Midhat Urooj looked up at Bald Mountain. The Sister 2 Sister Exchange Program participant had doubts about climbing the steep incline. After all, the rolling rural Virginia landscape was almost the exact opposite of her hometown of Karachi, the most populated city in Pakistan. She thought about turning back.
“The slope was very high,” she said. “I’m not used to that, but the friends around me said, ‘No, you will do it.’ And finally, when I reached the top, the scene was so beautiful. It’s a gift to see and to experience the view from the top of the mountain.”
This is just one adventure Urooj has experienced since arriving at Virginia Tech through the Sister 2 Sister Exchange Program. The initiative seeks to help prepare young Pakistani women undergraduates from underserved communities for future careers by enabling their participation in summer undergraduate programs at U.S. universities.
In partnership with seven other universities, American University is the lead organization and grantee administering the program. The Society for International Education assists American University with logistics in Pakistan, including outreach, marketing, recruitment, the application process, and international air travel. The Pakistan-based society is a nongovernmental nonprofit, dedicated to development of global partnerships in education, capacity building of learning communities established on the effective use of information communication technology, English, teacher development, and...
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