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2012 Heiskell Award Winner
Internationalizing the Campus
University of Kentucky, Discover Germany — Discover USA
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2012 Heiskell Award Winner
Study Abroad
University of Rhode Island, International Engineering Program
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2012 Heiskell Award Winner
International Partnerships
Hendrix College, Rwanda Presidential Scholars Program
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2012 Heiskell Award Winner
Internationalizing the Community Campus
Howard Community College & Community College of Baltimore County, Global Distinction
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IIE Publications for Members
As an IIENetwork member, your institution received one set of IIE's core publications, each designee gets a free subscription to the IIENetworker magazine.
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The Andrew Heiskell Awards
The Institute of International Education (IIE) created the Heiskell awards in 2001 to promote and honor the most outstanding initiatives that are being conducted in international higher education by IIENetwork member universities and colleges. By recognizing excellence and innovation, the Institute hopes to support IIENetwork members in their endeavors and to signal a new and important role for international education on campus.
IIE's Heiskell Awards showcase the most innovative and successful models for internationalization of campuses, study abroad, and international partnership programs in practice today. We are particularly interested in highlighting initiatives that remove institutional barriers and broaden the base of participation in international teaching and learning on campus.
Best Practices Resource
The Best Practices Resource in the box at right includes feature profiles on each of the winning programs from 10 years of Heiskell Awards, along with honorable mention and special recognition recipients. The extensive collection of successful models is intended to provide hands-on help to campuses as they create and expand their own intiatives. Expand each section and click on the name of the winning campus to see profiles of the winning initiatives in each category since the inception of the Heiskell Awards. For IIENetwork Members, a special members-only section contains details on the programs' implementation.
The goals of IIE's Heiskell Awards are:
- To foster innovative ideas that will help international education professionals create and sustain new opportunities for students and faculty
- To bring international education to the forefront of education policy
- To stimulate public awareness of the benefits of study abroad and international educational exchange
The 2012 Andrew Heiskell Award Winners
Advancing curriculum development, fostering international opportunities and creatively integrating international students into university life.
Winner:
University of Kentucky
, Discover Germany—Discover USA
Providing innovative programs and services to make study abroad more accessible to a broader student population.
Winner:
University of Rhode Island, International Engineering Program
Honorable Mention:
University of Georgia, Global Programs in Sustainability
Recognizing strategic, comprehensive and innovative international partnership efforts.
Winner:
Hendrix College, Rwanda Presidential Scholars Program
Honorable Mention:
Victoria University, Australia and University of Texas at El Paso, VU/UTEP Global Engagement and Learning Program
Creating innovative programs and services, including study abroad, to make international opportunities accessible to community college students. (IIE and AACC members are eligible to apply.)
Winner:
Howard Community College and the Community College of Baltimore County, Global Distinction
Honorable Mention:
Community College of Philadelphia, Student-Faculty International Fellowship Program
See box at right for profiles of all winning initiatives since the Heiskell Awards' inception in 2001.