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Our Alumni Spotlights feature the impact that studying abroad has had on the careers of alumni. Read more about the varied career paths that alumni have taken since studying abroad. Check back monthly to catch each new posting.

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Merrill Scholar Emerges as Global Storyteller—Alum of the Month Jimmie Briggs

Meet Jimmie Briggs (IES Abroad Vienna | 1989) a gifted storyteller and humanitarian. Jimmie was pre-med at Morehouse and pre-accepted to Harvard Medical school, he spent a semester in Vienna after receiving a Charles Merrill Jr. Scholarship. Vienna changed Jimmies trajectory, he decided not to pursue medicine but journalism. Witnessing the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the fall of Eastern Europe had a profound effect on his life.

Post by IES Abroad
May 18, 2020

From Wall Street to the Foreign Service – Our June Alum of the Month

After studying abroad, Lee Brudvig (IES Abroad Vienna, 1975-76) returned to Vienna as a Fulbright student and met his future wife, Helen.

Post by Kiah Zellner-Smith
June 23, 2015

Working to Eradicate Polio by 2018–Our May Alum of the Month

Meet Jalaa’ Abdelwahab (Adelaide, Fall 1996), who has spent the past 15 years dedicated to eradicating polio.

Post by Adam Miller
May 22, 2015

Finding the Next Bestseller–Our April Alum of the Month

A two-time Emmy Award winner, our alumna Lisa spent 27 years in television journalism—from CBS to Inside Edition to Senior Producer at ABC’s Good Morning America.

Post by Adam Miller
April 14, 2015

The Perfect Blend: Consulting and Coffee—Our March Alum of the Month

After studying abroad and graduating in 2012, Jose Ramon Campos (Nantes, Spring 2011) worked for the French government in Grenoble to perfect his French skills.

Post by Adam Miller
March 17, 2015

On a Mission to Save One Million Newborn Lives – Our February Alum of the Month

Meet Kate Marie Grinold Sigfusson (Buenos Aires, Fall 2007), founder and CEO of Babies4Babies, a social impact business on a mission to save one million newborn lives.

Post by Adam Miller
February 27, 2015

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