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Why Community Colleges Should Be at the Heart of the International Education Community | GCCT Article with IIE
“Scholarships and fellowships form a key gateway opportunity for young non-traditional talent to access competitive careers in foreign affairs and gain the skills they need to be on an equal-playing field with students that can either self-fund or have deeper institutional support. Programs like Critical Language Scholarships, Boren, and Fulbright provide an important ecosystem through which committed students develop language and intercultural abilities, as well as international networks that will grow alongside themselves for a lifetime.”
How Community College Students Can Find and Win Competitive Fellowships | GCCT Article with ProFellow
“While you may not always think it’s true, fellowships are for everyone; and that includes community college and non-traditional students. Let this handy guide be a reminder that your unique experiences set you apart from the rest of the crowd and that you have the potential to bring a fresh perspective to the world of competitive fellowships and scholarships. Now — time to start finding the right opportunity for you!”
Analysis| When recruiting the diplomats of the 21st century, start at community colleges | GCCT Article with Georgetown
“Diplomatic institutions should seriously commit themselves to recruiting the next generation of diplomats and foreign affairs professionals from some of the most deeply representative institutions in communities across the country.”
Interning at the U.S. Department of State and the Carnegie Endowment in D.C.
Overcoming barriers and paving new paths
Global Community College Transfers: Building Networks for Non-Traditional Student Success in Applications | GCCT Article with ProFellow
“As the lead co-founder and current Co-Executive Director, it has been the honor of a lifetime to coordinate the project and recruit a diverse team of talented, brilliant transfer students and fellowship participants to give back to the community colleges and four-year universities that shaped us. We are united by our shared commitment to diversity and inclusion, while also utilizing our networks to expand access and connect non-traditional talent with fellowships and professional opportunities in foreign affairs and global education.”
Tate Barend on Studying Abroad Independently in China
From being a CC student in London to a Berkeley Bear in Beijing
Ryan Liu on Transferring to Yale
From Pasadena City College to Yale and Oxford
A Love Letter to Community College: Transfer Students and Prestigious Scholarships | GCCT Interview with Transfer Nation
“Valencia Scott, Leia Yen, and Nicholas Shafer discuss how #transfers are largely underrepresented in the prestigious scholarship community and why it’s so important to discuss this issue while empowering students to apply. Listen to an incredible conversation regarding why transfers should apply to these types of scholarships, how they can apply, and what support is available.”
Global CC Transfers Network 1-hour Interview | GCCT Interview with Stanford Global Educator Network
“GEN’s 1-hour in-depth interview with Nick Shafer, a former CC Transfer student to UC Berkeley now working at US AID. As a co-founder and interim co-executive director of the new Global Community College Transfers Network, Nick and his former-transfer-student team teach current community college students nationwide how to apply for (and win!) fully-funded elite international travel, international career, and service learning opportunities worldwide!”