Study abroad: Personal transformation
Foster alum Benjamin Wood participated in the UW Exchange program in Germany in 2007. This is his personal testimony. Studying abroad in Germany in the... Read More
GSEC 2011 Teams
Black Bengal Meats Company: A just not for profit social business targeted towards providing nutrition and employment at the Base of the Pyramid in Bangladesh.... Read More
Study abroad: Career preparation
Annie Averett, Foster alum and recruiter for Microsoft, reflects on how her study abroad experience prepared her for the workforce.
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
Samantha Rayner and Lumana Credit change lives in rural Ghana
As financial superheroes go, Samantha Rayner (BA 2009) is pretty mild-mannered. And Lumana Credit, the micro-lending organization she founded last year with Foster School classmates,... Read More
Living to the fullest
This post was written by Josue Mendoza detailing his 2007 Foster School Exchange trip to Chile. Growing up, money issues have always been a problem... Read More
Smartest college decision
This post was written by Rebecca Ridenour detailing her 2007 EUSA London Internship When I applied for EUSA’s study abroad program, I did it on... Read More
Just do it
This post was written by Victoria Wong detailing her 2008 CIEE Shanghai Summer Program experience. One of my college goals had always been to study... Read More
GSEC student testimonial: Lumana Credit’s update from the field
Nya dzordzor tso Atorkor! (News from Atorkor!) Foster alumni Karin Avellaneda , Eric Appesland and Cole Hoover, have traveled to Ghana to work on the... Read More