August 19, 2010
Enrollment Update
Staff Updates and Portfolio Changes
Victoria Fletcher has left CIEE Portland to return to the CIEE Study Center in Dakar, Senegal as the Assistant Resident Director. While Portland staff is sorry to see her go, we are very happy that she remains within the CIEE family. We are excited announce that we have hired two new Study Abroad Professionals to cover our programs in Africa and the Middle East.
Collette Reny will be managing admissions and pre-departure advising for the following countries: South Africa, Botswana, Tanzania, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. Collette was most recently working in pre-departure advising with CIEE Teach Abroad programs. She has previously worked as a Grades and Registration Coordinator within the study abroad group at CIEE. Collette did her own study abroad at the University of Western Cape in Bellville, South Africa and has traveled extensively within Africa.
Iris Michaud will be managing admissions and pre-departure advising for the following countries: Ghana, Senegal, Morocco, and Jordan. Iris comes to CIEE Study Abroad from the inbound work and travel side of our business. She has been an important part of the team that liaises with our overseas agents sending students to the United States. Iris spent many years of her childhood in Togo and has traveled extensively within Senegal.
Please note the following changes in Enrollment for our Spain programs. Megan Gardner will manage admissions and pre-departure advising for Seville, Alcala, Madrid, and Lisbon, Portugal. Jensine Fraser will manage admissions and pre-departure advising for programs in Alicante, Barcelona, and Palma de Mallorca.
Application Deadlines
It is never too early to think about applying to our programs!
Please note the following changes in application deadlines for the spring 2011 semester:
October 1:
- Korea, Seoul
- Spain (all programs)
October 15:
- India, Hyderabad and Mumbai
- United Arab Emirates, Sharjah
For a complete list of application deadlines, please go to: www.ciee.org/study/apply.
U.S. Plans to Ease Travel Restrictions to Cuba
CIEE is closely following developments within the U.S. government aimed at easing travel restrictions to Cuba. We are excited about the possibility of renewed educational travel and academic exchange with Cuba. CIEE is prepared to reopen its Study Center in Havana as soon as this becomes possible, and additional updates will follow as this opportunity develops.
CIEE Annual Conference
Register now for the 2010 CIEE Annual Conference in Philadelphia. Visit www.ciee.org/conference to learn about pre-conference workshops, conference sessions, plenaries, and more. Join the CIEE Annual Conference on Facebook at www.facebook.com/cieeannualconference.
2010 Conference Featured Speakers
Opening Plenary Session and Reception
Featured Speaker: Richard Beeman, University of Pennsylvania
Richard Beeman is Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of six books and several dozen articles on the history of revolutionary America; his biography of Patrick Henry was a finalist for the National Book award. His most recent book, Plain, Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution is the most comprehensive account of the Constitutional Convention to appear in the past half century, taking readers behind the scenes and beyond the debate to show how the world’s most enduring constitution was forged through conflict, compromise, and, eventually, fragile consensus.
Annual Luncheon
Featured Speaker: Terry Gross, NPR
As the host of Fresh Air, NPR’s weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, Terry Gross’s interviews are heard by more than four and a half million people on nearly 500 public radio stations. Her guests have included many of the most celebrated artists, writers, actors, and musicians of our time, such as Philip Roth, James Brown, John Travolta, Sonny Rollins, and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. Gross is known for her thoughtful, probing interview style.
For more information on all speakers at the CIEE Annual Conference in Philadelphia, click here.
CIEE Amman, Jordan Resident Director’s Response to Recent NYT Article
Allison Hodgkins—Resident Director of the CIEE Study Center in Amman, Jordan—recently responded to the Editor of the New York Times in regards to the August 6th article For American Students, Life Lessons in the Mideast. In her response, she comments on how the surge in numbers of young Americans studying Arabic in the Arab world is a boon to our national interests on multiple levels. To read her full response, click here.