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Embracing Connections: “That Moment Shattered So Many Assumptions”
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Before launching his career in international education, Lewis Cardenas (above, center), EducationUSA Regional Manager for South Asia, was inspired by his college professor, Dr. Emanuel Yewah, who led a course, Africa: Myth and Reality. To kick start our Embracing Connections series, Cardenas shares how a college course transformed his world view and instilled an appreciation […]
Global from the Start: Reimagining the First-Year Experience
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A new academic year has begun, promising discovery, excitement, and growth. For the first-year students—undergraduates and graduates—these first weeks on campus mark a moment of profound transformation. It is a time when students forge their academic identities, build social connections, and lay the foundation for future success – both in the classroom and beyond. In […]
Embracing Connections: A Friendship Based on Curiosity and Mutual Understanding
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Before starting her career in international education, Abby Reilly, Global Partnerships and Events Manager for the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program (Gilman Program), met an international scholar from India whose friendship changed her life and career path. The first connection I made in international education set me on an unexpected course, in both my personal life and professional career. In 2014, as […]
Embracing Connections – We Created Memories None of Us Will Ever Forget
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Years before joining the IIE Scholar Rescue Fund program, Carly O’Connell spent a year in China teaching English to middle school students. The experience advanced her years of Chinese language study, allowed her to share American culture, and gave her the chance to learn from her students. Years after I’d left China, an email appeared in my inbox that brought back a flood of memories. One of my former middle school […]
IIE Supports Building Capacity for Heritage Research in Saudi Arabia
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This September, the Institute of International Education (IIE), in collaboration with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Heritage Commission and SOAS University of London, officially launched the Heritage Horizon Program, a groundbreaking initiative designed to support heritage professionals and researchers in Saudi Arabia to publish academic work in international journals. A New Chapter for Saudi Heritage Research The program […]
“Truly Transformative:” NextGen Service Fellows Share Lessons from Global Development Work
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With Support from The Rockefeller Foundation and Outrider Foundation, 52 U.S. Students Engaged in International Development Fellowships in Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. Last summer, fifty-two American undergraduate and graduate students had the opportunity to support communities in Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America as part of the NextGen Service Fellowship. The fellowship—supported by The Rockefeller Foundation and Outrider […]
Preserving Knowledge Amid the World’s Largest Humanitarian Crisis
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The IIE Scholar Rescue Fund Has Awarded Fellowships to 34 Sudanese Scholars, Placing Them in 13 Countries Dr. Khalid Mohammedsalih was conducting research at University of Nyala when fierce fighting erupted in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, upending his life and the lives of millions. “This began a very tough time for my family and me, for all people in Sudan,” said Dr. Mohammedsalih, a veterinary parasitologist whose laboratory was destroyed in the […]