IES Abroad recently received a Gold, two Silver, and a Bronze award in the 25th Annual Educational Advertising Awards, the oldest and largest educational advertising awards competition in the country. IES Abroad was selected as an award winner from among 2,000 entries submitted by more than 1,000 colleges, universities, and secondary schools. IES Abroad was recognized for the following:
February 18, 2010
IES Abroad, as part of its ongoing Diversity Initiative, recently announced a new partnership with the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), the national educational association representing 450 colleges and universities committed to Hispanic student success in higher education. Together, HACU schools educate two-thirds of Hispanic college students today.
February 18, 2010
As part of its efforts to make studying abroad as affordable and accessible as possible for United States college and university students, IES Abroad has announced an additional $150,000 in financial aid funding for the 2010-2011 academic year.
January 27, 2010
IES Abroad Dublin Center Director, Ashley Taggart, was recently awarded a top prize for Radio Drama in the 2009 P.J. O'Connor Awards, Ireland’s leading radio awards.
The play, Happy Hour, was adapted from his screenplay that was originally screened at the Cork and Chicago Irish Film Festivals. Taggart was one of three winners, and in addition to a cash prize, his play was produced and broadcast on Irish radio.
January 27, 2010
In support of our goal to help as many students as possible study abroad, IES Abroad offered 862 awards to our Spring 2010 students, for a total of $1,202,650.
This brings the total amount of scholarship and aid money awarded during the 2009-10 academic year to $2,040,031—more than any other U.S.-based third party study abroad provider.
January 13, 2010
Applications are now being accepted for the following NEW Summer and Fall 2010 study abroad programs.
January 11, 2010
In September 1950, 23 American students boarded the SS Vollendam to begin their journey to Vienna where they would spend the next year living and studying in the Austrian capital.
Celebrating our 60th anniversary in 2010, IES Abroad has since guided more than 65,000 U.S. students from college classrooms to the classrooms of the world, offering opportunities for U.S. students to expand their education, their careers, and their worldview on more than 90 study abroad programs in 32 cities around the globe.
January 5, 2010
December 8, 2009
The Winter 2009 issue of the Exchange, IES Abroad’s alumni magazine, is in the mail and may have already arrived in the mailboxes of more than 55,000 IES Abroad alumni around the world.