Upper School students enrolled in the Global Scholars Program (GSP) will be participating in many exciting and meaningful activities this fall. In addition to a few community engagement trips, the LA Global Scholars have two other interesting opportunities on tap.
Nicole Nolan, Director of Global Scholars and Community Outreach, has connected with Rutgers University’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy to arrange a collaboration with LA students. The Global Scholars are scheduled to visit Rutgers on Nov. 28 to meet with graduate students to learn about their various areas of study and work.
To follow up, interested LA students will have the opportunity to learn from more fieldwork and engagement with students at Rutgers and explore some of the organizations and companies that they work with in New Brunswick and the surrounding areas.
“The goal is to expose our students to potential career paths and/or areas of study and community engagement that will inspire them to become agents of change in the future,” Mrs. Nolan said.
The GSP students also will be working with alumnus Fernando Ramirez ’77, who has formed a non-profit named Bridges 2030 that is focused on the mission of supporting disadvantaged and forcibly displaced communities around the world. As part of his work, Mr. Ramirez is engaged with raising awareness of global challenges with the next generation of changemakers - university and high school students.
He has worked with communities in Rwanda, Jordan, India and Uganda, among others, and most recently, Ukraine. His current project is a short documentary on the war in Ukraine that looks "Beyond the Statistics," the title of the film.
Mr. Ramirez will visit campus sometime this fall to speak with the GSP students about his experiences all over the world. After the documentary is completed in early December, he would like to return to LA for a film screening to the community and hold a discussion afterward.