global studies

Zeinab Eklhansa ’23 named to Equal Justice Works national committee

A woman in a black dress standing next to a fountain.

Eklhansa has seen firsthand how barriers like language, income, and immigration status can prevent people from getting the help they need.... READ MORE >>

Students, faculty traveling to Sri Lanka for study tour

Randolph College students and professor Kaija Mortensen work with the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement in Walaswewa, Sri Lanka.

Sudesh Mantillake, who just wrapped up his time at the College’s Quillian Visiting International Scholar, is leading students and faculty on study tour of Sri Lanka from May 19 to June 1.... READ MORE >>

Winners of inaugural Distinguished Young Alumni Awards announced

President Sue Ott Rowlands poses in front of Smith Hall with the winners of the inaugural Young Alum Award: Brittany Dickey van Staalduinen ’10, Priyanka Uprety ’10, and Youssef Elkei ’13

They will be honored during an event at Wildcat Weekend, scheduled to run from Sept. 13-15. ... READ MORE >>

Meet the graduates: Natalia Hernandez Berrios ’23

An economics and global studies double major, Berrios is going on to graduate school at Carnegie Mellon University next year.... READ MORE >>

Cale Holmes ’16 returning to Randolph to talk about his journalism career

Most recently, Holmes worked as a producer for CGTN, a state-run English-language news channel based in Beijing, China.... READ MORE >>

Natalia Hernandez Berrios ’23 completes fellowship at Princeton

This summer, Berrios earned a spot as a Public Policy and International Affairs Junior Summer Institute (JSI) Fellow at Princeton University.... READ MORE >>

Randolph students represent Bahrain at virtual Model UN conference

A delegation of Randolph College students participated in the virtual 2021 National Model United Nations Conference last month, discussing global issues and proposing solutions to some of the world’s most pressing issues. ... READ MORE >>

Scholar on Chinese politics to discuss ‘Human Rights in China’

Human Rights in China flyer

Perry Link, a world-renowned scholar on modern Chinese literature, politics and intellectual life, will give a special lecture entitled “Human Rights in China” at Randolph on Wednesday, February 12, at 6 p.m. in Wimberly Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public. Link, retired from Princeton University, continues to teach at the University... READ MORE >>

Ranita Opoku-Sarfo ’21 helps provide solutions to poverty through internship in Uganda

Ranita Opoku-Sarfo wearing her Sawa World T-shirt

Ranita Opoku-Sarfo ’21 aspires to one day have a career in which she can help solve global problems. This summer, she’s doing her part to address one of them—poverty—through an internship with Sawa World in Kampala, Uganda. “Sawa World transforms the lives of vulnerable youth living in extreme poverty within Kampala by giving them access... READ MORE >>

Lauren Appel ’20 studies foreign policy, business in Cuba

Lauren Appel '20 at the podium in a Cuban government building

As other students returned to Randolph’s campus to start the spring semester in mid-January, Lauren Appel ’20 was still in Cuba taking classes and learning about foreign investment and global integration at the University of Havana. Appel spent two weeks there during winter break as part of a special study abroad experience. In addition to... READ MORE >>