On September 10, Asel Ibadulla –  a Stanford University PhD student, the first Kazakhstani recipient of the Knight-Hennessy Scholarship, and a RAISE Fellow – delivered a guest lecture at SDU University.

Asel is a graduate of Nazarbayev University and Yale University. She has conducted research at Yale School of Medicine and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and was named to the Forbes Kazakhstan “30 Under 30” list.

During the session, Asel shared practical advice on making the most of university opportunities, developing research, volunteering, and leadership experience, and strengthening applications to international universities and scholarship programs.