M Global

In partnership with the University of Minnesota’s Institute on Community Integration, Zambia-based educator Mikala Mukongolwa is helping train teachers in her country to better support children with intellectual and other developmental disabilities.

A number of recent University of Minnesota study abroad alumni have received prestigious awards that will take them abroad again.

Biomedical engineering major, Camila Naranjo Colmenares, designed and distributed life-saving thermomoldable splints and neck braces.

Laura Wangsness Willemsen joined University of Minnesota Extension this year as its director of global initiatives.

In its first year, Minnesota Carlson's Undergraduate Case & Conference Travel Grant Program helped 20 students step onto stages, into boardrooms, and across borders they might not otherwise have reached.