25 social entrepreneurs from Sub-Saharan Africa will attend a 6-week professional development. Program participants will live on the University of San Diego's campus and attend business courses and leadership training sessions. Participants will also be actively engaging with local business leaders, home hosts, NGO leaders, and youth in a variety of capacities.
The University of San Diego Institute for Peace and Justice, The San Diego Diplomacy Council, and Start Up Show San Diego are hosting a public lecture on Innovation, Empowerment, and Servant Leadership featuring African social entrepreneurs on Monday, June 26 from 5:30 - 7:00 pm. This event will feature a panel of three successful African... Read More
Visitors will be coming from multiple countries to make professional connections in San Diego. They will be discussing foreign policy issues of concern to Europe and the U.S, including topic areas of counter-terrorism and security, transatlantic relations, the changing roles of international organizations such as NATO and the United Nations, trans-boundary environmental policy issues, and... Read More
10 Iraqi high school students and 2 program chaperones from Iraq will attend a multi-week leadership training course. Program participants will live with San Diego based Arabic speaking hosts. Participants will actively engage with local business leaders, NGO leaders, and peers in a variety of capacities.
1 Visitor will be coming from Malta to make professional connections in San Diego exploring: University and community-based ESL centers in the United States and to observe/discuss how their tuition schedules, workshops, and writing sessions operate throughout the academic year, look at models/methods of instruction, student assessment, and examination understand how different programs target different groups of... Read More
Delegation from Southeast Asia.
9 Congressional Staff Exchange Participants will be coming from Mexico to make professional connections in San Diego exploring the following: Connect Mexican congressional staff with new and existing U.S. congressional staff; facilitate positive working relationships and open channels of communication among congressional staff from both countries; learn about the new administration’s priorities and policies, especially... Read More
1 British Parliamentarian will be coming from the United Kingdom to shadow Congressman Scott Peters and make professional connections in San Diego
5 Visitors will be coming from the Palestinian Territories to make professional connections in San Diego exploring the following: Study sustainable alternatives for meeting rising energy demands, providing more energy independence, and creating homegrown high-tech jobs Understand the benefits of renewable resources such as solar energy, wind, hydropower, and geothermal energy, and their contribution to... Read More
4 Visitors will be coming from the Gaza Strip, Jordan, the West Bank, and Ghanem to make professional connections in San Diego exploring the following: Introduce the participants to US pharmaceutical companies and their current research and development activities, discuss the role of effective patent laws to protect investment, costing methods, pricing policies, and return... Read More
