Usap Earns US$15.2m in Scholarships in 2010
Introduction from The Usap Information Office
NEWS BRIEF - We have compiled our statistics for Usap students globally who applied to start studies in the U.S. in the Fall of 2010. U.S. colleges and universities have provided 50 students from 12 countries with US$15.2m worth of scholarships, up from US$13.8m in 2009. The students are drawn from Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, Ecuador, Malawi, Mongolia, Nigeria, Serbia, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Congratulations one and all!
Coming to America!
By Fabian Okeke, Fisk University 13'
Preparing for and making the trip is a huge undertaking for all international students. A Usap students offers some timeless advice to students from all over the world as they prepare to make the incredible journey to seek higher education at various institutions in the US. [Read more ...]
Usap Alum Andreata Muforo Wins $20,000 in "Entrepreneurial President" Essay Competition
Story by S.E.VEN, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Compelling student essays advise Rwanda on enterprise solutions
Grinnell and Usap alum Andreata Muforo '04 won a $20,000 award for an essay that outlined how Rwanda can develop its private sector through entrepreneurship. [continue reading story]
Usap Alumni: What are they doing now and why?
Research by Alison Segal, former Admissions Officer, University of Chicago
In the fall of 2007, as a Master's student in Northwestern University's Higher Education Administration and Policy Program, Alison Segal undertook an original research project on Usap. What follows is a very interesting insight into how our students fare after they finish their undergraduate studies. [Read more ...]
Alton Tatenda Mpungu on his graduation day in the Spring of 2008
The Rise of the Usap Village
Story by Rainos Alma Mutamba in Toronto, Canada
I recall with freshness the first day that I walked into the US Embassy Public Affairs Section in Harare and how ecstatic I was to be on this launch pad to glory. That bubbly feeling that grips hunters when they have their prey safely in their arms, the sigh of relief of the once-upon-a-time beggar who has finally hit the jackpot and knows with lucid certainty that the days of suffering now belong to the trash bins of history. I had a somewhat arrogant conviction that I would make the grade, get on a plane for my first time in my twenty years of existence and study in America. [continue reading story]
What is Usap?
Introduction from The Usap Information Office
Usap students represent the best and brightest students of their nation. They aspire to broaden their horizons and share ideas and perspectives with a diverse array of people. Usap participants are selected for embodying all of the following four qualities-
- Academic excellence
- Demonstrated leadership potential
- Ethos of giving back to community
- Economic disadvantage