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Global RICE Empowers Academics & Training
 

Welcome to the GREAT Project Website!

We are excited to receive a 2023 IIE Heiskell award.
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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:

See all of our past activities at https://greatproject.blogs.rice.edu/past-activities.

Great Project summary.
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