EARTH alumni: Guiding the future
“EARTH turned my life around. More than just teaching me a profession,” says Joel Tejeda (Class of 1993, Honduras), a member of EARTH University’s pioneering cohort, “it gave me a…
05/2024
EARTH Stories
A symbol of freedom
Chi Brenda (Class of 2021, Cameroon) came to EARTH University in hopes of becoming a leader of change and an accomplished agricultural scientist. Not long after arriving, she…
05/2024
Working for farmers
Yecenia Vega (Class of 2005, Colombia) has always been clear: she strives to improve farmers’ lives by giving them the tools to make better decisions in the fields, ensure their products are…
05/2024
Return to Zimbabwe
Precious Nemutenzi (Class of 2020, Zimbabwe) has always been an exemplary student. While in high school, she participated in the debate club, religious groups, and the…
05/2024
Creativity on the table
Have you ever tried jackfruit “meat”? Artocarpus heterophyllus or jackfruit is a large, round, green fruit that, when cooked unripe, has a meat-like texture. It is…
05/2024
An internship in Ethiopian rose gardens
Mekdes Gelete Tiyuke (Class of 2023, Ethiopia) knew that her country was full of riches, but she never imagined how diverse they were. In December 2021, while finishing her…
05/2024
EARTH students’ fruitful Graduation Projects
Every year, the students in the last stage of their degree at our University work for months on a Graduation Project (GP) that focuses on their primary professional interests. This time of…
05/2024
Providing Food for Families in Rwanda
Norman Mugisha (Class of 2018, Rwanda) founded a social project based in Kigali, Rwanda that trains and helps rural youth create their own sustainable businesses in agriculture, reducing…
05/2024
Yahaya Alhassan – Putting an EARTH Education into Practice in Ghana
Yahaya Alhassan (EARTH Class of 2020 & Fellow 2022, Ghana), has long known the challenges of farming in a region with an intense dry season. Yahaya grew up in Tamale city, the capital of the northern region of Ghana, where 60% of livestock is produced. In addition to teaching Arabic, his…
05/2024
The African Students Union: A Way to Build Community
Florence Ongaya (Class of 2025, Kenya) dreamed of the opportunity to receive a university education since she was a child. Still, she never imagined that life would take her to Costa Rica to become an Agricultural Engineer. Many…
05/2024
Life at EARTH: Sharing a Campus With Over 40 Nationalities
Walking around EARTH University’s Guácimo campus feels like visiting the United Nations. As you enter the cafeteria, you may hear people speaking Spanish at one table and Shona, Swahili, French, or Quechua at another. The EARTH community has learned to say thank you in many languages, and this cultural richness can be seen in…
05/2024
Sergio González: A Student who Loves and Protects Bees
On Wednesday and Saturday mornings, students at our University split up across the various academic farms of the Guácimo Campus to attend the Work Experience course, where they put into practice the knowledge acquired in each course in real-life contexts. On these…
04/2024
Fourth Time’s the Charm: A Student’s Perseverance to Fulfill His Dream of Studying at EARTH
When Ruslan Carpio (Class of 2027, Costa Rica) was 17, he learned to bake bread using various alternative flours, creating several gluten-free recipes to provide quality products for people with special dietary needs. At that young age, he had already developed a business. But Ruslan didn’t do it alone. He was part of the…
04/2024
The Mastercard Foundation – EARTH University Fellowship Program: The Impact of Our Host Partner Organizations
The Mastercard Foundation – EARTH University Fellowship Program plays a vital role in enabling viable pathways for graduates to transition from university to dignified and fulfilling work and entrepreneurship. During…
04/2024
Women Leading Change
On International Women’s Day, we want to recognize women who are part of the EARTH community and highlight their professional development and the impact they are having on their communities…
03/2024
EARTH Clubs: encouraging mental and physical health
One of the first-year Academic Program courses is Health and Physical Fitness, designed to provide students with the necessary tools to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Based on this course, various clubs were created to strengthen social-emotional skills, physical activity, and mental health…
02/2024
The Science of Making Food
When Aracelly Cordero was a child, she once watched as a container of cow’s milk turned what seemed like magically into frozen yogurt. She watched her father work, carefully observing a process that intrigued her and made her wonder, “How does food become the products we consume? How does milk turn into yogurt ice cream?”…
02/2024
Garang Aguer: A Student with Big Dreams and Accomplishments
James Garang Aguer (’24, South Sudan) never knew his homeland. His family fled the armed conflict in South Sudan in the late 1990s before he was born and they settled in Kakuma, one of the world’s largest refugee camps in Kenya. Growing up in such a complex place, where good people abound, but food and access to…
01/2024
EARTH Talks: the power of your voice
For the past five years, EARTH has encouraged students, faculty, and staff to participate in EARTH Talks, an event inspired by the TED Talks organization that distributes free talks on “ideas and…
11/2023
Ninth Agribusiness Sustainability Summit
The Ninth Agribusiness Sustainability Summit, held on November 8, was an opportunity for second-year students to present results regarding the finances and production of the businesses they have been…
11/2023
How Mushroom Production Helps Guatemalan Women Farmers
Carmela Sacuj is a member of Visión Maya Association, a group of women who produce oyster mushrooms in San Andrés Semetabaj, Sololá, Guatemala. She is one of the women participating in Proyecto REAL (Rural Entrepreneurship for Agricultural Livelihoods), a project which has been underway since 2022 and is…
11/2023