February 6, 2008
International Faculty Development Seminars: Deadline February 15
Participate on a CIEE International Faculty Development Seminar this summer and add an international dimension to your perspective, your research, and yourself. CIEE is offering 26 seminars this summer in Africa, Asia, Australia, Central and South America, Europe, and the Middle East. Seminars are open to faculty members and administrators in higher education. A few of the new seminars for 2008 include Botswana: Social and Political Transformations; Mongolia: Empire and Democracy; and Climate Change: The Reefs and Waterways of Australia. Please advise faculty and others at your institution of the opportunities available this summer.
Note that the application deadline for the 2008 seminars is February 15. Please click here for complete application instructions and if you have questions, contact ifds@ciee.org.
CIEE Study Centers: Program Monitoring and Evaluation
At their fall 2007 meeting in Toronto, Canada, the CIEE Academic Consortium Board (ACB) completed the 2007 monitoring process of all CIEE Study Center programs as well as approved reports from recent on-site evaluations.
Evaluation reports were approved for the CIEE Study Centers in Paris, France (summer); Transylvania (summer); and Perth, Australia. To view these reports, and all others, please click here (select Evaluations and Reviews and then ACB Evaluation from the dropdown lists). A complete list of evaluations will appear.
For more information on the work of the ACB as it relates to program monitoring and evaluation of CIEE Study Center programs, please click here.
CIEE Study Centers: Cost Breakdowns and Estimated Additional Costs
Cost breakdowns with updated estimated additional costs for summer and fall 2008 and academic year 2008-09 have been updated on our website. They are available on each individual program page and in the comprehensive pdf here.
New CIEE Study Center Programs
CIEE is pleased to announce the following new Study Center programs opening this summer or fall. The application deadline for all is April 1, 2008.
Please click on the links below to learn more. To order brochures for your office, please e-mail studyinfo@ciee.org or call 1.800.40.STUDY.
Opening Summer 2008
Buenos Aires, Argentina: Public Health
Rabat, Morocco
Opening Fall 2008
Prague, Czech Republic: Film Studies
Rabat, Morocco
Madrid, Spain: Legal Studies
CIEE Study Center News
Alberto del Rio Malo, Resident Director of the CIEE Advanced Liberal Arts program at the Universitat de Barcelona, directed a literary event, "An Anthology of North American Poetry," where poems by Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, T.S. Eliot, Robinson Jeffers, Wallace Stevens, Carl Sandburg, and Sarah Teasdale were read. This trilingual poetry reading was the inaugural event of the centenary celebration for the Catalan poet, Agustí Bartra, to whom the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and the Universitat de Vic (UVIC) will dedicate an international symposium in March.
Teach in Spain for Recent Graduates
Many undergraduates study abroad in Spain and can’t wait to go back, but don’t know to do it. The CIEE Teach in Spain program is the perfect opportunity for them. Living and working with locals and sharing American culture and language with colleagues, students, and new friends are great ways for participants to immerse themselves in Andalusian culture while perfecting their Spanish.
Teaching experience is not necessary to apply, though applicants should have earned their bachelor’s degree after 1993, speak English and Spanish, hold a U.S. or Canadian passport, and be committed to putting their skills and heart into teaching. A non-credit option is also available for current university juniors who would be in their final year of study during the program dates. Paid positions working as a Language and Culture Assistant for the school year in a city, pueblo, or rural village in Andalusia is the experience that so many are searching for, and is supported by the services and expertise of CIEE.
CIEE will be accepting applications until March 15 for the program beginning in late September 2008. Please e-mail Jennifer Atkinson, Manager, Teach Abroad at jatkinson@ciee.org with any questions.
iNext
The iNext travel and insurance card offers students a host of insurance coverage, from accident, sickness, and hospital to baggage and document. A 24-hour hotline provides students assistance with emergency and everyday needs, such as medical and travel questions or concerns. Partner with iNext and we’ll assume much of the administrative burden you bear ensuring your students are insured.
Please visit www.inext.com to learn more. If you have specific questions, please call Amy Dwyer, Manager, iNext, at 1.207.553.7619 or e-mail her at adwyer@ciee.org.