Activities for the Global Dominican Academic Exchange program (GDAE) 2014 drew to a close on Friday evening, November 7, when a special ceremony honored the participants in the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Georgia Transnational Law programs from September and October, 2014. The ceremony, held in the art gallery at Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrolllo, brought all twelve students together to view for the first time the video summaries of their experience and to receive their certificates of participation from the program organizers. GDAE manager Mandy Sciacchitano gave the words of welcome, with a reflection on the meaning of exchange and how it can change people and societies. “It is worth reflecting a... Read More
On October 26, 2014, five Dominican students from the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) completed the Transnational Law Program at the University of Georgia School of Law, earning a certificate for the week-long program and bringing new knowledge and insight to the Dominican Republic on international and transnational policies in the areas of: environmental law, corporate law, criminal law and constitutional law. The students spent a week on campus, from October 17-26, during which time they joined forces with two students from the National University of Córdoba in Argentina and took courses from esteemed UGA Law professors, participated in social activities and made new friends with current UGA law students and learned about the... Read More