News

• 11/4/2009 CIEE Spring 2010 Deadline Extensions

  We are pleased to announce that deadlines have been extended for the November 1st application deadline. For a complete list, visit the Apply Now section now.

  
  
  

• 6/9/2009 CIEE IFDS French Program Featured in Reuters Blog

  We are pleased to announce that the 2009 International Faculty Development Seminar Religious Diversity and Conflict in France has been featured In the June 8th Reuters Blog ‘French, U.S. Imams Talk About Being Muslim Military Chaplains’.
  
  The seminar, running for eight days in early June, incorporates talks by major scholars of religion and society with a focus on daily life (schools, hospitals, prisons, and the army) through the perspective of the chaplain. In 2009, four U.S. chaplains representing various religions were able to participate due to the support of the U.S Embassy in Paris. Another seminar on religious diversity in France will run in the summer of 2010. Please check www.ciee.org/IFDS in early July for 2010 IFDS listings.

  
  
  

• 3/29/2009 CIEE Summer and Fall 2009 Deadline Extensions

  We are pleased to announce the following April 1, 2009 Study Center application deadline extensions.

  Summer

  Extended to April 15:

  • Belgium, Brussels – Business, Communications, and Culture
  • Ireland, Dublin – Irish Studies
  • France, Paris – Contemporary French Studies
  • Jordan, Amman – Arabic Language
  • Morocco, Rabat – Language and Culture
  • Southern Caribbean, Bonaire – Tropical Marine Ecology and Conservation (Session 1 only)

  Extended to May 1:

  • Argentina, Buenos Aires – Community Public Health
  • Cambodia, Siem Reap – Cambodian Studies
  • Czech Republic, Prague – Central European Studies
  • The Netherlands, Amsterdam – Contemporary Netherlands Studies
  • Portugal, Lisbon – Language and Culture (Sessions 1 and 2)
  • Southern Caribbean, Bonaire – Tropical Marine Ecology and Conservation (Session 2 only)
  • Spain, Alcala de Henares – Language and Culture (Session 2 only)
  • Spain, Alicante – Language and Culture
  • Spain, Barcelona – Language and Culture
  • Spain, Palma de Mallorca – Language and Culture
  • Spain, Seville – Language and Culture (Sessions 2 and 3 only)

  Extended to May 15:

  • Costa Rica, Monteverde – Tropical Ecology and Conservation

  Extended to June 1:

  • Mexico, Guanajuato – Spanish Language

  Fall

  Extended to April 15:

  • Australia, Wollongong – Arts and Sciences
  • Belgium, Brussels – Business, Communications, and Culture
  • Botswana, Gaborone – Arts and Sciences
  • Czech Republic, Prague – Central European Studies
  • Czech Republic, Prague – Film Studies
  • England, London – Arts and Sciences (Westminster)
  • England, London – Arts and Humanities (Goldsmiths)
  • England, London – Asian and African Studies (SOAS)
  • Morocco, Rabat – Language and Culture
  • Southern Caribbean, Bonaire – Tropical Marine Ecology and Conservation
  • Sweden, Uppsala – Arts and Sciences
  • Turkey, Istanbul – Language and Culture

  Extended to May 1:

  • Australia, Perth – Arts and Sciences
  • Australia, Perth – Sustainability and the Environment
  • Australia, Sydney – Arts and Sciences
  • Australia, Sydney – Internship and Integrated Studies
  • Australia, Sydney – Studio Arts
  • Belgium, Brussels – Advanced Liberal Arts
  • Chile, Valparaiso – Liberal Arts
  • Chile, Santiago – Liberal Arts
  • China, Beijing – Intensive Chinese Lanuage
  • China, Beijing – Advanced Chinese Studies (AYP only)
  • China, Nanjing – Intensive Chinese Language and Culture
  • China, Shanghai – Advanced Chinese Studies
  • China, Shanghai – Business, Language, and Culture
  • China, Shanghai – China in a Global Context
  • France, Paris – Contemporary French Studies
  • France, Paris – Critical Studies
  • Hungary, Budapest – Central European Studies
  • Italy, Ferrara – Language and Culture
  • Italy, Ferrara – Liberal Arts
  • The Netherlands, Amsterdam – Social Sciences
  • Poland, Warsaw – Central European Studies
  • Portugal, Lisbon – Language and Culture
  • Spain – All programs
  • Taiwan, Taipei – Intensive Chinese Language and Culture
  • Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City – Language and Culture

  Extended to May 15:

  • Dominican Republic, Santiago – Liberal Arts
  • Dominican Republic, Santiago – Service-Learning 
  • Ghana, Accra – International Business and Culture
  • Ghana, Legon – Arts and Sciences
  • Peru, Lima – Business and Society
  • Peru, Lima – Language and Culture
  • Peru, Lima – Liberal Arts

  Extended to June 1:

  • Argentina, Buenos Aires – Liberal Arts
  • China, Beijing – Chinese Language and Cultural Studies
  • Costa Rica, Monteverde – Sustainability and the Environment
  • Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo – Liberal Arts
  • Ireland, Dublin – Arts and Sciences
  • Mexico, Guanajuato – Liberal Arts
  • Nicaragua, Managua – Liberal Arts

  Please call 1.800.40.STUDY or e-mail studyinfo@ciee.org with questions.

  Admissions Update
  We have received a great number of early applications for the following programs. If you are currently reviewing applications, please forward these to CIEE as soon as possible. These programs are filling rapidly and there are a limited number of spaces available. We strongly recommend that students indicate a second choice option on their application in the event they are placed on a waiting list, and have listed alternatives below the program.
  
  Monteverde, Costa Rica – Tropical Ecology and Conservation – Fall 2009

  • Costa Rica, Monteverde – Sustainability & the Environment (semester)  
  • Costa Rica, Monteverde – Tropical Ecology & Conservation (summer)  
  • Southern Caribbean, Bonaire – Tropical Marine Ecology & Conservation (summer/fall)

  Santiago, Dominican Republic – Community Public Health – Summer 2009

  • Buenos Aires, Argentina – Community Public Health (summer) 
  • Gaborone, Botswana – Community Public Health (summer)

  If you have any questions, please contact Kristina Powell, Enrollment Officer, at 1.800.40.STUDY ext. 4102 or via email at kpowell@ciee.org.

  
  
  

• 3/23/2009 Admissions Update: Prague, Czech Republic

  The application deadlines for the following programs at the CIEE Study Center in Prague have been extended to April 1 (or until full):

  • Prague, Czech Republic – Central European Studies
  • Prague, Czech Republic – Film Studies

  If you have any questions, please contact Amanda Gilliam, Enrollment Officer, at 1.800.40.STUDY ext. 4099 or via email at agilliam@ciee.org.

  
  
  

• 3/16/2009 Admissions Update: Amman, Jordan – Arabic Language (Fall 2009)

  We have received a great number of early applications for this program. If you are currently reviewing applications for Fall 2009, please forward these to CIEE as soon as possible. The program is filling rapidly and there are a limited number of spaces available.

  We strongly recommend that students indicate a second choice option on their application in the event they are placed on a waiting list. Please consider the following options:

  • Amman, Jordan – Language and Culture  
  • Rabat, Morocco – Language and Culture

  If you have any questions, please contact Victoria Fletcher-Traore, Enrollment Officer, at 1.800.40.STUDY ext. 4103 or via email at vfletcher@ciee.org.

  
  
  

Alerts

• 6/11/2009 Influenza A (H1N1) Outbreak

  Please click here for a PDF of our most recent Influenza A (H1N1) advisory updates.

  
  
  

• 3/15/2009 Student Safety and Security in Mexico

  CIEE has received inquiries in recent weeks on student safety and security in Mexico and whether or not we plan to continue to operate our study abroad programs in summer and fall 2009. CIEE does plan to operate its intensive summer Spanish Language program this coming summer and the Liberal Arts semester program this fall.
  
  The Travel Alert issued on February 20, 2009 by the U.S. Department of State urges that everyone visiting Mexico exercise caution, particularly in the areas along the U.S.-Mexico border, including Tijuana, Chihuahua City, and Ciudad Juarez, which have seen significant increases in violent crime related to narcotics trafficking. 
  
  CIEE takes issues of safety, security, and student welfare very seriously. Although we cannot guarantee the safety of any individual in any specific location, CIEE Portland and resident staff continually monitor information from both official sources and local, on-site resources in order to provide students with reasonable precautions so that they may have a safe experience.
  
  The CIEE Study Center in Guanajuato has full-time CIEE resident staff members, one of whom is a native Mexican. All students participate in an extensive orientation on safety and security and are updated throughout the semester by resident staff on any changes in the local environment that would impact their welfare. During the semester, students live with host families who provide an extra level of support by giving advice on where to go and what precautions to take.
  
  Guanajuato is considered to be one of the safest cities in Mexico. It is the state capital and home to the governor, which results in a consistently high level of security. It is also a small city where many residents generally know one another, wealth is not terribly visible, and most of the population is middle-class so there is a less obvious gap in economic imbalances than elsewhere in Mexico.
  
  Please contact Christine Wintersteen at cwintersteen@ciee.org or 207.553.4054 with any questions/issues regarding this update.