2024 International Education Week Essay Contest

Local to Global: Celebrating International Education at Emory

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We are excited to announce the winners of the 2024 International Education Week Essay Contest! The theme of this year's contest was "Local to Global: Celebrating International Education at Emory." With over a hundred undergraduate and graduate submissions, this year's contest was very competitive and we are happy to celebrate the winners and honorees at the International Education Week Kick Off Reception on November 18, 2024.   

Listed from Left to Right: Liping Li, Graduate Honorable Mention; Khushi Agarwal, Undergraduate Honorable Mention; Calvin Osei Tenkorang, Graduate Runner-Up Winner; Wendy Lee, Graduate First-Place Winner​; Aay-Janae Taylor, Undergraduate Runner-Up Winner; Sabrina Lane, Undergraduate ​First-Place Winner​ and Camila Quinde Villacres, Graduate Honorable Mention.

Photo: Jenni Girtman

List of Winners and Runner-Ups:

Undergraduate Winners:

Sabrina Lane​

​Undergraduate ​First-Place Winner​

"Echoes of War, Threads of Peace: Lessons from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Emory"

Aay-Janae Taylor​

Undergraduate Runner-Up

"A Cultural Exchange"

Graduate Winners:

Wendy Lee ​

Graduate First-Place Winner​

​"Panacea Lost and Found"

Calvin Osei Tenkorang 

Graduate Runner-Up​ 

"From the Streets of Accra, Ghana to Global Classrooms"

List of Honorable Mention Recipients:

Undergraduate Honorable Mention:

Khushi Agarwal:

 “From Isolation To Community: My Journey At Emory"

Graduate Honorable Mentions:

Liping Li:

"Local Roots, Global Impact: My Emory Experience in Advocacy and Change"

Camila Quinde Villacres:

“Yes people”