News & Announcements

We are excited to announce good news about the IES Abroad Charles Merrill, Jr. Scholarship Fund! We have just surpassed the threshold amount of $50,000 in gifts and pledges, and will soon endow this special fund. Through the Fund, IES Abroad will begin to award study abroad scholarships to students from Morehouse College and Spelman College to study abroad on any of our programs around the world.

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June 18, 2020

Group of IU Students on a Faculty-Led Study Abroad Program in Amsterdam holding a red IU flag

Gretchen Cook Anderson at Diversity Abroad New Orleans Conference

Channeling Study Abroad as an Instrument of Social Justice & Equity in a Post-Pandemic World

On June 4, 2020, the Forum on Education Abroad's Forum News focused on "Anti-Racism & Social Justice in Education Abroad", a series of thought pieces from their colleagues of color, in the study abroad field. In this edition, they featured an essay from IES Abroad Assistant Vice President of Diversity Recruiting & Advising, Gretchen Cook-Anderson titled "Channeling Study Abroad as an Instrument of Social Justice & Equity in a Post-Pandemic World"—read her powerful statement.

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June 10, 2020

Standing Together in the Path to Progress

As we mourn the death of George Floyd and those before him, we must remember there is no progress in silence. There is no justice that comes from retreat and stillness. The essence of what we do through study abroad is part of a long-term antidote to systemic racism—opening minds and questioning established beliefs. Now is the time for us all to further educate ourselves, to challenge our assumptions, to call our leaders, to support our communities, to learn, listen, and act.

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June 4, 2020

A Letter From Our President in Response to Systemic Racism

"This has been a tragic week in U.S. history. We are hurting as a people. Given the thoughtful, empathetic, and mission-driven nature of the type of people who come to work at IES Abroad, George Floyd’s murder and the systemic racism that continues to exist in the U.S. dating back over 400 years has been on all of our minds."

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June 2, 2020

New Zealand Study Abroad Student atop Wanaka Roys Peak

13 Students' Perspectives on the Study Abroad Courses Now Offered Online

We asked our Ambassadors (alums of IES Abroad programs who love to share their experiences with prospective students) what they enjoyed most about the courses they took abroad to help inform you about your course options for IES Abroad's Virtual World DiscoverIES program.

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May 20, 2020

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.

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May 18, 2020

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