Register for IIE Workshop: Creating Globally Minded STEM Professionals through Internships/Work Abroad Programs

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April 26-27, 2012
Institute of International Education
1400 K St, NW
Washington, DC

Early Bird Registration Deadline: March 15, 2012

The need for globally minded and competent Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) professionals has been documented repeatedly in recent years. International internships and work abroad programs provide a means of addressing this need that meet the education and curriculum demands placed on our technical students. Yet few schools have established such programs or have strong mechanisms for integrating them into the STEM curriculum.

A coalition of education abroad professionals at IIE, NAFSA’s Work, Internship and Volunteer Abroad (WIVA) Subcommittee, and UC-San Diego is offering a 1-½ day workshop targeted to STEM faculty and staff, career services professionals, and education abroad professionals. The workshop addresses internship and work abroad programs in the STEM fields, specifically creating, maintaining, funding, and assessing these programs. In addition, this workshop provides a venue for networking between existing and nascent efforts.

For more information and to register, please visit: www.iie.org/Who-We-Are/News-and-Events/Events/2012/STEM-Internships-Workshop.