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This evening we heard from three talented scholars working to make their communities — and the world — a better place! 🇨🇴 🇪🇨 🇧🇷 Join us next Thursday in the Gallagher Business Building, room 201 at 5:30pm to hear about the work our Fellows are doing in Mali & Burundi!

Mark your calendar! 🗓 Our first Humphrey dialogues will take place next Thursday, June 2! We will hear from Fellows from Ecuador, Colombia, and Brazil! 🇪🇨 🇨🇴 🇧🇷

Have you been over Going to the Sun Road? 🙋🏻‍♀️ It’s all thanks to the céleres that clear the snow each spring! ☃️

Thanks to everyone who attended our origami session yesterday - part of International Education Week! 🇯🇵

We took advantage of the perfect weather to get out of the classroom today and do some figurative writing by Rattlesnake Creek.

Our 2022 Humphrey Fellows are reunited in Washington DC this week! 🥰 Missoula sure isn’t the same without them!

Come hang out on the Oval with us next Tuesday! We’ll have snacks and games - and all your favorite GEO folks will be there. (Humphrey Fellows not included, unfortunately. 😢)

Calling all Japanese students at UM: We want to celebrate Japanese culture during International Education Week next month! 🇯🇵 ELI will host an informal Japanese culture session, and we invite you to come and teach the UM community about your favorite aspects of Japanese culture. Please contact Sara if you would like to be involved or want more info: [email protected] 🌸

Field trip to the old fire lookout at Skookum Butte today. We’re studying forest ecology in Level 6 and took advantage of this perfect fall day to visit an old burn area on the Montana/Idaho border. After a super steep hike, we enjoyed a picnic with a 5-star view!

Say hello to the Global Engagement team, having a little fun at work - while also doing our best to take 1st place 🥇 in the Commuter Challenge! (We’re sustainably commuting by biking, walking, carpooling, telecommuting…and skateboarding 😉!) 🚴 🚶🏻‍♀️ 🛹 💻 🚙

Join the International Students and Scholars Office this evening in the UC game room - a great chance to meet people from all over the world! 🍕 🌏 🎱 🏓 🎮

Are you interested in teaching English? ELI is offering our TESOL certificate program course again this fall. The program is asynchronous online and can be done on your own schedule. Get in touch if you have questions! 👩🏻‍🏫

Most of our 2021 Humphrey Fellows have left Missoula. We were sad to see them go, but we’re also happy to see that they are off on great new adventures in other parts of the U.S.! 🇨🇴 🇹🇳 🇸🇻

Floating the Clark Fork has become an annual tradition here at ELI. It’s the perfect way to bring our summer programs to a close. Thanks to for making it so easy for us this year!

Celebrating this lovely, lovely group of Humphrey Fellows tonight. We owe a huge thank you to everyone who helped make the program so special this year - our teachers, community partners, support staff, and so many others! 🥰 🇹🇳 🇸🇻 🇧🇦 🇺🇦 🇧🇩 🇹🇬 🇨🇴 🇵🇦 🇾🇪 🇷🇺 🇨🇱 🇪🇨 🇲🇽 🇵🇰 🇺🇸

Lovely afternoons fly fishing on Bear Creek with these fine folks!

Fly-fishing lessons today! Stay tuned - we’re taking our “test” out in the water this Friday! Hopefully we’ll have some fish to show you! 🎣 🇨🇴 🇹🇬 🇧🇦 🇹🇳 🇾🇪 🇵🇰 🇧🇩 🇸🇻 🇨🇱 🇷🇺 🇪🇨 🇵🇦 🇺🇦 🇲🇽

A few more shots - just in case you were wondering if we *really* had a good time at Glacier. We did! 🇸🇻 🇾🇪 🇵🇰 🇧🇩 🇵🇦 🇪🇨 🇧🇦 🇹🇳 🇷🇺 🇨🇱 🇹🇬 🇺🇦 🇲🇽 🇨🇴 📸:

Thanks to for a weekend full of wonderful adventure, fascinating information, delicious food, and everything else! We had an unforgettable trip! 🇹🇳 🇧🇦 🇲🇽 🇨🇱 🇺🇦 🇷🇺

Thanks to all our wonderful presenters! And to all the community members who came to learn about our Humphrey Fellows! 🇲🇽 🇹🇳 🇷🇺 We had our final three community dialogues this evening and learned about the important work these amazing Fellows are doing to make the world a better place!

Daydreaming about snowstorms as Missoula faces another day of 100° F (40° C) weather! Thanks to our friends in Brazil for sharing this lovely winter memory from their time at UM! ⛄️ 🇧🇷
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We had the honor of spending time with Mayor Engen this afternoon!

Missoula 🥰 📸:

We took a whirlwind tour of some iconic spots in Yellowstone this weekend - and even managed to get away from the crowds for a bit!

We hear from these three amazing educators tonight! They’re making a huge difference in people’s lives, and we are very proud of them! 👩🏻‍🏫 🇧🇩 🇨🇱 🇵🇰
Join us again next Thursday from 5:30-7pm in Gallagher Business Building, room 122. Our Humphrey Fellows from Tunisia, Ecuador, and El Salvador will tell us about their countries and their work!

Summertime on campus 😍