Ralph Angeles, from the TLS Research and Scholarship Subcommittee, spoke with Rosalind Latiner Raby, director of California Colleges for International Education, about her ongoing research on community college internationalization and her comparative studies of similar organizations in different countries.
CCIE is pleased to share that California community college students received 3 FEA Scholarships to Study Abroad. Congratulations!
FEA Breakout Scholarship: Katherine Rodriguez, Cosumnes River College, Italy
J. Scott Van Der Meid Memorial Scholarship: Mohammed Sarwary, Fullerton College, France
AIFS Access Partner Scholarship: Isabella Moreno, Mt. San Antonio College, Spain
For more information on the Fund for Education Abroad and the next round of scholarships contact: www.fundforeducationabroad.org
Spring Institutional Grant DUE: April 1, 2024
CCIE INSTITUTIONAL GRANT COMPETITION
CCIE hosts two institutional grants annually. The purpose of the grant is to provide start-up funding for institutions wanting to either create a new international program or augment an existing international program. Grants can target any type of international education including funding for international student programs, virtual programs, internationalization at home programs, and education abroad programs. Award recipients will help to create a new cohort of CCIE international education mentors. CCIE Institutional Grants for 2023-2024 will be up to $ 2,500 each and will be competitively awarded to CCIE members current with their dues. Please note that only colleges current with their dues can apply.
Spring Applications DUE: December 11, 2023 by 5:00 pm/Pacific
Summer Applications DUE: March 31, 2024 by 5:00 pm/Pacific
Dr. Donald R. Culton was the first-full-time administrator for international education at a California community college and laid the groundwork for community college study abroad that expanded opportunities for more students to have an internationalized experience.
Thank you for those of you who sent this survey to your students. We have extended the survey date to December 5. So, if you can do another push, we are at 48 responses and it would be so good to get more.
I would so appreciate it if you can send a reminder to your students to complete this survey by December 5.
https://melbourneuni.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b2G2p4Daix5oXie
And the 2023 Award Finalists Are…
Drum roll, please! The following organizations and institutions have been selected as 2023 finalists of The Forum on Education Abroad’s Award for Advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through Education Abroad:
Here’s the November 2023 Update from Vietnam from Mark A. Ashwill, Ph.D. Greetings from Vietnam! I’m pleased to send you my November 2023 Update from Vietnam. Today is Vietnamese Teachers’ Day. Have a look at this 2021 article that I wrote about some teachers who have influenced me. (Here’s a Vietnamese version.)
How can you make an impact on #GivingTuesday? Give to California Colleges for International Education (CCIE).
CCIE is a non-profit consortia of California Community Colleges whose mission is collaboration and advocacy for international education.
The application for the U. S. Department of State’s 2024 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program and its virtual initiative, CLS Spark is open and will close on Tuesday, November 14 at 8 PM ET.
We welcome students to apply to learn a critical language on a funded virtual or overseas summer program. The application is available at https://clscholarship.org/apply.
Here’s the latest article from Mark A. Ashwill, Ph.D. for University World News. The original title was Towards a More Inclusive Approach to International Student Advocacy.
The direction of this essay changed after some email exchanges with Fanta Aw, the new CEO of NAFSA: Association of International Educators. Her perspective is a breath of fresh air and, I hope, an indication of the enlightened leadership that she brings to that position and organization.