Help CIEE Celebrate 80 Years of Advancing Peace
Since 1947, CIEE has advanced peace by building bridges of mutual respect and understanding between people, nations, and cultures through study abroad and intercultural exchange programs. Today, you can carry that mission forward by helping more students access life-changing study abroad experiences.
In honor of our 80th anniversary, every dollar you give to increase access to study abroad for high school and college students goes twice as far.
The CIEE Board of Directors has committed to matching gifts that support study abroad scholarships up to $5 million, unlocking a total of $10 million in new scholarships funds for college and high school students who otherwise wouldn’t be able to study abroad.
Your gift of any size will help more young people have an international educational experience that strengthens their ability to relate across cultural differences, acquire world language skills, and develop friendships that transcend borders. Download our campaign overview to see how your support expands access and transforms lives. Thank you!
Gifts over $2,500 in support of high school and college study abroad will be matched dollar for dollar! To learn more about other ways to donate, include legacy giving and endowing scholarships in perpetuity, contact Jennifer Higgins Pitre, Vice President of Philanthropy, at jpitre@ciee.org.
When you support study abroad scholarships, you are not giving students a free trip. You are changing their perspective and showing them that things exist outside of just their current circumstances… There is really no dollar amount to the value of self-worth. What this experience gives is trust in yourself that you can do hard things.
Octavia T., CIEE Global Navigator High School Summer Study Abroad, Santiago, Dominican Republic
By supporting study abroad scholarships, you are equipping the leaders of tomorrow with the intercultural skills and empathy they need to understand the concerns of others without preconception or prejudice. You are preparing the next generation to strive for peace and tackle the biggest global challenges.
In our current geopolitical climate, as many nations turn inward and international cooperation is declining, CIEE’s efforts to build bridges across cultural divides are more important than ever.
Second-time CIEE study abroad student, now living in Seoul at Hanyang University while simultaneously interning at a marketing company in Gangnam. She reflects on the fast-paced adjustment of settling into a new city, finding Hanyang's workload manageable but self-directed, and navigating Korean professional culture at her internship. The post closes with a promise to document the full, unfiltered experience, not just the highlights, and an encouraging note to anyone considering a similar leap.
Mariel Tavakoli, CIEE Prague, Spring 2012 By: Liana Trebour, Social Media and Marketing Intern, Philanthropy & Alumni Engagement Mariel Tavakoli studied abroad at CIEE Prague in spring semester 2012. Since... keep reading
I often think about my exchange year, and even now – five years later – I’m reminded of how incredibly lucky I was to live such a meaningful experience.