DipNote: “Shaping the Next Generation of Georgian and US STEM Leaders”

Three youth who have participated in the exchange program of the Millennium Challenge Corporation's (MCC) Georgia Compact, talk about how MCC’s investments have opened up educational and professional opportunities for them in an interview with DipNote, the official blog of the United States Department of State.

The article says that in partnership with San Diego State University (SDSU), the MCC Georgia Compact is shaping the next generation of Georgian and US science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) leaders.

The compact offers the opportunity for Georgia’s best and brightest young adults to pursue US bachelor’s degrees in subjects such as chemistry and computer engineering without leaving their home country, positioning them to enter the workforce with the skills needed to make Georgia, a key US strategic partner in the region, a more prosperous and stable country. An exchange program allows US students to study abroad in Tbilisi, Georgia’s capital, and Georgian students to study abroad at SDSU’s main campus in California, affording them an opportunity to gain important global experience”, read the blog.

SDSU partners with three public Georgian universities - Tbilisi State University, Ilia State University and Georgian Technical University - to support the delivery of US curricula.

Ani Shalamberidze, a chemistry major at San Diego State University-Georgia who studied abroad in San Diego, Taylor Inouye, a chemistry major at San Diego State University who studied abroad in Tbilisi and Luka Lomtadze, a computer engineering Major at San Diego State University-Georgia who studied abroad in San Diego share their own experience of the exchange program with DipNote.

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