Around the world, Eisenhower Fellows are rolling up their sleeves and coming together to fight the coronavirus pandemic. We are hearing from them regularly in our EF virtual family chats, online discussions that allow us to check in with our
In Ireland, Eisenhower Fellows Salome Mbugua (Ireland 2010) and Oonagh McPhillips (Ireland 2016) work in separate (and sometimes opposite) areas of advocacy and government respectively. But they have recently come together to work on developing an important new law to
By Barbra Nyangairi (Zimbabwe 2016) Through the organization that I co-founded—the Deaf Zimbabwe Trust—we are currently working on increasing access to quality education for children and young people with deafness, through advocacy for policy reform and placement of deaf young people
El Paso, Texas An economist specializing in international trade and leading a university-based research center, Patrick Schaefer (USA/Zhi-Xing 2018) forged a partnership with China’s premier government think tank, the Shanghai International Shipping Institute. Patrick’s center — the Hunt Institute for
San Francisco, California On Fellowship in India and Indonesia he learned that access to capital was the biggest constraint on growth for sustainable-agriculture, alternative-energy and other renewable-resource companies that generally are too large for microfinance loans but too small for
Harare, Zimbabwe In the midst of a global movement of women taking strides towards political leadership, Chitsike uncovered the barriers that prevent women from succeeding in her country. After her fellowship ended in the fall of 2015, Chitsike secured funding
Celebrated filmmaker to receive prestigious award in Philadelphia for his extraordinary artistic contributions to global understanding. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Eisenhower Fellowships will award its highest honor, the Dwight D. Eisenhower Medal for Leadership and Service, to legendary film director Steven Spielberg for his
Philadelphia, February 13, 2024 – Eisenhower Fellowships (EF) announces the selection of 22 exceptional mid-career leaders from five continents for its prestigious 2024 Global Program, nearly six weeks of intensive travel across the United States to meet with experts in
Awards businesswoman, philanthropist Melinda French Gates prestigious Eisenhower Medal for Leadership and Service for her work on behalf of women and girls PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Eisenhower Fellowships will bring hundreds of thought leaders from around the world to San Francisco next week
Eleven exceptional leaders from diverse fields to travel overseas to explore new technologies, international relations, poverty reduction and issues of social justice PHILADELPHIA, June 21, 2023– Eisenhower Fellowships (EF) announces the selection of 11 dynamic doers from the worlds of
Dynamic leaders work to strengthen democracy, protect human rights and aid Ukrainian refugees in troubled region In October, Eisenhower Fellowships will welcome 20 exceptional leaders from 11 countries in the U.S. for its groundbreaking Fall 2023 Eastern Europe Program, more
Philanthropist, businesswoman, global advocate for women and girls to receive prestigious award at EF’s 70th Anniversary World Forum in San Francisco October 13 PHILADELPHIA, June 15, 2023 — Eisenhower Fellowships will award its highest honor, the Dwight D. Eisenhower Medal
Eisenhower Fellowships today announced its fourth class of Eisenhower Global Scholars, four outstanding recent American university graduates it will send abroad for a year of postgraduate study at the University of Oxford and IE University in Madrid leading to a
Rishma Vora, 21, is a 2023 graduate of Georgetown University where she earned a Bachelor’s in Science degree in Foreign Service. As an undergraduate she founded Guzaarish (Urdu for hope, wish or desire), a Bollywood-fusion dance team that has excelled
Riley Owen, 24, is a 2023 graduate of Princeton University, where he majored in Public and International Affairs, helped lead the Latter-Day Saints Student Association and oversaw the men’s rugby team as its president. At the university’s Center for International