By Jacqueline Pérez We’ve all been there: there’s this amazing study abroad program or internship opportunity abroad, and you’re just dying to hop a plane and embark on a new adventure. Suddenly, the program’s nifty little price tag stops you in your tracks. Thousands of students, in the U.S and abroad, encounter this program every semester, where they feel like their financial limitations translate directly into what educational opportunities they can have. However, fear not, because here at InteRDom, we have gathered a list of databases where you can find Study Abroad Scholarships offered in the United States: College Board This is a database where you can find scholarships, and other financial aid and internships... Read More
By Jacqueline Pérez When living (and traveling) during a global pandemic, it seems obvious that we should all use due precaution and make a conscious effort to limit our exposure to situations in which we might contract COVID-19. Students, especially, have found themselves between a rock and a hard place. With mass campus closures, and a migration to distance-learning, students all over the world must arrive at a choice: stay where you are and limit social contact, or go home and finish the semester from there. Of course, the latter initially sounds like the best option, but many become hesitant due to the exposure that airports, train stations, and other methods of transport entail. We must... Read More
InteRDom Coordinator Manuel Medrano just finished an exciting event celebrating International Education Day with CUNY Bronx Community College, by participating in an interesting event on March 3, 2020, designed to increase students’ awareness of and participation in international study, internship, work, and volunteer programs. The event boasted the participation of more than 12 CUNY departments. International Student advisors’ representatives collected resumes and spoke to many students interested in business, communications, international relations and political science opportunities in the U.S & abroad. The event attracted more than 60 students who were interested in learning about the different university clubs and the work the career center does in terms of local and international opportunities for international students.... Read More
By Jacqueline Pérez If you’re reading this article, then it means that you, like millions of students around the world, have been debating a dilemma that has preoccupied most of us at some point in our lives. What do employers look for these days? Should I throw all my focus into schoolwork and get that 4.0, even if that means I won’t have time for anything else? Should I focus on my internships even if it means my GPA to be damned? If I don’t get a job before college will I never be successful? First, slow down. There is no rule book; no stone has been engraved with the “sacred rules of the professional world”.... Read More
On August 14th, 2019, with a cozy and friendly dinner with the program’s staff and participants at Restaurant El Higuero in Santo Domingo, GFDD’s New York Office Director, Yamile Eusebio, closed the 2019 Summer edition of the InteRDom Program. Eusebio said that GFDD was more than happy with these three ladies’ participation and felt honored to have had them as part of InteRDom. “We know this is a personal and professional enriching experience for you and wish you good luck and a lot of success in your future!”. Camryn Colette, Environmental Science student from Shenandoah University did her internship at ANAMAR, hosted by Omar Shamir Reynoso; and Jessica de los Santos, a Biology student from... Read More
Santo Domingo – On Monday, June 3th, InteRDom’s 2019 Summer program got underway in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, with the introduction of the four new interns who will participate in the current program, led by Manuel Medrano, GFDD’s program coordinator. The interns participating in this year’s Summer program will be Marlene Beltre, a criminal justice student from CUNY John Jay College; Camryn Collete, a environmental student from Shenandoah University; Gabriela Garcia, a Bachelor of Science student from The College of New Rochelle; and Jessica de los Santos, a Bachelor of Arts student from Williams College. After being introduced and receiving a tour of Funglode and the Juan Bosch Library, the students participated in a lunch... Read More
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - The Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and its sister organization in the Dominican Republic, la Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode) hosted representatives from St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York during a five-day exchange in Santo Domingo. During their trip, the St. Francis College representatives, who included the university’s president, Dr. Miguel Martínez-Saenz, shared experiences and promoted the college as well as its scholarship program to Dominican students and leaders in the Dominican education sector. Accompanying the president of St. Francis College were Robert Oliva, Director of Admissions, as well as Monique Moore Pryor, the Chief of Staff. The coordinator of GFDD’s InteRDom program, Manuel Medrano, coordinated the St.... Read More
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - The Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and its sister organization in the Dominican Republic, la Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo(Funglode) will host a conference on “Creando el futuro un estudiante a la vez” (Creating the Future One Student at a Time) led by Dr. Miguel Martínez-Saenz, the President of St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York. The President of St. Francis College bases much of his leadership on the belief that learning is more valuable when teachers and students can connect and understand one another. For this reason, St. Francis College has a maximum of just 22 students per classroom. Dr. Martínez-Saenz, a former Fulbright Scholar with the Fulbright-Nehru International... Read More
Santo Domingo – On Monday, September 10 InteRDom’s 2018 fall program got underway in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, with the presentation of a new intern who will participate in the current program led by Manuel Medrano, GFDD’s program coordinator. The intern that will participate in this year’s fall program is Olivia Tillinghast, a Nursing Program student from Northeastern University in the United States. After the introduction of the student and following a tour of the Funglode facilities and the Juan Bosch Library, the student participated in a lunch hosted by the Foundation team in one of Santo Domingo’s finest restaurants. The following day the student and the GFDD team boarded the Santo Domingo Metro and traveled from... Read More
Santo Domingo - Last Monday, April 16, InteRDom’s 2018 spring program got underway in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, with the presentation of the two new interns that will participate in the current program by Manuel Medrano, GFDD’s program coordinator. The interns that will participate in this year’s spring program will be Anouk Costeaux, a Foreign Language student from the University of Toulouse, France and Tanya Huairt, international business student from Nice’s Technological Institute, also in France. After the introduction of the students, and providing them with a tour of Funglode and the Juan Bosch Library, the students participated in a lunch hosted by the Foundation team in one of Santo Domingo’s finest restaurants. The following day the interns and the... Read More