Global Access Ambassador Folasade Olawoye, an international studies major with a minor in Korean studies and translation, participated in the TEAN South Korea: Korea University Program.

Berkley Barnett, an international studies major and a Global Access Ambassador, participated in the SIT Jordan Refugees, Health, and Humanitarian Action Program. Click the title above to read her reflection on the experience!

Abigail Kloha, a Spanish and translation major at the University of Iowa and a Global Access Ambassador, studied abroad through IFSA Butler in Heredia, a non-sponsored program at the Universidad Nacional in Costa Rica. Click on the title above to read her reflection on the experience!

Mairen Thompson, a University of Iowa graduate student studying world language education, from Tipton, Iowa, has been awarded a 2025 U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study in Japan this summer at Okayama University for an intensive Japanese language program.

Brenda Gao, a University of Iowa student studying psychology, from Iowa City, Iowa, has been awarded a 2025 U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study Japanese this summer in Okayama, Japan.

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Learn more about winners of the Richard J. Tyner Scholarship

Learn more about Malvika Khadiya learning Russian in Latvia this summer

Learn more about the guest speaker series for Culture , Traditions, and often untold histories of the Caucasus