Shared experiences transcend borders, cultures and languages, shaping how people connect, process the world and find meaning in everyday life. Eight visiting Humphrey Fellows shared some of those universal themes in the Ignite Talk series this spring at International House Davis, delivering brief TED Talk-style presentations that distilled personal lessons into powerful reflections for the UC Davis community.
As the director of Global Professional Programs at UC Davis Global Affairs, Karen Beardsley has spent more than a decade building connections among UC Davis, international professionals and the local community. Helping facilitate and advance career development, education and mentorship across the world is a mission Beardsley has been deeply devoted to.
2024-25 Humphrey Fellow, Maíra Taquiguthi Ribeiro (Brazil) used ArcGIS to compile a summary of her cohort and their home countries, demonstrating the cultural exchange the Fellows have experienced this year.
Becoming a 2024-25 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow is already reshaping and expanding my professional perspectives. I was selected as a speaker for the “Humphreys Perspectives Panel: Ensuring Sustainable Environments,” for which I decided to speak about the role that groundwater plays in our global freshwater sources.
UC Davis welcomes its 33rd cohort of the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program. In 2024-25, the campus is joined by 12 Fellows from 12 different countries.
The Institute of International Education (IIE) selected four UC Davis Hubert Humphrey Fellows to participate in the Community College Residency Program (CCRP), a one-week immersive learning and sharing experience at community colleges throughout the country, designed to meet the mutual interests and needs of both the Fellows and the colleges.
A D-Lab course gives undergraduate and graduate students opportunities to gain real-world experience by pairing them with 12 UC Davis Humphrey Fellows, mid-career professionals from 12 different countries with developing and emerging economies.
As the only University of California campus to host the Mandela Washington Fellowship or the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship— and one of only five universities in the U.S. to host both, UC Davis provides global change-makers with vital and unique experiences that benefit the UC Davis community, each Fellow’s home country, and the world.
Rosani Matoso Silva from Brazil and Kara Roopsingh from Trinidad and Tobago are experiencing American culture for the first time as Humphrey Fellows in the 2023-24 cohort. Fellows are encouraged to enjoy activities outside of the program, and those activities often introduce them to American traditions or cultural events. Rosani and Kara wrote about two of their favorites from their Humphrey Fellowship experience.
