"Before I [went to Costa Rica], I didn't really know what to expect of the country..., but when I landed, I was hit with a wave of nostalgia from my home country of Iraq as everything was similar except the terrain and the language spoken." ... "I'm grateful for this amazing opportunity given to me by CWU Education Abroad and the Gilman Scholarship Program to come to this beautiful country…”

-Mahmood Alkhazraji, WorldCat First Passport Scholarship Recipient (San José, Costa Rica, Fall Semester 2025)