Thirteen IES Abroad Berlin students attended the annual Thanksgiving dinner of the Fulbright Commission in Germany last week. Students met and spoke with the Fulbright Commission’s General Secretary, Dr. Klaus Hoffmann, as well as the newly-confirmed U.S. Ambassador to Germany, Philip D. Murphy, who was the evening’s Guest of Honor. (Pictured at right with IES Abroad students.)
December 1, 2009
December 1, 2009
IES Abroad students from Shanghai to Barcelona celebrated this quintessential American holiday abroad. Did they miss the turkey? The pumpkin pie? The football? What did they eat? Find out how students spent the holiday by checking out the Turkey Day Blog Posts from IES Abroad bloggers.
November 29, 2009
Celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2010, IES Abroad is sponsoring a 60 Years in 60 Seconds alumni video contest open to all IES Abroad alum to share their best memory of studying abroad — from 1950 to 2010! No fancy equipment is necessary and all entrants will receive a free IES Abroad mug. One Grand Prize will be awarded. Learn more!
November 23, 2009
Chelsea Dinsdale, an IES Abroad London student and Fall 2009 blogger, has the distinction of making the 1,000th post on the Inside IES Abroad student blog site.
May 1, 2004
By Mary M. Dwyer, Ph.D. Courtney K. Peters, www.TransitionsAbroad.com
"It will change your life. You'll come back a new person." For years, the benefits of study abroad have been described in these words. Everyone in the study abroad field believed it could greatly impact a student's life, but the exact long-term benefits were unknown - until now.