Dominican masters students honored in Sweden
Dominican students in Sweden, Ivanna Read and Rosa Guzman, were honored with the awards of Global Swede 2018 ambassador’s by the Swedish governmental Swedish Institute during their studies in Sweden. Global Swede is an annual award given to international students from different Swedish universities, who have excelled in academia in the areas of creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship. This initiative seeks to form long – term relationships with outstanding international students in Sweden and create bridges of multicultural and transnational networks.
The awards were presented to the students in a solemn ceremony by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden and the Swedish Institute. The two Dominicans were selected from thousands of eligible international students in Sweden.
Rosa Guzman studies at International Projects Management at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenberg. She has been involved over the past two years in the welcome committee for new students at the university.
Ivanna Read studies a master’s program in Strategic Communication at Lund University. During her two-year stay in Sweden she has participated as a blogger at the studyinsweden.se website.
The ceremony was presided over by the Minister for European Affairs and Trade, Ann Linde; Director General of the Swedish Institute Annika Rembe; and the Head of the Unit for the Promotion and Sustainable Entrepreneurship in Sweden, Camilla Mellander. Also present were a representation of the Embassy of the Dominican Republic in Sweden, members of other diplomatic missions and public and private sector of the Scandinavian country.
Source: Lunduniversity
May 20, 2018
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