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OU will receive the Davis Cup award for the fifth year in a row to honor the university's high enrollment of international Davis United World College Scholars.
The Davis Cup recognizes universities that enroll significant numbers of Davis United World College Scholars, who are students chosen by their home countries to study at American colleges through the Davis UWC Scholars Program, according to a press release. OU is the only public university in the U.S. to ever receive the award, according to the release.
OU's 2017 freshman class includes 63 UWC scholars, bringing OU's enrollment total to 212 scholars from more than 79 countries, according to the release. The fall 2016 class had 56 freshman UWC Scholars.
“The University of Oklahoma has been greatly benefited from having some of the most gifted students in the world become members of the OU family,” said OU President David L. Boren in the release.
The program sends students to study at one of 16 United World College schools throughout the world, then funds their enrollment in one of the program's partner universities in the U.S., according to the program's website. OU has hosted UWC Scholars since fall 2008, when the uni
Abroad But Not Alone: United World College At Brown
For every five international students at Brown, one most likely attended a high school part of the United World College program.
Approximately 15 percent of Brown students hailed from abroad this academic year, representing a total of 115 countries. One hundred forty-seven out of the 794 international undergraduates participated in the UWC program, said Lisa Donham, the University’s liaison to the Davis Scholars Program.
The Davis Scholars Program is a scholarship fund that supports UWC alums who attend U.S. colleges and universities by providing up to $20,000 in need-based financial aid for each academic year of undergraduate study.
UWC is a system of 14 high schools located on five continents. The program was created in 1962 to bring together students from different sides of the Iron Curtain, so that they could later collaborate and improve international relations. Today, UWC has expanded its mission beyond the Cold War context and aims to foster peace through “positive social action to build a more equitable and fairer world,” according to the UWC website.
Brown has one of the highest concentrations of UWC alums
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St. Olaf College has been awarded the Davis Cup, an honor given each year to the college or university that has enrolled the largest number of Davis United World College Scholars.
The Davis UWC Scholars Program is the world’s largest privately funded international scholarship program. It provides college scholarships to students who have completed their last two years of secondary education at a group of international high schools called United World Colleges, where they participate in the rigorous International Baccalaureate curriculum. The goal of the Davis UWC Scholars Program is to promote international understanding by having students from a diverse group of countries study alongside each other and share their differing worldviews.
“Winning the Davis Cup affirms our mission to be a globally engaged community and our promise to our students to provide opportunities for them to become culturally competent, global explorers,” says St. Olaf President Susan Rundell Singer. “Our Davis Scholars exemplify Oles who are eager to seek solutions to some of the world’s most pressing issues and lead us all into a bright future.”
This year St. Ol
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During an award ceremony on May 2, St. Olaf College was officially presented with the 2024–25 Davis Cup by Phil Geier, co-founder and executive director of the Davis United World College (UWC) Scholars program.
The Davis Cup recognizes the collegiate institution with the most enrolled students from UWC schools in an incoming class. With 86 first-year Davis Scholars on campus this academic year, St. Olaf edged out 104 other schools to win the cup. Many of the Davis UWC Scholars at St. Olaf attended the presentation, along with faculty, staff, administrators, and special guests.
“This is your award,” St. Olaf President Susan Rundell Singer told those in attendance as Geier presented her with the cup. “The future of the world is so much brighter because each of you is going to carry the light you have within you, and the light that you’ve collectively built here on the Hill, out into the world.”
St. Olaf is currently home to 259 Davis Scholars, representing 88 countries and all 18 UWC campuses — a number that will grow with the arrival of 80 new students this fall. The college’s expanding global community has made a visible mark on campus culture.&n