Yuli Andrea Chica: On Her Way to Study in the United States
Yuli Andrea Chica, a 17 year-old young girl, is the first Colombian to fulfill all the requirements for a scholarship to pursue her undergraduate studies in the United States under the United States Achievement Program (USAP). She will undertake her classes of International Business beginning September 8th at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida.
In 2006, when Yuli was in 10th grade, she received a scholarship to study English at the Colombo Americano. The requirements were to belong to socioeconomic stratum 1 or 2 and to have both very good academic standing and the desire to overcome obstacles. With the help of the Colombo’s Educational Consultant, Juan Mazo, she applied in 2007 to USAP, which offered to help with admission fees and lodging expenses in this American university.
Graduation of Teachers Towards Internationalization
The second group of participants in the first phase of the Teachers Towards Internationalization Project graduated on Wednesday, August the 27th. They are a total of 44 teachers from 18 public educational institutions in the city’s downtown area which initiated classes in August 2007. The aim of this project is to improve the participants’ English language competence in order to guide teaching and learning processes in their schools. This project, which is sponsored by the Centro Colombo Americano and the Bancolombia Foundation, benefits these teachers’ students, nearly 1,800 boys and girls in preschool and primary school.
