UT Austin’s International Office hosted the Iraqi Young Leader Exchange Program on campus summer 2015, bringing 25 undergraduate students from Iraq to Austin for a “Law, Leadership, and Social Justice” institute. ISSS invited these students to share stories about their experience in Austin and their life back home in Iraq… read more
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Kurdistan to Austin and Back
UT Austin’s International Office hosted the Iraqi Young Leader Exchange Program on campus summer 2015, bringing 25 undergraduate students from Iraq to Austin for a “Law, Leadership, and Social Justice” institute. ISSS invited these students to share stories about their experience in Austin and their life back home in Iraq… read more
Iraqi students leave legacy in Austin
Iraqi students left their mark in Austin this summer in the form of a mural and the many relationships they formed with community members and UT students and staff. Participating in a 4-week institute hosted by the UT International Office, 25 students in the Iraqi Young Leader Exchange Program (IYLEP)… read more
From IYLEP to IMPACT: International Office Staff Travel to Iraq
In February 2014, ISSS Program Coordinators Annette Whatley and Emily Pulley traveled to Erbil, Iraq to participate and contribute to the 2014 Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program (IYLEP) Reunion Workshop- “Iraqis Making Positive Achievements in their Communties” (IMPACT). The goals of the IYLEP Reunion were to; (1) Reconnect Iraqi undergraduate… read more