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Chasing Horizons: An MBA Journey from Omaha to Japan
An invitation to attend the international picnic during the fall 2023 semester may have inadvertently set Chase Rehder ’24 on a brand-new career path. The senior, who is graduating in May with a BSBA with concentrations in International Business and Marketing, always knew he wanted to contribute to the global economy but was not exactly sure how he would do that.
UNO’s Visiting Pakistani Teachers Experience Community Service in North Omaha
Visiting Pakistani teachers participating in a 6-week professional development program, volunteered along with UNO mentors and instructors at a diaper and food giveaway at ABIDE in North Omaha. This opportunity supplemented the Community Service and Leadership aspects of their program at UNO giving the visiting group first-hand experience in volunteering in the U.S.
UNO Welcomes 37 Youth Leaders from the Balkans Region for the BOLD Civic Engagement Fellowship
UNO will welcome 37 youth leaders from the Balkans region for the BOLD Civic Engagement Fellowship from Aug. 12 to Sept. 15, 2023.
5 UNO Undergraduates Awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship to Study Abroad
Twice each year, students from across the United States apply for the Gilman Scholarship to support their plans to study abroad. This award period, 5 UNO students were selected to receive the Gilman, a scholarship program of the U.S. Department of State with funding provided by the U.S. Government.
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Life Changing Experience for Visiting Pakistani Teachers
UNO’s International Program’s Center for Afghanistan Studies hosted 33 Pakistani English teachers for a six-week teacher training and cultural exchange program this fall. The participants, representing five different provinces in Pakistan, were the fifth group that the Center for Afghanistan Studies has hosted since Spring 2022.
UNO Hosts YSEALI Summit in Bangkok, Thailand
The Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Institute on Civic Engagement at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and our partners – Arizona State University, Kennesaw State University, and Portland State University – hosted an Alumni Summit in Bangkok, Thailand May 25-28, 2023.
ILUNO Hosts Shizuoka Summer Tour
UNO will host 18 university students for a short-term language fluency and culture group from our partner, Shizuoka University in Japan. The annual summer tour with Shizuoka University which has taken place since 1979 restarts after a short hiatus since COVID 2020 with a completely new itinerary. Shizuoka University and UNO are nearing 44 years of collaborations.