The Public Affairs Office of the Embassy of the United States of America welcomes the departure of 6 scholarship holders of UGRAD 2016 program (2016 Global Undergraduate Exchange Program/ Global UGRAD), selected for the academic year 2016. These students currently at Licence, will have the opportunity to complete one semester at a US university while making knowledge of the culture and American values.

Note that this group of Haitian students participated in a rigorous selection process before being selected from over 150 applicants this year. The process consisted of English exams, including the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and the Language Proficiency Test English (TELP) and an interview.

The Embassy of the United States of America wish them much success and a good trip.

Thumbnail image of scholarship holders : (From left to right)

Olius Clervil, theology student at Adventist University Diquini admitted to the Iowa Wesleyan University ;

Thodly Johanna Dugué, student in computer science at the Higher School of Haiti Infotronique (ESIH), admitted to the Lincoln University, Pennsylvania ;

Jean Brière Charles, student in Forest agronomy at the American University of Les Cayes, admitted to the North Dakota University ;

Christie Anne Maho Duperval, student in Legal Sciences at the University of Notre Dame d'Haiti (UNDH), admitted to the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire ;

Vanessa Archer, student in diplomacy and international relations at the Diplomatic and International Studies Centre (CEDI), admitted to the University of Minesota, Twin Cities ;

Jean Roudy Abellard, student in diplomacy and international relations to the CEDI, admitted to the California State University, Monterey bay.

HL/ HaitiLibre