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As a partner institution of McGill University’s Indian Ocean World Centre, Iowa State University/LAS encourages applications to the Young Global Changers program. The Young Global Changers program brings together young people from around the world who are working towards a global paradigm shift, combining their talents and together becoming a strong voice for change. Successful applicants will receive a scholarship to participate in the Global Solutions Summer School and the Global Solutions Summit from April 17-22, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.

More information and the application can be found on McGill’s website: https://www.cvent.com/events/young-global-changers-2020/event-summary-fc444e0f5c3b4c21a1485b5ed758089e.aspx

NOTE: When filling out the application, the response to the last question should be “other”/”IOWC” or “MCGILL.”

Michael Christopher Low, an assistant professor of history whose research focuses on late Ottoman, modern Middle Eastern, Indian Ocean and environmental history, is Iowa State’s lead researcher in a partnership funded by a $2.5 million partnership grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. McGill University is the lead university on the project.