Ukrainian exchange students return home
Four Ukrainian citizens are back home after spending the spring 2024 semester as exchange students at The Citadel through the Global Undergraduate Exchange (UGRAD) Program.
This is the first time The Citadel has partnered with the UGRAD Program, which provides one-semester scholarships to undergraduate students from around the world for non-degree, full-time study combined with community service, professional development and cultural enrichment.
The UGRAD Program is an initiative of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, funded by the American people through an appropriation from Congress.
Led by Citadel President Gen. Glenn Walters, USMC (Ret.), ’79, and Provost Sally Selden, Ph.D., SPHR, The Citadel applied to be a host institution to expand the college’s early support for Ukrainian citizens.
With help from The Citadel’s Center for International and Special Programs, the four Ukrainian students spent the spring immersed in American university life and learning more about the local community. The four Ukrainians are only the first to attend The Citadel through the UGRAD program. Three more have already been accepted and will attend during the spring 2025 semester.
Before returning to Ukraine, The Citadel’s first four UGRAD students reminisced on their lifestyle, academics and time spent in Charleston.
Read more at The Citadel Today.