Backpacker, Go!
Winter/Spring 2023 Newsletter 1.4
Quick Summary
- Published by the Article 26 Backpack team at University of California, Davis, Human Rights Studies Backpacker, Go! provides resources, news, and relevant information to Backpackers to support them in protecting their human right to education.
Backpacker, Go!
Winter/Spring 2023 Newsletter 1.4
Emma Tolliver, Editor
UC Davis Backpack Guide Collective
This quarter, we have information about free academic credentialing resources and fellowship opportunities.
First, we have an introduction from Backpacker #1: Keith David Watenpaugh, Professor and Director of Human Rights Studies.
Article 26 Backpack News
This quarter, Article 26 Backpack is collecting stories from Backpackers to share with and educate policymakers, administrators, and stakeholders on refugee experiences.
If you are interested in participating, please send us an essay of no more than 200 words to backpack@ucdavis.edu describing what you feel comfortable sharing about your experiences and needs in higher education.
Alternatively, you can set up a ZOOM interview with the Backpack Guide Collective to discuss your experiences by emailing us at backpack@ucdavis.edu.
We plan to collect these stories in a volume. If we pursue publication of your story, we will reach out to you via email to confirm your participation.
Resources
Academic Credentialing Services
Education Credential Evaluators (ECE®) Aid is providing free credentialing services for Backpackers. These services compare academic and professional degrees earned in one country to academic and professional degrees earned in another. To use ECE® Aid’s credentialing service, please email us at backpack@ucdavis.edu.
Education Credential Evaluators (ECE®) AID está proporcionando servicios de acreditación gratuita para mochileros. Estos servicios comparan títulos académicos y profesionales obtenidos en un país con títulos académicos y profesionales obtenidos en otro. Para usar el servicio de acreditación de ECE® AID, por favor envíenos un correo electrónico a backpack@ucdavis.edu.
Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE®) Aid fournit des services d’accréditation gratuits pour les Backpackers. Ces services comparent les diplômes universitaires et professionnels obtenus dans un pays aux diplômes universitaires et professionnels obtenus dans un autre. Pour utiliser le service d’accréditation d’ECE® Aid, veuillez nous envoyer un e-mail à: backpack@ucdavis.edu.
مرکز «کمک به ارزیابی تحصیلی» (ECE® Aid) خدمات تأیید مدارک تحصیلی را به صورت رایگان برای کاربران «کوله‌پشتی» ارائه می‌کند. این خدمات، مدارک تحصیلی و حرفه ای را در یک کشور با مدارک علمی و حرفه ای در کشور دیگر مقایسه می کند. برای استفاده از خدمات کمک به ارزیابی تحصیلی ECE® Aid، لطفاً به ما ایمیل بزنید: backpack@ucdavis.edu
يقدم Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE®) Aid خدمات تقييم مجانية لحاملي الحقيبة. تقارن هذه الخدمات الدرجات الأكاديمية والمهنية التي تم الحصول عليها في بلد ما مع الدرجات الأكاديمية والمهنية التي تم الحصول عليها في بلد آخر. لاستخدام خدمة Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE®) Aid، يرجى مراسلتنا عبر البريد الإلكتروني على
Scholarship and Fellowship Opportunities
Welcome to Backpacker, Go’s “Scholarship and Fellowship Opportunities” section! This section includes opportunities and resources that Backpackers may be eligible to apply for.
Title: Remote Job Opportunity for Afghan Women
Organization: Oxus Academy
Requirements: Must build a profile on Oxus Jobs to be considered by a pool of employers.
Description: Oxus Academy is looking for motivated women living in Afghanistan to connect to remote job opportunities.
Deadline: N/A
Application HERE
Title: DAAD Scholarship 2023
Organization: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)
Requirements: Applicants must speak English or German and be a resident of one of the eligible nations. A full list of these countries can be found here. Additionally, candidates must hold a bachelors degree and have two years of professional experience.
Description: DAAD is looking for students from developing nations who are pursuing masters or PhDs, and will fund their study expenses at top universities in Germany.
Deadline: Deadlines depend on the chosen study program. You can find a full list of the deadlines here.
Application HERE
Title: Aspire Leaders Program
Organization: Aspire Institute
Requirements: Candidates must be first-generation college students, have sufficient English competency, come from lower socioeconomic conditions, be enrolled as an undergraduate or have recently graduated or have been affected by a natural catastrophe or violence hostilities.
Description: Aspire Institute will provide students with online Harvard classes, seminars, and build their leadership capabilities and give them chances to earn grants and find mentors.
Early Action Deadline: March 22
Final Application Deadline: April 19
Application HERE
Title: The African Union Commission Internship Program
Organization: African Union
Requirements: Candidates must be actively enrolled in at least the final year of a Bachelor’s degree program OR must have obtained a Bachelor’s degree or an advanced/ post graduate (Masters) qualification in a related academic field; nationals of a Member State of the African Union; full time students currently enrolled in the final year of their Bachelors or graduate school program; fluent in at least one of the African Union working languages (Arabic, English, French or Portuguese); and no more than thirty-two (32) years of age at the time of selection.
Description: A full-time engagement through which qualified individuals from diverse academic backgrounds are given the opportunity to gain professional exposure within the African Union.
Application Deadline: June 30
Application HERE
Remember to Use Your Backpack
As you apply to universities and other institutions, remember to update your Backpack! We encourage you to review your Backpack and update it to reflect all of your academic and professional achievements prior to submitting applications.
Your digital portfolio can store items such as a resume, CV, creative works, and letters of recommendation and can be shared with educational institutions and employers in Backpacks.
Your educational portfolio can store items such as transcripts, diplomas, certificates, and letters of recommendation and can be shared with educational institutions and employers in Backpacks.
You can create a Shared Backpack to share the contents of your Backpack with educational institutions, university affiliates, and employers. You can create a Shared Backpack on the Create a Share page. You can create different Shared Backpacks to suit your needs. All Shared Backpacks expire after seven days to protect your privacy.
Using techniques borrowed from the humanities field of "digital storytelling," the Article 26 Backpack gives Backpackers a chance to record and upload an oral statement of purpose, "My Story/My Future.” The short videos also provide a way to bring a human face to the academic documents that are contained in Backpacks.
You choose what to upload, and you can choose if and when to delete your documents. You are in control of the contents of your Backpack.
To learn more about how to use Article 26 Backpack, please watch this tutorial.
Meet an Article 26 Backpack Team Member
Get to know the Article 26 Backpack Team!
Meet Aimee Umulisa, an Article 26 Backpack Refugee College Guidance Counselor at Kepler. Aimee provides educational guidance for students in the program, explains the model, acts as a student advocate, conducts group workshops and sessions to inform refugee communities of the importance of Backpack, coordinates Backpack events in a refugee community in Rwanda, and enrolls students in Article 26 Backpack.
About her work, Aimee says, “When children and youth are deprived of their right to education, their community is deprived of a sustainable future. It's all the more true with refugees."
Thank you Aimee for all the work you do to protect the human right to education!
Contact the Article 26 Backpack Team
Follow us on Facebook (@a26backpack), Twitter (@a26backpack), and Instagram (@article26backpack).
Email us at Backpack@ucdavis.edu.
For more about Article 26 Backpack, visit us at https://backpack.ucdavis.edu/ .
At this time, we only have the resources to produce this newsletter in English, but we are hoping to expand and develop translated versions of the newsletter. If you have any feedback for us regarding our newsletter or have thoughts on what resources and support you would like to see in future newsletters, please do not hesitate to reach out!