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The African Leadership Academy<\/a> stands more than 8,000 miles away, but year after year it makes a strong impact at the University of Rochester.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur partnership with Rochester has been amazing,\u201d says academy chief executive officer and co-founder Chris Bradford.<\/p>\n

The academy opened 10 years ago with an inaugural class of 97 students and graduated its first class two years later. Rochester has been the leading destination every year among US colleges, with 75 total students enrolling at the University over its 10-year history. The University of Notre Dame is second, with 40.<\/p>\n

A residential institution in Johannesburg, South Africa, the academy is dedicated to transforming the African continent by identifying, developing, and fostering connections among its most promising future leaders. It offers a two-year curriculum of African studies, writing and rhetoric, and entrepreneurial leadership to standout high school students from nearly 50 African nations.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Burdick, Rochester\u2019s vice provost for enrollment initiatives and dean of admissions and financial aid, says forging this pipeline between the schools is an investment in the present and future.<\/p>\n

\u201cProjections say that by 2050, Africa will be the only growing region in the world,\u201d he says, citing data from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). \u201cBy 2100, Africa will be 40 percent of the world\u2019s population. If you think of the University as a place that wants to be here in 82 years, you\u2019d be crazy to not be as invested in Africa as we\u2019ve been.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thirteen academy graduates are part of the College\u2019s incoming Class of 2022, the largest cohort yet and the top feeder program for the University this year. Burdick says the presence and contributions of academy graduates make \u201can impact beyond what you can imagine.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMost students who come to Rochester have never met anyone from Africa or been to Africa,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s mind blowing for them to get to know these great African students.\u201d<\/p>\n

The students include Thandie Ramme \u201820, an international relations major from Molepolole, Botswana, who chose Rochester to pursue academic interests she couldn\u2019t find at home. She works year-round as an office assistant at Simon Business School<\/a> and is also a program director for the summer Early Connection Africa<\/a> program, which helps initiate African students headed to colleges in the United States. She\u2019s also a resident advisor and a member of the LOGOS<\/a> and Pan-African Students Association<\/a> campus clubs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI liked Rochester\u2019s open curriculum and the fact that it has a large African community,\u201d Ramme says. \u201cComing here has challenged my thinking and ideas and made me more independent financially and as a person.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Frederico Hama \u201920, a mechanical engineering major and graduate of the African Leadership Academy, works in the lab of professor Doug Kelly as a research fellow in the David T. Kearns Center. (University of Rochester photo \/ Steven Dow)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Frederico Hama \u201920, a mechanical engineering major from Luanda, Angola, is another academy graduate. A member of the varsity track and field team, he works in the Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences<\/a> dean\u2019s office as a financial information analyst and is a Xerox Engineering Research Fellow<\/a> at the David T. Kearns Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe University has afforded me so many opportunities,\u201d Hama says. \u201cIt\u2019s allowed me to find out exactly what I want to do in life and has made me believe I can actually make an impact in my community and the world at large.\u201d<\/p>\n

That impact will be greatest in Africa. As part of their admission to the academy, students have made a commitment to return to the continent, putting their talents and education to work, in collaboration with one another and other leaders in their communities, to address longstanding challenges.<\/p>\n

Jane Gatewood, vice provost for global engagement, says the African Leadership Academy benefits the students and the University.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt builds a pipeline for dynamic African student leaders to join the Rochester community,\u201d she says. \u201cThese students and alumni exude the tenets of Meliora by helping to make the world ever better.\u201d<\/p>\n

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