Like many others, Nathaniel Michael is a year 12 student gearing up to start his application for the University of Cambridge.
'Nathaniel is 17 and lives in East London, his parents arrived in England 20 years ago from Ethiopia.
“It's not just the interview. People from the background we come from, they're more fearful to go into a different environment quickly. If we encourage them, show them its possible, then we would see a much more diverse university" explained Nathaniel.
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Saturday, September 14, 2019
Nathaniel Michael has his eyes set on Cambridge
Like many others, Nathaniel Michael is a year 12 student gearing up to start his application for the University of Cambridge.
'Nathaniel is 17 and lives in East London, his parents arrived in England 20 years ago from Ethiopia.
“It's not just the interview. People from the background we come from, they're more fearful to go into a different environment quickly. If we encourage them, show them its possible, then we would see a much more diverse university" explained Nathaniel.
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Bruk Simon is a freshman studying computer science engineering at LeTourneau University
International student Bruk Simon of Ethiopia speaks Friday about the process of coming to the U.S. to attend LeTourneau University in the Anna Lee and Sidney Allen Family Student Center.
'When Bruk Simon was on his way to Longview from Ethiopia, he was flagged by the federal Transportation Security Administration more than once. But he said one thought helped him deal with the stress — that he soon would be at a good school.
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Tecle Gebremicheal is running for Boise City Council #EthiopiansInIdaho
Gebremicheal is working toward an undergraduate degree in political science from Boise State University and serves as a petroleum supply specialist in the U.S. Army Reserves. After first coming to Boise from Ethiopia, he earned his GED and attended the College of Western Idaho before aiming for his bachelor’s. He speaks three languages and also works as a soccer coach for Nations United under Rush Sports Complex Idaho.
Friday, April 19, 2019
Rediet Abebe a computer science researcher at Cornell University #EthiopiansInNewYork
She specializes in algorithms, artificial intelligence, and their application for social good. She told an audience at EmTech Digital, an event organized by MIT Technology Review, that she has discovered a surprising lack of collaboration in certain areas of AI research.
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Tsion Tesfaye receives full funding for graduate study at Stanford #EthiopiansInNewYork
Tesfaye, from Holeta, Ethiopia, is pursuing a master’s degree in statistics (data science track) at Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences. She graduated from Hamilton with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and a minor in education studies. Tesfaye presented her Youth for Ethiopia project at the Clinton Global Initiative University in 2016, as well as social innovation conferences and trainings in Austria, Japan, Rwanda, and the U.S.
Tuesday, April 2, 2019
11-year-old Jonah Larson releasing a book #EthiopiansInWisconsin
KWiL Publishing, an independent small press, is publishing a photo autobiography of Jonah Larson. In addition to telling his story of being adopted from Ethiopia, it will feature an introduction to crocheting and some of "Jonah's Favorites."
Friday, February 22, 2019
Mekedlawit Setegne is president of Rice African Student Association #EthiopiansInOhio
Setegne came to America with her family when she was five years old after winning the lottery for a diversity visa. Setegne said she feels that there’s pressure to be a perfect representation of black people all the time. “I know that as soon as I say something that's wrong, I'm not talking for Mekedlawit. I'm talking for black women in STEM,” Setegne said. “I think that makes me more hesitant to just do a lot of things, and feel like I don't belong in certain spaces.”
Saturday, February 16, 2019
Amira Abase fled East London with three schoolpals in 2015 to join ISIS #EthiopiansInLondon
Abase fled the UK with two Bethnal Green Academy pals, Kadiza Sultana and Begum, in February 2015. The three girls all married ISIS fighters but Sultana was reported to have been killed in an airstrike on Raqqa in May 2016 while Abase could still be alive. Her dad had made an emotional appeal for her to come home a week after she joined the barbarous terror group, saying: “Remember how we love you”. Holding a teddy bear wearing a Chelsea shirt, he said his family “cannot stop crying”.
Sunday, December 2, 2018
Megdelawit Habteselassie is double majoring in neuroscience and organizational leadership #EthiopiansInCincinnati
University of Cincinnati senior Megdelawit Habteselassie also finds time to serve as student body president and as a member of the UC alumni council. She is the first African-American woman to hold the position in UC's 199-year history. She will graduate this year and plans to move to Washington, D.C., to work for a few years before going to law school.
Monday, November 26, 2018
Lia Petrose is a Rhodes scholar #EthiopiansInMaryland
Petrose, of Laurel, Maryland, earned her degrees in neuroscience and economics from Pitt in 2017. She was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and immigrated to the United States when she was 12. In a release from the university, Honors College Dean Brian Primack said he was "absolutely thrilled for Lia."
Monday, August 6, 2018
Derartu Ahmed wins Wallin Scholarship to go to Lawrence University #EthiopiansInMinnesota
Ahmed was 9 when she came to America. She spent most of her childhood growing up in Tennessee and spent a little time in New York between elementary school and high school. Ahmed’s father is the only one in her family, until now, who attended a form of higher education, through a local community college. Ahmed will be the first to attend a four-year college, an achievement by itself, with her entire first year covered by scholarships and grants. For a year at Lawrence University between tuition, fees, room and board, an estimated total of $57,816 is needed to send a single student to college.
However, Ahmed received the 2018-19 Gift Aid of $51,270, a combination of grants and scholarships through Lawrence University and Federal Pell, not to mention through federal funding. This is on top of the $16,000 Wallin Scholarship.
Thursday, June 21, 2018
Daniel Geda will major in pre-med at Cornell #EthiopiansInDC
Outside of the classroom at St. Anselm’s Geda has been a member of the school’s track and soccer teams. He was also a member of Cultural Student Organization, which he said “is a club that tries to promote social, political, cultural, and racial dialogue and awareness on our school campus.”
Geda also took part in the Telluride Association Sophomore Seminar (TASS). The seminar invites less than 100 rising junior high school students each year to participate in a six-week college level course on black and ethnic studies topics. The program is designed to spur interest in the history, culture and politics of people of African descent. The program is held at Cornell University and the University of Michigan.
Sunday, June 17, 2018
Abel Getachew going to Georgetown on a full scholarship #EthiopiansInOregon
Getachew wants to become a cardiovascular surgeon since he had a childhood friend with heart problems who couldn’t afford medical care. He hopes to work with Doctors Without Borders to give back to communities in need. As part of his Corporate Work Study Program job through De La Salle North Catholic, he works at Oregon Health and Science University and had the opportunity to shadow a cardiovascular surgeon. Getachew said it was eye-opening and inspiring.
Thursday, June 14, 2018
Yadel Gebeyehu is winner of The Stage Scholarship at Rose Bruford College #EthiopiansInEngland
Yadel has won a place on the acting foundation course at Rose Bruford College worth £8,250. Its intensive, full-time, 20-week course in acting delivers a rigorous and in-depth foundation training. From 375 applications online, there have already been 130 auditions for the foundation acting course this year, with more auditions to take place throughout the year.
Sunday, June 3, 2018
Sionna Brenn overcame abusive family and poverty to go to college #EthiopiansInTexas
Sionna Brenn has had a tough life, but she has relied on hard work and strong faith to make the most of it.
Brenn, a senior at Willowridge High School in Pearland, Texas, was adopted from Ethiopia by an American family. This sounds like a good thing, but unfortunately, her adoptive family didn’t treat her well.
Friday, March 23, 2018
Eyerusalem Abebaw is president Black Student Union at Burnsville High #EthiopiansInMinnesota
“It’s kind of different for me,” said Abebaw, who came to District 191 from Ethiopia when she was 9. “Even though a lot of my friends are people of color, a lot of people in my classes aren’t, because I take higher-level courses like honors and AP. There’s barely any diversity in there, and I’m often the only black person in those classes. So it was very hard for me to be able to express myself in those classes, because even though I was interested in the subjects, I didn’t really feel like I connected with the students.”
Saturday, March 17, 2018
Samuel Getachew is class president at Oakland Tech #EthiopiansInCalifornia
Oakland Tech sophomore class president Samuel Getachew, 15, wrote a poem about guns and racism, which he recited on Wednesday morning to cheers on the steps of his school during the March For Our lives protest.
It's title is "Arms" and the last, and arguably most powerful, line is "when did America fall so in love with the sound of gunshots that she wanted to hear them on her birthday?"
Saturday, February 17, 2018
Mesfin Lenth attends Illinois College #EthiopiansInIllinois
When the Ethiopia native stepped onto campus he discovered a welcoming community that supported the type of rich learning experiences he hoped to have.
Saturday, January 27, 2018
Kasanash Yashna is facing deportation from Israel #EthiopiansInIsrael
Kasanash Yashna, who made her way from Ethiopia to Israel when she was a teenager, and has yet to be granted Israeli citizenship, is terrified about what her future has in store for her after learning that she would be included in Israel’s mass deportation policy of African migrants.
In November last year, she was notified by the Population and Immigration Authority that she had 14 days to leave Israel.
Saturday, January 13, 2018
Mussie Tesfay is an engineering student at Penn State #EthiopiansInPennsylvania
When Tesfay was 7 years old, his parents decided to move their family from Ethiopia to Uganda. They lived in Uganda for 10 years, most of which were spent in a refugee camp. Uganda provided the family with a new sense of peace and security. It also became a place where Tesfay could explore his passion for engineering.
The refugee camp did not have electricity, so a few of Tesfay’s neighbors bought generators and rented them to other people in the camp. Tesfay decided to start his own business — but instead of buying a generator, he built one.
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