This week we’ve been thinking about our connectedness a lot. In fact, it’s one of the biggest things study abroad teaches us: we have so many more commonalities than we do differences, and that our shared human experience on a global scale is real.
We're excited to welcome a new member to our Film Festival jury in 2019—Patrick Jager! An award-winning veteran of the media industry, Patrick has held leadership and creative positions in broadcast, cable, and digital media outlets throughout his career, and he now serves as a member of both the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and the Producer's Guild of America.
From an impressive pool of 132 Correspondents considered for the award, Katya Schwenk (IES Abroad Rabat | Spring 2019) has been selected as the 2018-19 Correspondent of the Year.
Hope Johnson, (IES Internships London) had the opportunity to cross paths with playwright Sarah Kosar (IES Abroad London, Spring 2009), who is now living her dreams as a critically-acclaimed actress in the U.K. Hear how Hope was inspired by Sarah and how she chased her dreams to stay in the city she fell in love with while studying abroad.
After an inspiring year abroad in Paris with IES Abroad, Carrie Anne James (IES Abroad Paris French Studies 1999-00 | University of California-Berkeley) knew she had to find a way to return to France and establish a career there.
Ten students from Arrupe College of Loyola University Chicago recently returned from its first-ever study abroad program, which was fully funded by IES Abroad.
Meet Bennett Wakenight (IES Abroad Barcelona, Spring 2014), Executive Producer at WGN Radio in Chicago. Read on to learn how study abroad impacted Bennett's ability to look at stories from a different angle, and his full-circle moment when IES Abroad President and CEO Mary Dwyer was featured on WGN Radio’s morning business show, “The Opening Bell with Steve Grzanich” last month.
