Fabián Alvarez, a student in the Bachelor’s program in International Studies, has been one of eight students selected by Uruguay to participate in programme“Global UGRAD programmesponsored by the U.S. government. His selection as a program participant means that from August 28, 2009, to May 15, 2010, he will study at Utica College in New York. The program provides a scholarship that covers all costs (airfare, living expenses, and tuition).