U.S.-Pakistan Global Leadership and STEM Program
On July 25, 2015, Meridian International Center welcomed 12 students from the Peshawar Army Public School to Washington, D.C. for the U.S.-Pakistan Global Leadership and STEM Program. With the support of the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad and in partnership with SUNY Polytechnic’s Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE), Meridian has custom-tailored this program’s curriculum to blend the study of global leadership with an immersive Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education immersion component.
Two Pakistani high school teachers and a military liaison are accompanying the students, as they attend a five-day Nanodiscovery Institute facilitated by CNSE professors and faculty in Albany, New York. They will create business plans as part of a Nanoeconomics course designed by CNSE staff members, and they will participate in nanotechnology career briefings.
The students will engage in a global leadership skills training program in Washington, D.C., as well as leadership and cultural activities in New York City. While in Washington, D.C., the boys will meet with Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States Jalil Abbas Jilani, and the United States Secretary of State John Kerry. While in New York, the boys will hear from Brigadier General John Thomson, Commandant of West Point, on the principles and importance of military leadership.
To further encourage cross-cultural understanding, the visiting students from the Peshawar Army Public School will be joined by four American high school students with similar academic interests. In today’s globalized world, the relationships these boys form will create stronger diplomatic ties between our two countries.
Follow the program’s progress on twitter with #USPakSTEM. Please direct questions about the program to Maegen Smith at mcsmith@meridian.org or 202-939-5539.
