By Ajlana Osmanagic | Program Director
BOSANA FOUNDATION
Scholarship and Personal Development Program
Quarterly Report
April-June 2019
Executive Summary:
This reporting period has been marked by few exciting events for our students. Spring semester is coming to an end, students completed their midterms and started taking their final exams. Several students graduated in the past three months while many others are getting closer to their goals. BOSANA organized a workshop for our junior and senior students to prepare them for the next phase of their professional journey. In the next quarter, BOSANA will open application process for the next academic year and select new scholarship students. BOSANA’s notable acomplishments are testament to our extraordinary suporters. Our work would not be possible without the support of our valued donors, volunteers and community partners.
Students and Program Update:
BOSANA students have been busy this quarter with lectures, the end of semester, midterms and start of the final exams. Midterms are over now and majority of our students are halfway into their final exams. Thus far, results have been commendable, however, we still have to wait until the end of July to have all results available.
We are waiting on our students who are seniors to complete all their requirements. So far we had four students who officially graduated in May and June, and we are expecting more graduations by the end of this year.
Several students attended conferences while some presented their work at international conferences. During this semester we had a few students that were part of the exchange program and there will be couple more that will spend some time abroad during this summer. It is important to emphasize that these exchange programs are very competitive and students have to earn their rights to be part of the program.
“Kick start Your Career”
BOSANA organized a workshop for our students that are either in their last college year or have recently graduated. Training was divided into two sections taught over two weekends. “Kickstart your Career” workshop was tailored specifically for BOSANA students with focus on creating their professional biographies, resumes, cover letters, interview skills, time management, working in teams and other skills relevant for today’s job market. This is one more training in line that is designed to help our students build additional skills to help distinguish them from the rest of the graduates that are coming into the job market.
Highlights of the quarter:
We are excited to report numerous positive news about our students:
Furthermore, Saima is going to spend a month in Poland, at the Medical University of Lublin as an exchange student through International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations. During this exchange Saima will be working on a special project in neurology called “Modifying the anticonvulsive activity of antiepileptic drugs by gap-junction blockers”.
“Students for Humanity”
Our student led project is still active. BOSANA students are still setting aside part of their monthly scholarship for their own humanitarian projects. Former students, which have graduated in the past years, have decided to contribute to this project. At this time, students are waiting to collect larger sum while they are looking for a new project to support.
By Ajlana Osmanagic | Program Director
By Ajlana Osmanagic | Program Director
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