Alumni Blog

The CIEE Civic Leadership Summit was founded in 2013 in order to bring together passionate, young leaders from the CIEE Work & Travel USA program for an exchange on leadership,...keep reading

CIEE alumni gathered in Madrid for a networking event with CIEE staff, employers, and representatives from the U.S. Department of State. Conversation flowed as new connections were made. The group...keep reading

This summer I worked at The Oasis at Death Valley, a resort in Death Valley National Park. It is a very hot place year round but especially in the summer...keep reading

The summer of 2017 was a summer of intellectual stimulation. In August, I got selected to participate in the CIEE Civic Leadership Summit to represent my country, Pakistan. The summit’s...keep reading

Hello everyone! I’m Alaa Mahmoud from Egypt, a CIEE Work & Travel USA and Civic Leadership Summit 2016 (CLS16) alumnus. I’m currently enrolled as a fourth year medical student in...keep reading

By Guxim Klinaku and Grese Koca, CIEE Work & Travel USA and Civic Leadership Summit alumni Grese and I are cofounders of an environmental NGO in Kosovo called Keep It...keep reading

By Nikita Bazhenov, CIEE Work & Travel USA participant and CIEE High School USA alumnus Hi, my name is Nikita Bazhenov. I am from Russia and I am on a...keep reading

CIEE Work & Travel USA alumnus Andrew Ralph from Ireland spent the summer of 2015 working at CIEE’s global headquarters in Portland, Maine. During his time at CIEE, Andrew had...keep reading

This winter, we connected with Ebrahim Sabry, an Egyptian national, Access Scholar, and CIEE Work & Travel USA alumnus. Through the program, Ebrahim worked as a lifeguard at Morey’s Piers...keep reading

By Safia Dworjack, CIEE Intern *This post originally appeared on the CIEE Exchange Programs blog When I learned that I had landed the position to work on an environmental program...keep reading