Two Dual BA students have been selected for the Columbia IGP Student Scholars Program. Chosen from an applicant pool of hundreds, these two scholars will join fellow GS students, peers from Columbia’s other undergraduate colleges, Columbia Law School, and Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) for extensive academic and networking programming related to addressing the most pressing global challenges of our time.
Elyse Demkiw ‘26GS is majoring in economics with a focus on the Middle East and Mediterranean. Demkiw, who grew up in Kyiv, Ukraine, has done significant work related to Ukrainian economic health and recovery, including working at an early-stage fund mandated by the Ukrainian government, serving as an intern at leading U.S.-Ukraine nonprofit Razom, and recently returning to Ukraine to work on attracting crucial foreign investments into Ukrainian ecosystems in the midst of war.
Sofia Houir ‘26GS is majoring in political science with a focus on near and Middle Eastern studies. Born and raised in France in a Moroccan family, Houir is especially interested in political and social dynamics between Europe and the MENA region. At Sciences Po, Houir worked with a local refugee organization as a French teacher, and at Columbia, she served on the Undergraduate Committee on Global Thought. Houir recently studied Arabic at the Qasid Arabic Institute in Amman, Jordan and is currently an intern at a Permanent Delegation to the United Nations.
Congratulations to our Dual BA IGP Student Scholars!
