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The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program was initiated in 1978 to honor the late senator and vice president and his life-long commitment to international cooperation and public service. The program brings accomplished mid-career leaders from developing nations and emerging democracies to the United States for an academic year to study, gain professional experience and foster cultural exchange.
Humphrey Fellows are selected based on their potential for leadership and their commitment to public service in either the public or the private sector. The Humphrey Fellowship Program’s mission is to foster a mutual exchange of knowledge and understanding about issues of common concern in the United States and the Fellows’ home countries while offering Fellows valuable opportunities for leadership development and professional engagement with Americans and their counterparts from many nations.
April 2019 Humphrey Secretariat Post – Pakistan
Apr. 30, 2019—Assalam o Alaikum! I’m Asif Khan from Pakistan! I have been working as Director of education in the Capital city of Islamabad Pakistan. My responsibilities include Overall Administration & Management of 423 Educational Institutions in Islamabad, Implementation of National Educational Policy, Programs and Plans by the Federal Government and International cooperation with Development partners. Pakistan...
April 2019 Humphrey Secretariat Post – Slovakia
Apr. 22, 2019—Greetings! My name is Julius and I am representing Slovakia in the 2019 cohort of Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows at the Vanderbilt University. I come from a young country with a long history, which is called by Pat Uskert – a History Channel documentarist – treasure in the heart of Europe. Indeed, this small country,...
2019 Year-End Retreat to the Smokey Mountains and Dollywood
Apr. 11, 2019—It’s that time of the year again – Vanderbilt’s tenth cohort of Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows traveled recently to the Great Smoky Mountains for year-end reflections. The weekend retreat offered opportunities to explore the history and culture of East Tennessee, as well as explore the meaning of the many experience and memories gained during the Fellowship year....
March 2019 Humphrey Secretariat Post
Mar. 20, 2019—Molo! Sawubona! I mean hello! I’m Jon, from South Africa: the southern-most country among 50+ on the African continent, which is the second largest continent in the world. South Africa is a country of ~55 million people, with a national history very similar to the United States, in terms of: colonisation (by the Netherlands then...
February 2019 Humphrey Secretariat Post
Feb. 12, 2019—Hello everyone. My name is Farida Himat Khan and I am from Pakistan. I graduated as a registered nurse from Aga Khan University School of Nursing in 2002 and in 2013, I completed an MPhil degree in Health Sciences Education from Stellenbosch University at Cape Town, South Africa. I have been working as a nurse...
Eakin Global Education Week 2019 and IEW 2018
Feb. 1, 2019—The Humphrey Fellows at Vanderbilt kicked off Eakin Elementary School’s Global Education Week with two days of Global Games! The students learned international games, words from various languages, and facts from all over the world! Asif Khan (Pakistan, 18-19) believes that “Global games provide them opportunity to celebrate Sports beyond borders, barriers and biases. They...
January 2019 Humphrey Secretariat Post
Jan. 28, 2019—Hi! My name is Islam Abu Sharbain and I am from Palestine. I work as a script writer and content developer at UNRWA TV in Gaza, where I support the production of educational programming for the refugee population in the region. I have taught English in various capacities, including as teacher at UNRWA, associate professor...
December 2018 Humphrey Secretariat Post
Dec. 12, 2018—Hello everyone, My name is Gerard Ntiranyuhura and I am from Burundi. Over the last nine years I have been working as the Field Coordinator for a non-profit Organization called Village Health Works where I have been helping coordinating initiatives to improve the quality of education in rural Burundi among other duties. I have also been managing the...
November 2018 Humphrey Secretariat Post
Nov. 26, 2018—Hello! I am Aljawharah Alfuhayd, from Saudi Arabia. I am Hubert H. Humphrey secretariat for November 2018. I work in Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University in Riyadh, the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. PNU is the largest women’s university in the world. It is unique of its sort and ambitious in its vision...
October 2018 Humphrey Secretariat Post
Oct. 17, 2018—Hello, everybody. My name is Ivana Zacarias and I am from Argentina. I have spent the last ten years working on education, and before I worked at different public policy and advocacy institutions in my country. For many years, I worked for reducing drops-out and increasing success in access to higher education at a public university...
September 2018 Humphrey Secretariat Post
Sep. 26, 2018—I have been teaching English for about 17 years. All through these years of teaching, I have been trying my best to be an effective teacher. What I followed in my career and my main area of interest is training efficacious teachers whose concern is considering learners’ beliefs and individualities. In this long journey of...
August 2018 Humphrey Secretariat Post
Sep. 14, 2018—Hi! I am Marcela Aguilar Rodriguez from Mexico your Secretariat as Humphrey fellow for August 2018. I work as the Academic Exchange and Project Manager for the Secretariat for Education of the State of Jalisco in the International Relations Office where I have had different positions like Officer for Cooperation with USA and Canada (2004-2007),...
Arrival of 2018-2019 Vanderbilt Humphrey Fellows
Sep. 14, 2018—What a happy decennial it is to the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program hosted at Vanderbilt University since 2009! We gladly welcome our new cohort of 11 fellows representing 10 countries from near, far, and farther – Argentina, Burundi, Chile, Iran, Mexico, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, and South Africa. The Humphrey Fellowship Program, sponsored...