CIEE Study Center Application Deadlines
As students begin applying for Spring 2007 CIEE Study Centers, please keep the following application deadlines in mind. Note that the application deadline for all programs at the CIEE Study Center in Barcelona has changed to October 15.
October 1: Japan
October 15: Belgium, Brazil, Dominican Republic, England, South Africa, Barcelona, Spain, and Thailand
November 1: All other programs
Encourage students to apply online and begin the application process today!
Admissions Update: CIEE Arts and Sciences Program at the University of Cape Town
We have received an unprecedented number of early applications for the CIEE Arts and Sciences Program at the University of Cape Town. If you are in the process of reviewing applications for the spring 2007 program, we ask that you forward these to CIEE as soon as possible for consideration as the program is filling rapidly and there are a limited number of spaces still available.
As you know, CIEE offers two additional programs in South Africa, and we recommend that students indicate a second program option on their application in the event that they are placed on a waiting list. The other CIEE options in South Africa are the Service-Learning Program at the University of Cape Town and the CIEE Study Center at Stellenbosch University. Click here to read Bradley Rink’s latest newsletter from Stellenbosch, also posted on our website.
Note that beginning with the fall 2007 admissions cycle, applications for the Arts and Sciences program will no longer be processed on a rolling basis, but instead reviewed following the application deadline of March 15.
New Teach Abroad Programs in Spain and Chile
CIEE is pleased to launch two new teach abroad programs for 2007: Teach in Chile and Teach in Spain.
The CIEE Teach in Chile program will begin in February 2007 and coincides with the Chilean academic year (February through December). Participants will be placed at local private schools in Santiago, the Universidad de Chile in Santiago, and DuocUC, a non-profit private institution of higher education established in 1968 by the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. In addition to a Bachelor’s degree, participants must have a minimum of 4 semesters of college-level Spanish language or the equivalent to be eligible. To learn more about the new CIEE Teach in Chile program, click here. Please note, the application deadline for 2007 is October 1, 2006.
The CIEE Teach in Spain program will begin in September 2007 and placements will last a full academic year (September through May). Participants will be placed in public schools in the Autonomous Region of Andalusia and will work as classroom assistants, collaborating with local Spanish teachers to develop an authentic bilingual classroom experience for the students. In addition to a Bachelor’s degree, participants must have a minimum of 4 semesters of college-level Spanish language study or the equivalent to be eligible. The application deadline for the 2007 program is April 15, 2007. To learn more about the new CIEE Teach in Spain program, click here.
CIEE Conference Registration
Online registration for the 2006 CIEE Annual Conference in Seville, Spain is available at www.ciee.org/conference. Join CIEE and international education leaders and colleagues from around the globe November 8-11, 2006, to discuss ways to maximize student learning outcomes.
The conference will take place at the Barceló Gran Hotel Renacimiento. Download the hotel reservation form and book your room by October 1, 2006 through Viajes El Corte Inglés to secure the reduced conference rate. Additional information regarding hotel reservations can be found here.
Visit a CIEE Study Center in Spain
On your way to Seville, spend a day or two at a CIEE Study Center in Spain and learn what your students experience on site with CIEE. Site visits will take place at all CIEE Study Centers in Spain (Alcalá, Alicante, Barcelona, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca, and Seville) and will include meetings with resident staff and students, classroom and housing visits, and more.
Click here for details and to download the registration form.
CIEE and Reed College Collaboration
Each year Reed College hosts seven Language Scholars from partner institutions around the world. This year, CIEE had the great pleasure of working with Paul DeYoung, Director of International Programs at Reed, to identify and recommend both an Argentine and French Language Scholar for the 2006-2007 academic year. These young scholars live in Reed's language houses, support language learning and understanding of other cultures both in the halls and classrooms, initiate new cultural programs, sponsor conversation sessions, tutor students, and present on contemporary life in their homelands. In return, Language Scholars receive housing and meals plus a small stipend and are able to enroll in one course per semester at Reed College.
Silvana Bongiovanni, the Argentine participant, has enjoyed meeting Language Scholar colleagues from China, Russia, Germany, Spain, and France. She looks forward to her work with Reed students and is "in heaven" in the psycholinguistics course in which she has enrolled. CIEE and Reed are thrilled to be collaborating on an initiative that provides exchange opportunities to students from countries that so often play host to our U.S. students.
CIEE Staff News
Resident Staff
Chinese Language and Ethnic Studies Program
Dr. Mary Scoggin has been appointed Administrative Director for the Spring 2007 Chinese Language and Ethnic Studies program in Beijing, China. Dr. Scoggin earned her PhD in Anthropology from the University of Chicago and is currently Associate Professor of Anthropology at Humboldt State University. She has a great deal of experience working with student exchange and study abroad programs in Beijing and is a 1985 graduate of the CIEE Study Center at Nanjing University and understands CIEE’s approach to academic programs in China. Dr. Tian Yuan, CIEE Resident Director at Peking University, will oversee the language portion of the program during its first semester of operation.
Portland Staff
Melissa Quinby and Catherine Menyhart
Melissa Quinby, Manager, Institutional Relationships for the East Coast, has taken a position as Assistant Director, Off Campus Study at Bowdoin College and will be leaving CIEE on September 12th.
Catherine Menyhart, who has been with CIEE since 2003, will be assuming the role of Manager, Institutional Relations for the East. Catherine worked in the CIEE Portland office as Coordinator, Registration and Participant Accounts and for the past two years, served as Resident Coordinator at the CIEE Study Center in Dakar, Senegal.
Cari Balbo, Tom Canney, and Russ Wright
As of September 5th, Cari Balbo will move into the position of Manager, CIEE Faculty Programs (Europe and South America). Cari has been with CIEE since 2003 as an Enrollment Officer, first for the CIEE Study Centers in Spain and more recently for our programs across Europe. Cari brings a wealth of regional expertise to her new position. As an undergraduate at Oberlin College, she studied at St. Petersburg State University in Russia as well as at the Universidad Católica in Valparaíso, Chile. She also has taught English in Russia and the Czech Republic.
Tom Canney has worked in the CIEE Enrollment department since 2004, most recently as Enrollment Assistant for Study Center programs, will be moving into the position of Enrollment Officer for CIEE Study Centers in Europe on September 5th. Before joining CIEE, Tom spent two years working as an Admissions Counselor for the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and was the Manager of Customer Service Operations for an independent music distributor in Boston.
Russ Wright, former Manager, CIEE Faculty Programs (Europe and South America) will be heading a new CIEE initiative for international travelers. Additional information about this activity will be available at the CIEE Annual Conference in Seville, Spain.
An updated CIEE Portland staff contact list is available on our website.
CIEE Publications – Place your Fall Order
New CIEE materials for spring, summer, and fall 2007 have started shipping to campuses. If you haven’t already placed a order, click here to download an order form.
To view or download the new brochures, visit our Publications Center and click on the appropriate pdf.