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Three ALA Students Facilitate Workshops at the Global Leadership Summit
In July, four members of the ALA community facilitated leadership workshops at the Global Leadership Summit in Davos, Switzerland, continuing a productive four year relationship with...
ALA Hosts Education and Health Sector Gatherings in Kenya and Rwanda
In June and July, members of the ALA network convened in Kenya and Rwanda, connecting people and ideas around two of Africa’s greatest opportunities:...
2019 Global Scholars Program Welcomes Young Leaders from 20 Countries
Now in its ninth season of delivering a transformative experiential learning experience in self-awareness, service learning and social impact to scholars across the globe,...
ALA Invests in Early Career Transitions at 2019 Professional Development Barazas
During the month of July, Africa Careers Network hosted two successful professional development conferences, called “Barazas”, in South Africa and Uganda, welcoming participants from...
ALA Hosts 2019 Obama Foundation Leaders: Africa Program
After a successful inaugural session in 2018, the Obama Foundation Leaders: Africa program returned to the ALA campus in Johannesburg, welcoming 200 emerging leaders...
Imagining the Future of the ALA Curriculum
Our ALA 2023 Strategic Plan challenges us to step more fully into our leadership role in education as a “Learning, Innovating, Leading School.” With...
Ngor Majak Anyieth '11: Developing a Leadership & Peace-Building Academy in...
Ngor Majak Anyieth (’11), returns to ALA to learn once again, but this time under the Anzisha Education Accelerator, a network of education entrepreneurs which...
Outstanding Student Research Presented at 2019 Graduation Leadership Symposium
Six exceptional research projects were presented at the 2019 Graduation Leadership Symposium on June 20th, as part of ALA’s 10th graduation ceremonies. The Leadership...
Five ALA Students Selected as 2019 Bezos Scholars
Five ALA students have been selected to join the prestigious Bezos Scholars Program, joining a cohort of exceptional students selected from across the United...
Class of 2017 Reflects on Exceptional Growth through ALA Theses
In the run-up to our 10th graduation ceremonies, each member of our graduating class presented their thesis to the community. In what has become...
Leading HIV Researcher and Holocaust Survivor Visit ALA
In June, we welcomed two world-leading experts to the ALA campus – HIV/AIDS researcher, Dr Bruce Walker and holocaust survivor and French resistance activist,...
Oluwafikemi Aiyepeku ('17) Wins Global Online Academy’s Catalyst for Change Prize
Fikemi Aiyepeku, a Nigerian 2nd year student at ALA was one of ten students selected from more than 500 presenters to receive the Catalyst...
Changing the Paradigm of College Admissions: The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program
When institutions of higher education bill themselves as ‘holistic’, how truly holistic are they? In looking at higher admissions trends and factors that play...
