Biggest differences from home in the States to Germany…
While talking to friends and family while abroad in Germany, the most common question I am asked is ‘what are the biggest differences from home... Read More
Welcome to Manchester!
Hi all- My name is Maggie, and I’m in my third year at UW. I’m studying Finance and participating in the CISB program while minoring... Read More
intoNATION
In every country there is a learning curve, and this post will attempt to explain my experience with Chile’s learning curve thus far. At this... Read More
Foster students return to Panama for spring break
This spring break roughly 29 University of Washington students, most from the Foster School, will descend on a mountain village in Panama to help the... Read More
Living la Vida Loca
I know it’s a lame title, but I couldn’t possibly keep a blog in Latin America without using it at least once. After a weekend... Read More
3 teams win high honors for global solutions to poverty
Grand Prize of $10,000 The 2010 Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition winning team was Nuru Light, also winner of the People’s Choice Award and Investor’s Choice... Read More
Nuru wins People’s Choice Award at Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition
University of Washington Foster School’s Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition is underway this week and 11 semi-finalist... Read More
GSEC 2010 Teams
The 2010 semi-finalist teams were selected from a pool of 161 applicants from 36 countries. Asaan Educational Products: Education content for rural Indians using cellular... Read More
Earthquake!
My name is Katie Gray, and I’m a CISB student on exchange in Chile for Spring Semester. Well, I’ve been in Santiago about 3 days... Read More
My Smooth Transition
Moving to Germany for my semester abroad was a very smooth transition. Some of the stereotypical elements of Germany ended up holding true. For example,... Read More