The FIUTS blog is updated several times a week with stories and news from the FIUTS community of students, hosts, staff, alumni, and more.
Alumni Impact is a social media campaign that recognizes the excellent work being done by FIUTS alumni all around the world. In honor of World Children’s Day on November 20, meet Elima, a FIUTS SUSI alumna from Angola, and learn about her work teaching English to children!
Read MoreAlumni Impact is a social media campaign that recognizes the excellent work being done by FIUTS alumni all around the world. This week, meet Mariana Lemes Diamanto and Mariana Manso from Brazil!
Read MoreThe prestigious Chevening Scholarship is an award offered to emerging global leaders allowing them to study for a fully-funded master’s degree in the UK. FIUTS is thrilled to announce that three alumni of our Visiting Programs have been chosen for Chevening this year!
Read MoreMy name is Brian Nkala from University of Pretoria (South Africa). I am alumni of the 2017 Study of the U.S. Institutes (SUSI) and a 2019 SUSI all star alumni…
Read More“My name is Ehler Tha Win, and I am a Karen refugee, born and raised in Mae La refugee camp on the border between Thailand and Burma, or Myanmar…”
Read MoreThe FIUTS Global Month Photo Contest - a part of UW Global Month - is a weekly opportunity for members of the FIUTS global community to share images from different regions around the world. The first week features North America, and we received beautiful photos taken by photographers from around the world.
Read More“I consider myself a global citizen. I call all of the places I've lived long enough and built strong attachment with my home.”
Read MoreThe FIUTS Photo Contest is a weekly opportunity for members of the FIUTS community to share images from around the world. The theme for this week was "sunsets.” Over the past week, we have received photos of thirteen beautiful sunsets from photographers from Angola, Malaysia, Brazil, Colombia, India, South Korea, Hong Kong, and the United States…
Read MoreI have been suggested to begin by introducing my name and where I come from. But I’m not good with introductions. They have that warm, yet strange sense of a formal opening for a conversation that finds my introverted self instantly averting. I prefer beginning in the middle…
Read MoreThis meal is typical of our pacific coast [in Colombia]. It has mojarra, also known as goatfish, sometimes other types of fish too, coconut rice, plantain mashed, friend and with salt, a fresh green salad and usually and fresh fruit juice. This usually also comes with a fish soup, very delicious….
Read MoreHi FIUTS family! My name is Nobert Kuvamudiki from Zimbabwe. This blog is motivated by the gratitude I have for the entire FIUTS leadership, the department of state and the tax payers in the United States of America for directly or indirectly giving me the opportunity to be part of the SUSI for Student Leaders on Civic Engagement in 2019…
Read MoreThe prestigious Chevening Scholarship is an award offered to emerging global leaders allowing them to study for a fully-funded master’s degree in the UK. FIUTS is thrilled to announce that three alumni of our Visiting Programs have been chosen for Chevening this year!
Read MoreThe FIUTS Photo Contest is a weekly opportunity for members of the FIUTS community to share images from around the world. The theme for this week was "view outside your window.” Since last Friday, we received photos of eleven stunning views by photographers from India, Taiwan, Vietnam, Australia, Bangladesh, and the United States…
Read MoreMy name is Zacarias Filipe Chicuio from Mozambique. I participated in the SUSI program on Civic Engagement in early 2020…
Read MoreI’m Fernanda Teresinha da Silva from Brazil and I participated in the SUSI on Youth, Education and Closing Skills Gap 2019…
Read MoreHi FIUTS family! My name is Cheick Touré, I am writing this blog from Bamako, Mali. First and foremost, I would like to thank the FIUTS staff and community for hosting me and giving me the opportunity to be a part of the SUSI program…
Read MoreI am Ivo Evaristo from Angola and I participated in the SUSI on Civic Engagement in early 2019.
SUSI on Civic Engagement was a life changing experience for me…
Read MoreMy name is Amine Litim. I am a college student from Tunisia, and I would like to share about my experience as a participant in the 2019 FIUTS SUSI on Youth, Education, and Closing the Skills Gap…
Read More“Through experiencing racism and learning from the experiences of others, I’ve grown to realize that though the experiences are different in the Caribbean from those in the USA, the goal of the movement is still the same,” Ruqayyah Scott, alumna of the Youth Ambassadors Program with the Caribbean…
Read MoreGreetings! My name is Ahmed Ag Mohamed from Timbuktu, Mali. I participated in the SUSI on Civic Engagement in early 2020. The SUSI experience changed my life…
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