Individual Student Experiences

  • UMB law student Joshua Carback worked as a legal intern with his mentor, Saroeun Sek, for the International Justice Mission's (IJM) Cambodian office combating sex trafficking.

    UMB law student Joshua Carback worked as a legal intern with his mentor, Saroeun Sek, for the International Justice Mission's (IJM) Cambodian office combating sex trafficking.

  • UMB students were invited to the town of Huye by leaders of the Rwandan Village Concept Project. RVCP brings children and adults together for community building, and here they gather to learn traditional dance, which they perform for events to generate income for their community.

    UMB students were invited to the town of Huye by leaders of the Rwandan Village Concept Project. RVCP brings children and adults together for community building, and here they gather to learn traditional dance, which they perform for events to generate income for their community.

  • UMB and Haifa students engage in a discussion about environmental issues. The students hold examples of environmental protest signs from a grassroots advocacy group opposing the expansion of petroleum processing.

    UMB and Haifa students engage in a discussion about environmental issues. The students hold examples of environmental protest signs from a grassroots advocacy group opposing the expansion of petroleum processing.

  • Laurie Neely, PT, DPT, interim director of clinical education and instructor, School of Medicine Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, observes George Chimatiro practice a vestibular examination technique.

    Laurie Neely, PT, DPT, interim director of clinical education and instructor, School of Medicine Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, observes George Chimatiro practice a vestibular examination technique.

  • Buildings and property were labeled with donation acknowledgements throughout the law school at Chancellor College in Malawi.

    Buildings and property were labeled with donation acknowledgements throughout the law school at Chancellor College in Malawi.

  • UMB students Wilhemina Lord-Adem, Sarah Kaslow, and Mena Gaballah meet with Malawi village leaders, health workers, and school staff.

    UMB students Wilhemina Lord-Adem, Sarah Kaslow, and Mena Gaballah meet with Malawi village leaders, health workers, and school staff.

  • UMB students Tiffany Yu, Kwan Ngai, Brittany Touchon, and Eric Leikus traveled to Hong Kong to understand end-of-life communication methods.

    UMB students Tiffany Yu, Kwan Ngai, Brittany Touchon, and Eric Leikus traveled to Hong Kong to understand end-of-life communication methods.

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    Students from the schools of social work, medicine, pharmacy, and nursing examined the delivery of antenatal and HIV/AIDS services to pregnant mothers and infants served by the University of Cape Coast in Ghana, 2015.

    Students from the schools of social work, medicine, pharmacy, and nursing examined the delivery of antenatal and HIV/AIDS services to pregnant mothers and infants served by the University of Cape Coast in Ghana, 2015.

  • UMB students Alicia Chen and Ajoke Agboola in Malawi.

    UMB students Alicia Chen and Ajoke Agboola in Malawi.

  • UMB dentistry student Michael Klausner, right, works with his new Rwandan dental student colleague, Jean Damascene, during his interprofessional project in Rwanda, 2014.

    UMB dentistry student Michael Klausner, right, works with his new Rwandan dental student colleague, Jean Damascene, during his interprofessional project in Rwanda, 2014.

  • Women work in the fields in Kigali, Rwanda. The photo was taken by Brooke Hyman, who traveled to Rwanda as a global health grantee in 2015.

    Women work in the fields in Kigali, Rwanda. The photo was taken by Brooke Hyman, who traveled to Rwanda as a global health grantee in 2015.

The hallmark program of the Center for Global Engagement is our Interprofessional Global Grant program, which provides funding for UMB faculty to create projects for an interprofessional group of students.

Projects students have participated in range from research to capacity building to training. Read first-hand about some of our students' experiences.

 
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  • Carol Velandia: Social Work

    "I am incredibly grateful for my time in India. It helped me understand that my home is where I am, whether that is India, the U.S., Colombia. ... Wherever my heart is, there is my home."

    India 2016

  • Marcus Ellis: Pharmacy

    "This renal transplant rotation at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, has motivated me to continue doing outreach events to promote kidney disease awareness, education, and strategies for preventing the development and progression toward end-stage kidney disease."

    Australia 2016

  • Ashley Kim: Pharmacy

    "I assisted the Biosensor team in experiments to develop a novel diagnosis platform capable of detecting different disease states, which is expected to be a simple, low-cost, and field-friendly detection system. Through these experiments, I learned to appreciate the time and effort put into the research process and how to interpret research data and think critically."

    South Korea 2016

  • Joshua Carback: Law

    "This experience has been enormously transformative for me in equipping me with practical experience in engaging legal and policy issues related to combating transnational organized crime."

    Cambodia 2016
  • Malawi, Mfera Health Center

    Andrea Buchwald: Public Health

    "I learned about and was involved in all components of international research including study design, development, implementation, data collection, sample
    tracking, data monitoring, data cleaning, and sample analysis."

    Malawi 2016

  • Nicole Mattocks: Social Work

    "I plan to incorporate this new global perspective into my research agenda. I have decided to shift my dissertation topic to a focus on environmental justice through an examination of the disproportionate impact of environmental policies on disenfranchised populations.”

    India 2016

  • Sarah El-Gendi: Pharmacy

    "By working with health care professionals in Egypt, I  learned how to adapt to a completely different work environment and more importantly how to work with other cultures and backgrounds. This helped me become a more well-rounded and open-minded student pharmacist."

    Egypt 2016

  • Stephen Yu: Medicine

    “This global health experience has allowed me to shift my focus of medicine to include community and public health issues and to expand my exposure to the practice of medicine beyond local boundaries.”

    India 2016

  • Nana Tufuoh: Law

    "I learned from conversations with well-established employees, as well as from the magnitude of my own tasks, that meaningful international work requires an understanding of pressing issues at the local level."

    Switzerland 2016
  • Honduras 2016 group picture

    Honduras: Dentistry

    Jhosdyn Barragan

    Peter Fereg

    Binait Kabir

    Allegra Lichauco

    Honduras 2016
  • Children in Rwanda holding up toothbrushes donated by UMB students.

    Rwanda: Dentistry

    Rebecca Salzman

    Michael Klausner

    Rwanda 2016