Welcome to the GREAT Project Website!
The GREAT Project (Global RICE Empowers Academics & Training) is an outreach initiative of Rice University’s Office of International Students & Scholars (OISS) office to promote the key priorities of access and inclusion, as well as support Rice’s priority of engaging the local community.
GREAT offers global-based immersion classes about their countries, through graduate international students and international scholars, who teach, mentor and befriend young adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD). Opportunities and recognition expand for the young adults who participate in this program, through academics and intercultural learning.
Coming Soon!
Fall 2024: Walk Through Africa
Date: Saturday, October 12, 2024
For more information, please contact Dr. Adria Baker at abaker@rice.edu.
The GREAT Project received a 2023 IIE Heiskell Award for Widening Access to International Education.
https://www.iie.org/get-involved/become-an-iienetwork-member/iie-heiskell-awards/heiskell-awardees/
https://www.iie.org/blog/rice-great-project-connects-two-worlds.
GREAT Project in Rice News:
- January 24, 2024: Rice international students take young adults with special needs on GREAT tour of Japan
- February 13, 2023: Rice grad students bring Latin America to special needs community
- February 14, 2022: A GREAT arts walk across campus
- March 2, 2020: International grad students host classes for young adults with special needs
See all of our past activities at https://greatproject.blogs.rice.edu/past-activities.
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