alumni

Samia Abdi will embark on a fully funded one-year master’s degree in global affairs at Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University, in Beijing, China.

The Students Crossing Borders living learning community brought together students from all over the world to live together, sharing their cultures and forming lifelong friendships. Alumni of the program recently gathered for a reunion weekend to celebrate 10 years since they met in Middlebrook Hall.

Ki-jeong Lee met with University of Minnesota leaders from the Technological Leadership Institute, the Minnesota Nano Center, the Research and Innovation Office, and the College of Liberal Arts to discuss possible collaborations.

Millicent Adjei is using her experience as an international student to inform her work as director of the Office of Diversity and International Programs at Ashesi University in Ghana.

Nate Knatterud-Hubinger is executive director at nonprofit Mano a Mano International. As a CLA undergraduate in the early 2000s, he studied abroad in Chile and also in Quito, Ecuador, on the MSID—International Development in Ecuador program.

UMN Executive Vice President and Provost Rachel Croson visited Greater China in mid-December to support and renew the University's engagement there.

University of Minnesota Morris Chancellor Janet Schrunk Ericksen traveled to Sanya, China to participate in the 2024 SEP EduConnect International Symposium, hosted by the China Center for International People-to-People Exchange. 

Shwetlena Sabarwal (2008) and Tommy Westerlund (1981) have been awarded the Distinguished Leadership Award for Internationals.

University of Minnesota Duluth alumnus Stephen Chow Sau-yan has been appointed to the College of Cardinals by Pope Francis. 

Humphrey School alum "Mavic" Punay has built a career consulting for social enterprise nonprofits supporting at-risk youth in the Philippines, including Consuelo Foundation and Save the Children Philippines.