Yale World Fellows Program
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The Yale World Fellows Program is a program run by Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...

 that seeks to build a network of emerging global leaders and broaden international understanding at Yale. Every year, the program selects approximately fifteen highly accomplished men and women representing a diverse set of countries from throughout the world and brings them to spend a semester at Yale University to explore critical global issues and contribute to international awareness and dialogue within Yale University.

World Fellows are typically selected at an early point mid-career, and come from a variety of sectors, including government, business, the media, nongovernmental organizations, education, religion, the military, and the arts. The program is designed to help the Fellows expand their professional and personal horizons and prepare for greater roles of leadership. They guest lecture in classes, meet with student groups, deliver campus-wide lectures, and contribute to informal dialogue and learning across the campus. The Program runs each Fall, from mid-August through Mid-December.

History

On the occasion of Yale's tercentenary, in 2001, University President Richard C. Levin launched a number of internationalization initiatives aimed at enhancing Yale's global footprint. The Yale World Fellows Program was among these, and it has since emerged as the University's signature international leadership training program – with a steadily growing global reputation for excellence – as well as a popular, broadly participatory program for the entire Yale community. Yale welcomed the first class of World Fellows to New Haven in the fall of 2002, and now boasts more than 150 emerging leaders world wide, representing 74 countries. These include a diversity of committed innovators, from top government officials and members of parliament to on-the-ground activists and investigative journalists to ground-breaking artists and next-generation business executives.

Core Goals

The Yale World Fellows Program has three core goals:
  • Broadening the knowledge foundations and strengthening the leadership skills of a set of emerging leaders from around the world
  • Deepening the international dialogue across the Yale campus by having the World Fellows play a role as catalysts for conversations and as a source of perspectives, both formal and informal, on global issues and challenges
  • Creating a network of international decision makers from a range of disciplines who are connected to Yale and to each other

Activities

The program sponsors a variety of events every year, including global conferences, multimedia exhibitions, and panel discussions on current events. World Fellows often initiate their own collaborative projects while at Yale, such as the Seven Billionth Person Project, an international multimedia effort that invites people to share through writings and art what they would say to the world’s seven billionth baby, expected to be born sometime in 2011. The Return to Yale Forum is held every other year, and brings together current and former World Fellows to meet and engage in debates about contemporary issues. The most recent Forum was held in October 2009 and included discussions on global governance, energy and environmental sustainability, development and poverty, corporate social responsibility, social entrepreneurship, human rights and civil society, as well as small-group breakout sessions by region and interest area. In 2011, the Yale World Fellows hosted Yale University's first TEDx
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 event TEDx Yale World Fellows.

The World Fellows Program also sponsors an annual Global Leadership Series conference. At these conferences held in cities around the world, World Fellows alumni, leaders in the region, prospective World Fellows nominees, and other experts debate selected international topics and provide input into solutions to critical problems. Past conferences have addressed issues such as the United Nations Global Compact's contribution for addressing corporate social responsibility.
  • 2010: The Global Compact at 10: Holding Ourselves Accountable, Istanbul, Turkey
  • 2009: The Middle East in Transition: Leadership in Challenging Times, Cairo, Egypt
  • 2008: Post-Modern News: Cacophony and Chaos in a 24/7 Multi-Media World, Paris, France

World Fellows in the Media

  • In remarks delivered at the tercentennial of Yale University
    Yale University
    Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...

    , former U.S. President Bill Clinton
    Bill Clinton
    William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...

    acknowledged that, "I said I would like to be a world fellow, and I was informed that I no longer qualify as a young world leader. So today you are stuck with my opinions without the benefit of further Yale study."
  • 2010 World Fellow Alexey Navalny
    Alexey Navalny
    Alexei Anatolievich Navalny is a Russian political and social activist who in recent years gained great prominence amongst Russian bloggers and mass media due to his social campaigning activity...

    a Moscow-based lawyer and a crusader against corruption in Russian state-owned companies, was profiled in The New Yorker
    The New Yorker
    The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...

     and the New York Times for his web-based campaign against state corruption.
  • 2009 World Fellow Muna AbuSulayman was named one of the 100 most powerful Arab women of 2011, and ranked 113th out of the world's 500 most influential Arabs.
  • 2009 World Fellow Maria Corina Machado
    María Corina Machado
    María Corina Machado Parisca is a founder, former vice president, and former president of the Venezuelan volunteer civil organization Súmate, along with Alejandro Plaz....

    is a Venezuelan Congresswoman who has been mentioned as a possible presidential candidate to challenge Venezuela's current President Hugo Chavez
    Hugo Chávez
    Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías is the 56th and current President of Venezuela, having held that position since 1999. He was formerly the leader of the Fifth Republic Movement political party from its foundation in 1997 until 2007, when he became the leader of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela...

     in the 2012 election.
  • 2007 World Fellow Gidon Bromberg was named one of Time Magazine's Environmental Heroes of the Year in 2008, for his work on using environmental activism to foster peace processes in the Middle East.
  • 2004 World Fellow Aboubakr Jamai, a journalist from Morocco, was featured in the New Yorker for his confrontational weekly newspaper, Le Journal Hebdomadaire.
  • 2003 World Fellow Norbert Mao
    Norbert Mao
    Norbert Mao is a Ugandan lawyer and politician. He is the current president of the Democratic Party, and the Local Council 5 Chairman for Gulu District.-Background:He was born on March 12, 1967. His father was Acholi and his mother was a Munyankole...

    is the leader and Presidential Candidate of the Democratic Party of Uganda. He came in third place in the February 2011 Presidential elections, ceding to the incumbent President Yoweri Museveni
    Yoweri Museveni
    Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is a Ugandan politician and statesman. He has been President of Uganda since 26 January 1986.Museveni was involved in the war that deposed Idi Amin Dada, ending his rule in 1979, and in the rebellion that subsequently led to the demise of the Milton Obote regime in 1985...

    . Mao has said that he will focus on strengthening Uganda’s Democratic party to win the 2016 presidential elections.

List of World Fellows 2002-2010

The biographies of all fellows can be found on the Yale World Fellows website.
Name Country Year      Name Country Year
Abovyan, Lusine Armenia 2005 Kwengwere, Paul Malawi 2004
AbuSulayman, Muna Saudi Arabia 2009 Lagodinsky, Sergey Germany 2010
Acosta, J.R. Nereus Philippines 2004 Lapucci, Massimo Italy 2006
Akl, May Tony Lebanon 2010 Lisitsyna, Maria Kyrgyz Republic 2007
Alemu, Getachew Ethiopia 2006 Lopez, Claudia Colombia 2009
Ali, Imtiaz Pakistan 2008 Low, Penny Singapore 2007
Al-Khalifa, Marwa Bahrain 2008 Lunga, Precious Zimbabwe 2008
Altinay, Ali Hakan Turkey 2009 Ma, Jun China 2004
Arthur, Emelia Ghana 2002 Mabrouk, Fares Tunisia 2010
Ashraf Nemat, Orzala Afghanistan 2008 Machado, Maria Venezuela 2009
Asiedu, Emmanuel Ghana 2008 Malahoo Forte, Marlene Jamaica 2007
Avlonitis, Xenofon Greece 2006 Mao, Norbert Uganda 2003
Baba, Mohamed Netherlands 2006 Maradiaga, Felix Nicaragua 2008
Barakat, Saleh Lebanon 2006 Mategwa, Beatrice Kenya 2009
Barja-Chamas, Cecilia Bolivia 2004 Maung, Nay Win Myanmar 2004
Beblavá, Emilia Sicáková Slovakia 2003 Mistry, Rozina Pakistan 2002
Boza, Beatriz Peru 2002 Mizne, Denis Brazil 2007
Brahme, Unmesh India 2009 Mor, Nachiket India 2004
Breka, Sandra Germany 2008 Morrow, Hugh Australia 2003
Bromberg, Gidon Israel 2007 Müller-Kraenner, Sascha Germany 2005
Cai, Yanmin China 2002 Mulqueeny, Kala Australia 2010
Camerer, Marianne South Africa 2005 Musa, Adamu Cameroon 2002
Carpentier, Chantal-Line Canada 2006 Navalny, Alexey Russia 2010
Cattaneo, Olivier France 2004 Nebhrajani, Sharmila United Kingdom 2007
Chandrakirana, Kamala Indonesia 2003 Newton-King, Nicky South Africa 2006
Chandran, Subhashini India 2010 Ngo, Tung Vietnam 2006
Chino, Mitsuru Japan 2007 Njoroge, Henry Kenya 2005
Chkhatarashvili, Ketevan Georgia 2007 Nyati, Mteto South Africa 2004
Daimagüler, Mehmet Gürcan Germany 2007 Orozco-Gomez, Angela Colombia 2003
Damdelen, Mustafa Cyprus 2002 Oyewole, Ibidapo Nigeria 2008
Dames, Marvin Bahamas 2005 Perez, Vincent Philippines 2005
Dashko, Karina Russia 2004 Perez-Kakabadse, Alonso Ecuador 2002
D\'Cruz, Celine India 2003 Pinto da Costa, Henrique Sao Tome and Principe 2002
De Rynck, Stefaan Belgium 2006 Piper, Robert Australia 2004
Di-Aping, Lumumba Sudan 2010 Proissl, Wolfgang Germany 2010
Djoumataev, Taalaibek Kyrgyz Republic 2002 Pundak-Mintz, Adi Israel 2008
Dominguez, Carmen Chile 2003 Quennet-Thielen, Cornelia Germany 2003
Dong, Qian China 2007 Razzaghi, Emran Iran 2004
Doumit, Gilbert Lebanon 2008 Rees, Marvin United Kingdom 2010
Ducoté, Nicolas Argentina 2007 Royesh, Azizullah Afghanistan 2010
Dugolli, Ilir Kosovo 2004 Rtabi, Imane Morocco 2006
Elsadda, Hoda Egypt 2003 Rui Chenggang China 2005
Evans, Alexander United Kingdom 2009 Saggar, Shamit United Kingdom 2003
Faieta, Jessica Ecuador 2006 Salas-Römer, Henrique F. Venezuela 2005
Frech, Sofia Mexico 2003 Sandoval Ballesteros, Amilcar Mexico 2002
Fuentes-Montero, David Costa Rica 2006 Sedlácek, Tomáš Czech Republic 2006
Gain, Philip Bangladesh 2002 Shevchenko, Andriy Ukraine 2008
Gamboa-Rocabado, Jesús Franco Bolivia 2008 Shevchenko, Igor Ukraine 2006
Ganiev, Bakhodir Uzbekistan 2005 Shikongo, Sem Namibia 2006
Ganne, Emmanuelle France 2009 Silva, Neide Brazil 2002
Goswami, Paromita India 2005 Sindi, Ali Othman Iraq 2003
Gudelis, Darius Lithuania 2005 Sinha, Chetna Gala India 2002
Gumede, Vusi South Africa 2009 Sobhan, Zafar Bangladesh 2009
Haffner, John Canada 2008 Stevens, Heather Northern Ireland 2004
Harrington, Nicola United Kingdom 2008 Sulaiman, Huzir Malaysia 2007
Hendra, John Canada 2009 Swelam, Ashraf Egypt 2007
Hernández, Ana Paula Mexico 2010 Szekfu, Balázs László Hungary 2006
Hogan, Christine Canada 2002 Taljaard, Raenette South Africa 2003
Hood, Gavin United Kingdom 2008 Tanaka, Kazushige Japan 2005
Hors, Irène C. France 2005 Tejan-Cole, Abdul Sierra Leone 2002
Houben, Hiddo Netherlands 2003 Terán, Ricardo Nicaragua 2010
Hunegnaw, Muluemebet Chekol Ethiopia 2007 Titanji, Ernest Duga Cameroon 2007
Ibrahim, Azeem United Kingdom 2009 Trudolyubov, Maxim Russia 2009
Ibrahim, Hauwa Nigeria 2005 Tsedevdamba, Oyungerel Mongolia 2006
Jabareen, Hassan Israel 2005 Tsui, Diana China 2010
Jácome-Diez, Joaquín Panama 2005 Ünlü Kizil, Oya Turkey 2008
Jamaï, Aboubakr Morocco 2004 Uwandu, Philomena Chinwe Nigeria 2003
Jarvis, Tim Australia & United Kingdom 2009 Wan, Yanhai China 2003
Jian, Yi China 2009 Wanchoo, Amit India 2007
Kagoro, Brian Zimbabwe 2003 Ward, Michael Canada 2003
Khidasheli, Tinatin Georgia 2004 Wygnanski, Jan Jakub Poland 2002
Khuat, Oanh Thi Hai Vietnam 2005 Xulu, Thembi South Africa 2010
Kim, Mi-Hyung South Korea 2005 Yakobashvili, Temuri Georgia 2002
Kim, Sang-Jo South Korea 2004 Youssef, Ezzat Egypt 2006
Kingman, John United Kingdom 2004 Yuan, Victor Y. China 2007
Knaus, Verena Austria 2007 Zamhari, Arif Indonesia 2010
Kondo, James Japan 2008 Zhang, Jingjing China 2008
Kraja, Garentina Kosovo 2006

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