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CIEE Knowledge Series
The latest installment in the CIEE Knowledge series is now available for order. The new series features the topics women, return, and risks, and is designed to help you advise both students and their parents. Click here to read the new series, and be sure to download an order form to place your order today. The first series, health, safety, and parents, is also available.
CIEE Annual Conference in Seville, Spain
Join us for the CIEE Annual Conference, Making the Most: Seizing Every Opportunity to Learn Abroad, in Seville, Spain, November 8-11, 2006. The conference schedule, including concurrent sessions, poster sessions, pre-conference workshops, and hotel reservation information has been posted on our website. As always, please contact us at 1.800.407.8839 or conference2006@ciee.org with any questions.
CIEE Staff News
Please join us in welcoming new Resident Directors at the CIEE Study Centers in Bonaire, Russia, and Jordan.
Bonaire, Southern Caribbean
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Rita Peachey as the Resident Director of the CIEE Tropical Marine Ecology and Conservation program in Bonaire. Dr. Peachey received her B.S. in Biology and M.S. in Zoology from the University of South Florida and her PhD in Marine Sciences from the University of South Alabama. Dr. Peachey’s research focuses on the effects of ultraviolet radiation on the growth and survival of marine invertebrate larvae and is particularly interested in issues of global change and conservation biology. She has conducted marine research in Belize, Australia, Hawaii, Puget Sound, Tampa Bay, Mobile Bay and, at sea, in the Gulf of Mexico. Dr. Peachey is committed to experiential learning and has taught at the undergraduate level in Hawaii and Alabama. Rita shares our enthusiasm for this unique program and looks forward to sharing it with students.
St. Petersburg, Russia
Dr. Paul du Quenoy, Resident Director for the St. Petersburg Summer Russian Language Program, earned his PhD with distinction in Russian History from Georgetown University. His PhD research explored Performing Arts Culture and the Revolution of 1905 in St. Petersburg, and he currently teaches at The American University in Cairo, where he is Assistant Professor of History. He teaches courses in Modern Russia; Europe in the Age of Revolution and Reform, 1789-1914; The Twentieth Century in Film; Global Politics in the Twentieth Century; and Europe in the Age of Reason. His current research is on the topic of “Sphinxes on the Neva: Egypt in the Russian Imagination, 1825-1917”. Dr. du Quenoy is fluent in Russian, French, German, and Italian. He has lived and studied in St. Petersburg and is a former participant of the CIEE Russian Language Program.
Amman, Jordan
Allison Hodgkins, Resident Director of the CIEE Study Center in Amman, Jordan, is a native of Maine with more than 10 years experience in the Middle East. Her research interests focus on peace and conflict in the region and Allison has lectured in departments of political science and international studies. She previously served as Academic Director for a peace and conflict study abroad program in Palestine and Jordan and is currently a PhD candidate (ABD) at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Allison holds master’s degrees in Public Affairs (Lyndon Baines Johnson School), Middle Eastern Studies (University of Texas at Austin) and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science (Bates).
CIEE Study Center Application Deadlines Extended
We are pleased to announce the following application deadline extensions:
Application deadlines extended to April 15, 2006:
Summer
Bahia, Brazil - ILCP
Bonaire
Monteverde, Costa Rica
Prague, Czech Republic
Seville, Spain – Language and Culture Program (session II)
Seville, Spain – Internship Program
Tokyo, Japan
Transylvania
Fall
Ankara, Turkey
Bahia, Brazil
Brussels, Belgium
Cape Town, South Africa – Service-Learning Program
Ferrara, Italy – All Programs
Hanoi, Vietnam
London, England – Goldsmiths College
Nanjing, China
Prague, Czech Republic
Santiago, Chile
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Seoul, Korea
Taipei, Taiwan
Valparaiso, Chile
Wollongong, Australia
Application deadlines extended to May 1, 2006:
Summer
Alicante, Spain
Barcelona, Spain
Guanajuato, Mexico – All Sessions
Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Paris, France
Seville, Spain – Language and Culture Program (session III)
Fall
Alcala, Spain
Alicante, Spain – All Programs
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Barcelona, Spain – All Programs
Bonaire
Budapest, Hungary
Dublin, Ireland
Guanajuato, Mexico - All Programs
Legon, Ghana
Madrid, Spain
Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Paris, France – All Programs
Perth, Australia
Rennes, France
Santiago, Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Seville, Spain – All Programs
St. Petersburg, Russia – All Programs
Sydney, Australia – All Programs
Warsaw, Poland
Updates from Abroad
Each semester, CIEE Resident Directors send updates from abroad. These newsletters let you know what’s happening with your current students on-site and provide resources to assist you in advising future participants. They’re full of great information and are regularly posted within the Student Experience section of the program descriptions on our website. For recent updates from Australia, click here to read the latest newsletter from Paul Hollick, Resident Director in Perth and here to read Tonia Gray’s message from Wollongong.
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