EducationUSA Advising Center Tuzla, as a part of the EducationUSA network with over 400 centers worldwide, actively promotes U.S. higher education around the world by offering accurate, comprehensive, and current information about educational institutions in the United States and guidance to qualified students, scholars, and professionals on how best to access those opportunities.
EducationUSA Center in Tuzla was launched in 2016, within American Corner Tuzla. It quickly became popular and has reached almost 2000 high school and university students in its first year, all through individual and group consultations, webinars, and visits to high schools and universities in this region. EducationUSA adviser in Tuzla, Mirela Dapo, has earned her MS degree in Criminal Justice and a graduate certificate in Global Security Studies and Leadership from the University of Texas Pan American located in Edinburg, Texas (university recently changed name to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley), and has extensive experience in advising young people on opportunities for academic and professional development.
Information is provided in person and via e-mail (mdapo@educationusa.org), telephone, virtual advising, and approved social networks in both local language and English. Advising services include, but are not limited to, frequently scheduled group orientation sessions for the public, individual consultations, and assistance to advisees with all aspects of the college/university admissions process. EducationUSA Tuzla also facilitates Competitive College Club for the most talented high school students from Tuzla region. For more information about other EducationUSA centers in Bosnia and Herzegovina, please also visit their website.