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Celebrating Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2024
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A Q&A with IIE Team Member and Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Affinity Group Co-Lead Athena Lao IIE proudly joins in recognizing Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islanders Heritage Month, celebrating the many contributions and accomplishments of these diverse communities. The month, which began in 1977 as Asian Pacific Heritage Week, was selected to […]
Creating Leaders of the Free World: A Journey of Inspiration, Leadership, and Cultural Connection
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In the United States, Black students comprise approximately 36% of all college students, yet their participation in study abroad hovers in the single digits; according to the Open Doors® Report, only 5% of American students who studied abroad in 2021/22 identified as Black. As part of our partnership with grassroots nonprofit Leaders of the Free […]
Celebrating Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month
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Recommended Reading, Films, and Music from IIE’s Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Affinity Group IIE proudly celebrates National Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month. Dating back to 1968, the U.S. observation publicly commemorates the societal contributions of Hispanic Americans, Latinos, Latinas, and Latinx-identifying people. The dates, September 15 to October 15, were selected to coincide with the […]
IIE Celebrates Pride Month 2024
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IIE celebrates the experiences and perspectives the LGBTQIA+ community brings to international education. We believe that everyone has a right to accessible educational opportunities in a welcoming setting. The first Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Pride (LGBTQ+) march dates to June 28, 1970, when members of New York City’s LGBTQ+ community led a one-year […]
IIE Commemorates the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
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Each year, December 3rd marks the International Day of Persons with Disabilities when we join with organizations and nations across the world to promote the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities in all spheres of society and development and their inclusion in every aspect of political, social, economic and cultural life. An estimated 1.3 […]
From Passports to Partnerships: Connecting the Dots at James Madison University
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Given the global nature of our work at IIE, our conversations with members, partners, and colleagues all too often happen via phone or virtual meetings. But this spring, a few members of IIE’s Higher Education Initiatives (HEI) team had the rare opportunity to visit the campus of James Madison University (JMU), a higher education institution […]
Building on the Momentum of IIE’s Generation Study Abroad
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While study abroad has essentially been on pause throughout the last year – and all things related to mobility remain uncertain – the desire to keep study abroad alive has never stopped.
A Passport is a Ten-Year Gift
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above: Alissia Lingaur, an adjunct instructor with Northwestern Michigan College’s Communications Department, leading students through Reserva Natural Atitlan, Guatamala, in 2023. For those of us dedicated to international education, the importance and power of a passport is a foregone conclusion, and having an annual National Passport Month could seem unnecessary. But what has struck me […]