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Eleven Humphrey fellows and two program coordinators stand next to a large UC Davis sign on campus. The sign is on a wall of gray concrete with large white letters that read "UC Davis". Humphrey fellows wear a mixture of business and traditional dress.

UC Davis Introduces 12 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows Joining Campus in 2022-23

  • by Jana Sanders Perry
  • September 13, 2022

UC Davis welcomes its 31st cohort of the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program. The prestigious program brings accomplished mid-career professionals from countries around the world to host universities throughout the United States. Twelve fellows from 11 different countries will spend the 2022-23 academic year in Davis strengthening their professional skills, improving their leadership abilities, and engaging in meaningful collaboration and connections across campus.

A group of a dozen male and female Asian students dressed in professional attire, many in patterns evocative of Indonesia culture, gather around a man in similar dress with his back to the camera at the left. The students, some smiling, are listening as the man gestures in an inclusive and welcoming way.

Indonesian Consulates Visit UC Davis in Support of IISMA Students

  • by UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education International
  • August 19, 2022

This month, UC Davis welcomed Prasetyo Hadi, head of mission, Mahmudin Nur Al-Gozaly, consul for information and socio-cultural affairs, and Cindy Claudia German, socio-cultural officer, from the Consulate General of Indonesia in San Francisco to celebrate the Indonesian International Student Mobility Awards (IISMA) participants and UC Davis’ collaboration with Indonesian universities.

Paulina Carmona-Mora stands in front of a sign reading Summit of the Americas

UC Davis Researcher Represents Early Career Scientists at 2022 Summit of the Americas

  • August 08, 2022
From June 6–10, 2022, representatives from 23 countries convened in Los Angeles for the Summit of the Americas, focusing on “Building a Sustainable, Resilient, and Equitable Future.” The summit brought together government leaders as well as civil society and social actors—including Paulina Carmona-Mora, a research scientist in the Department of Neurology at UC Davis Health, who studies how gene expression changes after a stroke.
25 Mandela Washington Fellows and two administrators stand in two rows under a large tree outside the International Center to the left of the photo. The fellows all wear colorful traditional dress from their African nations.

UC Davis Mandela Washington Fellowship Inspires Global Change

  • by Simone Nelson, Student Writing Intern
  • August 05, 2022

In June, UC Davis welcomed the 2022 cohort of Mandela Washington Fellows, 25 young leaders from sub-Saharan Africa who are dedicated to promoting positive impact in their home countries. The Mandela Washington Fellowship is the flagship program of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), administered by the U.S. Department of State. UC Davis is one of 27 campuses across the United States selected to hold an Institute this summer.

Marilyn wears a high-collar dress with thick vertical strips of light pink, magenta and gray. There are cut-outs over her collar bones. Her hands are clasped in front of her and she wears a colorful beaded bracelet on her right arm and holds in that hand a small Ghana flag. She smiles as she stands in front of a bright blue step-and-repeat board with yellow and white UC Davis and UC Davis Global Affairs logos.

Improving Patient Care in Ghana with Lessons from the Mandela Washington Fellowship

  • by Marilyn Azumah, 2022 Mandela Washington Fellow
  • August 04, 2022

I am Marilyn Mawusi Azumah, a senior nursing officer at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana. Health access and improving patient outcomes with better post-discharge care is my passion. My focus is to reduce the complications of non-communicable diseases. Thus, I was inspired to become a Mandela Washington Fellow to receive mentorship on creating sustainable solutions towards these goals. My experience with the program has been wonderful.

International Center

International Academic English Joins Global Affairs

  • by Jana Sanders Perry
  • July 29, 2022
International Academic English (IAE) will join with Global Affairs in a phased transition beginning in August. The merger offers expanded opportunities to serve the international and multi-lingual community at UC Davis and support Global Affairs’ mission to “inspire global curiosity, understanding, and engagement.”
Daniel smiles as he speaks at a podium, his hands held wide as he gestures. He wears a traditional hat striped with red, white, black, yellow and green. His white tunic is embellished on the breast pocket with rectangular blocks of color, all in a horizontal line in red, then black, then green and then yellow. He wears round bronze plastic frames.

The Irony of Climate Change

  • by Daniel Oladoja, 2022 Mandela Washington Fellow
  • July 25, 2022
As part of the Mandela Washington Fellowship Program, Fellows develop Ignite Talks, short and poignant speeches that spotlight issues facing their communities, their lives and the world. This is the Ignite Talk delivered by Daniel Oladoja (Nigeria, 2022), in his own words.

I am a harbinger of death!

A messenger of terror!

A prophet of doom!

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