UC San Diego Graduate Shivani Singh was lucky to land a successful job after graduating. But it was a while before she found her own secret to fulfillment- — by helping others find theirs.

A beautiful country with a long and painful history, Uganda has been ravaged by strife and war for years; corrupt government regimes have left it one of the poorest countries in Africa. Now that colonial and civil wars have subsided, travelers can enjoy a relatively peaceful journey, but visitors are cautioned to avoid some northern regions and villages still affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army. But overall, the people of Uganda are very friendly to foreigners, and travel is remarkably affordable.

For over a decade, J.K. Rowling’s fantastic world of magic and adventure has amazed people of all ages. Geisel Library has brought that world into reality by hosting Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine — a traveling exhibit put on by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

Studying abroad is meant to be a time of exploration — something that, sadly, I have largely avoided for the last two months — so last week I decided to go to a fútbol (soccer) game. I’ve never been before, but with Spain as the reigning World Cup champ, it seemed only logical to have my first authentic futbol experience while in a country that lives and breathes the sport.

Unfortunately, there is no chocolate-making major at UCSD. That’s probably why Richard and Michael Antonorsi — two brothers who graduated from UCSD in the mid-1980s — settled on degrees in computer science and bioengineering, respectively.