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Our Alum of the Month feature highlights 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 Mexico City to a Career in Finance—Our January Alum of the Month

Bruce St. John, IES Abroad Mexico City alumnus, began a career in finance at Goldman Sachs, where he currently serves as Vice President.

Post by Adam Miller
January 26, 2015

When Home Is Away from Home—Our December Alum of the Month

Studying abroad is always a memorable, life-changing experience. But some people are so taken by a place (and the people they meet there) that, when they return home, they immediately make more permanent plans to return.

Post by Adam Miller
December 22, 2014

DreamJobbing's Lisa Hennessy - October Alum of the Month

We are very excited to introduce our October Alum of the Month, Emmy-nominated Executive Producer Lisa Hennessy (IES Abroad Vienna, Spring 1990

Post by Jill Kruidenier
October 27, 2014

Meet Natalia Doan (Nagoya, 2008), Our September Alum of the Month!

Ever since her first Japanese course freshman year, Natalia knew she wanted to make Japan and the Japanese language a part of her career path. After two different semesters studying and subsequently working in Japan, Natalia wrote a new travel guide called How to Work, Travel, and Study in Japan, an endeavor she says would not have been possible without IES Abroad Nagoya and Nanzan University.

Read on to learn what inspired her and what she’s up to now. You’ll even get a special sneak peek into the most surprising tip in her guidebook!

Post by Anna Egan
September 9, 2014

Project Pengyou Fellow - Beijing Alum of the Month

Our August Alum of the Month is Ervin Mitchell III (EJ) (Beijing, Spring 2011), an alum of Amherst College.

Post by Anna Egan
August 13, 2014

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