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

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The 2012 Andrew Heiskell Award Winners

CATEGORY: Internationalizing the Campus

Advancing curriculum development, fostering international opportunities and creatively integrating international students into university life.

Winner:

University of Kentucky , Discover Germany—Discover USA

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CATEGORY: Study Abroad

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

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CATEGORY: International Partnerships

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

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CATEGORY: Internationalizing the Community College Campus

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.