We are pleased to share updates about IIE Europe's Award for Excellence, as well as program updates from the Schwarzman Scholars Program, GE Foundation Scholar Leaders Program, and NYU Abu Dhabi.
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Program Deadlines:
February 26
March 11
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IIE Europe Award for Excellence in International Education
We are delighted to announce the recipient of the 2015 IIE Europe Award for Excellence. This year the award is presented to Robert Stanley to recognize his accomplishments in promoting closer educational relations between the United States and countries in various world regions including Europe through his leadership of ASSIST.
"With the 2015 Award, we are honoring a true educator who has championed a remarkable international education initiative and has personally impacted the academic advancement and personal and professional development of generations of talented young Europeans. Through ASSIST, Bob contributed to fostering transatlantic student mobility and promoting the United States as a study abroad destination in significant ways," said IIE Europe's Director Ágnes Vajda.
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The Inaugural Class of Schwarzman Scholars
Schwarzman Scholars, the Master's degree program at Tsinghua University in Beijing, announced its inaugural class in January 2016. 111 Schwarzman Scholars were selected from more than 3,000 applicants, making the program one of the most selective in the world with an acceptance rate of 3.7%. The first class of Schwarzman Scholars is composed of students from 32 countries and 75 universities with 44% from the United States, 21% from China, and 35% from the rest of the world. The class will both take classes and live at the newly constructed Schwarzman College on the Tsinghua campus. Expenses for each scholar are fully funded by the program.
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NYU Abu Dhabi - Spring Outreach Visits
This month the IIE Europe NYU Abu Dhabi Outreach Team is beginning their visits to top secondary schools and partner institutions across Europe. From February through May our Outreach Officers will be visiting the following countries: |
Albania
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Germany
| Greece
Iceland
Italy
Kosovo
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonia
Malta
Montenegro
| Poland
Portugal
Serbia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
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Interested schools or students in these countries are encouraged to contact us at nyuad@iie.eu to arrange a meeting.
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Generation Study Abroad - New European Partners We are also excited to welcome a number of new European commitment partners including University of Pécs and International Business School, Budapest. Visit the full list of international commitment partners to discover the rest.
Is your university or institution interested in getting on board?
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GE Foundation Scholar-Leaders Program
The GE Foundation Scholar-Leaders Program is a leadership program which is unique in the Central-Eastern European region. The program was launched in Hungary by the GE Foundation in the fall of 2002, followed by Poland in 2003, the Czech Republic in 2004; Romania joined in 2006, making it a regional model program. Winners receive a USD 4000 award, but more importantly become part of a network including Czech, Hungarian, Polish and Romanian top students, and with GE's help get an insight into the workings of one of the most successful companies. In addition to this, they also get a chance to perform community service in their own countries. All this aims at creating a network of future leaders in the Central and Eastern European region who want to contribute to the development of the region as well as their own countries on the societal level as well, and for whom cross-regional economic and social cooperation is a value.
The program is open for second-year undergraduate students in the field of economics, management, engineering, or technology, from selected universities.
The application deadline is February 26, 2016.
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Istvan Lam: GE Foundation Scholar-Leader makes Forbes' "30 Under 30" List
Istvan Lam is a stellar example of a GE Foundation Scholar Leader who took full advantage of both the financial and leadership support he received through the program.
Now CEO and co-founder of the Hungary and Switzerland-based company Tresorit, a cloud-based storage and collaboration platform that is so secure it has offered, but never had to pay, a $50,000 bounty to any one who can hack its servers.
Istvan received a GE Foundation Scholar-Leaders Program grant from 2010 - 2012, and used it to complete his degree at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. As part of the program, he met a fellow Scholar-Leader Gyorgy Szilagyi, who is now Tresorit's CFO. Istvan also met Erno Dudo, Founder and President of Solvo Biotechnology and the Hungarian Biotechnology Association, who helped him find investors for Tresorit.
In recognition of Istvan's incredible achievements, he has just been included as one of Forbes Magazine's "30 Under 30" European professionals to watch in 2016, in the category of technology.
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Blog Spotlight: Eszter Szabo
We would like to highlight a recent article by Eszter Szabo, the first recipient of the IIE Europe Award for Excellence:
2016 marks the program's 14th year in Central and Eastern Europe, and more than 500 past and present participants can testify to the life changing potential of this great leadership program, envisioned by Eszter, who was also instrumental in implementing it so successfully, in cooperation with IIE Europe. Eszter has just stepped down from her role as GE's Corporate Communications Leader in Central Europe, but we look forward to cooperating with her on her new projects and wish her much success in her future endeavors.
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