From September 2024 through April 2025, students in their first year of the Global Scholars Program worked in Collaborative Groups (CG) in partnership with NGOs around the world.
Each CG completed a Global Engagement Project designed by their partner organization and supported by the GSP instructional team. We were delighted to have been able to host this signature event back in our favorite space, Rackham Amphitheatre. GSP's Global Engagement Symposium acknowledges the important work our partner organizations are doing to address local and global social justice issues and the projects our students undertook to help advance their missions.
Louis Albertini (UM '13) holds degrees in Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies and InternationalStudies and was actively involved in GSP and the Rotaract Club. He leads product marketing for Glide, aSan Francisco based developer platform.
Gautam Korakavi, (UM '13) graduated with a BS in Cellular and MolecularBiology. He developed a passion for international service as a peerleader in GSP and the Rotaract Club. He is an M.D. and is completingfellowship training in professional voice and airway surgery at UCLA.
Posters and Presentations
CG 1 - Amnesty International
This year our CG worked with Amnesty International as our Global Engagement Internship for the semester. Amnesty International is a nonprofit organization based in the United Kingdom that focuses on global human rights.
CG 2 - ALPHA Education
Alpha Education (AE) is an organization dedicated to foster awareness of an overlooked aspect of World War II history.
CG 3 - Tribe
A Global Tribe of Young thinkers and disruptors connected by our curiosity, optimism and commitment to reimagine secondary education and workforce development in Africa.
CG 4 - Inkululeko
Inkululeko is a non-profit organization founded in 2011 whose mission is to create change by providing South African township youth with the tools necessary to make the most of life after primary school.
CG 5 - Peace of Art International
Peace of Art uses art and culture in place of conflict and violence as tools to promote peace. They create groups of young changemakers to be the future leaders in art and to transform a culture of violence, discrimination, extremism and ignorance into tolerance, acceptance, development, and freedom.
CG 6 - Fashioning for Social Environmental Justice
Fashioning for Social Environmental Justice is a public charity nonprofit dedicated to addressing critical global, environmental, and societal challenges through fashion.
CG 7 - High Atlas Foundation
Our Global Engagement Internship was with the High Atlas Foundation (HAF), a non-profit that supports Morrocan communities to implement various sustainable human development initiatives.
