with facial deformities.
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